Comments on: Text links and PageRank http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/text-links-and-pagerank/ neat fun stuff Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:18:59 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: vincentg http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/text-links-and-pagerank/#comment-355010 vincentg Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:05:28 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=33#comment-355010 When is Google going to clean up it's act on spam? You go after webmasters / website owners for trying to buy page rank and call it spam yet I see thousands upon thousands of Google Adsense Targeted Web Sites with 3 or 4 adsense ads, little to no usefull content and what is Google telling site owners? Maybe you don't have enough adsense ads on your website. Really! Do as I say but don't do as I do. When is Google going to clean up it’s act on spam?

You go after webmasters / website owners for trying to buy page rank and call it spam yet I see thousands upon thousands of Google Adsense Targeted Web Sites with 3 or 4 adsense ads, little to no usefull content and what is Google telling site owners?
Maybe you don’t have enough adsense ads on your website.

Really!

Do as I say but don’t do as I do.

]]> By: Daniel http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/text-links-and-pagerank/#comment-347889 Daniel Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:16:57 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=33#comment-347889 sorry, i don't believe what matt said he is merely trying to mislead people into believing paid links no longer work... so that Google algorithm will not be messed up if you do some simple search on credit cards related term(an ultra competitive niche), every sites found at the top of serp are buying tons of links aside from that, the so-called low hanging fruit niche also infested with paid links so matt, i would like to hear from you on the latest development on this issue it seems google still cannot rectify the paid links issue sorry, i don’t believe what matt said

he is merely trying to mislead people into believing paid links no longer work… so that Google algorithm will not be messed up

if you do some simple search on credit cards related term(an ultra competitive niche), every sites found at the top of serp are buying tons of links

aside from that, the so-called low hanging fruit niche also infested with paid links

so matt, i would like to hear from you on the latest development on this issue

it seems google still cannot rectify the paid links issue

]]> By: Ash http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/text-links-and-pagerank/#comment-340911 Ash Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:41:40 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=33#comment-340911 Hi, My site has a number of affiliate links as it is a prepaid aggregator site to compare prepaid cards and I was advised that I should set up google friendly redirects as Google would penalise my site otherwise and not sure this is the reason but after a lot of hard work, my page rank dropped from 1 to ...err ....zero. So what is google's stance on affilate links - should they have a no follow tag? Hi,
My site has a number of affiliate links as it is a prepaid aggregator site to compare prepaid cards and I was advised that I should set up google friendly redirects as Google would penalise my site otherwise and not sure this is the reason but after a lot of hard work, my page rank dropped from 1 to …err ….zero.

So what is google’s stance on affilate links – should they have a no follow tag?

]]> By: Rajesh http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/text-links-and-pagerank/#comment-339774 Rajesh Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:24:36 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=33#comment-339774 Consider a situation where in I myself own 100 websites and give links in all these websites for a new site. How will it be treated. Consider a situation where in I myself own 100 websites and give links in all these websites for a new site. How will it be treated.

]]> By: Amiya Sarkar http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/text-links-and-pagerank/#comment-337682 Amiya Sarkar Sat, 30 May 2009 18:58:32 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=33#comment-337682 Hi Matt, You did not mention what happens when a website "sells" (and not buys) Text link ads which are relevant to the anchor text and the content. Would you please elaborate on it? Hi Matt,
You did not mention what happens when a website “sells” (and not buys) Text link ads which are relevant to the anchor text and the content. Would you please elaborate on it?

]]> By: KernelPanic http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/text-links-and-pagerank/#comment-330232 KernelPanic Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:25:56 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=33#comment-330232 You guys make my brain bleed. Have you ever read Google's quality guidelines? I'll translate :) 1) Create clean-coded, information rich websites that are silly with original relevant content. 2) Create a solid internal linking structure throughout the site. 3) Don't try and artificially manipulate the SERPS. 4) Once done, encourage quality links from high PR, related websites where you can. 5) Chant "We're #1, We're #1! You guys make my brain bleed. Have you ever read Google’s quality guidelines? I’ll translate :)
1) Create clean-coded, information rich websites that are silly with original relevant content.
2) Create a solid internal linking structure throughout the site.
3) Don’t try and artificially manipulate the SERPS.
4) Once done, encourage quality links from high PR, related websites where you can.
5) Chant “We’re #1, We’re #1!

]]> By: Christopher http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/text-links-and-pagerank/#comment-301594 Christopher Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:07:53 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=33#comment-301594 How can Google (without doing it manualy) work out, who is paying, and who isn't? How can Google (without doing it manualy) work out, who is paying, and who isn’t?

]]> By: Bibokz http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/text-links-and-pagerank/#comment-301184 Bibokz Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:52:53 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=33#comment-301184 "This is an old entry which keeps coming up in the SERPs for good reason, its one of the most controversial topics in SEO." I agree.. just a Q matt, how could Google know if its paid or not? “This is an old entry which keeps coming up in the SERPs for good reason, its one of the most controversial topics in SEO.”

I agree.. just a Q matt, how could Google know if its paid or not?

]]> By: Claire http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/text-links-and-pagerank/#comment-298047 Claire Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:24:41 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=33#comment-298047 Which came first - the chicken or the egg? OK - so how do you get links if you're not well ranked? Because if no-one can see you, you don't get links. And if you don't get links, no-one can see you. If you have a blog, or an information site, or if you provide some cool service, then OK, maybe you will attract links through your own merit. But suppose you have an eCommerce site - not even suppliers will link to you for fear of 'leaking' link-juice! Despite endless reading, I haven't found a worthwhile answer anywhere to this little conundrum... Which came first – the chicken or the egg?

OK – so how do you get links if you’re not well ranked? Because if no-one can see you, you don’t get links. And if you don’t get links, no-one can see you.

If you have a blog, or an information site, or if you provide some cool service, then OK, maybe you will attract links through your own merit. But suppose you have an eCommerce site – not even suppliers will link to you for fear of ‘leaking’ link-juice!

Despite endless reading, I haven’t found a worthwhile answer anywhere to this little conundrum…

]]> By: Carol http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/text-links-and-pagerank/#comment-240963 Carol Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:29:33 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=33#comment-240963 You know, I think the pure point of what the nofollow does is that it should hopefully steer webmasters away from simple link building and writing really good stuff that eventually others will link to. I'm really glad Google slapped the paid link gig because if that was allowed to continue then corporate world would simply destroy the Google results by making the Google index "SOLD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER". I find it very frustrating and painstaking to build links too, but I'm GLAD that it is hard. The best writers will win in the end. You know,

I think the pure point of what the nofollow does is that it should hopefully steer webmasters away from simple link building and writing really good stuff that eventually others will link to.

I’m really glad Google slapped the paid link gig because if that was allowed to continue then corporate world would simply destroy the Google results by making the Google index “SOLD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER”.

I find it very frustrating and painstaking to build links too, but I’m GLAD that it is hard.

The best writers will win in the end.

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