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Originally Posted by williamc
The original question was "Can inbound links really hurt you?"
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I am not sure whether you have read the whole thread? If you have done that you will see that I have repeatedly said that algorithms are not perfect. In
my theory, an IBL can not hurt your site. If it does, it is an error in
my algorithm. Google (it is the Google sub forum) may have another theory where IBL's hurt you. That a site is completely zeroed out (what we in this thread have called they got as deserved) is not a wound in my theory.
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Originally Posted by williamc
The answer is yes, they can. Whether the site in question was completely zeroed out, or was penalized in a negative manner does not matter. What matters is simply that they lost all rankings, were not allowed to show publicly, lost all PR. Does any/all of those hurt a site? Yes. |
Again an example of an algorithm that does not fit
my theory.
- I think Google's theory is better than mine.
- Off topic: An intentional attack on a site (for example a DDOS attack or a man in the middle attack) could also be identified by Google and the attacker penalized. Google may know much more than most of us know.
- To be sure (avoid misunderstandings and complaints) Google should in my theory choose to zero out suspect link (patterns).