I'm showing 3 out of 5 outgoing links on my site as ones I do not want to associate with: <a href="http://dzwonki.new.pl">Dzwonki</a> <a href="http://www.vergleich-zu-versicherungen.de/">Versicherungen</a> <a href="http://www.sza.pl/nokia,tapety,79.php">Tapety Nokia</a> Is there a quick way to report and eliminate these?
Shawn is working on a way to choose what languages you want to have on your website however realize that this will effect the amount of weight you have throughout the network as well. Me, personally..... I don't care what ads are shown down there.... If they are in a foreign language then people won't click on them and I keep my weight.
I think both answers are terrible. GoogleGuy, and common sense, says that the biggest problem this network faces is inbound links from 'bad' sites as well as outbound links to 'bad' sites. Unrelated sites are definitely working their way into that class. Don't make the mistake of thinking that there is no such thing as a bad link. This network is awesome, and I'd never want to abandon it. Instead, it might use a way to crack down on the people trying to wreck it with misleading information when they apply. I suggest, again, a way for each member to automatically view 5 or 10 incoming and outgoing active links when hey log on. Each would show the ad along with the original info the advertiser chose at the beginning. The member could click a radio button saying the ad/destination is: -OK for my site and the network. -OK, but not a site for me. (which would remove it from the ads shown on their site in the future) -Not OK because it is not in english. -Not OK because it is not related to original topic, etc. -Not OK because it doesn't meet TOS (porn etc.) After a link got, say 3 bad reviews from different members, it would then kick to a review team to be modified or banned. With hundreds of people viewing and rating these, it would take the weight off of Shawn and the administrators. Most importantly, it would slowly clean out and police the entire network easily and keep everythign as clean as possible.
1. Both answers are the current truth. 2. The inbound links remark is BS. Nothing you can do about. 2.5 A non-english site isn't a bad one per definition. You seem to suggest it is. 3. We have good reviewers who review the links so we're not making that mistake.
It's important to me that you understand what a great job I think Shawn and everyone involved is doing. And, how much it is appreciated that they put in the extra effort. I'm just trying to help look at the next steps to take and where we should be in a month, a year or 5 years. The ideal thing would be to have lots of natural, strong, relevant sites pointing to your site. A boatload of incoming, PR0, non-english, spammish, non-related sites might have worked for some people in the past or in the near future - but it is quickly heading out the door. By weeding out the punks who deceive the initial screeners, by making their initial applications bogus, then change them later (or however these are getting in), can only hurt every legitimate member, and never benefit them. I don't think anyone could disagree with that. Placing an extra gatekeeper, and screening out bogus ads could only help everyone involved -- with absolutely no downside. By having all of us keep an eye out collectively, it would make it a very easy task and cld only help legitimate members, and never harm them in any way.
Joe, we all appreciate your input. These suggestions however are nothing new if you care to read through the many posts in the Coop forum. The Polish links are not "sneaking in". They are intentionally allowed as there is currently not a ban on non-English sites. You should poke around the Coop forum as this has been discussed at length in the past.
Thanks. Sorry, I thought the "English" in the setup section was for what you wanted coming in as well. Just trying to help - I'll look there.