Google Says No to Cloned SEO’s
December 29th, 2006 by Michael Gray in Random ThoughtsIf you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Read my top posts or learn more about Michael Gray. Want more frequent updates follow me on Twitter. Thanks for visiting!
I got a tip from someone inside of the ‘plex but expect google to come out with a ruling early next year outlawing cloned SEO’s regardless of whether they are blackhat or whitehat. Still no word on whether they approve of cloned cuttlets, chicken or human 
Sphere It
December 29th, 2006 at 7:53 pm
E-mail me for an invitation to my underground lair.
December 29th, 2006 at 9:17 pm
What if the clone is created only after paying to have YahooClones review the quality of the original SEO to determine if they are any good? This way, it is not technically a paid clone, as you are paying for the review and not the clone itself.
December 29th, 2006 at 11:18 pm
Ok GW - You have to expand more on your Friday Teaser Post here… By “cloned” do you mean database driven sites and/or CMS systems that insert different words into the code based on variables such as: Title, Description, etc.? Or do you mean template driven sites that insert variables based on owner - such as real estate sites? I’m gonna need a little more clarification on “Cloned SEOs”.
BTW:And I’ve already paid a company in Switzerland to produce 10 Matt Cutts clones for me :). But I hear Matt Cutts, Vanessa Fox and Adam Lasnik clones are on back order - sort of like those Justin Timberlake “Special Treat” T-shirts.
December 29th, 2006 at 11:39 pm
Google may have said “no” … but what’s the scoop on Yahoo!, Live and Ask?? hehehe
of course we all expect that it’d take the FDA years to approve cloned SEO’s …. but you know in this Web 2.0 world, miracles do happen
December 30th, 2006 at 12:22 am
I don’t think the Federal Google Agency (FGA) would approve. Studies show that the quality of an SEO clone rapidly declines after the second and third generations. But you don’t have to take my word for it. Here is the proof:
The third-generation SEO clone came out looking like this:
http://www.beloblog.com/KHOU_Animal_Attraction/animalattraction/ugly%20dog-thumb.jpg
And did SEO like this:
http://theryanking.com/blog/archives/2004/01/28/my-website-on-google/
December 30th, 2006 at 2:34 am
Ah yes, they may ban cloned SEO’s but will they ban mashups of SEO dna?
G-Man
December 30th, 2006 at 5:04 pm
>Studies show that the quality of an SEO clone rapidly declines after the second and third generations.
Did you bring me a monkey?