Comments on: Can Google Find and Spank your Paid Links? http://www.jimboykin.com/google-paid-links/ Internet Marketing, SEO, and Link Building. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:29:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jon Do http://www.jimboykin.com/google-paid-links/#comment-29606 Jon Do Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:25:30 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/google-paid-links/#comment-29606 Ok... are several months from this rumors ... anybody know if Google is doing that right now ? or ? Regards Ok… are several months from this rumors … anybody know if Google is doing that right now ? or ?

Regards

]]> By: female bodybuilder http://www.jimboykin.com/google-paid-links/#comment-25878 female bodybuilder Sun, 02 Dec 2007 05:39:52 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/google-paid-links/#comment-25878 I'm so sick of people worrying about Google. If you live in fear you will get NOWHERE. I’m so sick of people worrying about Google. If you live in fear you will get NOWHERE.

]]> By: Kahn http://www.jimboykin.com/google-paid-links/#comment-25863 Kahn Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:18:24 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/google-paid-links/#comment-25863 Whats the definition of buying a link? If I mow my neighbors lawn and ask him to put a link on his blog - did I just buy that link ? If i send a donation to a website, and ask them to link to me if they want - is that buying a link ? If I wink at someone and hand them 50 dollars, did i just buy those drugs ?? Whats the definition of buying a link? If I mow my neighbors lawn and ask him to put a link on his blog - did I just buy that link ?

If i send a donation to a website, and ask them to link to me if they want - is that buying a link ?

If I wink at someone and hand them 50 dollars, did i just buy those drugs ??

]]> By: jay http://www.jimboykin.com/google-paid-links/#comment-25585 jay Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:39:56 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/google-paid-links/#comment-25585 I went through a period where I lost 2 pagerank points from each of two of my blogs (July 2006) after having taken part in some viral linking schemes, but the good news was that these pagerank points were restored and improved in October... blog one. had PR2, went to PR1, came back as PR4 blog two, had PR2, went to PR0, came back as PR3 I have never paid for any linking myself as I am too mean(!), but somehow I fell foul of the Google filter... I went through a period where I lost 2 pagerank points from each of two of my blogs (July 2006) after having taken part in some viral linking schemes, but the good news was that these pagerank points were restored and improved in October…
blog one. had PR2, went to PR1, came back as PR4
blog two, had PR2, went to PR0, came back as PR3
I have never paid for any linking myself as I am too mean(!), but somehow I fell foul of the Google filter…

]]> By: Trukichu http://www.jimboykin.com/google-paid-links/#comment-25073 Trukichu Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:22:08 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/google-paid-links/#comment-25073 Would this mean more money for the bloggers that sell their services?. Would this mean more money for the bloggers that sell their services?.

]]> By: Betty http://www.jimboykin.com/google-paid-links/#comment-25034 Betty Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:49:17 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/google-paid-links/#comment-25034 Blogroll links are not really passing much as far as Google juice either. I've noticed they don't mean much as far as Google goes. It's seems their leary of the advertising potential blogrolls have. I wish we could get bacl to the old days of blogging. No nofollow, and free linking. There must be a way for Google to rank web properties other than focusing on links. Sure....links must count for something, but is there not a way to rank the page content more. Betty (perhaps I'm just too green and naive) Blogroll links are not really passing much as far as Google juice either. I’ve noticed they don’t mean much as far as Google goes. It’s seems their leary of the advertising potential blogrolls have.

I wish we could get bacl to the old days of blogging. No nofollow, and free linking. There must be a way for Google to rank web properties other than focusing on links. Sure….links must count for something, but is there not a way to rank the page content more.

Betty (perhaps I’m just too green and naive)

]]> By: Joel McDonald http://www.jimboykin.com/google-paid-links/#comment-25024 Joel McDonald Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:37:48 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/google-paid-links/#comment-25024 From what I understand about paid links, you aren't "penalized" other than the fact that they don't count in terms of an SEO gain. It might seem like a penalty when your paid links have been giving you a boost for a year or two, and they suddenly stop working. I can't get myself to believe the website that bought the link would get penalized. Otherwise, competitors would just buy the spammiest links possible, and link them to their competitors. I'll pay for links if they bring me legitimate traffic, but have resisted the temptation to do so in an attempt to increase my pagerank. From what I understand about paid links, you aren’t “penalized” other than the fact that they don’t count in terms of an SEO gain. It might seem like a penalty when your paid links have been giving you a boost for a year or two, and they suddenly stop working. I can’t get myself to believe the website that bought the link would get penalized. Otherwise, competitors would just buy the spammiest links possible, and link them to their competitors.

I’ll pay for links if they bring me legitimate traffic, but have resisted the temptation to do so in an attempt to increase my pagerank.

]]> By: Canvas Art Man http://www.jimboykin.com/google-paid-links/#comment-24684 Canvas Art Man Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:52:50 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/google-paid-links/#comment-24684 Heck paid links and ads is just normal business procedure. You build a business and then promote it by advertising as much as you can afford. Same for online and offline shops. Heck paid links and ads is just normal business procedure. You build a business and then promote it by advertising as much as you can afford. Same for online and offline shops.

]]> By: Alain Saffel http://www.jimboykin.com/google-paid-links/#comment-24491 Alain Saffel Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:36:37 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/google-paid-links/#comment-24491 I'd like to look at the issue from a different perspective, one that I haven't really seen discussed. One could look at this as Google simply trying to improve the quality of search results, or it could also look like anti-competitive behaviour. When is Google going to get hit with the same kind of antitrust suit that Microsoft was? Is Google doing what it's doing simply to push out the competition and force everyone to advertise with them because everyone is afraid of losing page rank? That's what it's looking like. Nobody wants to mess with the 800 lb gorilla, and people are seem to be getting so afraid of Google, they don't even want to criticize them publicly for fear of getting blacklisted by them. When one player in a market becomes so dominant in the market that it begins to abuse its position, that's when regulators step in. Whether that's happening now, or I'm just paranoid, who knows? I'm sure nobody ever thought Microsoft could possibly engage in anti-competitive behaviour... I’d like to look at the issue from a different perspective, one that I haven’t really seen discussed.

One could look at this as Google simply trying to improve the quality of search results, or it could also look like anti-competitive behaviour. When is Google going to get hit with the same kind of antitrust suit that Microsoft was?

Is Google doing what it’s doing simply to push out the competition and force everyone to advertise with them because everyone is afraid of losing page rank?

That’s what it’s looking like. Nobody wants to mess with the 800 lb gorilla, and people are seem to be getting so afraid of Google, they don’t even want to criticize them publicly for fear of getting blacklisted by them.

When one player in a market becomes so dominant in the market that it begins to abuse its position, that’s when regulators step in. Whether that’s happening now, or I’m just paranoid, who knows? I’m sure nobody ever thought Microsoft could possibly engage in anti-competitive behaviour…

]]> By: James Dalton http://www.jimboykin.com/google-paid-links/#comment-24293 James Dalton Fri, 14 Sep 2007 07:20:30 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/google-paid-links/#comment-24293 This would be the same as opening pandora's box. Whats would stop me from buying links for my competitor and reporting it or down right be a tattletale and try to discredit other sites. Google Google Google This would be the same as opening pandora’s box. Whats would stop me from buying links for my competitor and reporting it or down right be a tattletale and try to discredit other sites. Google Google Google

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