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Originally Posted by mjtaylor
But isn't having to hide from Google a pragmatical rather than an ethical issue?
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No, I disagree, especially if
- You hide to get a better ranking than other in the global search space.
- It is not natural. When is it natural?
- Other hidden goals / agendas that is used to increase your cash flow (at the price of other companies in the global search space).
But how can Google or another SE differentiate link A (paid) from link B (free) if the only information is the anchor tag and the anchor text? There is no ID, no div, no other attribute and no CSS class to differentiate the two. So I understand (and may accept) your pragmatic view, since that is (more or less) impossible. I wrote more or less in paranthesis, since advanced pattern reckognition algorithmes may be used to identify paid from free links with a probability > 1/2, that is tossing a coin.