I think using “nofollow” tag is the best way to solve those linking problems so your links will be useless for the spammers, Thank you for sharing.

I am still a bit confused at what exactly Google is looking for when it comes to reporting paid links. In your post here, you mention this blog: http://www.searchenginejournal.com/sponsoredreviewscom-joining-paid-review-services/4263/

The blog post talks about a company who specifically offers to broker text links on high PR sites.

On that blog, on the right hand side is an area with a heading “Journal Sponsors.” The blog has 6 image links with an invitation to advertise on the Journal at the bottom of that section.

When you visit that page, it says:

For only $1,000 per month your graphic ad will be shown in the Search Engine Journal sponsor marketplace that you see in the top of the right sidebar. All ads are linked to the advertiser along with optional text link accompanying the ad.

I did not see the rel=nofollow attribute on the links and the links did not redirect me through a different page. They are paid advertisements/links from this site.

Specifically, why would this blog be “allowed” by Google to sell these links? What is different about these than say a Pay-for-Blogging site that sells on-topic authorship? Example: http://www.bugdugle.com

To be an author there, you would have to pay $100 per month.

Your comments are welcome and I look forward to hearing your reply.

Best,

Bill Nixon

SearchEnginesWeb why are you so bitter?

GET A JOB

And you won’t have to worry so much about what Matt thinks or not thinks about you. You are not here to save Google. If they need you they will call you and pay you. Until then, get a job.

German, I was going to give you some major props for being so blunt and in-your-face (I like that!) but then I realized you made one very minor, but fatal mistake:

The world doesn’t need another clueless person in the workforce.

Think about it…if SEW got a job, what would happen to the poor unfortunate soul(s) that hired him? Baaaaaaaaaaaaaa-WHOOSH! Business in the toilet with a great big Ferguson flush (let’s see who gets that obscure reference.)

So let’s not subject any misguided, unfortunate people to SEW until he gets a clue first.

When’s that coming, SEW? When is SearchEnginesWeB finally going to realize that bold, italics, and egomaniacal third-person narrative rants don’t accomplish bugger all?

I think you just might need to take more vacations, so these week-in-review posts become more prevalent

I haven’t talked to the Gmail spam team about image spam, so I don’t know how they’re doing on that

Badly re directing from another a/c with my host which gets a lot of spam. Had been using Gmail as a filter,

Have been reading up a lot on the new spam wave so is not bothering me at the moment as my understanding of image spam is a lot more complicated to address than before

I agree with Jacques !

There are tons of sites that actually dissappeared form SERP’s in last month. I believe that there are some spammy sites belong all these, but many guys with 10 + old sites that were ranking for years on the Top of SERP’s reported 90 % of Google traffic drop.

I know that Google is updating its data and changing ranks on daily basis, but this December dropps are just something that doesnt look like sime minor, usual changes.

Sites are falling so hard as from #1 to #500 or deeper..

And those fluctuations were biggest on 27.12, 3.1, 14.1, 15.1

On 15.1 , sites that have dropped on Xmas or later, came back for 5 hours and ranked egsactly as theye ranked before, but after 5 hours those sites dissappeared again.

I understand you cant tell us your algo or ranking methods, but some slight word about this situation would be great help.
I just came to situation that I dont know if I really have a interest to work on some of my sites ( only one survived these ” dance” or whatever it is ) cause I have lost 80 % of traffic and 70 % of revenue.

Matt, now I have proof lol I was adding a new product line, paying extra attention to making sure the individule pages were on topic and ran them up. Then like a bolt of lightning hitting the frankenstine monster they sprung to life, well all but one. Yep, the G filters (which I really am a fan of, seriously) apparently saw the blue Hawaiian dresses and was forced to make a choice, whareas we determined Google perfers red Hawaiian dresses.

But what I did not understand was why it got instantly shoved into the SI, arent URLs given a chance to gain some momentum any more? Peggy says I assed it up and its my fault that she cant have blue Hawaiian dresses in the RI. Im stuck with a boatload of blue Hawaiain dresses and one unhappy women. Nothing like the wifes wrath, any ideas? Even Gyspsy was without comment

Charles