I wonder what would happen if Google started paying people to identify sites suspected of selling links? Let's say they paid 50 cents per url. Would they get many takers? I believe I could identify at least 50 - 100 sites per day. The other method is to sign up to text link brokerage sites as an advertiser and then see what's available. They people to drive around cities taking pictures of streets (Streetview), so it doesn't all have to be automated. Believe it or not I don't believe there are that many sites out there selling links. Maybe less than 20,000 sites with PR4 or better selling links? I'm just guessing here based on my experience as a link purchaser. There's a real shortage of sites selling decent links in the travel, holiday and accommodation sector.
That sounds really bad for those involved in link buying/selling but I wonder whether it is possible to check them manually given the volume of resources to be scrutinized...
Please explain what that means. This would get scammed all to hell. People would build fake sites, pretending to sell links just so they could get the reward monies.... If you sign up and see what's available, how would you prove that to Google? Of course, google could sign up as a mole, I reckon.
Quote: This would get scammed all to hell. People would build fake sites, pretending to sell links just so they could get the reward monies.... I don't think this would make economic sense. If Google just stripped away all PR for a domain suspected of selling links, then there's no point in trying to build fake sites. How much does it cost to build a site? $20 - $30 maybe for a 50 cent return? The point is Google doesn't have to keep track, they could pay people to do it for them. If they got 3 or more alerts from different people, then there's probably a good chance a site is selling links. They could just suspend the PR on these sites pending investigation.
I assume it is not impossible sooner or later google will trace all those websites/blogs. YEard and years will pass out and new technology will come. I am not much worried because no one get link at my site. hehehe