Comments on: Will Google ban websites using paid links? http://www.cueblocks.com/blog/2007/will-google-ban-websites-using-paid-links/ Official weblog of CueBlocks about web, search technology, innovations, thought leadership and more. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:28:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Avneet http://www.cueblocks.com/blog/2007/will-google-ban-websites-using-paid-links/#comment-2545 Avneet Sat, 04 Aug 2007 16:50:44 +0000 http://www.cueblocks.com/blog/2007/will-google-ban-websites-using-paid-links/#comment-2545 Hi Bernie, Links from social networks can pay off well if there are no "nofollow" tags associated with them! Hi Bernie,

Links from social networks can pay off well if there are no “nofollow” tags associated with them!

]]> By: bborges http://www.cueblocks.com/blog/2007/will-google-ban-websites-using-paid-links/#comment-2542 bborges Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:47:07 +0000 http://www.cueblocks.com/blog/2007/will-google-ban-websites-using-paid-links/#comment-2542 The notion of paid links is not new. The question is how do you define a paid link? It's proven (as you know) that old fahion one way link building improves rankings. Can a competitor determine that certain links were bought? Maybe, but it's not very likely in many cases unless a competitor really has an ax to grind and has the resources to do it. The best links now are natural links from content people linked to because they wanted to. This means blog and social networking content are the best places to get links that will be indexed favorably by search engines. The notion of paid links is not new. The question is how do you define a paid link? It’s proven (as you know) that old fahion one way link building improves rankings. Can a competitor determine that certain links were bought? Maybe, but it’s not very likely in many cases unless a competitor really has an ax to grind and has the resources to do it. The best links now are natural links from content people linked to because they wanted to. This means blog and social networking content are the best places to get links that will be indexed favorably by search engines.

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