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Bar Graph MDI (bar graphs, GRML web browsers)
Headlines MDI (GRML web browsers)
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Bar Graph MDI (bar graphs, GRML web browsers)
Headlines MDI (GRML web browsers)
Pioneer Report MDI (GRML web browsers)
Tree MDI (GRML web browsers)
Bar Graph MDI (bar graphs, GRML web browsers)
Headlines MDI (GRML web browsers)
Pioneer Report MDI (GRML web browsers)
Tree MDI (GRML web browsers)
Most automated detection filters search engines claim to have don't exist. If they actually paid programmers to write automated tools to catch and penalize things like hidden text, they should all be fired on the spot.
The majority of common spam techniques are not automatically detected and penalized. They simply mount a press release campaign designed to convince the majority of honest webmasters they automatically detect and penalize such tactics. Since the majority of webmasters are not hard core professional spammers, they believe the hype. They play by the rules. This eliminates 90% of the problem.
The diehard spammers could care less. They are not worried about threats of automatic detection. They continue to flood search engines with the most prehistoric spam techniques available. They are not detected and penalized. A few times, they achieve top rankings.
The cloaking hysteria is a perfect example. Search engines spend lots of time publicly speaking about the evils of cloaking. Why? They do not have the ability to automatically detect and penalize it. At least, the tactics most commonly used by cloakers.
When you cloak a page containing the entire body enclosed in an h1 tag, the search engine looses the competitive spam police. They will view the source code and report the violation.