Google Japan Buys Dirty Pay-Per-Post Links

Posted on February 9th, 2009 by Akky Akimoto

Google Japan seems desperate in chasing the Mighty Yahoo! (see here for example). They are now using a tainted and controversial social media optimization method called pay-per-post, provided by CyberBuzz.

Recently, Google Japan announced a top-page redesign on their official blog, in which they added a "Google Kyuujyoushou Waado (Hot Keywords)" feature. This addition displays the 5 most searched-for keywords in the previous 24 hours. Google Japan planned the new feature to help with their tough search-share fight against nemesis Yahoo! Japan.

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In the screenshot above, just below the search box section, 5 keywords are listed with links to their respective Google searches.

At the same time, there are a number of blog entries on Google's blog widget (called "blog parts" in Japanese) reviewing this "Hot Keywords" feature, all of them strangely resembling each other.

When you search for "Google Hot Keywords Ranking" + "Blog Widget" + "CyberBuzz" in Japanese on Google Blog Search, you will see over 30 posts by bloggers writing about this new service, saying things like "I'm a part of the CyberBuzz campaign" or "You can earn some money by writing interesting stories provided by CyberBuzz". (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4)

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So Google Blog Search, which has been spammed for so long, is now spamming itself in Japan.

I have translated part of a random entry as an example:

The Google Hot Keywords blog widget [link to Google's page] can show you what is in fashion now, and what other people are interested in.

It's appealing that you can view buzzwords from the previous day or the previous week. I am sometimes surprised to see that such words are so popular! Personally, I like the "fortune-teller" feature from the previous week's ranking. When I click on a keyword, I am quickly taken to Google's result page and so I enjoy the feature.

I might not have noticed them by myself, but now I understand that these things are what people care about.

I am participating in CyberBuzz's campaign.

CyberBuzz is one of the biggest pay-per-post agencies in Japan and are known for their high payouts. (Some blog posts fetch $100 for a single entry.)

So they are now link-building using monetary incentives to try to crook their own search results in a malicious way. I think this is a waste of money and only tarnishes their reputation for fairness.

Google Japan also does business with notorious news-clipping site Gigazine, and has been running a few ad campaigns which include special customized banners. There are many article-like advertisements on the site.

These articles, which look almost the same as regular ones, have "ad" tags ("広告" in Japanese) at bottom, which are very subtle, and will no doubt not be noticed by many readers. You can see for yourself by clicking the screenshot below, and reading the (poor) explanation at the bottom of the article that the entry is in fact an advertisement.

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[Update 2009.02.10] Google Japan Apologizes For Inappropriate Pay Per Post Use

via Netafull

(Proofread by Sean O'Hagan)

[Update 2012-01-05] US Google did the same mistake three years later when Matt Cutts penalized Google Japan.

Author Information  @akky(Akky AKIMOTO) is one of the first pro-bloggers in Japan [J]. He also leads Asiajin, writes for Japan Times, does consultation for foreign companies interested in entering Japanese web market.

Tags: Japan, News // 83 Comments »

  • http://blog.pasonatech.co.jp/mitani/9741.html 世界を巡るFool on the web | あすなろBLOG

    グーグルが自社のサービスを告知するためにPay Per Post広告を利用していたことが、Asiajin経由でTechCrunchに紹介され大きな話題になっています。Asiajin: Google Japan Buys Dirty Pay-Per-Post LinksTechCrunch: Yahooからの市場奪取に向けて手段を選ばぬGoogle、PayPerPostキャンペーンを採用

  • http://www.ilbloggatore.com/2009/02/11/google-compra-link-in-giappone/ Il Bloggatore – Le notizie sull’informatica, direttamente dal mondo dei blog!

    da un modello occidentale, in paesi con un diverso background storico, linguistico e soprattutto culturale. O forse Google sperava davvero di colmare il divario che lo separa da Yahoo! tramite la diffusione di un semplice widget? Fonte:Google Japan Buys Dirty Pay-Per-Post Links(ripresa anche da Pay Per Post: Google Uses Every Trick To Beat Yahoo In Japan ). Copyright © TagliaBlog: puoi ripubblicare i contenuti di questo post solo parzialmente e solo inserendo un link al post originale.

