Comments on: Text links and PageRank http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/text-links-and-pagerank/ neat fun stuff Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:30:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Arun Ranahttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/text-links-and-pagerank/#comment-905296 Arun Rana Sun, 11 Sep 2011 15:05:35 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=33#comment-905296 Hello Sir . This is Arun Rana a new blogger , i have a blog which was going well and getting all the traffic from Goggle but suddenly My blog (timetravell.com ) is penalized by google for breaking quality guideline (two weeks ago ).Sir this is due to Some one said me about link exchange to get more good ranking on google so i exchange only one link . I Think this is the reason ,i removed it and now my blog is not breaking any webmaster guidelines .Sir i submit my reconsideration request two times but penalty is not lifted yet .Sir my blog is known for the quality content and also having a pr 2 and i promise that i will never participate in this link exchange service .Sir please help me .......My webmaster email is given while commenting here (comment form ) .Sir i love to do blogging plz help me sir i very helpless without Google my Blog is Zero ,looking forward for your reply you are the only hope . Thankyou Hello Sir .
This is Arun Rana a new blogger , i have a blog which was going well and getting all the traffic from Goggle but suddenly My blog (timetravell.com ) is penalized by google for breaking quality guideline (two weeks ago ).Sir this is due to Some one said me about link exchange to get more good ranking on google so i exchange only one link . I Think this is the reason ,i removed it and now my blog is not breaking any webmaster guidelines .Sir i submit my reconsideration request two times but penalty is not lifted yet .Sir my blog is known for the quality content and also having a pr 2 and i promise that i will never participate in this link exchange service .Sir please help me …….My webmaster email is given while commenting here (comment form ) .Sir i love to do blogging plz help me sir i very helpless without Google my Blog is Zero ,looking forward for your reply you are the only hope .
Thankyou

]]> By: Davehttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/text-links-and-pagerank/#comment-879287 Dave Sat, 20 Aug 2011 02:27:25 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=33#comment-879287 "Would that recommendation create as much trust if you later found out the friend was paid to recommend a website"In some ways I don't entirely agree with this statement. Not every person is the same and neither are the circumstances. I have friends that recommend products and services using aff links, just because they are getting paid doesn't make me trust them any less, they are my loyalist friends.I feel there are times when it 's inappropriate to sell links though, the porn and gambling websites, drugs and prostitution. They only buy links because no one "morally" agrees with what they are doing.If a business offered me money to sell links and I didn't agree with what they where doing, then I wouldn't put the links on my website, I wouldn't care how much they offered to pay. Some people will not see things this way and this is the problem. “Would that recommendation create as much trust if you later found out the friend was paid to recommend a website”

In some ways I don’t entirely agree with this statement. Not every person is the same and neither are the circumstances. I have friends that recommend products and services using aff links, just because they are getting paid doesn’t make me trust them any less, they are my loyalist friends.

I feel there are times when it ‘s inappropriate to sell links though, the porn and gambling websites, drugs and prostitution. They only buy links because no one “morally” agrees with what they are doing.

If a business offered me money to sell links and I didn’t agree with what they where doing, then I wouldn’t put the links on my website, I wouldn’t care how much they offered to pay. Some people will not see things this way and this is the problem.

]]> By: Sante boydhttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/text-links-and-pagerank/#comment-865807 Sante boyd Mon, 08 Aug 2011 05:44:56 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=33#comment-865807 Nice post, but I have a question, shouldn't we vary our back-links so Google won't suspect that we don't get sandboxed for example if I want to rank for keyword1, shouldn't I use as anchor text also see-keyword1 or link-keyword1 or click-the-link..... Nice post, but I have a question, shouldn’t we vary our back-links so Google won’t suspect that we don’t get sandboxed for example if I want to rank for keyword1, shouldn’t I use as anchor text also see-keyword1 or link-keyword1 or click-the-link…..

]]> By: Aunesty Janssenhttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/text-links-and-pagerank/#comment-849054 Aunesty Janssen Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:04:33 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=33#comment-849054 The continued hot topic - - Would love to see some of these comments answered, especially after Panda/Farmer update has killed so many of the free text links that were in articles. So paying for them is bad, and having original well written content on ezine articles doesn't help either. Clarity would be useful. The continued hot topic – - Would love to see some of these comments answered, especially after Panda/Farmer update has killed so many of the free text links that were in articles. So paying for them is bad, and having original well written content on ezine articles doesn’t help either. Clarity would be useful.

