logo Subscribe to: rss Email Feed:


To Buy or Not to Buy

March 24th, 2009

Link buying is a gray area. Google says buying links is bad, but there are some practices that skirt the edge of the subject, and the savvy webmaster may have questions regarding them. An inbound link is a recommendation. We all want to gain a spot on the first page of the SERPs. If other [...]

 
 

Buying and Selling Links (Don’t be a Sneaky Snake)

August 3rd, 2008

We read a lot about the dangers of link buying to increase PageRank. I have tried to dispel some of the myths about links that habitually make the rounds, but many continue to circulate. Google has been fairly clear about their stand on link buying. You got two choices, acquire links naturally that will count [...]

 
 

Getting Links From Blog and Social Site Reviews

June 17th, 2008

We all know Google doesn’t like it when we pay for links. They see no difference between paying cold hard cash, trading favors or promising services – it’s all the same to them, and it’s all a no-no – at least as far as using paid links to give your rankings a boost. Oh, that [...]

 
 

Paid Links – an Absolute Ban, or Any Gray Areas?

May 27th, 2008

  Link buying is a highly controversial area. This is because buying links can easily be looked on by Google as ‘ballot stuffing’. An inbound link is like a vote. We are all in a popularity contest, wanting to gain a seat on the first page of the SERPs. If other sites link to us [...]

 
 
 
 

Search Posts

 

Archives