Comments on: Can I be penalised by being linked to from a bad neighbourhood? http://www.utheguru.com/backlink-bad-neighbourhood-penalty Not Your Average Geek Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:10:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: DuckMan http://www.utheguru.com/backlink-bad-neighbourhood-penalty#comment-792 DuckMan Mon, 04 Jun 2007 04:53:03 +0000 http://www.utheguru.com/backlink-bad-neighbourhood-penalty#comment-792 <p>Yes of course I will remove the link to your site, Igor.</p> <p>why?</p> <p>It adds nothing useful to the conversation. I’m not here to promote your travel agency.</p> <p>I'm also not particularly fond of personal attacks, as per the one you launched <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/Google_Webmaster_Help-Indexing/browse_frm/thread/dc35186676990e45">here</a> on Craig (Cass-Hacks) whom I consider a friend.</p> <p>Bye.</p> Yes of course I will remove the link to your site, Igor.

why?

It adds nothing useful to the conversation. I’m not here to promote your travel agency.

I’m also not particularly fond of personal attacks, as per the one you launched here on Craig (Cass-Hacks) whom I consider a friend.

Bye.

]]> By: ivb http://www.utheguru.com/backlink-bad-neighbourhood-penalty#comment-790 ivb Mon, 04 Jun 2007 04:37:44 +0000 http://www.utheguru.com/backlink-bad-neighbourhood-penalty#comment-790 <p>Doc, that is very good!</p> <p>I am glad you are ware of this and on top of it, at the same time letting post real links on your site so you can share your PR, and not be greedy like some!</p> <p>And I do not blame you for removing the link on my last post!<br /> I had to remove it myself from my main Website because Google stopped serving my main Website, in its search results!</p> <p>Two days later after I removed the link, Google came back!</p> <p>Although I had the Honeypot link on my top page vs a sun page, having bad links on your Website is very bad for your PR!</p> <p>Doc, maybe you can find some place to stick the Honeypot link, does not have to be your site, but if you know some site that can suffer a little PR loss! Like PR 7 Website!<br /> It would be good for the project, will make it stronger, and have Google index and find the violators faster!</p> <p>Anyway I signed this post with my business clean Website!</p> <p>I hope you will not remove it!</p> <p>Or I can sign with my Google support Group, which ever you prefer!</p> <p>Igor</p> Doc, that is very good!

I am glad you are ware of this and on top of it, at the same time letting post real links on your site so you can share your PR, and not be greedy like some!

And I do not blame you for removing the link on my last post!
I had to remove it myself from my main Website because Google stopped serving my main Website, in its search results!

Two days later after I removed the link, Google came back!

Although I had the Honeypot link on my top page vs a sun page, having bad links on your Website is very bad for your PR!

Doc, maybe you can find some place to stick the Honeypot link, does not have to be your site, but if you know some site that can suffer a little PR loss! Like PR 7 Website!
It would be good for the project, will make it stronger, and have Google index and find the violators faster!

Anyway I signed this post with my business clean Website!

I hope you will not remove it!

Or I can sign with my Google support Group, which ever you prefer!

Igor

]]> By: DuckMan http://www.utheguru.com/backlink-bad-neighbourhood-penalty#comment-789 DuckMan Mon, 04 Jun 2007 03:00:42 +0000 http://www.utheguru.com/backlink-bad-neighbourhood-penalty#comment-789 You're right - I don't use no-follow - because I believe that if people post really relevant links that add value to this site, those sites deserve PR - it's a democracy. Having said that, I do use various automated spam blocking programs (akismet and bad-behaviour) which weed out about 99.9% of the spam that gets posted on this site. I manually remove all other links that I don't feel add value. doc You’re right - I don’t use no-follow - because I believe that if people post really relevant links that add value to this site, those sites deserve PR - it’s a democracy.

Having said that, I do use various automated spam blocking programs (akismet and bad-behaviour) which weed out about 99.9% of the spam that gets posted on this site.