  • http://viciadonogoogle.blogspot.com/2009/02/google-japao-viola-as-proprias-regras.html Viciado no Google – Tudo sobre o melhor buscador!

    O blogAsiaJin, junto com o TechCrunch reportaram: Um novo serviço lançado pelo Google Japão (que mostra as 5 keywords mais procuradas nas últimas 24 horas) foi promovido usando POSTS PAGOS! O buscador teria pago cerca de US$100,00 para

  • http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2009-02-10-n43.html Google’s Blogs ‘n More

    Asiajin blogrecently reported that Google Japan was paying bloggers to review a new Google widget. Using pay-per-post service CyberBuzz, blog posts like the following popped up, strangely resembling each other, as Asiajin reports:

  • http://clip.mitaimon.com みたいもん！クリッパー

    —はてなブックマーク – Google Japan Buys Dirty Pay-Per-Post Links | Asiajin流れました

  • http://ameblo.jp/wackyhope/entry-10206224254.html Beauty Science, Beauty Marketing, and Beauty Communication. -美容・化粧の科学とマーケティングと。

    今回のブログパーツのクチコミプロモーションを実施したそうです。 それが、海外向けのメディアでかなり厳しい論調で伝えられましたね。 まずはこれ。 ・「Google Japan Buys Dirty Pay-Per-Post Links」－Asiajin “Dirty”とまで書かれてます。 この記事を受けて、TechCrunchも報道。 ・「Pay Per Post: Google Uses Every Trick To Beat Yahoo In Japan 」－TechCrunch　（本家）

  • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/X07rzsms_EY/ Unusual Fellow

    rilliantly did in the past, try to establish itself as a homegrown brand by putting a stronger emphasis on localized marketing and product strategies. But whatever Google has up its sleeves, pay-per-post campaigns surely are not enough to take over Japan from Yahoo. ViaAsiajinCrunch Network: CrunchGear drool over the sexiest new gadgets and hardware.

  • http://www.mediologic.com/weblog/archives/001773.html mediologic.com/weblog

    いいサービスであっても、広告主がどういうビジネスをしているかによってはやっていい手法とそうでない手法がある。■Google Japan Buys Dirty Pay-Per-Post Links | Asiajin

  • http://www.websonic.nl/nieuws/022009/google_bestraft_google_japan.php WebSonic.nl :: Webtools – PC Tips en Trucs – Tutorials

    Google heeft Google Japan gestraft voorhet betalenvan bloggers om te schrijven over Google en het linken naar de diverse Google diensten. Dit deed Google door de PageRank van Google Japan te verlagen, deze was voorheen 9 en is nu 5. Inmiddels heeft Google Japan officieel een excuus online geplaatst op

  • http://feeds.adseok.com/~r/AdseokOptimizacionEnBuscadores/~3/a8AanFggfEI/ Posicionamiento en buscadores con Adseok SEO

    Esto es muy raro, Google Japón ha pasado de PR9 a PR5 por una penalización por venta de enlaces. La cosa esasí: Google Japón anuncio en su blog un nuevo diseño en la portada del buscador, incluyendo una sección llamada “Google Kyuujyoushou Waado (Palabras más buscadas)”, todo por competir con Yahoo que se lo lleva casi todo en

  • http://magiczne.seoisem.pl/2009/02/12/google-kupuje-linki-a-potem-przeprasza-i-samo-sie-karze/ Magiczne SEOiSEM ⊷

