Saw something wierd on a news site... SEO technique?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by S2X, Aug 25, 2008.

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    URL: www.switched.com/2008/08/20/nurse-risks-job-posts-photos-of-brain-surgery-on-facebook/

    Anchor Text: "employers will look at your MySpace/Facebook/Twitter/etc. page."

    Link:
    google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.switched.com%2F2007%2F11%2F08%2Fyour-facebook-or-myspace-profile-could-cost-you-your-job%2F&ei=u4esSO-vHaeueezZjDA&usg=AFQjCNGv07QJKdooozvTXj_dmwjD0mjBug&sig2=cXyQwETbMA1ipnyPl-ze1w


    I was about to click this link when I noticed that it was actually a google search result redirect to their website...

    I can't figure out why they would do this, seems like it might have something to do with SEO?
     
    S2X, Aug 25, 2008 IP
  2. poseidon

    poseidon Banned

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    2 Reasons -
    1. Just by mistake
    2. Experimenting something like does google pushed up those results up which get higher clicks, say if No2 get higher CTR than No1 than may be people like to see no2 result at the top.
     
    poseidon, Aug 25, 2008 IP
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    #3
    they are trying yo get up in thos personalised searches by google.... going on what poseidon said
     
    Tobidotman, Aug 25, 2008 IP
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    I'm not a black hat expert, but could this type of url generate something bad?
     
    catanich, Aug 25, 2008 IP