GoogleBowling New SEO Method?
Ok when will I learn to save my most amazing, brilliant brain flashes for my own blog! 
Current Thinkng on Linking for Google
hmmm we should play with Google now. Pick the whitehouse or something big and knock em out of the serps. We could call it Google Bowling. lol
But ego aside GoogleBowling is serious business and with all the monkeying around Google has done to their algo, GoogleBowling is the direction we seem to be heading in.
Threadwatch: GoogleBowling - The Nasty Business of Link Sabotage
Chris Garret: You have heard of GoogleBombs? Now here is GoogleBowling
So what is Google Bowling? Remember the good old days of SEO? You optimize your pages, work on inbound linking, and if the Google forces were with you - you could rise through the ranks. Those days seem to be over. What the dark forces are pointing to though, is an opportunity to knock out your competitors listed above you in the SERPs, rising your site by default.
That’s GoogleBowling. Optimizing pages to knock out your competitor. As Chris states on his blog:
This is so evil black hat black hat doesn’t describe it! Perhaps Octarine
Seems nasty times are looming. And yes Chris, I think Octarine fits the bill.
ETA: And just to be clear, I don’t condone this method of SEO. But if Google has indeed left this door open, people need to be aware and watch for it and buckle up for the nasty ride ahead.
Terry:
April 26th, 2005 at 1:40 am
I’ve been watching and tracking the term GoogleBowling. Here’s what I have so far:
At Trendmapper:
Trendmapper’s GoogleBowling Chart
What is Trendmapper?
It’s neat to watch the movement of the term. Also watching technorati:
Technorati’s Results
Only has 4 results so far (that surprised me).
Also Google search:
Google’s Results
Provides 42 results in the SERPs so far, and lots of shuffling around in the rankings.
Yahoo’s Results
Provides a whopping 138 results. Wow!
MSN’s Results
With the largest amount of results at 274!
So what’s the big deal about tracking all these results? It’s interesting to watch the timeline of the various engine listings, what pages are listed where and the difference in SERPs between all three engines. It’s a sort of ‘experiment’ I guess, an opportunity to watch a new term work it’s way into the rankings. The term GoogleBowling wasn’t in the SERPs on any engine just one month ago so it’s a great chance to watch and observe how the engines deal with it.
Maybe reveal a secret or two.
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Michael Pedone:
October 18th, 2005 at 5:54 pm
Wouldn’t a simple solution for Google be to simply count links that they are suspecting to be “un fair” ie, site wide text links ads etc, and simply count them as “0″ in their algo? In other words, instead of taxing a penalty, neutralize them as part of the ranking equation for that particular site.
If they can asses +’s and -’s for links, they certainly can also make links in question “neutralâ€?.
This way, innocent sites don’t get deranked and sites that are trying to build artificial link popularity will just waste their money on buying links. Problem solved.
Terry:
October 19th, 2005 at 7:51 am
They could be doing that now Michael. It makes sense and it’s logical and does prevent the ‘innocents’ from being sabotaged.
*Let’s Hope*
ReveNews - Adam Viener:
October 28th, 2005 at 4:01 pm
Google Bowling - Your Site Might be Bowled Off Google Next!
Google Bowling is a new term you should be aware of. Google has been trying to crack down on search engine spam for some time. Their latest algorithms can penalize sites for buying “run of site links” (ads /…
paul williams:
June 11th, 2006 at 10:09 pm
Yes the problem with google is that it penalises websites for offsite activity - but how can they judge if this offsite activity is done by the website owner - it could easily be done by a competitor using black hat seo techniques to associate that site with black hat seo - and therefore getting it penalised.
Terry:
June 12th, 2006 at 8:30 am
ben:
July 26th, 2006 at 3:27 am
AHhhh ! Days of darkness for googles has arrived.That’s GoogleBowling. Optimizing pages to knock out competitor.