    Google Japan kupuje płatne wpisy

  • http://connect.icrossing.co.uk/google-japan-penalised-payperpost_1608 Connect: Digital Marketing Blog – Search Marketing – iCrossing UK

    to increase their market share.  In Japan, Google are trying to catch up with Yahoo, who according to Neilson/NetRatings and ComScore have around 50% vs Google’s 30%.  In a seemingly desperate attempt to catch up with Yahoo,Google Japan decided to try a bit of pay per post, getting bloggers to review and link their latest Google Hot Keywords widget. Pay per post is a form of word of mouth marketing whereby a blogger can get paid for writing a blog post about a certain company or product. When the concept of pay per post

  • http://macmagazine.com.br/blog/2009/02/12/google-penaliza-pagerank-do-google-do-japao-por-comprar-links-em-blogs/ BLOG.MACMAGAZINE

    ao seu controle e você tem que penalizá-la. É o que acaba de acontecer com o Google e sua sede no Japão, que teve seu próprio site penalizado pela gigante de buscas. Há alguns dias, descobriu-se que o Google Japan estavacomprando links em blogspara promover uma campanha de um dos seus serviços. Quem conhece o Google, sabe o quanto esse tipo de prática é condenada pelos caras e pode jogar a pontuação de PageRank lá pra baixo. O aviso da penalidade foi dado por Matt Cutts em seu

  • http://www.nowhereelse.fr/google-japon-pagerank-16058/ GEEK WEBZINE de l’actu GEEK pour les GEEKS

    C’est en tout cas ce que porte à croire la forte baisse de PageRank visible via la Google Toolbar concernant le PR de la page d’accueil de Google Search Japan … Certaines pratiquesrécemment constatéesdu côté du portail Japonais pourraient expliquer que la Home de Google Japon soit brusquement passée d’un PR9 à un PR5! Des sanctions de cette ampleur avaient été constatées au sein de la blogosphère francophone il y

  • http://www.motoricerca.net/2009/02/12/google-penalizza-se-stesso/ Motoricerca: notizie sui motori di ricerca, search engine marketing, ottimizzazione dei siti web

    Google, si sa, sconsiglia fortemente di acquistare link a pagamento su altri siti con lo scopo di guadagnare PageRank ed influenzare il posizionamento. Di recente però, Google Giappone è stata sorpresa adacquistare post a pagamentoper promuovere una delle sue nuove funzionalità. Google in passato aveva dichiarato che questo tipo di attività andava contro le proprie linee guida. Per non smentirsi, la home page della versione giapponese di Google è passata da PageRank 9 a PageRank

  • http://blogs.itmedia.co.jp/niikura 新倉茂彦の情報セキュリティAtoZ : ITmedia オルタナティブ・ブログ

    」、「ページランクがゼロになり途方に暮れるPayPerPostユーザーたち」という記事が出ていた。今回のグーグル日本法人の行為が、Asiajinのサイトで「Google Japan Buys Dirty Pay-Per-Post Links（Google日本が汚いPay-Per-Postリンクを買う）」として英文でレポートされると、TechCrunchの記事になり、急きょ当該キャンペーンの中止という展開になったようだ。

  • http://blog.tokuriki.com/2009/02/google_payperpost.html tokuriki.com：ネットコミュニケーションの視点

    　概要を知らない方にざっくり内容を紹介すると、Google Japanが「急上昇ワードランキング」のプロモーションでCyberBuzzのPayPerPostサービスを利用していたことが、ネタフル、Asiajin経由で米国のTechCrunchにまで取り上げられ、それに対してGoogleが公式ブログで謝罪することになった。というのが基本的な流れです。 ・Google のマーケティング活動について

  • http://www.blogobo.com/google/pay-per-post-google-uses-every-trick-to-beat-yahoo-in-japan/ BLOGOBO

    , try to establish itself as a homegrown brand by putting a stronger emphasis on localized marketing and product strategies. But whatever Google has up its sleeves, pay-per-post campaigns surely are not enough to take over Japan from Yahoo. ViaAsiajin

