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I was hoping for a blatant scam: fake Windows keys sold through Reddit rings, Groupon, and half-assed websites. So I bought what I assumed to be a fake Windows key that would fail the authentication. What better way to prove the scam? The key fucking worked. Real Windows 11 Home keys go for about $140. I bought one for $32.

Site reputation abuse is when a third-party abuses the reputation of a domain to rank a bunch of pages in Google. The SEO community refers to this type of thing as parasite SEO. Google has gone so far as to publish an official policy (documented here) on how this isn’t allowed: Site reputation abuse (parasite SEO) is rampant today. I

Parasite SEO is when a third-party company partners with an established domain, then posts a bunch of SEO content to make a bunch of money. Content often gets published in a subfolder or subdomain or the website. The goal is to leverage the domain’s trust with Google to get rankings and traffic easily. With the right agreement, you can make

What if I told you that Forbes Marketplace, the affiliate company operating on Forbes.com ALSO had agreements with CNN and USA Today? And that Forbes Marketplace was stuffing those sites full of affiliate content just like it is with Forbes? And what if Forbes Marketplace went to extreme efforts to hide everything? Would this be considered parasite SEO? I believe