Comments on: Google has crossed the line http://www.vdgraaf.info/google-has-crossed-the-line.html Search engine marketing blog by Peter van der Graaf Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:47:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Peter van der Graaf http://www.vdgraaf.info/google-has-crossed-the-line.html#comment-5553 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 08:57:33 +0000 http://www.vdgraaf.info/google-has-crossed-the-line.html#comment-5553 Google has included a reporting tool in Webmaster central and has included a paid link section in the Webmaster guidelines. When you read things like <a href="http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=66736">Reporting paid links to Google</a> you will see that my assumptions of a couple of months ago have come true. Normally I would be very much against these types of developments, but as I see it: "Many crappy linkbuilders have been crippled by this and linkbuilding/buying will become the domain of experts again." Congratulations to all professional linkbuilders for this victory! I will gladly make use of your services. Google has included a reporting tool in Webmaster central and has included a paid link section in the Webmaster guidelines.

When you read things like Reporting paid links to Google you will see that my assumptions of a couple of months ago have come true.

Normally I would be very much against these types of developments, but as I see it: “Many crappy linkbuilders have been crippled by this and linkbuilding/buying will become the domain of experts again.”

Congratulations to all professional linkbuilders for this victory! I will gladly make use of your services.

]]> by: Peter van der Graaf http://www.vdgraaf.info/google-has-crossed-the-line.html#comment-2250 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:59:09 +0000 http://www.vdgraaf.info/google-has-crossed-the-line.html#comment-2250 I hope you're right and I agree with you to some extend. But finding characteristics of payed links is hard. This is some sort of cry for help from Google. Not only reporting, but mainly the mandatory nofollow is what I'm against. Search engines should read what users read and even metatags shouldn't be used anymore. The reporting bit isn't what scares me, but the increasing "do what I say or else" mentality is. Google used to be fair to everybody and now I'm not that sure anymore. I've seen too much proof against them (and other search engines) not to think "Google is evil". I hope you’re right and I agree with you to some extend. But finding characteristics of payed links is hard. This is some sort of cry for help from Google. Not only reporting, but mainly the mandatory nofollow is what I’m against. Search engines should read what users read and even metatags shouldn’t be used anymore.

The reporting bit isn’t what scares me, but the increasing “do what I say or else” mentality is. Google used to be fair to everybody and now I’m not that sure anymore. I’ve seen too much proof against them (and other search engines) not to think “Google is evil”.

]]> by: HitProf http://www.vdgraaf.info/google-has-crossed-the-line.html#comment-2248 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:19:31 +0000 http://www.vdgraaf.info/google-has-crossed-the-line.html#comment-2248 Linklove, I think you've totally missed the point. Google wants more data to test some specific new algo parts, just as they have done for years. That data could as well be used to test for false positives. There is no way they are going to penalize specific sites just because they are reported, as that would have to be manually done. Google is all about algo's and scalability. Chears, Astrid Linklove, I think you’ve totally missed the point. Google wants more data to test some specific new algo parts, just as they have done for years.

That data could as well be used to test for false positives.

There is no way they are going to penalize specific sites just because they are reported, as that would have to be manually done. Google is all about algo’s and scalability.

Chears,
Astrid

]]> by: Linkbuilding: Google neemt de volgende stap - chapter42 http://www.vdgraaf.info/google-has-crossed-the-line.html#comment-2166 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:34:37 +0000 http://www.vdgraaf.info/google-has-crossed-the-line.html#comment-2166 [...] Echter het rapporteren van ingekochte links aan Google lijkt me niet echt heel erg kosjer. Net als bij het gebruik van de nofollow is het niet de taak van de webmaster om het web in te richten zodat het voor de zoekmachines beter uitkomt. Dit lijkt meer en meer op de richting die Google nu op gaat. Zoals Peter het zo mooi zei: “Tegenwoordig moet je bijna een SEO inhuren om te kijken of je website wel voldoet aan de Google Guidelines”. [...] […] Echter het rapporteren van ingekochte links aan Google lijkt me niet echt heel erg kosjer. Net als bij het gebruik van de nofollow is het niet de taak van de webmaster om het web in te richten zodat het voor de zoekmachines beter uitkomt. Dit lijkt meer en meer op de richting die Google nu op gaat. Zoals Peter het zo mooi zei: “Tegenwoordig moet je bijna een SEO inhuren om te kijken of je website wel voldoet aan de Google Guidelines”. […]

]]> by: kching http://www.vdgraaf.info/google-has-crossed-the-line.html#comment-2114 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 08:54:56 +0000 http://www.vdgraaf.info/google-has-crossed-the-line.html#comment-2114 Looks like they are with their hands in their hair with the PR/link-economy they created themselfs. But the issue shouldn't be about paying for links or not it should be about relevance. Looks like they are with their hands in their hair with the PR/link-economy they created themselfs.
But the issue shouldn’t be about paying for links or not it should be about relevance.

]]> by: Mathieu http://www.vdgraaf.info/google-has-crossed-the-line.html#comment-2065 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:55:38 +0000 http://www.vdgraaf.info/google-has-crossed-the-line.html#comment-2065 I don't know what got into Matt Cutts... I'm wondering what this will mean for certain affiliates. I don’t know what got into Matt Cutts… I’m wondering what this will mean for certain affiliates.

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