  • http://www.iyahooi.com/entry/2009/02/payperpostgoogle.html i yahoo i.com:blog

    google PayPerPostの利用を謝罪。 こちらの記事で今回の経緯を憶測しているので引用させていただきました。 ネタフルのコグレさんが「使ってるんだー」ってつぶやいて、 それをAsiajinが拾って、 そこからTechCrunchで記事なった、って経緯かと。 面白い流れだね。 TechCrunchでの記事はこちら もっと詳しい経緯はこちら [を] Google

  • http://megustaelturismo.es/blog/2009/02/13/google-se-penaliza-a-si-mismo/ megustaelturismo

    campaña de compra de post

  • http://www.groovecommerce.com/ecommerce-blog/search-engine-marketing/google-google-slaps-google-japan/ Lead Gen and eCommerce Website Design, Development, and Marketing | Groove Commerce

    respective top search engines. The same goes for Japan, where Yahoo leads the way with 51% of the market share, with Google coming in at second with around 39% of the share. In an effort to overtake Yahoo, Google Japan has engaged in some shady practices. On Monday, theAsiajin blogreported that Google Japan was making use of the Pay-Per-Post service known as CyberBuzz to promote one of their new web gadgets. The service pays bloggers to write glowing reviews and link to a product, essentially creating fake buzz around the net. After making the rou

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    was apparently unaware of the company’s own terms of service. Paying a Japanese pay-per-post promotion company to pimp its new Hot Keywords blog widget caused the website to be busted down from PR 9 to PR 5. Many thanks goes out to bloggerAkky Akimotofor discovery and English translation of what might described as a big, corporate party foul. When searching for (in Japanese) Google Hot Keywords Ranking  + “Blog Widget” + “CyberBuzz,” Akimoto found over 30 posts writing about the widget, all o

  • http://www.anirbanroy.info/google/google-japan-got-penalized-by-google/ I Am Blogging

    Yahoo as the no.1 search engine in Japan. Japan’s blogosphere was filled with reports that Google hired Cyberbuzz, a Tokyo-based internet marketing company to promote their Hot Keywords Widget as per per post basis. You can read TechCrunchAsiajin’sfollow ups on this. Soon Google Japan apologized: Google Japan is running several promotional activities to let people know more about our products. It turns out that using blogs on the part of the promotional activities violates Google’s search guidelines, so w

  • http://nomano.shiwaza.com/tnoma/blog/archives/006829.html [の] のまのしわざ

    Google「急上昇ワードランキング」の紹介でCyberBuzzを利用］ ■これは農薬まみれな野菜だね、どーなってんの？［Google Japan Buys Dirty Pay-Per-Post Links | Asiajin］ ■ヤフー八百屋に負けてるから手段を選ばない行動にでたね［Yahooからの市場奪取に向けて手段を選ばぬGoogle、PayPerPostキャンペーンを採用］

  • http://www.webseo.es/google-penaliza-a-google-japon/ Pagerank SEO – Tu sitio sobre SEO

    en Japonés puedes encontrar unos 30 blogs que hablan del servicio de Google pagados por Cyberbuzz, que es la empresa de servicios de promoción social a base de pagos por posts que contrataron. Todo esto ha sido descubierto porAkky Akimoto, y hasta el propio Matt Cutts de Google habla en su Twitter sobre el cambio de PR de 9 a 5 que ha sufrido google.co.jp. Parece que desde Google Japón ya han emitido una disculpa por este incidente. Visto en: Webpronews

  • http://sejapan.net/2009/02/google-cyberbuzz-google-trends-trouble-summary.html 電脳技術者覚書

    [N] Google「急上昇ワードランキング」の紹介でCyberBuzzを利用Google Japan Buys Dirty Pay-Per-Post Links | Asiajinいいサービスであっても、広告主がどういうビジネスをしているかによってはやっていい手法とそうでない手法がある。: mediologic.com/weblog

