Comments on: Paid Links and Loosing Trust http://www.jimboykin.com/paid-link-trust/ Internet Marketing, SEO, and Link Building. Sat, 17 May 2008 11:35:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jeff Flowers http://www.jimboykin.com/paid-link-trust/#comment-28695 Jeff Flowers Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:24:20 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/paid-link-trust/#comment-28695 There has got to be a better way of finding paid links. For the most part, Google should just look into the people who are paying outrageous AdSense... In my opinion, those are the culprits. There has got to be a better way of finding paid links.

For the most part, Google should just look into the people who are paying outrageous AdSense… In my opinion, those are the culprits.

]]> By: Shaun Anderson http://www.jimboykin.com/paid-link-trust/#comment-18179 Shaun Anderson Wed, 30 May 2007 23:53:59 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/paid-link-trust/#comment-18179 Quote - I think Matt and company would do a better job of finding spammy sites by looking at affiliate links and Adsense ads than trying to figure out what’s a paid link and what’s not. - Peter Davis I think they should use the Google results to find spammy sites. Their algo sure does seem to pick them out and rank them highly! Quote - I think Matt and company would do a better job of finding spammy sites by looking at affiliate links and Adsense ads than trying to figure out what’s a paid link and what’s not. - Peter Davis

I think they should use the Google results to find spammy sites. Their algo sure does seem to pick them out and rank them highly!

]]> By: Andy Beard http://www.jimboykin.com/paid-link-trust/#comment-9104 Andy Beard Sat, 20 Jan 2007 16:37:19 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/paid-link-trust/#comment-9104 Coming to this discussion late, but I was involved on Rand's post. I think paid links will all come down to trust and relevance. If you contact a medical association, and recruit 1000 doctors to link to your new cool gizmo medical site (legit of course), it might be hard for Google to discount the links. The sudden burst of links actually resembles the linkage after a trade show (great place to recruit linkage partners) - hell why don't trade shows have link exchange pavilions? The same doctors writing about garden fertilizer wouldn't be appropriate. There is so much linking by corporates between their various web fronts and sister sites, hell even Google does that extensively. There is a commercial relationship betwen those links. Devaluing a link because of a financial relationship is.. "evil" I discussed this more back in December <a href="http://andybeard.eu/2006/12/paid-links-hindsight-gives-perspective.html" rel="nofollow">Paid Links- Hindsight gives perspective</a> Coming to this discussion late, but I was involved on Rand’s post.

I think paid links will all come down to trust and relevance.

If you contact a medical association, and recruit 1000 doctors to link to your new cool gizmo medical site (legit of course), it might be hard for Google to discount the links.
The sudden burst of links actually resembles the linkage after a trade show (great place to recruit linkage partners) - hell why don’t trade shows have link exchange pavilions?

The same doctors writing about garden fertilizer wouldn’t be appropriate.

There is so much linking by corporates between their various web fronts and sister sites, hell even Google does that extensively. There is a commercial relationship betwen those links.

Devaluing a link because of a financial relationship is.. “evil”

I discussed this more back in December
Paid Links- Hindsight gives perspective

]]> By: Miky http://www.jimboykin.com/paid-link-trust/#comment-9010 Miky Sun, 14 Jan 2007 23:07:21 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/paid-link-trust/#comment-9010 Yeah, this debate will go on, seems, forever... Why not really better to look for some more useful SPAM protection than rising all this mess around these paid links?.. Yeah, this debate will go on, seems, forever… Why not really better to look for some more useful SPAM protection than rising all this mess around these paid links?..

