Meta Tagging Competitors

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's considered very bad form to list one's
competitors in meta tags, isn't it?

One of our client's competitors has our client's business (and just about
every other competing business) listed in their meta tags in both the
description and the keywords.


NT

__/ [ Not Telling ] on Tuesday 02 May 2006 00:44 \__

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's considered very bad form to list one's
competitors in meta tags, isn't it?

It's bad ethics, but worry not. Meta tags will usually have no effect on
search engines. They may be used by other Web services though.

One of our client's competitors has our client's business (and just about
every other competing business) listed in their meta tags in both the
description and the keywords.

Keywords will have no real effect (if any) on ranks, but there is no reason
in the world why the site should be /described/ by making a mention of its
competition. Contact the site in question and demand that the Webmaster
rectifies this.

With kind regards,

Roy

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On Tue, 2 May 2006 09:44:07 +1000, "Not Telling" <not (AT) home (DOT) com> wrote:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's considered very bad form to list one's
competitors in meta tags, isn't it?

Yup.

One of our client's competitors has our client's business (and just about
every other competing business) listed in their meta tags in both the
description and the keywords.

Have a word with them and with their hosting company and tell them you
want it shifted. Really it's the hosting company you want to seriously
go after because they can just flick a switch and turn the site off on
the basis that it's against their terms and conditions (if it's going
to get them sued then it will be). You will maybe need to show that
you've contacted the owners of the site and you've reasonably asked
them to remove the content and they haven't.
Also you can fill in a spam report at Google, just don't hold your
breath waiting for anything to happen;
http://www.google.com/contact/spamreport.html

BB

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"Big Bill" <kruse (AT) cityscape (DOT) co.uk> wrote

<snip>

Also you can fill in a spam report at Google, just don't hold your
breath waiting for anything to happen;
http://www.google.com/contact/spamreport.html

Bill copyright issues have nothing to do with a spam report. He can turn
them in to Google via with the other option besides spam under the Digital
Millennium Act.

Stacey
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Father - http://allgiftshop.net/occasion-gift...-day-gifts.htm
Mom- http://allgiftshop.net/occasion-gift...-day-gifts.htm
Graduation http://allgiftshop.net/special-gifts...tion-gifts.htm

On Tue, 2 May 2006 09:39:07 +0200, "Stacey"
<Remove-the-Y-stacey (AT) staceyssimplestuff (DOT) com> wrote:

"Big Bill" <kruse (AT) cityscape (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message
news:g4td52dnd403lpq6hdrmc4f3rpoqsggbgk (AT) 4ax (DOT) com...
snip

Also you can fill in a spam report at Google, just don't hold your
breath waiting for anything to happen;
http://www.google.com/contact/spamreport.html

Bill copyright issues have nothing to do with a spam report. He can turn
them in to Google via with the other option besides spam under the Digital
Millennium Act.

Stacey

The link for which I couldn't find at short notice so I went with
spam.

BB
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http://www.kruse.co.uk/sandbox.htm
http://www.here-be-posters.co.uk/lithographs.htm
http://www.crystal-liaison.com/willow-tree/index.html

"Big Bill" <kruse (AT) cityscape (DOT) co.uk> wrote

On Tue, 2 May 2006 09:39:07 +0200, "Stacey"
Remove-the-Y-stacey (AT) staceyssimplestuff (DOT) com> wrote:

"Big Bill" <kruse (AT) cityscape (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message
news:g4td52dnd403lpq6hdrmc4f3rpoqsggbgk (AT) 4ax (DOT) com...
snip

Also you can fill in a spam report at Google, just don't hold your
breath waiting for anything to happen;
http://www.google.com/contact/spamreport.html

Bill copyright issues have nothing to do with a spam report. He can turn
them in to Google via with the other option besides spam under the Digital
Millennium Act.

Stacey

The link for which I couldn't find at short notice so I went with
spam.

Yeah, but that wouldn't have helped him. Just wasting some time on his side.
http://www.google.com/support/webmas...640&topic=8462
Which leads to here:
http://www.google.com/support/bin/re...tinue=Continue

And was easy to find go to webmaster info and click on the link to go to
legal matters which came to the first page I listed. Took all of 1 minute
maybe.

Stacey
--
http://flowerdeliveryplus.com/flower...thers-day.html
Father - http://allgiftshop.net/occasion-gift...-day-gifts.htm
Mom- http://allgiftshop.net/occasion-gift...-day-gifts.htm
Graduation http://allgiftshop.net/special-gifts...tion-gifts.htm

On Tue, 2 May 2006 15:09:38 +0200, "Stacey"
<Remove-the-Y-stacey (AT) staceyssimplestuff (DOT) com> wrote:

"Big Bill" <kruse (AT) cityscape (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message
news:dlje52tpn8vt090jdlcqeni0jacem6602i (AT) 4ax (DOT) com...
On Tue, 2 May 2006 09:39:07 +0200, "Stacey"
Remove-the-Y-stacey (AT) staceyssimplestuff (DOT) com> wrote:

"Big Bill" <kruse (AT) cityscape (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message
news:g4td52dnd403lpq6hdrmc4f3rpoqsggbgk (AT) 4ax (DOT) com...
snip

Also you can fill in a spam report at Google, just don't hold your
breath waiting for anything to happen;
http://www.google.com/contact/spamreport.html

Bill copyright issues have nothing to do with a spam report. He can turn
them in to Google via with the other option besides spam under the Digital
Millennium Act.

Stacey

The link for which I couldn't find at short notice so I went with
spam.

Yeah, but that wouldn't have helped him. Just wasting some time on his side.
http://www.google.com/support/webmas...640&topic=8462

I was looking for trademark infringement. I went to the page above and
searched for trademark. There's nothing in there about it so I
thought, Oh well, and gave him a link to a spam report.

BB
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http://www.kruse.co.uk/sandbox.htm
http://www.here-be-posters.co.uk/lithographs.htm
http://www.crystal-liaison.com/willow-tree/index.html