  • http://socweb.blog80.fc2.com/blog-entry-363.html social web rambling

    にpayperpost（金を払ってブロガーに記事を書かせる）の一種であるCyberBuzzを利用している」と指摘したのが発端。 続いてAkkyこと秋元裕樹さんが英語ブログAsiajinでGoogle Japan Buys Dirty Pay-Per-Post Links（Google Japanは汚いpayperpost記事を使っている）と批判。 Asiajinの同人でもあるTechCrunchライターのSerkan Totoさんが本家にPay Per Post: Google Uses Every Trick To Beat Yahoo In Japan

  • http://www.riverho.com/matt-cutt-apologized-for-googlecojp-paid-for-writers/ Digital Marketer in China

    PR is pushing that. When less people who really knows how to drive buzz, seeding post and paid article will become a norm.   More WebProNews Videos     Photo credit: http://www.webpronews.com/ Related: Asiajin blog

  • http://saturnattacks.com/2009/03/16/la-doble-moral-de-google/ Saturn Attacks

    por algún tiempo. Esto me recuerda al caso en que el fiscal presenta una acusación sobre un individuo por comerciar con drogas, pero es el mismo fiscal quien las consume de otro porveedor, mal Google, muy mal. Más detalles enGoogle Japan Buys Dirty Pay-Per-Post Links.

  • http://www.jroller.com/hatano/entry/sony_s_itune_library_buster Japanese on Java

    ect Player and online music store Connect, all failed and busted, he resigned Sony and moved. And, now he is a head of GJ, and GJ employed the taboo advertising methodology, pay-per-post, to make itself penalized. What’s going on here? While GJ released the apology abouttheir conductwhich is against their company policy, they told that CyberBuzz, run by Cyber Agent, Inc., online ad company, IS a pay-per-post service. But, Cyber Agent does not say so. CyberBuzz is a kind of buzz-marketing service, but it is different from what generally defined as “pay-p

  • http://mydesign.com.ar/blog/2009/04/15/google-penaliza-a-google-japon/ MyDesign – Blog de Diseño Web

    en Japonés puedes encontrar unos 30 blogs que hablan del servicio de Google pagados por Cyberbuzz, que es la empresa de servicios de promoción social a base de pagos por posts que contrataron. Todo esto ha sido descubierto porAkky Akimoto, y hasta el propio Matt Cutts de Google habla en su Twitter sobre el cambio de PR de 9 a 5 que ha sufrido google.co.jp. Parece que desde Google Japón ya han emitido una disculpa por este incidente. Visto en: Webpronews Fuente:

  • http://www.adseok.com Posicionamiento en buscadores con Adseok SEO

    Esto es muy raro, Google Japón ha pasado de PR9 a PR5 por una penalización por venta de enlaces. La cosa esasí: Google Japón anuncio en su blog un nuevo diseño en la portada del buscador, incluyendo una sección llamada “Google Kyuujyoushou Waado (Palabras más buscadas)”, todo por competir con Yahoo que se lo lleva casi todo en

  • http://pagerank-seo.com.ar Pagerank SEO – Tu sitio sobre SEO

    en Japonés puedes encontrar unos 30 blogs que hablan del servicio de Google pagados por Cyberbuzz, que es la empresa de servicios de promoción social a base de pagos por posts que contrataron. Todo esto ha sido descubierto porAkky Akimoto, y hasta el propio Matt Cutts de Google habla en su Twitter sobre el cambio de PR de 9 a 5 que ha sufrido google.co.jp. Parece que desde Google Japón ya han emitido una disculpa por este incidente. Visto en: Webpronews

  • http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/09/pay-per-post-google-uses-every-trick-to-beat-yahoo-in-japan/ Pay Per Post: Google Uses Every Trick To Beat Yahoo In Japan

    [...] Asiajin CrunchBase Information Google Japan Information provided by CrunchBase [...]

