Comments on: Google Owns SEO Company Whose Top Clients Use Text Link Ads To Improve Rankings http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2007/04/17/google-owns-seo-company-whose-top-clients-use-text-link-ads-to-improve-rankings/ Smackdown! Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:05:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Michael VanDeMar http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2007/04/17/google-owns-seo-company-whose-top-clients-use-text-link-ads-to-improve-rankings/comment-page-1/#comment-13233 Michael VanDeMar Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:59:47 +0000 http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2007/04/17/google-owns-seo-company-whose-top-clients-use-text-link-ads-to-improve-rankings/#comment-13233 <blockquote>Google has said repeatedly that paid links are acceptable, as long as they are very carefully selected, and as long as the intent is not solely to manipulate PR.</blockquote> Google has never said anything of the sort. Matt Cutts has come right and said that if a link is sold it should not be passing PageRank, period. Please tell me where you think it was that you saw differently.

Google has said repeatedly that paid links are acceptable, as long as they are very carefully selected, and as long as the intent is not solely to manipulate PR.

Google has never said anything of the sort. Matt Cutts has come right and said that if a link is sold it should not be passing PageRank, period. Please tell me where you think it was that you saw differently.

]]> By: Text link Ads http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2007/04/17/google-owns-seo-company-whose-top-clients-use-text-link-ads-to-improve-rankings/comment-page-1/#comment-13229 Text link Ads Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:01:21 +0000 http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2007/04/17/google-owns-seo-company-whose-top-clients-use-text-link-ads-to-improve-rankings/#comment-13229 That's purely speculation, and I don't see how it states anyting contrary to what I've said. In fact, Google has said repeatedly that paid links are acceptable, as long as they are very carefully selected, and as long as the intent is not solely to manipulate PR. Purchasing and publishing links to quality, related sites for the purpose of traffic is perfectly acceptable. For example, Google's toleration of the yahoo paid link directory. Not all links are accepted, even if you pay. yahoo makes sure that each link they publish is to a high quality site with original content. You don't see a bunch of sites in there who's main or only purpose is to get people to click on ads. That's becuase those sites are rejected by yahoo. Google approves of this practice, and therefore yahoo isn't penalized. That’s purely speculation, and I don’t see how it states anyting contrary to what I’ve said. In fact, Google has said repeatedly that paid links are acceptable, as long as they are very carefully selected, and as long as the intent is not solely to manipulate PR. Purchasing and publishing links to quality, related sites for the purpose of traffic is perfectly acceptable. For example, Google’s toleration of the yahoo paid link directory. Not all links are accepted, even if you pay. yahoo makes sure that each link they publish is to a high quality site with original content. You don’t see a bunch of sites in there who’s main or only purpose is to get people to click on ads. That’s becuase those sites are rejected by yahoo. Google approves of this practice, and therefore yahoo isn’t penalized.

]]> By: Michael VanDeMar http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2007/04/17/google-owns-seo-company-whose-top-clients-use-text-link-ads-to-improve-rankings/comment-page-1/#comment-13227 Michael VanDeMar Sat, 07 Mar 2009 18:07:09 +0000 http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2007/04/17/google-owns-seo-company-whose-top-clients-use-text-link-ads-to-improve-rankings/#comment-13227 <blockquote>Google wants for publishers to only pass a pr vote to an advertiser if they have actually reviewed and approved the site they are linksing to.</blockquote> Actually, no, that's not true. Google insists that webmasters are not bright enough to review and judge whether or not advertisers are worthy of link juice. If money is involved then the advertiser must be crappy, and no link juice should be passed. Read this: <a href="/2008/01/25/matt-cutts-industry-leaders-are-incapable-of-performing-editorial-discretion/" rel="nofollow">Matt Cutts: Industry Leaders Are Incapable Of Performing Editorial Discretion</a>

Google wants for publishers to only pass a pr vote to an advertiser if they have actually reviewed and approved the site they are linksing to.

Actually, no, that’s not true. Google insists that webmasters are not bright enough to review and judge whether or not advertisers are worthy of link juice. If money is involved then the advertiser must be crappy, and no link juice should be passed. Read this:

Matt Cutts: Industry Leaders Are Incapable Of Performing Editorial Discretion

]]> By: Text link Ads http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2007/04/17/google-owns-seo-company-whose-top-clients-use-text-link-ads-to-improve-rankings/comment-page-1/#comment-13225 Text link Ads Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:26:49 +0000 http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2007/04/17/google-owns-seo-company-whose-top-clients-use-text-link-ads-to-improve-rankings/#comment-13225 Goolge is not all-knowing and all-seeing. The main problem with taxt-link-ads is that publishers don't have enough power over the links that are published to ensure that only quality, relevent sites are linked to. Google wants for publishers to only pass a pr vote to an advertiser if they have actually reviewed and approved the site they are linksing to. Text-link-ads takes this part of the 'voting' out of the picture. Goolge is not all-knowing and all-seeing. The main problem with taxt-link-ads is that publishers don’t have enough power over the links that are published to ensure that only quality, relevent sites are linked to. Google wants for publishers to only pass a pr vote to an advertiser if they have actually reviewed and approved the site they are linksing to. Text-link-ads takes this part of the ‘voting’ out of the picture.

