On 12 September 2015 07:53:57 BST, jim bell <jdb10987@yahoo.com> wrote:
>I found this partial explanation:  
> http://www.seochat.com/c/a/search-engine-optimization-help/hidden-text-in-websites/
>and                                            
>  http://www.seologic.com/faq/hidden-text
>and                                            
>  http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/hidden-text-website-34580.html
>and                                            
>  https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/66353?hl=en
>                 Jim Bell
>      From: jim bell <jdb10987@yahoo.com>
>To: Juan <juan.g71@gmail.com>; "cypherpunks@cpunks.org"
><cypherpunks@cpunks.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 11, 2015 11:38 PM
>Subject: Re: Anyone familiar with SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
>techniques? I have a mystery.
>
>From: Juan <juan.g71@gmail.com>
>On Sat, 12 Sep 2015 03:18:08 +0000 (UTC)
>jim bell <jdb10987@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>> For those who can help, please do a Google search for 'Bell further
>>> alleged in his 2003'You will notice that there are MANY results that
>>> contain that phrase, but have something close to gibberish, before
>>> and after it.  
>
>
> >Weird. The search results I'm seeing (first page)
>>    1) book titled "crypto anarchy"
>   
>  >  2)
> >
>  http://www.snowcitycafe.com/assets/28115041/service/ridgefield-connecticut-public-records.html
>
> >   3)
> >
>  http://www.snowcitycafe.com/assets/28115041/service/jail-records-vine.html
>
> >   4)
> >
>  http://www.snowcitycafe.com/assets/28115041/service/do-you-have-to-get-a-background-check-to-buy-.html
>
>>    5) Jim's wikipedia article
>
> >   6)
>>  
>http://buriedwithoutceremony.com/wp-includes/service/indiana-state-police-records-division.html
>
> >   7)
>>  
> http://buriedwithoutceremony.com/wp-includes/service/arizona-public-records-wills.html
>
>>    8)
> >
>  http://www.vinnatur.org/wp-includes/service/free-website-to-view-criminal-records.html
>
> >   9)
>
>>  
> http://www.vinnatur.org/wp-includes/service/free-criminal-records-bureau-uk.html
>
> >   10)
>
> >
>  http://culturesource.net/data/records/criminal-background-guidelines.html
>
>
> >   results 2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10 all go to the same spam page. 
>I think you're wrong about that.  It isn't "the same spam page".
> Rather, it is multiple copies of what amounts to (looks like, to the
>human eye) the same spam page, but located at different URLs.
>
>
> >   In other words, google is such an incredible piece of shit that
>>    they can't even run a search engine?
>Again, I think you're wrong about that.  I don't think Google has done
>anything wrong, here.  Rather, I think that someone else has
>manufactured many pages which look alike to the human eye, but
>apparently contain hidden text that can be searched for and found.
> Google-search has simply catalogued the search results, including the
>otherwise-invisible text.  (White characters on a white background
>can't be read by eye, but they can be read by Google-search.)
>
>
>>> Some results are genuine, but most are apparently not.
>>>  I suspect that I am the victim of some sort of SEO-techniques,
>
>
>>    ...that work against an IT company that rules the universe and
> >   has a 'market cap' of 428 000 million dollars...
>Again, I think you're wrong.  What I believe I have seen does not "work
>against" anybody, except possibly me.  Google is simply cataloguing the
>web pages it sees, as the person (or organization) that produced those
>pages intends.  The only negative consequence, to Google-search, is
>that they have to catalog a few hundred kilobytes more of web-pages.
> That's no skin off Google-search's nose.  And as far as I understand,
>the only tricky thing here is that text is present on these pages which
>cannot be read by a human.  If I knew more about the Web than I do, I
>would probably understand how to adjust my web browser to display
>visibly what would otherwise be invisible text.  The next question is,
>"what does this mean, and who produced this, and why?".   I posted this
>query to find somebody who had experience in SEO techniques.
>
>
>
>             Jim Bell