  • http://insidewebmaster.com/2009/02/google-buying-reviews-through-cyberbuzz/ insideWebmaster

    Google Buying Reviews Through Cyberbuzz?…

    It would appear that Google Japan is ready to stoop to new lows in order to beat out their rival Yahoo! In fact, so low that they’re willing to pay internet marketing company Cyberbuzz to post good reviews of their new keyword widget. Seems fitti…

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  • http://www.yugatech.com/blog/blogosphere/google-caught-paid-post-in-japan/ Google caught doing paid post in Japan | YugaTech | Philippines, Technology News & Reviews

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  • http://googlediscovery.com/2009/02/10/google-japao-e-acusado-de-fazer-posts-pagos/ Google Japão é acusado de fazer posts pagos – Google Discovery

    [...] informações do blog Asiajin, o Google teria utilizado os serviços da CyberBuzz, empresa especializada em oferecer serviços de [...]

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  • http://seoblackhat.com/2009/02/10/the-following-pay-per-post-was-paid-for-by-google/ The Following Pay Per Post Was Paid for by Google

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  • http://www.blogoergosum.com/4948-google-japan-est-desespere-et-sen-excuse Google Japan est desespéré et s’en excuse !

    [...] Akimoto, responsable du blog asiajin.com, a récemment déclaré que Google payait des blogueurs via l’agence de RP digitale Cyberbuzz [...]

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    [...] letzten 24 Stunden an. Um dieses Feature zu promoten, hat Google Japan sich eines Service namens CyberBuzz bedient. Letztendlich sowas wie Trigami; Blogger schreiben bezahlte Blogeintr臠e zum gew・schten [...]

  • http://www.pagetrafficblog.com/google-penalizes-google-japan/5952/ Google Penalizes Google Japan! » PageTraffic SEO Blog

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  • http://www.relevansanalys.se/google-ertappad-med-kopta-lankar-for-att-vinna-over-yahoo/ Google ertappad med köpta länkar för att vinna över Yahoo | Relevansanalys sökmotoroptimering & domäner

    [...] info på: Asiajin.com och TechCrunch. Dela info om domäner och sökmotoroptimering: These icons link to social [...]

  • http://jurnalsem.com/bila-google-di-tempat-baru/ Bila Google Di Tempat Baru… | JurnalSEM

    [...] dari paid links ini, Google sendiri telah ‘mendenda’ Google.co.jp dengan menurunkan nilai PR mereka [...]

  • http://www.bestnotizie.com/4840/google-penalizza-anche-se-stesso/ » Google penalizza anche se stesso

    [...] PageRank ed influenzare il posizionamento. Di recente però, Google Giappone è stata sorpresa ad acquistare post a pagamento per promuovere una delle sue nuove [...]

  • http://www.onlinerambo.com/%d7%92%d7%95%d7%92%d7%9c-%d7%a7%d7%95%d7%a0%d7%94-%d7%a4%d7%95%d7%a1%d7%98%d7%99%d7%9d-%d7%91%d7%91%d7%9c%d7%95%d7%92%d7%99%d7%9d-%d7%95%d7%9e%d7%aa%d7%a0%d7%a6%d7%9c%d7%aa/ פרסום גרילה באינטרנט – ינאי הנגבי » Blog Archive » גוגל קונה פוסטים בבלוגים ומתנצלת

    [...] הדיווחים מהשבוע האחרון שמספרים על שימוש לא הוגן שעשתה גוגל יפן במסגרת קידום אחד המוצרים שלה ברשת הפכו לדיון סוער בקרב עכברי הרשת (לא משנה שזה ייקח בדיוק 3 ימים ואך אחד לא יזכור).  מסתבר שגוגל יפן פשוט שילמו לבלוגרים כדי לכתוב ביקורת על אחד הווידג’טים שלהם. [...]

  • http://despuesdegoogle.com/2009/02/12/google-se-autorebaja-su-pagerank-en-japon/ despuesdegoogle » Blog Archive » Google se autorebaja su PageRank en Japón

    [...] Todos los datos, en Asiajin [...]