]]> By: Michael VanDeMar http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2007/04/17/google-owns-seo-company-whose-top-clients-use-text-link-ads-to-improve-rankings/comment-page-1/#comment-2122 Michael VanDeMar Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:32:41 +0000 http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2007/04/17/google-owns-seo-company-whose-top-clients-use-text-link-ads-to-improve-rankings/#comment-2122 Rick, a) Technically Google doesn't actually recommend any particular SEO firm over another (I saw your <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=google%20recommended%20seo%20companies&hl=en&sa=N" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">referral search phrase</a>), but yeah, I would think one of their own companies might be the way to go. :D b) I would really, <em>really</em> like to know how they do, if you do hire them. Would you mind keeping us updated on that? Rick,

a) Technically Google doesn’t actually recommend any particular SEO firm over another (I saw your referral search phrase), but yeah, I would think one of their own companies might be the way to go. :D

b) I would really, really like to know how they do, if you do hire them. Would you mind keeping us updated on that?

]]> By: rick marnon, novi real estate http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2007/04/17/google-owns-seo-company-whose-top-clients-use-text-link-ads-to-improve-rankings/comment-page-1/#comment-2121 rick marnon, novi real estate Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:29:05 +0000 http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2007/04/17/google-owns-seo-company-whose-top-clients-use-text-link-ads-to-improve-rankings/#comment-2121 i just read about this because i was looking for a company to help with my seo campaign... im not sure how to respond to it other than if you cant beat them join them... so im going to price out how much it will cost for them to setup an seo campaign for my real estate website... i just read about this because i was looking for a company to help with my seo campaign… im not sure how to respond to it other than if you cant beat them join them… so im going to price out how much it will cost for them to setup an seo campaign for my real estate website…

]]> By: Tmprod http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2007/04/17/google-owns-seo-company-whose-top-clients-use-text-link-ads-to-improve-rankings/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Tmprod Sat, 19 May 2007 18:54:53 +0000 http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2007/04/17/google-owns-seo-company-whose-top-clients-use-text-link-ads-to-improve-rankings/#comment-38 Interesting to say the least......and a bit of "Do as I say, not as I do?" SEO's will learn to start using other systems out there like LinkXL.com that place organic links untraceable by the engines in the content of website. Interesting to say the least……and a bit of “Do as I say, not as I do?”

SEO’s will learn to start using other systems out there like LinkXL.com that place organic links untraceable by the engines in the content of website.

]]> By: 14th Colony Scout » Blog Archive » There is no such thing as a free link http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2007/04/17/google-owns-seo-company-whose-top-clients-use-text-link-ads-to-improve-rankings/comment-page-1/#comment-11 14th Colony Scout » Blog Archive » There is no such thing as a free link Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:03:37 +0000 http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2007/04/17/google-owns-seo-company-whose-top-clients-use-text-link-ads-to-improve-rankings/#comment-11 [...] Especially when Google got busted selling PageRank on their own site. And Google recently purchased DoubleClick which own Performics which is an SEO company who purchases paid links. [...] [...] Especially when Google got busted selling PageRank on their own site. And Google recently purchased DoubleClick which own Performics which is an SEO company who purchases paid links. [...]

]]> By: » Connect the paid link dots…Google buys links for clients » SEO News - All The SEO Scoop http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2007/04/17/google-owns-seo-company-whose-top-clients-use-text-link-ads-to-improve-rankings/comment-page-1/#comment-6 » Connect the paid link dots…Google buys links for clients » SEO News - All The SEO Scoop Tue, 17 Apr 2007 23:31:35 +0000 http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2007/04/17/google-owns-seo-company-whose-top-clients-use-text-link-ads-to-improve-rankings/#comment-6 [...] Ok, granted, this is via a circuitous route, but because Google bought DoubleClick, which means they also own Performics (an SEO company), and Performics lists some of their clients on their site, and some of those clients obviously participate in buying text links (which are not nofollowed), then via this circuitous route, we can claim that Google is likely responsible for arranging for paid text links for many big clients. Can this get any funnier or more embarrassing for Google? See all the juicy details over at Smackdown! [...] [...] Ok, granted, this is via a circuitous route, but because Google bought DoubleClick, which means they also own Performics (an SEO company), and Performics lists some of their clients on their site, and some of those clients obviously participate in buying text links (which are not nofollowed), then via this circuitous route, we can claim that Google is likely responsible for arranging for paid text links for many big clients. Can this get any funnier or more embarrassing for Google? See all the juicy details over at Smackdown! [...]

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