Is this information acurate?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by LaCabra, Jan 14, 2005.

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  1. #1
    Hey all,
    I was on another forum reading a few threads and ran across this post. Can someone verify whether this is correct or not?

    "Stay away from them... If you're linking out to "bad neighborhoods", you will be banned by Google in a heartbeat. If there is just 1 "bad" site in this webring, the neighborhood becomes bad and you'll get docked."

    cheers
    Frank
     
    LaCabra, Jan 14, 2005 IP
  2. roadies

    roadies Well-Known Member

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    #2
    Stay away from webrings?
     
    roadies, Jan 14, 2005 IP
  3. Will.Spencer

    Will.Spencer NetBuilder

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    I have not been banned yet for linking to gambling and pharmaceutical sites....

    Your mileage may vary.
    Not applicable in all states.
    For external use only.
    Face towards enemy.
    Do not eat.
     
    Will.Spencer, Jan 15, 2005 IP
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    dcristo Illustrious Member

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    #4
    It's definately good advice.
     
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    roadies Well-Known Member

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    Will, you haven't been banned but have you had lost SERP positions? May be hard to tell I know.
     
    roadies, Jan 16, 2005 IP
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    Bernard Well-Known Member

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    If you are not in control of the spiderable outbound links on your site, then there is always a possibility that you could get penalized for linking to a bad neighborhood.
    http://www.google.com/webmasters/guidelines.html
     
    Bernard, Jan 16, 2005 IP
  7. LaCabra

    LaCabra Goats R Us

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    Thanks to everyone for all their feedback. I think I'm going to possibly pull some webrings, just for safety sakes. However all the webrings I registered in are through webrings.com ... 99% of the sites are ligit and decent with great moderators. They pull some traffic but have noticed that they do little for SERPs and the links are usually
    www.something.com/go?blah blah.

    cheers
     
    LaCabra, Jan 16, 2005 IP
  8. Will.Spencer

    Will.Spencer NetBuilder

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    Actually... SERPS for the site from which I am linking to those supposed "bad neighborhoods" have been improving steadily and rapidly for several months.
     
    Will.Spencer, Jan 16, 2005 IP
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    ferret77 Heretic

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    at one point I had site that was ranked like number 2 for 'divorce lawyer' with mostly link trades from gambling and pharmacy sites
     
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    Bernard Well-Known Member

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    Will & ferret77, were the sites you were linking to engaging in bannable offenses per Google's (or other's) guidelines? Just because a site is in the gambling or pharmaceutical industry does not mean that it is part of a bad neighborhood. Tell me you were linking to a site that was PR0 & banned and it didn't affect your site and your input here will be infinitely more meaningful IMO.
     
    Bernard, Jan 16, 2005 IP