  • http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-japan-penalized-by-google-for-paid-links/8590/ Google Japan Penalized by Google for Paid Links

    [...] Google has slapped down a penalty on Google Japan for publicly and somewhat arrogantly paying bloggers to write about them and link to Google Japan [...]

  • http://wahlqvist.co.uk/google-says-no-no-to-google/ Google says no no, to Google | Wahlqvist

    [...] out that google.co.jp had been buying “Pay-Per-Post” links from “Cyberbuzz” according to Asiajin. Matt Cutt commented on Twitter and said “Google.co.jp PageRank is now ~5 instead of ~9. I expect [...]

  • http://www.adamcrawford.co.uk/google-ban-themselves-again/ Google ban themselves again at Adam Crawford

    [...] A fun story caught my eye today as Google penalised themselves for buying links. [...]

  • http://www.research-tr.com/googlein-kestigi-parmak-acimaz/ Google’ın Kestiği Parmak Acımaz | Re*Search

    [...] ne oldu? Google Japonya şubesi gitti tanıtım methodu olarak bunu seçti. Sonra resmi bloglarından özür dileseler de, internette insanların diline düşmekten doğal [...]

  • http://www.kadekbagus.com/2009/02/15/google-jepang-kena-penalti-dari-google/ Google jepang kena penalti dari Google? | Kadek Bagus Official Site

    [...] lengkapnya bisa dibaca disini dan [...]

  • http://www.cheethai.com/tech-news/google-penalized-google-japan-the-end-of-payperpost Your Digital Life Style | Tech News | Google Penalized Google Japan. The end of PayPerPost ?
  • http://www.seoshootout.com/2009/02/google-japan-falls-on-its-links-sword/ Google Japan Falls on Its (Links) Sword | SEO ShootOut

    [...] Japan is in hot competition with Yahoo! for search traffic. Share and [...]

  • http://www.moteurzine.com/2009/02/16/googlecojp-spam-linking-yahoocojp/ Google sanctionne Google.co.jp page rank black hat spam linking Yahoo

    [...] qui reste premier au Japon, Google.co.jp est passé à l’attaque en utilisant un système de pay per post pour tenter de changer la donne. Cette pratique étant désapprouvée par la maison mère, Google a [...]

  • http://www.accuracast.com/search-daily-news/seo-7471/google-japan-to-google-were-sorry/ Google Japan to Google, “We’re Sorry” | AccuraCast Search Daily News

    [...] Akimoto at the Asiajin blog reported last week that Google Japan hired Cyberbuzz, a company that specialises in online [...]

  • http://www.chinamyhosting.com/seoblog/2009/02/17/google-japan-paid-links/ Google挥刀自宫给站长看 – 搜索引擎优化SEO每天一贴

    [...] Google日本分部的人为了推广自己的服务，通过当地的付费博客帖子服务购买了一些付费帖子，当然里面都有付费链接。这件事被Asiajin博客首先报道，2月9号上了TechCrunch，并迅速在SEO圈子里发酵。 [...]

  • http://videos.webpronews.com/2009/02/16/wpn-exclusive-matt-cutts-apologizes-on-behalf-of-googles-penalty-against-google-japan/ Video: Matt Cutts Apologizes on Behalf of Google's Penalty against Google Japan

    [...] to Google Blogoscoped, Akky Akimoto wrote on the Asiajin blog that Google Japan was paying bloggers to evaluate a new Google widget through a pay-per-post [...]

  • http://asiajin.com/blog/2009/02/18/apologies-to-google-cyberbuzz-is-not-pay-per-post-so-they-say/ Apologies to Google: CyberBuzz Is Not Pay-Per-Post (so they say) | Asiajin

    [...] If their definition of pay-per-post is true, and if Google penalized their Japanese office for using pay-per-post, I must apologize for my first report. [...]

