Comments on: How to report paid links http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/how-to-report-paid-links/ neat fun stuff Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:33:38 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Tonic Traveler http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/how-to-report-paid-links/#comment-402495 Tonic Traveler Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:53:35 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/how-to-report-paid-links/#comment-402495 I am afraid that Google will distinguish between paid and free... "bonus" or "award" links. It's like... they make us use their Google Webmaster Tools to tell them about paid links. Then they sneakily sniff-hunt after them and potentially penalize us. I am not very happy about this reporting thing. I was enthusiastic about analytics, but now this? I am afraid that Google will distinguish between paid and free… “bonus” or “award” links.
It’s like… they make us use their Google Webmaster Tools to tell them about paid links. Then they sneakily sniff-hunt after them and potentially penalize us.

I am not very happy about this reporting thing.
I was enthusiastic about analytics, but now this?

]]> By: darlyn http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/how-to-report-paid-links/#comment-401265 darlyn Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:48:06 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/how-to-report-paid-links/#comment-401265 Hello Matt, I am accepting paid links in my one blog and other paid sites... until I heard Google might penalized sites accepting do follow paid links... so I stop doing paid post. but I was disappointed when my friend asked me.. wow you had a new post.. is that a paid post? when it is not a paid I only give link love the the site I found very interesting. I wish there is a way we can recognize paid post easily. :) Cheers Hello Matt,

I am accepting paid links in my one blog and other paid sites… until I heard Google might penalized sites accepting do follow paid links… so I stop doing paid post. but I was disappointed when my friend asked me.. wow you had a new post.. is that a paid post? when it is not a paid I only give link love the the site I found very interesting.

I wish there is a way we can recognize paid post easily. :)

Cheers

]]> By: Chris Ward http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/how-to-report-paid-links/#comment-394694 Chris Ward Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:17:23 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/how-to-report-paid-links/#comment-394694 Sorry i'm not grasping this, if you buy space on a directory is that counted as a paid link or is it when you buy space on someones website? So having advertisement space could effectively damage the client? or am i well off track here, some help please. Sorry i’m not grasping this, if you buy space on a directory is that counted as a paid link or is it when you buy space on someones website? So having advertisement space could effectively damage the client? or am i well off track here, some help please.

]]> By: Ewan Kennedy http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/how-to-report-paid-links/#comment-392403 Ewan Kennedy Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:43:08 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/how-to-report-paid-links/#comment-392403 @ Halfdeck (comment 15/4/07, 9:45 am). Asda now sits at number 35 (for a search on "car insurance" in my part of the world). Any thoughts? Did others beat them at their own game or were they rumbled by G? @ Halfdeck (comment 15/4/07, 9:45 am).

Asda now sits at number 35 (for a search on “car insurance” in my part of the world).

Any thoughts? Did others beat them at their own game or were they rumbled by G?

]]> By: Chris http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/how-to-report-paid-links/#comment-387612 Chris Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:27:29 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/how-to-report-paid-links/#comment-387612 I really disagree with this-somewhat. User's reporting won't know the difference between black hat SEO, and a webmaster who is trying to make money off a non-google-adsense advertising tool. A webmaster who can program their own custom advertising system, has slots and wants anyone to pay if their site isn't that popular. Why does it have to be related to the subject matter? Bots should be smart enough to pick only the content on a page to dispay in search results, and not index navigation, ads etc. Ironically, I've received non subject related ads on my websites with google adsense before (for example a fart button ad). Should I report Google? Does anybody else agree with what I'm saying? I really disagree with this-somewhat. User’s reporting won’t know the difference between black hat SEO, and a webmaster who is trying to make money off a non-google-adsense advertising tool. A webmaster who can program their own custom advertising system, has slots and wants anyone to pay if their site isn’t that popular. Why does it have to be related to the subject matter? Bots should be smart enough to pick only the content on a page to dispay in search results, and not index navigation, ads etc.

Ironically, I’ve received non subject related ads on my websites with google adsense before (for example a fart button ad). Should I report Google?

Does anybody else agree with what I’m saying?

]]> By: SEO Nerd http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/how-to-report-paid-links/#comment-378077 SEO Nerd Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:38:59 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/how-to-report-paid-links/#comment-378077 Google has too much power. It's horrible that we all have to jump through their hoops. I have one perfectly legitimate site loaded with great information and having thousands of organic inlinks -- not a single one paid -- that recently got smacked down by Google for some unknown reason. I suspect it was something as simple as somebody at the Googleplex not liking the site, but good luck trying to find out. I'm going to disengage from Google -- no more AdSense, no more gmail, no more search, no more analytics. No company should have that much power. Google has too much power. It’s horrible that we all have to jump through their hoops. I have one perfectly legitimate site loaded with great information and having thousands of organic inlinks — not a single one paid — that recently got smacked down by Google for some unknown reason. I suspect it was something as simple as somebody at the Googleplex not liking the site, but good luck trying to find out.

