Comments on: Google: Hypocrite, pimp, or clueless? http://www.highrevenue.com/seo/google-hypocrite-pimp-or-clueless High Revenue Webmaster Resource Blog Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:17:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: John@PHP Web Hosting http://www.highrevenue.com/seo/google-hypocrite-pimp-or-clueless/comment-page-1#comment-772 John@PHP Web Hosting Sun, 17 Jan 2010 05:55:40 +0000 http://www.highrevenue.com/?p=291#comment-772 What a great blog post. It does seem a little absurd and unfair. Most people involved in the "internet industry" like you and I will be aware that google frowns upon links farms and paid links in general (what do they think adwords are???). The problem with the ad you've shown above is that it really misleads internet newbies, or website owners who innocently want to get more visitors to their sites. They are not closely involved in the industry, so they don't know that its a potential red flag. They see a google ad, and being google it must be good so they buy it, and then get penalized by google!! I know that the ads are not google ads, rather people advertising through google, but it can easily seem to a non tech person that these are either google ads, or at the very least endorsed by google... What a great blog post. It does seem a little absurd and unfair. Most people involved in the “internet industry” like you and I will be aware that google frowns upon links farms and paid links in general (what do they think adwords are???).

The problem with the ad you’ve shown above is that it really misleads internet newbies, or website owners who innocently want to get more visitors to their sites. They are not closely involved in the industry, so they don’t know that its a potential red flag. They see a google ad, and being google it must be good so they buy it, and then get penalized by google!!

I know that the ads are not google ads, rather people advertising through google, but it can easily seem to a non tech person that these are either google ads, or at the very least endorsed by google…

]]> By: Anthony@Everything Car Boot http://www.highrevenue.com/seo/google-hypocrite-pimp-or-clueless/comment-page-1#comment-714 Anthony@Everything Car Boot Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:39:00 +0000 http://www.highrevenue.com/?p=291#comment-714 I have never engaged in link buying, though I still don't understand how Google can detect and penalise those who do. In some cases it is rather obvious, i.e. John Chow didn't nofollow his ads links and was duly brought down, but if I pay $20 for a home page text link from a related site, how do they REALLY know? Anthony I have never engaged in link buying, though I still don’t understand how Google can detect and penalise those who do.

In some cases it is rather obvious, i.e. John Chow didn’t nofollow his ads links and was duly brought down, but if I pay $20 for a home page text link from a related site, how do they REALLY know?

Anthony

]]> By: mark@Commercial Coffee Makers http://www.highrevenue.com/seo/google-hypocrite-pimp-or-clueless/comment-page-1#comment-666 mark@Commercial Coffee Makers Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:22:09 +0000 http://www.highrevenue.com/?p=291#comment-666 I would be completely devastated to be penalized to a PR 0, especially when I have worked so hard to build back links to my website. If Google is hoping to scare people and make an example out of companies, then it seems like it is working... I would be completely devastated to be penalized to a PR 0, especially when I have worked so hard to build back links to my website. If Google is hoping to scare people and make an example out of companies, then it seems like it is working…

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