To all the seo experts in this forum...I need your help There's talk that Google gives penalties if you link to adult websites (or at least devalues those links) but what if for example you want to target adult website owners so you probably would go to adult webmaster forums and directories and link to those would that get you penalties?
If you link to adult site or have adult content/word then then google may activate adult filterer to your site and it may not appear in safe search mode. That can be the one possible negative effect.
By the way what's your niche? Why bother to link with the adult websites? You must choose relevant sites to yours. Also some of adult sites have trojans. You must choose wisely.
Yes there are a few sites that Google will slap you hard for and adult sites are one and these are a few others: Violence Racism Pornography Gambling Sexism
it depends on your targeted niche, if it's an adult site, then there's nothing to worry since it is relevant, but if it is a descent site then I advise you should not link to any of those adult sites because it will just harm your site.
G is always care about both the thinks relevancy as well as mature content so if your site is about mature content then u need to get back links from adult website..they well not penalize u don't worry..but dont post in site which have already considered as virus attack...