Comments on: How Google could detect paid links http://sharkseo.com/google/paid-links/ Black, White, Grey. Whatever. Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:38:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Oral Seymour http://sharkseo.com/google/paid-links/comment-page-1/#comment-2603 Oral Seymour Tue, 18 Dec 2012 04:45:46 +0000 http://sharkseo.com/?p=1299#comment-2603 Google has tons and tons of data to comb through to see paterns. That's why I laugh when I see link schemes like link wheels ect. If its takes me a few minutes to see then google can pick it up in no time. Google has tons and tons of data to comb through to see paterns. That’s why I laugh when I see link schemes like link wheels ect. If its takes me a few minutes to see then google can pick it up in no time.

]]> By: Mark Walters http://sharkseo.com/google/paid-links/comment-page-1/#comment-2599 Mark Walters Mon, 19 Nov 2012 05:54:56 +0000 http://sharkseo.com/?p=1299#comment-2599 I think you're right that the time a link was placed would be a good indicator of if it's a paid link or not. That factor, along with the location of the link, if the link is relevant to the content and the anchor link text used for the link could probably highlight a good percentage of paid links. Some innocent links would no doubt get hit in the process though. I think you’re right that the time a link was placed would be a good indicator of if it’s a paid link or not. That factor, along with the location of the link, if the link is relevant to the content and the anchor link text used for the link could probably highlight a good percentage of paid links. Some innocent links would no doubt get hit in the process though.

]]> By: Slavko Desik http://sharkseo.com/google/paid-links/comment-page-1/#comment-2586 Slavko Desik Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:08:00 +0000 http://sharkseo.com/?p=1299#comment-2586 Great article. I know that all is speculation when it comes to this, but these points do make sense. Except the obvious one that Patrick mentioned about adding a link in the resources area of a post. I have a question though- Let's say someone contacted me with a proposal of paying me for publishing a link on my site, with also adding a new content to go along with it. A new page, actually. Can then Google detect that something is wrong? Since I cannot see a difference between such an action, and let's say a guest post. The only thing that comes in mind is if Google evaluate the site that has been linked in terms of link profile. My exact question would then be- can the actions by the site that has been linked in any way harm the site that gave the link? No matter whether we are talking about paid one or not. Great article. I know that all is speculation when it comes to this, but these points do make sense. Except the obvious one that Patrick mentioned about adding a link in the resources area of a post.
I have a question though- Let’s say someone contacted me with a proposal of paying me for publishing a link on my site, with also adding a new content to go along with it. A new page, actually.
Can then Google detect that something is wrong? Since I cannot see a difference between such an action, and let’s say a guest post. The only thing that comes in mind is if Google evaluate the site that has been linked in terms of link profile.

My exact question would then be- can the actions by the site that has been linked in any way harm the site that gave the link? No matter whether we are talking about paid one or not.

]]> By: Paddy Moogan http://sharkseo.com/google/paid-links/comment-page-1/#comment-2578 Paddy Moogan Thu, 02 Aug 2012 11:18:16 +0000 http://sharkseo.com/?p=1299#comment-2578 Nice theory Dave, I just wanted to add something from my own testing on adding a link to old content. I tried this back in early 2011 after a chat with a few people at a conference. I added exact match anchor text to old content and the links definitely made a difference in rankings to target pages. I didn't edit the text, I just literally made some of the existing text a link. That was last year, no idea if it would still work. I may test it though. Nice theory Dave, I just wanted to add something from my own testing on adding a link to old content.

I tried this back in early 2011 after a chat with a few people at a conference. I added exact match anchor text to old content and the links definitely made a difference in rankings to target pages. I didn’t edit the text, I just literally made some of the existing text a link.

That was last year, no idea if it would still work. I may test it though.

]]> By: Patrick Hathaway http://sharkseo.com/google/paid-links/comment-page-1/#comment-2577 Patrick Hathaway Thu, 02 Aug 2012 08:44:37 +0000 http://sharkseo.com/?p=1299#comment-2577 Nice theory. I'd like to think that time could be one of the triggers. I guess the only place it may fall down is broken links - if they are replaced with a new, genuine link, this could potentially trigger? Although I guess if G can see that there was a link there previously and has now been replaced, that is different to a brand new link. Also if you have a new resource that is linked to via a resources type page, I guess we don't want that being penalised (presuming it is editorial). If time is one of the triggers, what would the others be? Number of other links? Link location? BTW I love the idea of potentially paid links not passing pagerank for 6 months. Nice theory. I’d like to think that time could be one of the triggers.

I guess the only place it may fall down is broken links – if they are replaced with a new, genuine link, this could potentially trigger? Although I guess if G can see that there was a link there previously and has now been replaced, that is different to a brand new link.

Also if you have a new resource that is linked to via a resources type page, I guess we don’t want that being penalised (presuming it is editorial).

If time is one of the triggers, what would the others be? Number of other links? Link location?

BTW I love the idea of potentially paid links not passing pagerank for 6 months.

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