I manually remove all other links that I don’t feel add value.

doc

]]> By: ivb http://www.utheguru.com/backlink-bad-neighbourhood-penalty#comment-788 ivb Mon, 04 Jun 2007 02:43:20 +0000 http://www.utheguru.com/backlink-bad-neighbourhood-penalty#comment-788 <p>Doc you seem to know about SEO but you do not use inline nofollow in your blog anchor links, so I signed this post with Project Honeypot hornet's nest link!</p> <p>I hope you do not mind, but it is for a good cause, to catch duplicate domain name Spwaners and nastu GWG violators!</p> <p>Check out the members area on the link forum that I signed with and you will see 8000 mambers of low scum!</p> <p>Igor</p> Doc you seem to know about SEO but you do not use inline nofollow in your blog anchor links, so I signed this post with Project Honeypot hornet’s nest link!

I hope you do not mind, but it is for a good cause, to catch duplicate domain name Spwaners and nastu GWG violators!

Check out the members area on the link forum that I signed with and you will see 8000 mambers of low scum!

Igor

]]> By: DuckMan http://www.utheguru.com/backlink-bad-neighbourhood-penalty#comment-516 DuckMan Sat, 14 Apr 2007 15:10:14 +0000 http://www.utheguru.com/backlink-bad-neighbourhood-penalty#comment-516 Cheers Sebastian! Yep it's too true that some of these folks are hard to spot at first. I'd say that well over 10% of my inlinks come from them - often they get quite clever about the way they do things.. That's an interesting point you make about delicious etc - perhaps they aren't even really worried about getting caught by Google? Perhaps they are relying on the social networks.. who knows. But I don't think it's quite time to stop writing original content and start stealing bits and pieces from others. Where is the fun in that? I have faith Google will get 'em eventually. Cheers, M Cheers Sebastian!

Yep it’s too true that some of these folks are hard to spot at first. I’d say that well over 10% of my inlinks come from them - often they get quite clever about the way they do things..

That’s an interesting point you make about delicious etc - perhaps they aren’t even really worried about getting caught by Google? Perhaps they are relying on the social networks.. who knows.

But I don’t think it’s quite time to stop writing original content and start stealing bits and pieces from others. Where is the fun in that? I have faith Google will get ‘em eventually.

Cheers,

M

]]> By: Sebastian http://www.utheguru.com/backlink-bad-neighbourhood-penalty#comment-515 Sebastian Sat, 14 Apr 2007 13:34:48 +0000 http://www.utheguru.com/backlink-bad-neighbourhood-penalty#comment-515 Very nice article! Sadly some of these scraping suckers are that good that they get even bookmarked at delicus and wherever. Seeing a single page sometimes doesn't reveal its character. Fire up site explorer and look at pages and inlinks as well. Usually that's enough to spot sneaky "appealing webspam". Very nice article! Sadly some of these scraping suckers are that good that they get even bookmarked at delicus and wherever. Seeing a single page sometimes doesn’t reveal its character. Fire up site explorer and look at pages and inlinks as well. Usually that’s enough to spot sneaky “appealing webspam”.

]]> By: DuckMan http://www.utheguru.com/backlink-bad-neighbourhood-penalty#comment-333 DuckMan Tue, 13 Mar 2007 05:01:08 +0000 http://www.utheguru.com/backlink-bad-neighbourhood-penalty#comment-333 haha thats ok Susie - I've no-followed that link, and in any case, I doubt it will be a problem as the link is non-reciprocal. haha thats ok Susie - I’ve no-followed that link, and in any case, I doubt it will be a problem as the link is non-reciprocal.

]]> By: Susie J http://www.utheguru.com/backlink-bad-neighbourhood-penalty#comment-328 Susie J Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:47:26 +0000 http://www.utheguru.com/backlink-bad-neighbourhood-penalty#comment-328 Thanks, Duck. Now, I have created a link from you site to the bad guys through my comment -- so please delete them from your site for me please? Thanks. Thanks, Duck. Now, I have created a link from you site to the bad guys through my comment — so please delete them from your site for me please? Thanks.

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