The Minority Report

This got me thinking. Google is not God. Google is a fixture and now must filter new search technology and roll it out slowly. The key is not to know Google, but to be there before Google is. Google follows the internet. Google follow internet technology. Google follows what people do. Google can’t do it [...]

It was a terribly difficult decision, but The Minority Report has decided to remove Digg, De.licio.us, Propeller and other never heard of social sharing sites from our sharing bar at the bottom of each post.  This site is built using WordPress, and we use a plugin called “Sociable” to do our dirty, social sharing work [...]

Dunno. Just wanted to get in on the fun. LinkedIn is gay. Let me repeat this – LinkedIn is gay (and I’m not the only one thinking so). Not an accurate representation of me my ass! Irishwonder’s Black Hat SEO Blog » LinkedIn Is Gay

This is an old trick and I wish I could remember the name for it but check THIS part of the trick out!! The Minority Report The link is: http://www.target.com/gp/search/183-6976899-0507622?field-keywords=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theminorityreport.org&url=index%3Dtarget%26search-alias%3Dtgt-index Old trick… Link juice for all! Huzzah!! If you have ever worked on improving a website’s ranking Google you know that there are rules you [...]

If you read this blog, hahahahahahahahaaha, anyway, if you read this blog then you know we are fans of the fine work that 5ubliminal does over on his site, blog.5ubliminal.com. He is introducing a new site shortly called Moolah scripts and it’s geared towards the discriminating SEO coder. His shit is tight and well thought [...]

I take back any marginally bad thing I ever said about Michael Gray. Thank you for putting this thought so freaking succinctly or at least bringing it to my attention and in turn to the attention of at least 2 other people. If you are into SEO, whitehat, blackhat or otherwise, think about this for [...]

Remember kids, a picture is worth a 1000 words. After Rypple added avatars to emails, response rate improved between 15 and 20%. Just like that. The simple addition of a picture increases interest/trust a significant amount. Avatars in Emails Increase Response Rate up to 20% for Rypple – Bokardo Here is a blurb about Rypple: [...]

Oh the irony… Still good tips though. Scraping RSS feeds or stealing entire websites is the bane of any webmaster. Unfortunately, there’s not an easy way to keep RSS feeds from being scraped or used. However, there are certain things you can do to make the scraped content work for you. … 1. Use absolute [...]

I found this clip browsing my statistics and am glad I’m not the only one that thinks this. Personally I am not sold on the fact that NoFollow really means Google, Yahoo or any other engine won’t follow the link. In fact, I may be just wishful in my thinking, but I believe many NoFollow [...]

David Leonhardt, another genius SEO/Internet marketer, posted this discussion on his blog, SEO Marketing Express, today. How many of the following coding elements would you have known if you had not seen them here: The “abbr” tag The “acronym” tag The “address” tag The “base” tag The “bdo” tag Exactly. These are all HTML 4 [...]

It seems that the Jacksonville Florida Search engine optimization goddess, SEOAly, is back from IM Spring Break. She promised us cookies and she didn’t disappoint. I’m sure we can all expect a great report on her blog of all the excitement but here is the recipe for SEOAly chip cookies: I’ve had a couple people [...]

Yes…I have NADD (Nerd Attention Deficit Disorder, so let me apologize up front that I’m currently fixated on the topic of free roomba’s. I’m not going to set the whole thing up again, so if you want to see how this started, click on Free Roomba Attracts Cheap Bastards to get most of the story. [...]

You may find that your URL’s aren’t big enough for use on some of today’s demanding sites. Here is an URL Generator that will take your normally anorexic URL’s and lengthen them like they were professional baseball players on steroids… Freaking Huge URL Generator For example:Short URL: http://www.theminorityreport.org Long URL: http://www.freakinghugeurl.com/refer.php?count=12&url=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 Tiny URL problem solved! [...]

I follow 5ubliminal and he’s released his super secret PHP library for every known blackhat trick in the book. Obviously he’s shared this with me and a select few a few months ago and we’ve tested, refined and made sure that it works enough for a public release. I have to say that his coding [...]

Ok, I frakin’ gave in and opened a Twitter account. It’s just to get some SEO juice if that happens. The link is http://twitter.com/theminorityrepo Whatever…don’t bust my chops about it. I still have no idea why people Twitter and I feel really dirty right now. Oh and I’m using Alex King’s Twitter Tools plugin to [...]