Comments on: Google PageRank vs. Text-Link-Ads http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007/10/25/google-pagerank-vs-text-link-ads/ public domain playground. friendly entities welcome. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:36:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Google Attacks Paid Links - Top Occultu]re http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007/10/25/google-pagerank-vs-text-link-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-86503 Google Attacks Paid Links - Top Occultu]re Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:02:19 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007/10/25/google-pagerank-vs-text-link-ads/#comment-86503 [...] Speculation abounds that the reason Google is devaluing so many worthwhile websites in its PageRank system has to do with sites (like mine) selling paid links. As mentioned earlier, before signing up with Text-Link-Ads, the company I sell static links through, I checked with Google to make sure it didn’t violate their TOS; they assured me that it did not. But this only means that I can use AdSense alongside the TLA system. It is not a guarantee that I would not be penalized for selling paid links. [...] [...] Speculation abounds that the reason Google is devaluing so many worthwhile websites in its PageRank system has to do with sites (like mine) selling paid links. As mentioned earlier, before signing up with Text-Link-Ads, the company I sell static links through, I checked with Google to make sure it didn’t violate their TOS; they assured me that it did not. But this only means that I can use AdSense alongside the TLA system. It is not a guarantee that I would not be penalized for selling paid links. [...]

]]> By: PageRank and Google-Dependent Economics - Top Occultu]re http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007/10/25/google-pagerank-vs-text-link-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-86501 PageRank and Google-Dependent Economics - Top Occultu]re Sat, 27 Oct 2007 22:26:36 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007/10/25/google-pagerank-vs-text-link-ads/#comment-86501 [...] By all appearances, Google has cut PageRank valuation by up to 2 points in some cases on websites which are either (1) selling paid text links (through a company called Text-Link-Ads, which I use; I lost only 1 PR point though) and/or (2) websites involved in heavy cross-linking efforts. [...] [...] By all appearances, Google has cut PageRank valuation by up to 2 points in some cases on websites which are either (1) selling paid text links (through a company called Text-Link-Ads, which I use; I lost only 1 PR point though) and/or (2) websites involved in heavy cross-linking efforts. [...]

]]> By: Tim Boucher http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007/10/25/google-pagerank-vs-text-link-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-86463 Tim Boucher Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:28:55 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007/10/25/google-pagerank-vs-text-link-ads/#comment-86463 See also: http://www.dailyblogtips.com/google-changing-the-pagerank-algorithm/ And numerous comments and posts about it on that site. <blockquote>After reading through the avalanche of posts on the subject, it appears that this is not a PageRank update but rather a distribution of penalties (either automatic or manual). The theory that the penalized blogs were either selling links or part of a network that used a cross-linking strategy seems to hold.</blockquote> So in effect, web sites are not allowed to link to one another in a concerted way without being penalized? Smart move Google! See also:

http://www.dailyblogtips.com/google-changing-the-pagerank-algorithm/

And numerous comments and posts about it on that site.

After reading through the avalanche of posts on the subject, it appears that this is not a PageRank update but rather a distribution of penalties (either automatic or manual). The theory that the penalized blogs were either selling links or part of a network that used a cross-linking strategy seems to hold.

So in effect, web sites are not allowed to link to one another in a concerted way without being penalized? Smart move Google!

]]>