]]> By: Michael D Wakshttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/text-links-and-pagerank/#comment-846249 Michael D Waks Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:56:27 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=33#comment-846249 Hi Matt,I respectfully second daniel's request. I have been reading through many of these comments and would love an up to date response on some of these issues that are still very relevant today. I am in a very competitive industry (law firms) in a very competitive market (los angeles) when it comes to seo so every bit counts to get ahead of the competition. On a side note, I am based in Long Beach and I would like to really be optimized for Los Angeles. It is a difficult issue since Google (from a local standpoint) ranking is a tricky thing to achieve when you are based in one place but want to be relevant for another (or at least a larger geographic area). The site is MichaelWaks.com Thank you for sharing your professional insights. Hi Matt,

I respectfully second daniel’s request. I have been reading through many of these comments and would love an up to date response on some of these issues that are still very relevant today. I am in a very competitive industry (law firms) in a very competitive market (los angeles) when it comes to seo so every bit counts to get ahead of the competition. On a side note, I am based in Long Beach and I would like to really be optimized for Los Angeles. It is a difficult issue since Google (from a local standpoint) ranking is a tricky thing to achieve when you are based in one place but want to be relevant for another (or at least a larger geographic area). The site is MichaelWaks.com Thank you for sharing your professional insights.

]]> By: Joehttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/text-links-and-pagerank/#comment-841899 Joe Wed, 13 Jul 2011 23:15:31 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=33#comment-841899 What I find laughable is that this very page itself has become a magnet for link spammers hoping to get a decent link for free off this domain (and yes I know they are nofollowed but that does not seem to deter the spammers). Case in point is the comment from Pokie on May 19, 2010 at 4:33 am. Pokie is Australian slang for poker machine (a.k.a. slot machine) and the spam link goes to an online casino site. Gee I wonder why? Or how about Sunil March 15, 2011 at 11:48 pm linking to his "SEO" site with an inane comment that contributes nothing - a hallmark of classic link spam.There are heaps more and it shows the exact problem that this uncertainty creates - I have sites where we spend hours each week in wasted time dealing with link spammers and "SEO" companies that pay people from third world countries peanuts to link spam forums and articles in lieu of buying links. What I find laughable is that this very page itself has become a magnet for link spammers hoping to get a decent link for free off this domain (and yes I know they are nofollowed but that does not seem to deter the spammers). Case in point is the comment from Pokie on May 19, 2010 at 4:33 am. Pokie is Australian slang for poker machine (a.k.a. slot machine) and the spam link goes to an online casino site. Gee I wonder why? Or how about Sunil March 15, 2011 at 11:48 pm linking to his “SEO” site with an inane comment that contributes nothing – a hallmark of classic link spam.

There are heaps more and it shows the exact problem that this uncertainty creates – I have sites where we spend hours each week in wasted time dealing with link spammers and “SEO” companies that pay people from third world countries peanuts to link spam forums and articles in lieu of buying links.

]]> By: michelle216http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/text-links-and-pagerank/#comment-832558 michelle216 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 09:17:27 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=33#comment-832558 Good point! I’m just learning about these sorts of spamming, now. It’s tricky stuff. But I see Internet whoring all the time with competitors, and somehow I want to be level, yet do the right thing (I know that’s unrelated to the first question). The World Wide Web is a harsh place. Good point! I’m just learning about these sorts of spamming, now. It’s tricky stuff. But I see Internet whoring all the time with competitors, and somehow I want to be level, yet do the right thing (I know that’s unrelated to the first question). The World Wide Web is a harsh place.

]]> By: David Thomas Marquardthttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/text-links-and-pagerank/#comment-825359 David Thomas Marquardt Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:23:36 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=33#comment-825359 Thanks Matt! Thanks Matt!

]]> By: danielhttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/text-links-and-pagerank/#comment-806893 daniel Mon, 13 Jun 2011 01:11:29 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=33#comment-806893 Hi Matt, I have just been rereading a lot of these comments and I wish you had time to answer some of these questions. It would be a great help to everyone who is interested in this matter. Here it is more than 6 years later and the issue is still hot. Hi Matt,
I have just been rereading a lot of these comments and I wish you had time to answer some of these questions. It would be a great help to everyone who is interested in this matter.
Here it is more than 6 years later and the issue is still hot.

]]> By: Andrewhttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/text-links-and-pagerank/#comment-804057 Andrew Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:57:11 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=33#comment-804057 Hi Matt Am I right in thinking that the more links you have to your website the higher the page rank, or are there any other additional factors apart from text links which contribute to this? Hi Matt
Am I right in thinking that the more links you have to your website the higher the page rank, or are there any other additional factors apart from text links which contribute to this?

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