Are Paid Links Evil?

Hi Guys

I Read This Article http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/014573.html

And Though To Share It Will Youll Wat Are Your Views On It

 

The audience roars, because he is right. The more Google clamps down on seo techniques, the worse the problem is going to get. The simple fact is, Google is fighting a losing battle with a problem THEY CREATED!!

 

Buying links for traffic is o.k.

 

I reported a competitor spending thousands on related links, from sites like text link ad's, his site is not even in the top 10 for his site name anymore on google.

My guess is they are taking it serious, makes me happy, because only purchased links I bought were directory listings, I never relied on them

 

So you reported someone because he bought more links than you did? Loser.

 

you are correct. this will mean adding rel="nofollow" in the link to be tos compliance

 

"tos compliance". Whatever. You are bound by no TOS. There is no contract between the webmaster and Google.

 

If paid links are evil, then what about the paid directory submissions?

 

Michael Gray is right google began to dictate us the rules , it is their duty to give reliable search results but now they want us to work for them.
Paid links are not evil until spotted.

 

Why paid link is evil? If people want to buy and sell link why not?

 

Exactly. Google is not the government. Google wants to scare people into using the nofollow tags on paid links because their model is flawed. It is not up to the webmaster to fix Google's problems. And yet you see people lapping this piss up. Somehow, because Google says they don't like something, it becomes "unethical"? Who is Google to say what is or isn't ethical. There is no contract between the webmaster and Google. Google is a corporation, not a governing body or source of ethical guidance. Google is not a religion. "Do no evil". I've found that the more someone tries to convince you they're not evil, the greater the chances they aren't being quite honest with you.

 

they are the Big Brother of internet world.
They are the DON (mob leader)

They rule the internet. They get to say anything they like or anything that gives them more money.

 

Nobody gave Google permission to make the rules.

Do what you like.

 

And google find it hard to come up with a better algo, hiring those world's great mathematicians for clean ranking, away from violators but there are cases that those who deserve to rank suffers and being de-ranked.

 

Google makes money through Adwords. Webmasters make money buying/selling links. Seems fair to me. Without web publishers Google wouldn't have a business model, so they have nothing to complain about.

 

that's exactly what i mean!

 

I think paid links are ok. People have always paid for banners and such, so it's paid and it's text, what's wrong with that? There is too much great content that doesn't get enough exposure, or the exposure it deserves. So you buy a couple links, get some traffic, and soon the organic side of things kick in. I say buying/selling links is not evil. No more than capitalism is evil. Which it isn't. Google is a "good" capitalist company methinks.