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Bloody Hell!  Meta Descriptions And Meta Keywords Are Back?

Bloody Hell! Meta Descriptions And Meta Keywords Are Back?

Those of you who’ve been marketing on the Internet since the 1990’s will remember the hazy far off days when “meta descriptions” where SEO magic, the biggest news on the news sites was somebody called Monica and a mysterious Presidential stain on her dress, and Linux was going to take over the desktop within 12 to 18 months.In 2010 things are different, right? Meta descriptions are out, nobody remembers Monica – or her dress, and Linux has taken over the desktop.

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Short 2010 SEO Checklist For ISV’s

There were a number of changes in how the search engines deal with our web sites in 2009. What follows is a brief list of some of things that may warrant attention by ISV’s in 2010.

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Now Download . Com – Yes folks searching for this. It is a SCAM!

Now Download . Com – Yes folks searching for this. It is a SCAM!

Yes. NowDownload is a scam. That is why it’s disappeared off the Internet. The registrar for the domain name is GoDaddy. The owner is a Pablo Soto. The address listed for him – if real – is:

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Yahoo And Download Sites – Looks Like A Pogrom – But Is It? Micro ISV's Beware.

Yahoo And Download Sites – Looks Like A Pogrom – But Is It? Micro ISV's Beware.

magine my delight today when I see the search term from Yahoo for “free live sound mixing software” and got the following result, page after page, for the download sites:

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Theft Of IP – That Rhymes With SoftSea – AKA Download Site Scum – Download Site Bastards

Theft Of IP – That Rhymes With SoftSea – AKA Download Site Scum – Download Site Bastards

But this doesn’t come close to SoftSea – apparently the crème of the crud.

SoftSea decided they’d be “original” and rather than copy the Download.com text for the listing, like the other unimaginative excuses for homo sapiens, SoftSea instead ripped the content off my home page. Proving to me that the site is run by human garbage of the worst kind – Intellectual Property thieves.

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