Punished by Google for placing a reciprocal link

temi · 02-19-2007, 03:35 AM

I think you assumption that you were "punished" for linking to business seek is wrong. You should look elsewhere for the reason your SERP dropped. Have you consider the possibilities that the site that now occupies your previous position had built more or better links than you?

chicchi · 02-19-2007, 04:57 AM

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Originally Posted by shellared

First - how do you know that was the reason G dropped your site?

How do you know if you're in one of these link farms?
Can my competitor add my website to a link farm to drop its positioning?

No, Google cannot punish you for having your website linked on a bad page because you have no control over that page.

It will punish you if you put a link on your own site to another page which Google considers 'bad'. Unfortunately there's no real way to tell whether Google considers a site 'bad' unless they have dropped it from their indexes altogether!

I hate to think how many people are getting punished for linking to legitimate directory sites.

metagirl · 02-19-2007, 08:11 AM

you might have a lower page rank if you link to sites with low page ranks. That's all I know for sure connected to this issue.
From a logical point of view, it's not that normal.. But, hey, these are the rules..

jdegerstrom · 02-19-2007, 11:06 AM

Hi, again,

Thanks for the link. You are not being punished. You are PR4 with significant links.

View the report here:
http://www.urltrends.com/viewtrend.p...ingchun.com.au

Cheers,

Jim

itSourceRo · 02-19-2007, 06:18 PM

Hi,
it depends from which page you linked, but however, since you linked to a directory you lost some link power.If you linked from your jomepage then the damage is greater.I think it's very clear what google say, don't link to a page which is most a collection of links..link only to something relevant, in context of your website text.

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temi Junior Guru Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Europe>UK>England Posts: 578	Re: Punished by Google for placing a reciprocal link I think you assumption that you were "punished" for linking to business seek is wrong. You should look elsewhere for the reason your SERP dropped. Have you consider the possibilities that the site that now occupies your previous position had built more or better links than you? __________________ Golf Equipment Shop::Webmaster Forum::UK Web Hosting

02-19-2007, 08:11 AM	#18
metagirl Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 11	Re: Punished by Google for placing a reciprocal link you might have a lower page rank if you link to sites with low page ranks. That's all I know for sure connected to this issue. From a logical point of view, it's not that normal.. But, hey, these are the rules..

02-19-2007, 11:06 AM	#19
jdegerstrom Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Kissimmee, Florida Posts: 92	Re: Punished by Google for placing a reciprocal link Hi, again, Thanks for the link. You are not being punished. You are PR4 with significant links. View the report here: http://www.urltrends.com/viewtrend.p...ingchun.com.au Cheers, Jim __________________ Jim Degerstrom, Small Business Resource Center, Web Design and Graphic Artwork Custom Web Design \| Small Business Advice Blog \| Small Business Advice Podcast Be kind to strangers. Here's one reason. Read Hebrews 13:2

02-19-2007, 06:18 PM	#20
itSourceRo Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 66	Re: Punished by Google for placing a reciprocal link Hi, it depends from which page you linked, but however, since you linked to a directory you lost some link power.If you linked from your jomepage then the damage is greater.I think it's very clear what google say, don't link to a page which is most a collection of links..link only to something relevant, in context of your website text. __________________ Affordable professional Website templates

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