Buying Links or Selling Links
- 16th Apr 2007
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Ok this has got to be one of the most stupidest things google has ever tried to stop..
I mean Really who are they going to hurt, the site that sells them, the site that buys them or is it just some way to make sure people only use a googley product.
so is buy a link on http://directory.lycos.co.uk/Arts_Entertainment_and_Games/Arts/ to boast my search rankings a bad thing, I get a clean link with PR, and what about the link I got on Forbes. Surely it comes down to intent, and that’s one thing google can’t say. no matter how hard they try
lets look at some samples
reviewme if I buy 100 reviews from blogs what’s the intent “product awareness” or “search positioning” ( depends I guess if it’s client or competitor )
adbrite again lots of traffic cheap
you see Google is only one search engine and while Yahoo, MSN And Jeeves don’t like people buying links if they say nothing, maybe people will start to see google for what it is becoming. I wish sometimes Matt had his “Matt hat” on and Not his “Google Pr Hat”.. Ho Hum .. how many months is it till you leave Matt ? I hear you wife woke up and the coffee smell is really strong at the moment..
DaveN
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You can always buy 100 reviews with a rel=nofollow thingy attached if you are really buying “product awareness” not “search positioning”.
Maybe a rel=bought tag could be introduced so that the SEs can make up their own mind over whether the link is relevant or not.
It is not our job, as webmasters, to shape the web in a way that search engines understand. They never asked us in the first place if it was ok to steal our content and profit from it. They just take it. And now they come back whining like little girls that we can’t do this or we can’t do that. Com’on, get your act together!
@Mikkel - they can whine as much as they like for me…there is NO other game in town. Never been convinced on the argument WRT google as content thief.
@Jack - Not convinced that Google is a content thief? Here’s some help: news.google.com
“Mikkel” u right!
I got a link in the Lycos UK directory for free - I think from their asssociation with LinkCentre?
Mabye they will stop counting this now….but I didn’t pay a penny for it!
Buying links = bad
Exchanging links = bad
No links = bad
Using blackmail for links anyone? Linktortion?
Hi,
Here is a question for anyone who may know the answer…
I have a new website with google ads on it. If I get 10 clicks per day on my ads, does google favor my site over and above others that may be in the same category that don’t run google ads?
I was thinking to some extent they might, so they can make more money.
Do you know anything about this?
Thanks, and I look forward to your reply.
Dean