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Originally Posted by wige
The only issue that is related to the buying and selling of links, is failure to disclose, in a way obvious to the consumer and search engines, the fact that a link has been paid for. In the days before Google, all paid links were obvious. You moused over the link, and the status bar would show a different address, and you knew it was a paid or sponsored link. Nearby text would say something like sponsored links, etc. Now, however, these signals are gone. That is what is being penalized.
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Great. Agree. Affiliated links are an example. They should be very easy to identify.
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Originally Posted by wige
And no, this is not just a Google thing. If you are in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, or many other countries, failure to disclose that a link is paid for is a federal crime.
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Federal crime? Price of zero, isn't that a price? Does that imply thay you have to put nofollow on the links?
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8 Things we learned about Google PageRank
5. NoFollow is a Sign of No Trust, We Trust Our Sponsors
"Why nofollow someone you trust and want to thank? Is that a slap in their face? Will I have to and will they continue to sponsor? Time will tell".
Why nofollow somebody that pays?
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