"Unnatural" Links

Onkel Neal · 12-23-13, 05:08 AM

While I thought this might have something to do with rainbows and the duck dynasty, I see Google has created this to discourage link spam.

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You can find the link schemes portion of the Google Quality Guidelines here. The article gives us an actual definition of an unnatural link saying that “creating links that weren’t editorially placed or vouched for by the site’s owner on a page, otherwise known as unnatural links, can be considered a violation of our guidelines.”

The first line of this article makes a bold statement about what is considered an unnatural link:

“Any links intended to manipulate PageRank or a site's ranking in Google search results may be considered part of a link scheme and a violation of Google’s Webmaster Guidelines.”

This came to my attention when I received an email from a merchant who said

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We noticed that your site http://www.subsim.com/index.php is linking to our site http://www.**************/ on the URL http://www.subsim.com/radioroom//sho...98942&langid=2

Unfortunately our site has been hit by an Unnatural Link Penalty and we are now trying to get all links taken down where possible, rather than disavowing them.

If you could spare 5 minutes to take this link down we would be extremely grateful.

So, I removed the link, although I am 100% sure it was posted legitimately.

But I do like the impact it should have on spamho's

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I’m working with one client right now who got an unnatural links penalty as the result of spending $10 at fiverr.com. He paid for two separate gigs where someone promised to build hundreds of links to his site containing his main keyword as the anchor text. Most of these fiverr gigs will use automated software that finds sites where they can create links by doing things like submitting spam comments or creating fake forum profiles. If you’ve created links with automated software, or if you’ve purchased any sort of packages like, “100 directory submissions for $15” then you’ve got unnatural links. Link to article: http://moz.com/ugc/what-is-an-unnatu...ity-guidelines

I hope the site moz.com does not get penalized by me quoting their helpful article. If it does, maybe we should blame http://google.com

Jimbuna · 12-23-13, 07:00 AM

Anything that has a detrimental impact on spamho's has got to be welcomed but in all honesty because of the due diligence of our community members and moderating team I don't think we do too badly in the overall scheme of things.

Onkel Neal · 12-23-13, 07:55 AM

You're right. Imagine what this place would look like without our spamhunters!

EGAD!

Interesting article about how automated spam apps work.
https://www.usenix.org/legacy/events...apers/Shin.pdf

Wolferz · 12-23-13, 11:35 AM

Whew! I thought this thread was going to be about inbreeding.

12-23-13, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolferz

Whew! I thought this thread was going to be about inbreeding.

Being this is GT?
It's never too late.

Aktungbby · 12-23-13, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

... because of the due diligence of our community members and moderating team I don't think we do too badly in the overall scheme of things.

SIC SEMPER VIGILUS

SUBSIMUS!

Aktungbby · 12-23-13, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolferz

Whew! I thought this thread was going to be about inbreeding.

...

Jimbuna · 12-23-13, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by privateer

Being this is GT?
It's never too late.

We'll be having no transcripts from your autobigraphy Jeff...thanks

Wolferz · 12-23-13, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

We'll be having no transcripts from your autobigraphy Jeff...thanks

Poor Jeff.

12-23-13, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

We'll be having no transcripts from your autobigraphy Jeff...thanks

What the heck?

TarJak · 12-23-13, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

We'll be having no transcripts from your autobigraphy Jeff...thanks

Nothing unnatural about Jeff's links is there?

Jimbuna · 12-23-13, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

Nothing unnatural about Jeff's links is there?

You've obviously not seen the video evidence

TarJak · 12-23-13, 05:14 PM

Go on then give us a look.

Jimbuna · 12-23-13, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

Go on then give us a look.

You don't mean that do you?

Your wife is keeping a close eye on the situatio for fear of you recognising who is hiding behind the donkey mask

TarJak · 12-23-13, 05:29 PM

She likes my donkey bits.

12-23-13, 07:00 AM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Anything that has a detrimental impact on spamho's has got to be welcomed but in all honesty because of the due diligence of our community members and moderating team I don't think we do too badly in the overall scheme of things. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

12-23-13, 11:35 AM	#4
Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	Whew! I thought this thread was going to be about inbreeding. __________________ Tomorrow never comes

12-23-13, 07:55 AM	#3
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	You're right. Imagine what this place would look like without our spamhunters! EGAD! Interesting article about how automated spam apps work. https://www.usenix.org/legacy/events...apers/Shin.pdf

12-23-13, 05:14 PM	#13
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Go on then give us a look.

12-23-13, 05:29 PM	#15
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	She likes my donkey bits.