[lazytown]

Originally Posted by Michael Morris

This is one of the weirdest pyramid schemes I've seen. I'll be reporting this to Google. You see, when a domain owner tries to be cute with their search algorithm they blacklist the domain.

(I come from a white-hat SEO/marketing/investment background)

What exactly are you talking about? I just happened to be browsing new mods -- but your post sounds sort of like a neighbor calling the housing authority on you for keeping up your xmas lights too long because they are really just jealous of your shiny new car.

Rich -- Yes his site would probably benefit more than any individual forum -- but if he provides a positive value to the forums, and his site goes up in rank due to the incoming links, everyone benefits (especially if his site's PR goes way up AND links to you). I just wish I would have done it first -- but I'm not a jealous vengeful person. When i see a really good idea I might even try to partner up with someone rather than spiting them. (mind you I haven't even looked at the site or the mod -- this is just a gut reaction to some of these negative posts. Forgive me if I missed something obviously wrong, but I haven't heard it posted here).

By the way, when Google indexes your sites it also helps Google -- after all they just search through what everyone else has done. They don't provide content. Is google just a pyramid scheme and should we not be listed there as well? After all, Google benefits far more than any individual site they link to (sound familiar)?

-vissa