Comments on: Link Selling: A Case Study http://battellemedia.com/archives/2005/08/link_selling_a_case_study.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=link_selling_a_case_study Thoughts on the intersection of search, media, technology, and more. Thu, 23 May 2013 12:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: john http://battellemedia.com/archives/2005/08/link_selling_a_case_study.php#comment-20283 john Fri, 26 Aug 2005 05:11:56 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2005/08/link_selling_a_case_study.php#comment-20283 <p>Dam good posting.I read some of you're articles and they are really nice.</p> Dam good posting.I read some of you’re articles and they are really nice.

]]> By: MattCutts http://battellemedia.com/archives/2005/08/link_selling_a_case_study.php#comment-20282 MattCutts Thu, 25 Aug 2005 23:12:47 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2005/08/link_selling_a_case_study.php#comment-20282 <p>Yah, I mentioned in the comments on Tim's post that Google has known about these links since at least 9/3/2003, and that parts of perl.com, xml.com, etc. have not been trusted in terms of linkage for months and months. Selling links dilutes the value of linkage on the web, and makes it harder for every search engine that relies on links to judge the reputation of a site.</p> Yah, I mentioned in the comments on Tim’s post that Google has known about these links since at least 9/3/2003, and that parts of perl.com, xml.com, etc. have not been trusted in terms of linkage for months and months. Selling links dilutes the value of linkage on the web, and makes it harder for every search engine that relies on links to judge the reputation of a site.

]]> By: Michael Moncur http://battellemedia.com/archives/2005/08/link_selling_a_case_study.php#comment-20281 Michael Moncur Thu, 25 Aug 2005 19:57:08 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2005/08/link_selling_a_case_study.php#comment-20281 <p>See <a href="http://www.figby.com/archives/2005/08/25/why-i-dont-sell-text-links/" rel="nofollow">my weblog</a> for a pointer to Google Engineer Matt Cutt's response - the ORA sites have been penalized "for months and months" so there's a very good business reason not to do this.</p> See my weblog for a pointer to Google Engineer Matt Cutt’s response – the ORA sites have been penalized “for months and months” so there’s a very good business reason not to do this.

]]> By: TheDogBlog http://battellemedia.com/archives/2005/08/link_selling_a_case_study.php#comment-20280 TheDogBlog Thu, 25 Aug 2005 15:33:47 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2005/08/link_selling_a_case_study.php#comment-20280 <p>Funny Danny Sullivan should comment since he is one of the worst offenders of page rank selling on the internet today. Just mouse over sullivans ads and sew. It is clear that many are there for the singular purpose of passing page rank. He should be kicked out of Google for it asap.</p> Funny Danny Sullivan should comment since he is one of the worst offenders of page rank selling on the internet today. Just mouse over sullivans ads and sew. It is clear that many are there for the singular purpose of passing page rank. He should be kicked out of Google for it asap.

]]> By: John Battelle http://battellemedia.com/archives/2005/08/link_selling_a_case_study.php#comment-20279 John Battelle Thu, 25 Aug 2005 12:55:09 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2005/08/link_selling_a_case_study.php#comment-20279 <p>Yes, you're right, but Tim noticed the ads and thought that it was part of it. Sorry about the confusion. As Tim wrote: "(Question: if Google is opposed to this type of site, as many of those commenting on the issue claim, why is Google providing these ads?))"</p> Yes, you’re right, but Tim noticed the ads and thought that it was part of it. Sorry about the confusion. As Tim wrote: “(Question: if Google is opposed to this type of site, as many of those commenting on the issue claim, why is Google providing these ads?))”

]]> By: Pascal Van Hecke http://battellemedia.com/archives/2005/08/link_selling_a_case_study.php#comment-20278 Pascal Van Hecke Thu, 25 Aug 2005 12:48:47 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2005/08/link_selling_a_case_study.php#comment-20278 <p>The ads Tim O'Reilly was pondering aren't Google ads.</p> <p>You don't buy pagerank with Googleads, since Google doesn't index the javascript most of contextual search programs, including their own, use.</p> <p>It was about hyperlinks in the html source of the page itself, placed by this company: <br /> <a href="http://www.3genius.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.3genius.com/</a></p> <p>Regards,</p> <p>Pascal Van Hecke<br /> <a href="http://pascal.vanhecke.info" rel="nofollow">http://pascal.vanhecke.info</a></p> The ads Tim O’Reilly was pondering aren’t Google ads.

You don’t buy pagerank with Googleads, since Google doesn’t index the javascript most of contextual search programs, including their own, use.

It was about hyperlinks in the html source of the page itself, placed by this company:
http://www.3genius.com/

Regards,

Pascal Van Hecke
http://pascal.vanhecke.info

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