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Originally Posted by kgun
Have your ever programmed? Some patterns are identified better by statistical / mathematical algorithms (Bots) than by human observation. But identifying bad IBL's is not an exact science. There will never be a "perfect" world.
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No kgun. I am not a programmer, nor would I claim to be. I don't dispute that bots can do a better job identifying patterns. That's not what's at issue here. What they cannot identify is "why" the pattern exists. No, it's certainly not a "perfect world". Mistakes get made.
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Originally Posted by kgun
Natural question:
Drop in rankings because a prior positive effect is zeroed out (neutralized) for one reason or another?
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First, one would have to "assume" there was some positive influence to begin with. Then, one would have to speculate as to precisely which rankings were influenced by that assumption. All of the rankings? Some of them?
Hypothetical kgun...
A reasonably established site with a reasonably established small link profile. Ranks well for several terms. Receives an influx of a large number of sitewide links from elsewhere. All the rankings fall. Links are removed, rankings return. Repeat.
Loss of "prior positive effect"?
Dave