Google Fishing for Webmaster Snitches
by Staff WriterEveryone knows Google's stand on webmasters selling paid links to other websites. They hate it even more when it's for links that aren't related to their website content. I can understand why Search Engines would be defensive since they believe webmasters are simply looking to 'game' them.
Anyway, Google has decided to set up a way for webmasters to snitch on their fellow webmasters who are selling paid links on their website. Matt Cutts, apparently, heard many webmasters complaining that they couldn't snitch on their competitors more effectively.
Google, always looking out to improve their search engine, decided to ask webmasters to report users buying/selling paid link listings. I would find this a major problem for forums like DigitalPoint, who have an extremely busy Marketplace, consisting of many paid link sales.
Basically, if you have a competitor (ranking higher than you in Google) who sells paid links and you would like them to suffer a penalty, go and report them now!
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April 21st, 2007 at 12:17 pm
[…] Similar to what this post says, I think this would be a huge problem for people selling/buying links in DigitalPoint’s bustling marketplace. […]
June 14th, 2007 at 3:47 pm
My opinion… Good for Google! Come on now, can anyone seriously say they never seen this coming?
Yes I feel bad for Digital Point but the Internet isn’t meant to stand still and neither is Google or any of the other search engines. We as Internet Marketers who have studied best practices know that things change on a regular basis so why not the practice of paid sites?
I know this is a semi old topic but even yesterday we are able to see people discussing it. I doubt it will be going away any time soon.
My $0.02