http://www.linkspiel.com/2006/12/and-now-a-word-from-our-link-sponsor/ Link Marketing tips and talk from Debra Mastaler Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:54:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.linkspiel.com/2006/12/and-now-a-word-from-our-link-sponsor/comment-page-1/#comment-58 IMAutoPilot Thu, 21 Dec 2006 03:57:00 +0000 http://www.linkspiel.com/?p=169#comment-58 Actually I think that is exactly what they are doing - devaluing the link, not the site itself. Actually I think that is exactly what they are doing – devaluing the link, not the site itself.

]]> http://www.linkspiel.com/2006/12/and-now-a-word-from-our-link-sponsor/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Peter Davis Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:32:00 +0000 http://www.linkspiel.com/?p=169#comment-57 If Google was as smart as they pretend to be, they'd be able to devalue paid links without impacting the overall trust of a site. After all, some very good quality content can be found on sites that sell linkage. In the short run, I'm sure they'll be ok with harming the small volume of sites that sell links, but in the long run, if they keep doing that, they're going to devalue too high a percentage of the quality websites. After all, the people who buy links are starting to focus heavily on buying links at sites with quality content. The more Google pushes the trust, the more people will want to buy links from trusted sites, and the more trusted sites Google will have to discount. Vicious circle, no? If Google was as smart as they pretend to be, they’d be able to devalue paid links without impacting the overall trust of a site. After all, some very good quality content can be found on sites that sell linkage. In the short run, I’m sure they’ll be ok with harming the small volume of sites that sell links, but in the long run, if they keep doing that, they’re going to devalue too high a percentage of the quality websites. After all, the people who buy links are starting to focus heavily on buying links at sites with quality content. The more Google pushes the trust, the more people will want to buy links from trusted sites, and the more trusted sites Google will have to discount. Vicious circle, no?

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