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Google PageRank and Ranking Penalties Being Dished Out Like Crazy

Discussion in 'Google' started by Dave E, Oct 24, 2007.

  1. mcfox

    mcfox Wind Maker

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    #81
    Agreed. Too much freaking out going on at the moment, imo. One thing is clear, and Google made its intentions known several months ago - they are going after (non-traffic) paid links.
     
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    astup1didiot Notable Member

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    #82
    This is simple...

    If you want to sell text links you have no choice, you must use the ref="nofollow" tag or you will find yourself getting hurt in the long run. You'll notice the demand for text links drop a lot once people realize they can't juice there pagerank anymore with them.
     
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    Alexander the Great Peon

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    #83
    This is great news! Google makes good on their paid links warning, they're improving the quality of their search product, and giving people the ability to compete on quality and merit rather than by finding link brokers.
     
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    Actor Mike Peon

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    #84
    It's not as cut and dried as selling links. There are sites getting hit that do not sell links, that are popular and well respected and yet they're getting penalised.

    The way I see it is that Google created a monster with PageRank and they're now looking to destroy it. Along the way, though, they're upsetting a hell of a lot of people.
     
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  5. gford

    gford Peon

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    #85
    If you are not selling links what do you care if your PR is 2 or 9 assuming your G Search traffic remains the same.

    In my case I have dropped PR from 5 to 4 and now 4 to 3 all in two weeks but my G traffic has actually gone up. So I could care less its down to a 3.
     
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    crazygirl Peon

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    #86
    Does gogole penalize sites that use affiliate payments ? For example Adult Friend Finder - they PAY webmasters to have links to them on their pages in a manner of speaking. Are they penalizing AAF for this ??
     
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    xc06 Notable Member

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    #87
    I have to agree with you. I doubt google's ability to detect 'real' paid links as to partners sites or the owner's own sites...etc...

    Now I finally agree that PR must be called off. What a flawed and unfair system!
     
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    #88
    thats true cuz one of my personal blogs with just blogroll links to my other websites lost PR from 3 to 2 last week and now its 1

    google is just BSing webmasters now because they are penalizing all sites with links on them
     
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  9. astup1didiot

    astup1didiot Notable Member

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    #89

    Do you even consider that those inbound links to your blog were buying\sell text links? You rank is dropping because your backlinks PR is going down, this is like a deck of cards. No longer will paid links hold the high horse of PR.
     
    astup1didiot, Oct 24, 2007 IP
  10. tarponkeith

    tarponkeith Well-Known Member

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    #90
    This whole thing is making me wonder if they aren't trying to further their own "tools" this way...

    dropping the PR of some major analytics competitors, dropping the ranks of a lot of directories, which usually do nothing other then sell links...
     
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    astup1didiot Notable Member

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    #91
    Seems someone felt the need to give me negative feedback on one of my posts about if you sell links you must use the ref="nofollow" tag for no reason.

    Maybe they should view the official google blog where it was stated to use it if you want to sell them. Guess some people feel the need to take out their anger on others cause they are losing there bought PR value.
     
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    Sutocu Active Member

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    #92
    It's not that simple. Many of the sites penalized have been selling links, but others seem to have done something else wrong. I'm hoping there'll be a post on Matt Cutts' blog in a few days to shed some light on the matter.
     
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    astup1didiot Notable Member

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    #93
    Really it is, take a look at my point of view...

    Many sites may not have been selling or buying text links, but they probably had backlinks from site(s) that were. So as those backlinks lose PR weight so will the sites they link to. As stated in matts blog you should be aware of who links to you. The way the internet works, like a web, a lot of sites will lose PR even if a simple 100,000 were just initally effected by google.
     
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    Sutocu Active Member

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    #94
    Ok, and how have they picked the sites that see an update then? Not all of www is affected, even though the effect should propagate to other niches that have bought links. I get what you are after, but I just think there's more to this.

    For now I mainly see webmaster related sites, and most are blogs.
     
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    astup1didiot Notable Member

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    #95
    Those tend to be sites that sell text links the most, and a lot of other site types are getting hit as well. I do value your opinion and see where you are coming from.

    I think it will just take time, they are hitting certain area first and will work their way around the block, I personally don't think anything special is behind this. They are doing what they've been claiming to do soon.
     
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    #96
    What they do with the penalties is crazy, they obviously miss out again and just penalize everyone who has PR3 +. Most of the domains that got penalize don't sell PR links, yet their PR bar got chopped off. Once again Google proves that their methods are imperfect.
     
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    #97
    Remember what the www stands for in your url address? World Wide Web, many many many sites are interlinked together and don't even know it. Most likely peoples backlinks are losing PR value which in turn would hurt their PR value.
     
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    billion G.E.M.

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    #98
    We don't sell links but PR has gone down from 6 to 4.

    We do have links on our site. Mostly exchanges.

    Could the reason be that if you link to another site that do buy links(verified by google in some way) Google assume that you also sell links? Seems crazy...i guess not...heh... :(

    I need to find someone to sue...
     
    billion, Oct 24, 2007 IP
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    #99
    no, but that site your exchanging with will lose pr value and so will you.
     
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    Sutocu Active Member

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    #100
    Sue Google. You're not going to win or anything, but it'll get you a fair bit of publicity.
     
    Sutocu, Oct 24, 2007 IP