I’m going to disengage from Google — no more AdSense, no more gmail, no more search, no more analytics. No company should have that much power.

]]> By: john http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/how-to-report-paid-links/#comment-376062 john Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:39:00 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/how-to-report-paid-links/#comment-376062 using google adwords accounts on the same server and using the same keywords will create a problem because the one of the websites will charge almost double for the same keyword, why is that. Even if the quality score is a 7 on both advertisements. using google adwords accounts on the same server and using the same keywords will create a problem because the one of the websites will charge almost double for the same keyword, why is that. Even if the quality score is a 7 on both advertisements.

]]> By: the starlit sky http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/how-to-report-paid-links/#comment-361461 the starlit sky Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:12:22 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/how-to-report-paid-links/#comment-361461 i have 3 sites which are completely different from each other. but i want them to be interlinked. will i be punished by google? that's funny. of course i want my sites to link to one another. i have 3 sites which are completely different from each other. but i want them to be interlinked. will i be punished by google? that’s funny. of course i want my sites to link to one another.

]]> By: Spam Fighter http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/how-to-report-paid-links/#comment-348788 Spam Fighter Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:04:41 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/how-to-report-paid-links/#comment-348788 Hi Matt, A question about reporting weird types of spam not payed necessary. I have noticed a lot of spam links to a competitor and have uncovered a huge network of website with several thousand subdomains appeared to be creating thousands useless things non stop. v1gp5b.us/ 7,000 plus sub domains with link point xb8coe.us 5,700 plus sub domains d22rlx.us/ 10,100 7wd7ya.us 5,330 4xxsk2.us 14,400 mccane-foods.v1gp5b.us sudan-1-food-dye-scare.v1gp5b.us callories-in-mcdonalds-food.v1gp5b.us fifties-foods.v1gp5b.us/ Hi Matt,

A question about reporting weird types of spam not payed necessary.

I have noticed a lot of spam links to a competitor and have uncovered a huge network of website with several thousand subdomains appeared to be creating thousands useless things non stop.

v1gp5b.us/ 7,000 plus sub domains with link point
xb8coe.us 5,700 plus sub domains
d22rlx.us/ 10,100
7wd7ya.us 5,330
4xxsk2.us 14,400

mccane-foods.v1gp5b.us
sudan-1-food-dye-scare.v1gp5b.us
callories-in-mcdonalds-food.v1gp5b.us
fifties-foods.v1gp5b.us/

]]> By: Ilan http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/how-to-report-paid-links/#comment-343527 Ilan Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:26:10 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/how-to-report-paid-links/#comment-343527 Hi, Thanks for your interesting Blog ! I feel Google is going against the market here, surely, it would be much better , for companies, not to buy those links, and invest this money in other marketing method, specially in this days .. But Google is acting a bit weird here, and going against her own nature... I Would say, "Stop the war", and go with the Flow: let people buy links, as much as they want....but don’t count them for PR .Google should think out the box here.... and find a better way to evaluate PR.. it will never be perfect, cause this is the way evolution works. But, it will change the game, and surely Google will benefit it and the users as well :) Lets take an example, Smoking weed, is against the law, in many countries, still 50% of the people I know, did smoke...The government, is fighting against, but we all know, people will keep on smoking (same as i was with alcohol 100 yrs ago)... Thanks, Ilan Hi, Thanks for your interesting Blog !
I feel Google is going against the market here, surely, it would be much better , for companies, not to buy those links, and invest this money in other marketing method, specially in this days ..
But Google is acting a bit weird here, and going against her own nature… I Would say, “Stop the war”, and go with the Flow:
let people buy links, as much as they want….but don’t count them for PR .Google should think out the box here…. and find a better way to evaluate PR.. it will never be perfect, cause this is the way evolution works.
But, it will change the game, and surely Google will benefit it and the users as well :)

Lets take an example, Smoking weed, is against the law, in many countries, still 50% of the people I know, did smoke…The government, is fighting against, but we all know, people will keep on smoking (same as i was with alcohol 100 yrs ago)…

Thanks,
Ilan

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