Update: see Adam Lasnik’s comment below
I read an interesting post on seoblackhat.com today saying that Adam Lasnik of Google confirmed that their “link:www.mysite.com” query i) isn’t very accurate and ii) is seen as a “spammy” request by Google. In other words, people hammering Google.com with “link:www.mysite.com” are effectively revealing themselves as ~nefariously involved~ with SEO. Is this, or will this be, one of Google’s metrics for determining sites that stink of SEO?
Related question: if “link:www.mysite.com” is a no-no, how about “site:www.mysite.com”?
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[tags]spammy,link query,adam lasnik,google[/tags]
Written by jclayc on September 25th, 2006 with 2 comments.
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I’m pleased to announce CaseDetails.com is now WAP enabled! What’s that mean? Visitors who access the “normal” www.casedetails.com URL via cell phone, Windows CE device, BlackBerry, etc. will be redirected to an XHTML compliant version of the site where past and present posts are available for review.
Now that I’ve got this up and running here, perhaps I can pass along how easy it was so you can get your WAP enabled legal website going as well. (This temporarily bypasses the soon-to-be-addressed issue of why you should have a WAP enabled website for your firm.) This advice is for WordPress users only at this point.
In short, upload wp-wap to your site. Then add a few lines to your .htaccess file to detect and redirect mobile devices:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_ACCEPT} (x-)*(application|text)/(x-)*(vnd[-.])*(wap[-.]|wml)+
RewriteRule ^(index.php)*$ wp-wap.php [L]
That’s it! I’ll update this space in the near future with instructions for non-WordPress users.
[tags]wap enabled,legal websites,mobile devices[/tags]
Written by jclayc on September 25th, 2006 with no comments.
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