Comments on: Selling Links? Google is Gonna Spank You!

By: Neil Duckett

Neil Duckett — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 02:59:02 +0000

I wouldn`t worry about it. You should try TLA. I`m giving away free TLA for the month, 4 of the 8 have been taken. Visit the TLA post for more info.

By: LP

LP — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:17:50 +0000

Counting links to determine page quality doesn’t work. It’s time for Google to take it out of the algo, that will end the problem. It’s time for bloggers to start talking bout other engines, can we have a month of silence on Google and promote another engine?

By: Dining Furniture

Dining Furniture — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:41:54 +0000

I quite appreciate the view that one feels like having been whipped by a big bully. I too feel that the community has to come up with some strategy to persuade these guys to stop bullying. You can not change the goal posts after having been playing the game for eons!

By: Jerad Kaliher

Jerad Kaliher — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 07:23:26 +0000

Sure if you play the Google game you have to play by their rules. But then again I expect a company like Google to take the suggestions of it’s users and customers into account.

It really is just a measure of quality in the eyes of people who don’t know and a flawed measure in the eyes of people who do. It’s true that they might not have a clear distinction between paid and non-paid. Yet why penalize based on a concept that they themselves employ?

By: Thatedeguy

Thatedeguy — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:38:52 +0000

@SarahG,
They really can’t determine what links are paid and which aren’t. I have, and do link to a few of my other sites that are completely non-relevant. I guess I get paid for that if you consider the extra bit of traffic that means.
I actually started using live search today and it really is pretty good. I’ve noticed a bit more traffic coming from them recently so maybe they are improving.
I already use Bloglines, but haven’t even tried google reader. Never used the Yahoo reader either, but have tried out a few others like feedshow that are decent.