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on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @06:27AM (#43620093)
Esports Insider, once a legitimate esports news site, was quietly acquired by Finixio, a company behind large-scale gambling and parasite SEO schemes. They added gambling content under subfolders like /gambling, /igaming, and /betting, using the site's strong backlink profile to rank for high-value keywords like "online casinos." After getting hit with manual penalties, they kept dodging enforcement by simply shifting content around. This is a clear example of how parasite SEO is slipping through the cracks in Google’s system. Let’s dive in.
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on Monday April 07, 2025 @07:52AM (#43610232)
Esports Insider, once a legitimate esports news site, was quietly acquired by Finixio, a company behind large-scale gambling and parasite SEO schemes. They added gambling content under subfolders like /gambling, /igaming, and /betting, using the site's strong backlink profile to rank for high-value keywords like "online casinos." After getting hit with manual penalties, they kept dodging enforcement by simply shifting content around. This is a clear example of how parasite SEO is slipping through the cracks in Google’s system.
Show HN: Ollama server discovery tool (finds public LLM instances)
https://github.com/zonay/public-ollama-finder
I built a network discovery tool in Rust that helps identify public Ollama LLM servers. It scans IP ranges to find Ollama instances and catalogs their available models.Important note: This is intended for educational purposes and authorized security testing only.
Re:Finixio Strikes Again: Another Reputable Site Becomes a Gambling SE...
on Saturday January 25, 2025 @08:36AM (#42821551)
CardPlayer.com, once the rolling stone of poker, is now unrecognizable. A trusted hub for poker strategies and industry insights has quietly been co-opted by Finixio’s parasite SEO tactics. This transformation follows their exploitation of Techopedia and similar sites, turning them into crypto gambling link farms. How did this happen, and who’s next? Dive into the details of Finixio’s web of manipulation.
Finixio Strikes Again: Another Reputable Site Becomes a Gambling SEO Puppet
Escaping Google's Manual Reputation Penalty and Resuming Business as Usual
Re:Escaping Google's Manual Reputation Penalty and Resuming Business a...
on Saturday December 21, 2024 @09:24AM (#42479867)
Finixio/Clickout Media's websites, including Techopedia, ReadWrite, and Business2Community, suffered significant traffic and ranking losses following Google's December 2, 2024, algorithm update, likely due to manual penalties for site reputation abuse. In response, Finixio employed redirects and cloaking techniques to swiftly restore operations, demonstrating the resilience and adaptability of sophisticated parasite SEO strategies in evading even severe penalties.
Re:Under Google's blind eye, a growing parasite ecosystem is flourishing
on Friday November 29, 2024 @04:39PM (#42277342)
High-authority websites host unrelated or low-quality content, like gambling or cryptocurrency links, to manipulate rankings and drive traffic. These tactics violate Google's guidelines but often go unnoticed, creating a growing web of deceptive practices. The piece raises questions about the sustainability of such operations and whether Google can effectively address this issue.
Under Google's blind eye, a growing parasite ecosystem is flourishing
Re:A Look at Bluesky
on Sunday July 02, 2023 @12:06PM (#36562786)
I would be grateful if someone could send me an invite: zonay at msn dot com
Re:Show HN: GPT-4-powered web searches for developers
on Thursday April 13, 2023 @08:09AM (#35554175)
Are you considering the use of the embedded dictation features of your operating system?
Re:New GitHub themes for VS Code
on Thursday April 15, 2021 @01:10AM (#26816379)
Pornhub would be better.
Re:Turkey’s currency plunges after the head of the country’s central b...
on Monday March 22, 2021 @10:05AM (#26540923)
Erdogan and his political party have been draining all the money reserve of Turkey since 17 years.