Is there such thing as a one-way backlink that can hurt your SEO?

Discussion in 'Link Development' started by gregdavidson, Jul 21, 2009.

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    Some people say that submitting to poor quality directories can hurt your SEO even if the link is one-way. However, if this theory is true then that means it is possible to somewhat sabotage somebody's ranking just by submitting their website to such directories. Do you believe there is such thing as a "bad" one-way link or is this simply a myth?
     
    gregdavidson, Jul 21, 2009 IP
  2. francis2007

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    I think its a myth. If it is true then I can easily dump my competitor by adding their links in the bad directories and sites. Its not so easy.
     
    francis2007, Jul 21, 2009 IP
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    Hey who told you, one way back link can hurt your SEO. It's FALSE.......
     
    Rituja, Jul 21, 2009 IP
  4. ChrisAplin

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    I don't know if there are links that can hurt you, but there are plenty of backlinks that do no good.
     
    ChrisAplin, Jul 21, 2009 IP
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    QFT. Examples:
    Massively link-juice bleed (i.e. 4,123,213 OBLs on the one page)
    Links from irrelevant pages
    Sitewide links
     
    James_P, Jul 21, 2009 IP
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    No it cant. And the reason is what you mentioned : sabotage.
     
    tanay46, Jul 21, 2009 IP