  • http://www.giolicious.com/matt-cutts-expressed-regret-for-googles-penalty-towards-google-japan.html Matt Cutts Expressed Regret for Google’s Penalty towards Google Japan at giolicious.com

    [...] widget via pay-per-post assistance named Cyberbuzz. The content was written by Akky Akimoto on Asiajin blog. More WebProNews [...]

  • http://www.massmedia.comoj.com/?p=729 Google Penalizes Itself | Mass Media News-Web News

    [...] widget caused the website to be busted down from PR 9 to PR 5. Many thanks goes out to blogger Akky Akimoto for discovery and English translation of what might described as a big, corporate party foul. When [...]

  • http://believedesign.net/seo/google-guilty-of-buying-paid-links Google guilty of buying paid links… | SEO | Believe Design – anything is possible…

    [...] To check out the original post that uncovered the whole shameful episode, check that out here [...]

  • http://www.onlinemarketingperformance.com/google-outs-self-for-pay-per-post-scheming/ Google Japan and pay-per-post link-building

    [...] I came across this on the Asiajin blog. Start reading here, then follow the related posts: Asiajin – Google Japan Buys Dirty Pay-per-Post Links. [...]

  • http://www.seomarketing.co.il/2009/02/is-google-believe-in-web-marketing/ האם גוגל לא מאמינה בשיווק באינטרנט? | קידום אתרים באינטרנט | קידום אתרים בגוגל | שיווק באינטרנט

    [...] מעט נכתב ברשת על המקרה של גוגל יפן, בו למעשה גוגל יפן שילמה לבלוגרים כסף כדי שירשמו על [...]

  • http://asiajin.com/blog/2009/03/03/google-japan-top-menu-localization/ Google Japan, Top Menu Localization | Asiajin

    [...] the issues like Google Japan’s pay-per-post incident, Google headquarters might be thinking more direct control by having more communicable local [...]

  • http://asiajin.com/blog/2009/03/31/google-japan-removes-hot-keywords-from-its-top/ Google Japan Removes Hot Keywords From Its Top | Asiajin

    [...] of link-menu) Japanese users than proactive (searching) western users, however was involved with unfortunate promotion mistake (2), (3). This short time recall still can be decided by that feature’s performance to lure [...]

  • http://blog.fkoji.com/2009/02092138.html Googleがペイ・パー・ポストに手を出した – F.Ko-Jiの「一秒後は未来」

    [...] 個人的には Asiajin で書かれた記事「Google Japan Buys Dirty Pay-Per-Post Links | Asiajin」がこれから世界に広まっていくのかどうか興味津々です。 [...]

  • http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/02/16/google-penalizes-itself Google Penalizes Itself | WebProNews

    [...] widget caused the website to be busted down from PR 9 to PR 5. Many thanks goes out to blogger Akky Akimoto for discovery and English translation of what might described as a big, corporate party foul. When [...]

  • http://blackhat.gr/blackhat-seo/blackhat-seo Blackhat SEO | BlackHat.gr

    [...] Η Google Japan, χρησιμοποίησε την ίδια ακριβώς τακτική για να προωθήσει το redesign που θα γινόταν στην αρχική [...]

  • http://www.techwankers.com/2010/01/28/dear-wanksta-how-evil-is-google/ Dear wanksta – How evil is Google? | Tech Wankers

    [...] their own terms of service. They say paying for blog posts are bad and prohibited. Guess what? Google paid for blob entries in Japan because they’re desperate. They only apologized because they got [...]

  • http://asiajin.com/blog/2010/04/13/google-abolishes-japan-local-president-koichiro-tsujino-resigns-this-month/ Asiajin » Google Abolishes Japan Local President. Koichiro Tsujino Resigns This Month

    [...] to the president on 2009-01-01. Just after taking the position in February 2009, Google Japan had a big marketing runaway around pay-per-post usage, which, I think, makes Google HQ more sceptical the need of Japan office independence, though that [...]

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