Co-Op Got Me Penalized in Yahoo (I think)

Discussion in 'Co-op Advertising Network' started by tavenger5, Oct 2, 2007.

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    Just about all of my keywords have disappeared from yahoo since starting in the digital point co-op. The only thing I could think of is that Yahoo is seeing this as
    "Sites cross-linked excessively with other sites to inflate a site's apparent popularity (link schemes)"

    on

    http://help.yahoo.com/search/contentguidelines

    What do you think?
     
    tavenger5, Oct 2, 2007 IP
  2. Jester

    Jester Well-Known Member

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    I have a site penalized by Y!. The reason they gave was "It has been determined that your site may not comply with Yahoo!'s Content Quality Guidelines".

    The ONLY thing off-color done with this site is approx. 50 link vault anchor text links placed on other sites. Google and MSN both spider and rank the site well.

    I removed the links and we shall see what happens with Y!. Will be interesting.

    I suspect that they may have nailed you as well. But hey..... it's only Y!.

    J
     
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  3. tavenger5

    tavenger5 Well-Known Member

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    A little over a year ago I was getting almost 7000 hits daily from yahoo. That number has dropped to a pitiful 50 a day. Getting worse with each yahoo update. The most recent drastic change was on the 26th. Went from 1000 a day to that 50.

    Strangely MSN refuses to index any of my sites.

    Google is outstanding lately.
     
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  4. Jimmy116

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    I am about to start my coop campaign .... a bit worry after reading this. Can anyone with experience give some comments?
     
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  5. tavenger5

    tavenger5 Well-Known Member

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    I sent yahoo a message back, unfortunately they never give a straight answer.
     
    tavenger5, Oct 4, 2007 IP
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    committed2u Peon

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    i always worried about this coop thing. i removed the link sometime ago. hope i don't miss anything valuable.
     
    committed2u, Oct 7, 2007 IP