]]> By: Abhilash http://www.jimboykin.com/paid-link-trust/#comment-8993 Abhilash Sat, 13 Jan 2007 09:15:08 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/paid-link-trust/#comment-8993 Would i nofollow the link Jim?? ME?? well...um... yeah of course i'd slap a nice big red nofollow on the link. After all, I've learned alot from you over the years! :) Would i nofollow the link Jim?? ME?? well…um… yeah of course i’d slap a nice big red nofollow on the link. After all, I’ve learned alot from you over the years! :)

]]> By: sirjesse http://www.jimboykin.com/paid-link-trust/#comment-8860 sirjesse Fri, 05 Jan 2007 16:34:54 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/paid-link-trust/#comment-8860 Your paid links information is a great resource as you said. The other great resource that I have seen when it comes to paid links is a web site put together by Jason Ryan Isaksen. Have you seen this one, is it o-k for me to post a link to the web site here, or is that against the rules? I think everyone here would greatly benefit by takeing a look at it. Sirjesse Your paid links information is a great resource as you said. The other great resource that I have seen when it comes to paid links is a web site put together by Jason Ryan Isaksen. Have you seen this one, is it o-k for me to post a link to the web site here, or is that against the rules? I think everyone here would greatly benefit by takeing a look at it.

Sirjesse

]]> By: pat http://www.jimboykin.com/paid-link-trust/#comment-8828 pat Sun, 31 Dec 2006 06:15:43 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/paid-link-trust/#comment-8828 What urks me about this whole matter is that there has never been any guidance whatsoever from Google. It has always come from matt, a "non-official" source. They need to clear the air on this in an official manner What urks me about this whole matter is that there has never been any guidance whatsoever from Google. It has always come from matt, a “non-official” source.

They need to clear the air on this in an official manner

]]> By: Ryan http://www.jimboykin.com/paid-link-trust/#comment-8808 Ryan Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:34:13 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/paid-link-trust/#comment-8808 Well when certain things a overused one has to come with unique tactics to avoid any kind of complications in future. Nowadays I think it is better too work smarter than working harder.If you are sure that you haven't used any unethical techniques along with that you also need to take precautions for not getting punished by any search engine for that matter. It doesn't matter what procedure you follow and how you follow, best thing to do is always play safe. Well when certain things a overused one has to come with unique tactics to avoid any kind of complications in future. Nowadays I think it is better too work smarter than working harder.If you are sure that you haven’t used any unethical techniques along with that you also need to take precautions for not getting punished by any search engine for that matter. It doesn’t matter what procedure you follow and how you follow, best thing to do is always play safe.

]]> By: Yuri http://www.jimboykin.com/paid-link-trust/#comment-8771 Yuri Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:38:47 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/paid-link-trust/#comment-8771 As a matter of fact, folks pay to be reviewed, but not included in the Yahoo directory. Thus, it is not a paid link. It is a human-reviewed link, that's what Google has always wanted. And it is recommended so in the Google guidelines (last I checked, that is). As a matter of fact, folks pay to be reviewed, but not included in the Yahoo directory. Thus, it is not a paid link. It is a human-reviewed link, that’s what Google has always wanted. And it is recommended so in the Google guidelines (last I checked, that is).

]]> By: Dave http://www.jimboykin.com/paid-link-trust/#comment-8769 Dave Thu, 21 Dec 2006 18:34:23 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/paid-link-trust/#comment-8769 Everyone's very concerned about 'What if . . .' we use nofollow, buy links, don't, pay for reviews, or don't. This is just a small ripple in the evolution of the SE's. The power of the top ranking in Google is still formidable, but even that is diluting as they serve different results for different users in different areas and they implement customization. The future will require you to appeal to your visitors more. When your visitors add you to their on & offline bookmarks, when they suggest you to a friend, when they link to you from your blog, when they give out your web address on the phone & by e-mail, the value you offer will triumph. We all need to be looking further down the road. Everyone’s very concerned about ‘What if . . .’ we use nofollow, buy links, don’t, pay for reviews, or don’t. This is just a small ripple in the evolution of the SE’s. The power of the top ranking in Google is still formidable, but even that is diluting as they serve different results for different users in different areas and they implement customization. The future will require you to appeal to your visitors more. When your visitors add you to their on & offline bookmarks, when they suggest you to a friend, when they link to you from your blog, when they give out your web address on the phone & by e-mail, the value you offer will triumph. We all need to be looking further down the road.

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