Comments on: Did WidgetBucks Just Got Yanked From The SERPS?

By: The Blogospheres’ Clutter of Page Rank Rambles | Ian Fernando

The Blogospheres’ Clutter of Page Rank Rambles | Ian Fernando — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:15:26 +0000

[...] Pimp Slapped, and that is not an ordinary slap. Andy Beard has sphunn a post which was written by Vlad. The post simply says the search term is unsearchable for “WidgetBucks,” because other [...]

By: Vlad

Vlad — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:45:56 +0000

Thanks for stopping by to clarify. Hmmm, Why am I not surprised that Google has no problem with the hidden html link in the widget. One blogger out there has raised the question if we can add “nofollow” tag to that link?

By: WidgetBucks Team

WidgetBucks Team — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:39:31 +0000

Just noticed this thread. Google has never had an issue with WidgetBucks, this is a simply miss on the website deployment where we did not properly instrument the site for crawling. So, this is not an issue of being taken off SERPs, this is an SEO/robots.txt oversight.

By: Vlad

Vlad — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:45:56 +0000

By: WidgetBucks Team

WidgetBucks Team — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:39:31 +0000

By: CT Moore

CT Moore — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:14:03 +0000

This is gold…

By: CT Moore

CT Moore — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:14:03 +0000

This is gold…

By: Vlad

Vlad — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:35:40 +0000

Brian, all those results appear to be in “flash”- very strange.

By: Vlad

Vlad — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:35:40 +0000

Brian, all those results appear to be in “flash”- very strange.

By: Brian Free

Brian Free — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:31:24 +0000

I searched for them by: site:www.widgetbucks.com and only a few results show, and their home page isnt one of them. Google certainly busted them for something.