Google : Report paid links - how fair?

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  1. tylercruz

    tylercruz Peon

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    #41
    THIS JUST IN: Man invents fire!
     
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  2. darrens

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    #42
    THIS JUST IN: the earth is not flat but .... round?
     
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  3. bogart

    bogart Notable Member

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    #43
    This is old news!
     
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    #44
    ooops sorry then..
    Mod can closed or delete this thread...

    thanks
     
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  5. bogart

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    #45
    I'm sure that a lot of people never heard about it.
     
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  6. trichnosis

    trichnosis Prominent Member

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    #46
    i believe this report paid links point started the end of google empire.

    i'm sad for this as google users
     
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  7. vicdigi

    vicdigi Banned

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    #47
    I think I heard this many moons ago so I guess nothing new here
     
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  8. mikey1090

    mikey1090 Moderator Staff

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    #48
    MAN HAS LEARNT TO FLY.

    Keep up with the times my friend:D
     
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  9. Ohene

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    #50
    Sorry if this is a stupid question, but what exactly is a paid link again? In layman's terms because I am somewhat new to all of this.
     
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  11. The Webmaster

    The Webmaster IdeasOfOne

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    #51
    Honestly Michael, You are picking up on the guy unnecessarily.

    He made a damn valid point with a touch of sarcasm. He was talking about Spam blogs, not all bloggers.

    How difficult is it to tell that a link is not earned but bought or exchanged if one site on topic A links to another site on entirely unrelated topic B?
     
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    #52
    Webby,

    1) That was almost a month ago. :p
    2) To able to determine if it was off topic, Google would be able to determine topic, which is something they cannot do with much accuracy at all.

    He was talking about spam blogs because he doesn't understand what the thread is about. It's about paid links, period. Newspapers, schools, blogs, magazines, all websites that sell links. That's what Google is going after.

    -Michael
     
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  13. The Webmaster

    The Webmaster IdeasOfOne

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    #53
    Sorry, I didn't notice that :eek:
    Ahh, yes with Google, I agree with you...

    Yes, I agree with you on that point also..
     
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  14. tushardhoot1

    tushardhoot1 Active Member

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    #54
    Google can't change anything IMHO.

    As long as links are still availible in html, webmasters will keep buying and selling links to each other, and brand them as links for 'traffic' and not PR.

    Imagine google banning all of DP webmaster's sites. That would kill half the internet.
     
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  15. Grumps

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    #55
    Not all paid links are bad. Spammy site/ with spamming link is bad.
     
    Grumps, Aug 17, 2007 IP