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Is eBay Spamming My Beloved Google Search Results?
March 16, 2006
The weekend approaches and I find myself itching to hit yet another local motocross track to stretch my Yamaha Banshee's legs and, of course, blow off some steam from a very busy week in the SEO world. Uh oh, I need to find me a kill switch in order to qualify for riding at the indoor track. Sigh...I guess I'll look for a "yamaha banshee kill switch" on Google and check prices.
Uh...Ok, so there are only 22 matches for the exact phrase "yamaha banshee kill switch" but seven out of the top ten listings are from eBay!! I don't know about y'all, but I like having at least a few different websites to choose from within the confines of the top ten search results.
Having looked at the top ten pages individually, there wasn’t a single page that had the exact phrase match "yamaha banshee kill switch" on the active page. As a matter of fact, the only site besides eBay that matched my search in the top ten list of results was www.on-the-i.com, but even that was eBay-related.
Ok, this obviously isn't working. I'll try "banshee kill switch" and see what comes up. Nice! I have a whopping 112 matches to this search and only a couple of Supplemental Result returns on page one. Damn it, eBay, you're doing it again. You own six out of the top ten results for all of your domains and subdomains. Well at least I have a few other sites to consider, right? WRONG! eBay's affiliates are populating the other spots and I have no option but to conduct a generic search to find my much-needed kill switch.
It's pretty obvious that eBay is taking advantage of subdomain structure to the point where they are spamming to wipe out the competition from the top ten real estate on Google. I have nothing against subdomains in particular and feel they are necessary in some cases, but this is just malicious.
Google, I beg you, please find other relevant content pages for ancillary product search phrases other than eBay.
Pretty please with a cherry on top?
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posted by Sean Bolton at March 16, 2006 01:35 PM
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