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Originally Posted by cz
I skimmed over some of this thread - the parts where discussion of "bad inbound links" hurting or not hurting a site. There was repeated requests for "show an example".
I haven't read much past that and I apologize if this is not relevant to the thread any longer (or at all) but here is an experiment that I watched unfold at another forum and in the end - tons of links directed toward the site - did hurt it. It took time but it did hurt - badly. There are charts and facts & figures withing the thread but I thought I'd share it in case anyone was interested.
17.000 coop weight to (dis)proof Google Bowling - SEO Chat
It's not "bad links" but lots of links in this test (kinda similar in regard to IBL's hurting a site though) |
Quite an old topic going back years now, that being Google bowling and pointing a lot of links at a site in a short period of time, that is why I told Dave to report any fishy activity to Google if you feel someone is conducting negative
SEO on your sites.
This is why unattended sites that take comments from the public should use "no follow" by default also, because your outgoing links that are not approved (endorsed) by editors are a risk.