Re: Can inbound links really hurt you?
It is so simple, but we have a few holdouts that want "to insist they are right and want to win this debate no matter what" which is a bit silly.
One way links that are "incoming links" from a link farm directory or one way links from a link broker that are "incoming links", have, can and will hurt you with Google.
All one has to do is read Matt Cutts blog in depth to see this is the case.
Matt, when asked to review website status when questioned by webmasters on his blog as to why their sites were de-indexed always looks at their links, he directly states in many cases to the webmasters in question that they have either reciprocal linking problems (large percentage of their links are reciprocating) or he mentions paid links as a reason for their sites being dumped.
So if "incoming links" can't hurt you, why does Matt Cutts mention them in his analysis when giving webmasters reasons for their sites being de-indexed?
Are paid for one way links sold by link brokers "incoming links", are links in bidding directory link farms "incoming links", are reciprocal links "incoming links" ???
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