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Originally Posted by searchbliss
Google is penalizing sites that sell "PR", not traffic. How they determine this is unknown. What they should do is get rid of the stupid green bar. That is what caused all of this to begin with. Before "PR" was created, sites sold advertising for traffic and exposure...that's it, and how it should be. It's there own fault, and now they are penalizing people for it. GET RID OF PR!
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Agreed!
Also... this in Webpronews this past week:
"The wild debate about Google's increasingly hardline stance against paid links looks like Wimbledon, with Matt Cutts taking on Rich Skrenta, while Danny Sullivan volleys against Michael Gray."
However, there is definitely a discrepancy problem/issue here. Recently on a webmaster tools site, I saw a GOOGLE adwords ad for the company text link ads (prominently featured and paid for by text link ads). Though that company blatantly sells links it is still commanding a 7/10 pr - they appear to have been completely unaffected by this whole fiasco - so what's up with that?
Seriously, do you have to be putting mo.ney into Google's coffers to benefit for the little green bar?
I'm not whining, I'm just frustrated LOL! I'd like to know why some "get away with it" while others don't. Even V7N was in the lurch for a while...
Do you have to know someone or pa.y mo.ney? I, like a million others I'm sure, would like to understand the thinking behind who is hit and who isn't...