Comments on: Google and the hypocrisy of paid link directories http://www.seowoman.com/google-and-the-hypocrisy-of-paid-link-directories Mild-mannered webmaster by day ... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:58:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Clickfire http://www.seowoman.com/google-and-the-hypocrisy-of-paid-link-directories#comment-35 Clickfire Fri, 27 Apr 2007 05:09:32 +0000 http://www.seowoman.com/google-and-the-hypocrisy-of-paid-link-directories#comment-35 I can hardly imagine what the SERPs would look like if Google filtered all sites that buy and sell text links (assuming they could detect them). I can hardly imagine what the SERPs would look like if Google filtered all sites that buy and sell text links (assuming they could detect them).

]]> By: Orderer http://www.seowoman.com/google-and-the-hypocrisy-of-paid-link-directories#comment-31 Orderer Thu, 26 Apr 2007 02:48:01 +0000 http://www.seowoman.com/google-and-the-hypocrisy-of-paid-link-directories#comment-31 I believe that google is totally to blame for this link selling business going on - they expect the world to tow their line and fit into their solution. Look at what happened with no-follow - nothing positive came out of it for anyone except google - bloggers still get spammed! Google should find a more effective response to a challenge to their business - selling ads for websites - that does not depend on everyone else putting on their best behavior. I believe that google is totally to blame for this link selling business going on - they expect the world to tow their line and fit into their solution. Look at what happened with no-follow - nothing positive came out of it for anyone except google - bloggers still get spammed!

Google should find a more effective response to a challenge to their business - selling ads for websites - that does not depend on everyone else putting on their best behavior.

]]> By: Vlad http://www.seowoman.com/google-and-the-hypocrisy-of-paid-link-directories#comment-30 Vlad Thu, 26 Apr 2007 02:40:23 +0000 http://www.seowoman.com/google-and-the-hypocrisy-of-paid-link-directories#comment-30 I personally believe that link isn't necessarily irrelevant to your website's content just because it was a paid link. There are some really outstanding (and objective) reviews written by bloggers. I think Google should come up with much better solution to provide "relevant" results in their algorithms. A lot of small businesses will be hurt if they actively pursue this avenue. Too bad that neither Yahoo! nor MSN can put any significant completion in this plain. Unfortunately Google had become not only synonymous with online searching ("to google something up") but it also had become major objective when it comes to SEO. Unfortunately in SEO, Google generally take the center stage. I personally believe that link isn’t necessarily irrelevant to your website’s content just because it was a paid link. There are some really outstanding (and objective) reviews written by bloggers. I think Google should come up with much better solution to provide “relevant” results in their algorithms. A lot of small businesses will be hurt if they actively pursue this avenue. Too bad that neither Yahoo! nor MSN can put any significant completion in this plain. Unfortunately Google had become not only synonymous with online searching (”to google something up”) but it also had become major objective when it comes to SEO. Unfortunately in SEO, Google generally take the center stage.

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