Google Penalties

[rpbu.com]

Google just said last week that they will penalize sites that sell links.

What about directories that you pay to have your link put in them? Are directories going to be penalized by Google? I think Google is taking taking it for granted that they are the most used search engine.

I think I'll start using the search engines that give my websites back links.

[corlock]

what? are you saying that you will submit now to SEs?

[ggmedia]

People will still buy and sell links, so just do it more discretely

[VirtualHoney]

I have given up on Google, they seem to be more into making money these days

[rpbu.com]

Google won't stay on top forever. No company does.

I'm going to start using search engines that give my websites back links.

[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!

[rpbu.com]

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!

I agree! Screw PR and Google too. Why should I use a company thats going to penalize me when there are other search engines that give me back links?

Google is selective about back links so I'm going to be selective about what services I use. As soon as I get my minimum pay out from Google adsense,which could take who knows how long with the low pay outs,I'm switching to a new company.

[xbrain]

hmm..from a PR4 sink to PR0 for my blog..Just because of the PPP

[barnabybear]

Matt Cutts talks about the recent slap for sites that sell links...

Pubcon Las Vegas 2007: Matt Cutts and Vanessa Fox

[guinanie]

Google penalized the the directories if they did not follow the Google webmaster guidelines on selling link.

Originally Posted by rpbu.com

Google just said last week that they will penalize sites that sell links.

What about directories that you pay to have your link put in them? Are directories going to be penalized by Google? I think Google is taking taking it for granted that they are the most used search engine.

I think I'll start using the search engines that give my websites back links.

[x3mario]

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!

Searchbliss is right, the real issue there is the selling/buying links that uses PR not the traffic.

[tdgac]

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!

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...

[rpbu.com]

Why should they penalize websites that they make moeny of at all? They will fall someday. Remember AOL?

[er_Saurabhgupta1986]

I thought that they might have said it months before. What a stupid thing, after penalizing they are saying that they will penalize the websites selling links

[guinanie]

Originally Posted by er_Saurabhgupta1986

I thought that they might have said it months before. What a stupid thing, after penalizing they are saying that they will penalize the websites selling links

You may read this and explanation on website selling links.

Google said that some sites that are selling links may indeed end up being dropped from its search engine or have penalties attached, to prevent them from ranking well.

If you sell links, Google might indeed penalize your site plus drop the PageRank score that shows for it.

http://www.searchenginejournal.com/g...-selling/5786/

[rpbu.com]

I don't care what Google does anymore.

Who do they think they are penalizing the websites they make money off of?

[Cars-blog]

Old news, numerous directories have already been penalized. Google has every right to penalize sites that exist only to sell ranking on Google's SERPs, 'cause that's what selling PR is. You can still sell links without being penalized if you use the NOFOLLOW tag.

[Natural Elements]

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!

I agree with you, Google needs to remove the PR system like they did with supplemental results that dont bring anything for webmasters, only trouble.