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Old 04-21-2008, 07:03 PM
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Default Re: Can inbound links really hurt you?

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Originally Posted by inertia View Post
If during my years of link building i happened to have established links on "bad URLs" will this have an adverse effect on my site?

I have just changed my signature to include a couple of friends sites but I'm conscious that 300 links have just appeared on the WPW forum. Will this have an adverse effect? I cant see how this can possibly be the case as my competitors could cause me serious damage by such methods?

Any thoughts please...
SEs recognize that one cannot control all IBLs, and do not therefore penalize you for such. IBLs can be positive or neutral, but not negative.

Where people get into trouble re. links is with OBLs; here you do not want to be found pointing to "bad" sites.
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