http://www.linkspiel.com/2008/01/is-pagerank-asking-for-it/ Link Marketing tips and talk from Debra Mastaler Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:31:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.linkspiel.com/2008/01/is-pagerank-asking-for-it/comment-page-1/#comment-174 Debra Mastaler Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:56:00 +0000 http://www.linkspiel.com/?p=260#comment-174 I'll disagree with you here Sapphire, Google's complaint is about manipulation of their rankings. You don't have to see PageRank to know a site is worth buying links from. Go ahead, take the toolbar away - it won't matter one bit to those buying and selling links. I’ll disagree with you here Sapphire, Google’s complaint is about manipulation of their rankings. You don’t have to see PageRank to know a site is worth buying links from. Go ahead, take the toolbar away – it won’t matter one bit to those buying and selling links.

]]> http://www.linkspiel.com/2008/01/is-pagerank-asking-for-it/comment-page-1/#comment-173 Sapphire Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:40:00 +0000 http://www.linkspiel.com/?p=260#comment-173 Actually, people sold links before Pagerank existed, and there is nothing unethical about doing so transparently - it's just a form of advertising. Making pagerank invisible would assure Google that no one is selling links JUST to steal their PR, which is Google's main complaint. Actually, people sold links before Pagerank existed, and there is nothing unethical about doing so transparently – it’s just a form of advertising. Making pagerank invisible would assure Google that no one is selling links JUST to steal their PR, which is Google’s main complaint.

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