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Originally Posted by crankydave
It's rather easy to come up with a definition of "paid". It's basically impossible to come up with a definition that takes into account perception and any other factors that can influence that perception.
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Dave, I agree and that's why I've been posting on this topic. IMO, there is a lot of misleading information being spread by a few who have been posting here and in the Google webmaster blog discussion as well. IMO, Google does everyone a big favor by just saying "the W3C nofollow definition is the best guide". One sentence and then it's not about paid but whether authors' are "voting" or selling ads or both
. I have mixed feelings because I can take either side of the "Google is killing competition" or trying to protect relevancy. If they took the W3C path then much of this discussion is moot. It's all pretty straight forward and the guidelines are IMO, crystal clear!