Comments on: SEO Red Flags & SEO Misinformation : Let’s Put An End to It

By: ödev

ödev — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 07:26:36 +0000

Thank you for article

By: chris boggs

chris boggs — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:06:24 +0000

agreed with madhat – the tactics you describe seomex would be something that would most likely be easily detectable. However, there are “playgrounds” where this would be less detectable, especially if within an industry that already has strong interlinking. I think you could likely get away with some good anchor text manipulation between large sites that would create better value links out of those that already exist. Link reclamation is much easier than building them anyway, n’est-ce-pas? ;)

By: Jacques Snyman for SEO Results

Jacques Snyman for SEO Results — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:17:29 +0000

…..should NOT lead to any kind of penalization, sorry…..my bad

By: Jacques Snyman for SEO Results

Jacques Snyman for SEO Results — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:15:46 +0000

The no-follow attribute was 1st created by google in early 2005 to create a deterrent to spammers who were using automated programs to post comments and links on blogs. Using it means you’re playing by their rules and it should lead to any kind of penalization. Just don’t overdo it, as with anything in life.

By: SeoMexFan

SeoMexFan — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:17:14 +0000

@MadHat, thanks for your answer. I will keep this in mind when linking among my own sites. MadHat, do you know a better way to do this (linking among your own sites)?

By: TheMadHat

TheMadHat — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:11:19 +0000

@SeoMexFan yes, that’s very easy to detect. If you do it once or twice, no, but creating a link profile is not that complicated and those kind of patterns stand out like a sore thumb.

By: SeoMexFan

SeoMexFan — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:54:07 +0000

I forgot to mention: All these sites have different content, but are in the same topic, and in the same server sharing the same IP. Thanks

By: SeoMexFan

SeoMexFan — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:51:34 +0000

Great Article Mr. Baker. It´s true there are several seo misconceptions out there. And, as every seo knowledge seeker, I´ve heard several misconceptions. The one I would like you to clarify me is: Will I be seen as Link Farm by Google or any other SE if I have multiple sites linking to each other (not Linking Back) in a non-reciprocal chain (example: Site A -> Site B -> Site C -> Site A)? Thanks for your comments.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:48:32 +0000

I read that article too and seemed just ‘wrong’ to me. If you are smart enough to put the nofollow tags in correctly and Google were to slap you down for it, then you would be smart enough to watch for it and then just remove them. All of which would make it pointless for Google to use it that way.

So I agree with your assertion. Google will play nice as long as you play nice.