Comments on: Link Buying Becomes Comical http://www.bigoakinc.com/blog/link-buying-becomes-comical/ Blog about Search Engine Optimization and Internet marketing Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:46:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John http://www.bigoakinc.com/blog/link-buying-becomes-comical/#comment-4051 John Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:46:45 +0000 http://www.bigoakinc.com/blog/?p=624#comment-4051 Great ranting indeed. I didn't know Mashable or Google were selling links! !oh! Great ranting indeed. I didn’t know Mashable or Google were selling links! !oh!

]]> By: Montana http://www.bigoakinc.com/blog/link-buying-becomes-comical/#comment-3631 Montana Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:34:37 +0000 http://www.bigoakinc.com/blog/?p=624#comment-3631 Any updates from that insider friend of yours? :D Any updates from that insider friend of yours? :D

]]> By: eshus http://www.bigoakinc.com/blog/link-buying-becomes-comical/#comment-3618 eshus Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:52:17 +0000 http://www.bigoakinc.com/blog/?p=624#comment-3618 It is fact that a link from credible website to your site holds a lot of value. Few quality backlinks from such credible site will change the entire scenario of your website in SERPs and ultimately results in huge traffic to your website. Here is the Google statement on buying links for advertising purposes: “Not all paid links violate our guidelines. Buying and selling links is a normal part of the economy of the web when done for advertising purposes, and not for manipulation of search results.” It is fact that a link from credible website to your site holds a lot of value. Few quality backlinks from such credible site will change the entire scenario of your website in SERPs and ultimately results in huge traffic to your website. Here is the Google statement on buying links for advertising purposes: “Not all paid links violate our guidelines. Buying and selling links is a normal part of the economy of the web when done for advertising purposes, and not for manipulation of search results.”

]]> By: Hermama http://www.bigoakinc.com/blog/link-buying-becomes-comical/#comment-3616 Hermama Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:57:41 +0000 http://www.bigoakinc.com/blog/?p=624#comment-3616 Link buying is a bit of a joke. Tried it, got stung, now just plugging away the old fashioned way! Link buying is a bit of a joke. Tried it, got stung, now just plugging away the old fashioned way!

]]> By: Montana http://www.bigoakinc.com/blog/link-buying-becomes-comical/#comment-3522 Montana Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:44:43 +0000 http://www.bigoakinc.com/blog/?p=624#comment-3522 I can see how google can be tempted by selling links, but it undermines their very business. What if MS's Bing turns out to be better AND honest, for a change? I can see how google can be tempted by selling links, but it undermines their very business. What if MS’s Bing turns out to be better AND honest, for a change?

]]> By: Joost http://www.bigoakinc.com/blog/link-buying-becomes-comical/#comment-3520 Joost Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:22:47 +0000 http://www.bigoakinc.com/blog/?p=624#comment-3520 Sounds to me like a rather insolvable problem which Google itself is largely creating by putting so much emphasis on PR and inbound links as the factors in SERPs - and the nature of the competitive beast of society which is to compete, compete and compete. Like with the drug wars, the little guys get caught and penalized the most and the big guys can buy their way out. They have to come up with a way that doesn't rely so heavily on links... Sounds to me like a rather insolvable problem which Google itself is largely creating by putting so much emphasis on PR and inbound links as the factors in SERPs – and the nature of the competitive beast of society which is to compete, compete and compete.

Like with the drug wars, the little guys get caught and penalized the most and the big guys can buy their way out. They have to come up with a way that doesn’t rely so heavily on links…

]]> By: Tom Bradshaw http://www.bigoakinc.com/blog/link-buying-becomes-comical/#comment-3516 Tom Bradshaw Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:54:42 +0000 http://www.bigoakinc.com/blog/?p=624#comment-3516 Great comic as ever - how can google be against link buying when they have themselves been found selling links. I agree with the comment that surely it should be company policy to make every link noFollow. That way the site that is gathering links honestly will rise to the top of the rankings. Great comic as ever – how can google be against link buying when they have themselves been found selling links. I agree with the comment that surely it should be company policy to make every link noFollow. That way the site that is gathering links honestly will rise to the top of the rankings.

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