Snipe a site

I was wondering how many ways there are to take out a competitors site, if
any. And what I can do to protect myself against such attacks?

Regards,
Steven

On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 09:37:23 +0800, "Timmermans"
<steventimmermans (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

I was wondering how many ways there are to take out a competitors site, if
any.

You mean rank better than a competitor's site on the search engines -
therefore potentially get more traffic to your site? By effectively
applying SEO techniques, in hopes of attaining longterm results[1], to
your site's contents.

And what I can do to protect myself against such attacks?

You mean to remain ranking ahead [of most] of your competitors? By
applying SEO techniques, in hopes of attaining longterm results[1], to
your site's contents.

If you are meaning to try have your competitor's site banned or
penalized, then you will have to keep an eye on their sites and wait
for them to botch up something that is against "the rules" then go the
process of reporting them [although Google states they will not always
remove a site from their index ... but I theorize this is because they
can use those sites for testing (live examples)]

Carol

[1] by longterm results I am meaning where, in an algo change, your
site/pages may shift up and down (with everyone else0 but only by a
handful of slots (positions) or able to keep your ranking through such
a change.

"Carol W" <from_you (AT) nomail (DOT) com> wrote

On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 09:37:23 +0800, "Timmermans"
steventimmermans (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

I was wondering how many ways there are to take out a competitors site,
if
any.

You mean rank better than a competitor's site on the search engines -
therefore potentially get more traffic to your site? By effectively
applying SEO techniques, in hopes of attaining longterm results[1], to
your site's contents.

No... I mean the 'black' techniques others can use against you.

And what I can do to protect myself against such attacks?

You mean to remain ranking ahead [of most] of your competitors? By
applying SEO techniques, in hopes of attaining longterm results[1], to
your site's contents.

No... I mean the 'black' techniques others can use against you.

If you are meaning to try have your competitor's site banned or
penalized, then you will have to keep an eye on their sites and wait
for them to botch up something that is against "the rules" then go the
process of reporting them [although Google states they will not always
remove a site from their index ... but I theorize this is because they
can use those sites for testing (live examples)]

I mean others trying to take my site out... not me taking others site out...
asking if there's anything that can be done about negative influences from
third parties. No more no less.

Carol

[1] by longterm results I am meaning where, in an algo change, your
site/pages may shift up and down (with everyone else0 but only by a
handful of slots (positions) or able to keep your ranking through such
a change.

On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 11:00:35 +0800, "Timmermans"
<steventimmermans (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

"Carol W" <from_you (AT) nomail (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:6aspn1thsjcs120jvmivvbbl1rpd7vnd4f (AT) 4ax (DOT) com...
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 09:37:23 +0800, "Timmermans"
steventimmermans (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

[snip]

I mean others trying to take my site out... not me taking others site out...
asking if there's anything that can be done about negative influences from
third parties. No more no less.

Some will say there are - but what htose methods are I don't know as I
never really been much interested in those kind of tactics. most
"dirty tactics" are more aimed, in my opinion, at getting one's site
to rank higher than another - but some of those are iffey or
short-term effects, and this is where applying SEO for more longterm
results can help your site out in those instances.

Sorry I can't be of more help than that though.

Carol

"Carol W" <from_you (AT) nomail (DOT) com> wrote

On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 11:00:35 +0800, "Timmermans"
steventimmermans (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote:


"Carol W" <from_you (AT) nomail (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:6aspn1thsjcs120jvmivvbbl1rpd7vnd4f (AT) 4ax (DOT) com...
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 09:37:23 +0800, "Timmermans"
steventimmermans (AT) yahoo (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

[snip]

I mean others trying to take my site out... not me taking others site
out...
asking if there's anything that can be done about negative influences
from
third parties. No more no less.

Some will say there are - but what htose methods are I don't know as I
never really been much interested in those kind of tactics. most
"dirty tactics" are more aimed, in my opinion, at getting one's site
to rank higher than another - but some of those are iffey or
short-term effects, and this is where applying SEO for more longterm
results can help your site out in those instances.

Sorry I can't be of more help than that though.

Carol

So assuming some would try to tackle my site, it would be a temporary thing?
Ok, that's good to know.

Thanks,
Steven