Comments on: Purchase yourself a link (bargain!) http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/top-notch-link-bargain/ If you've read my articles somewhere on the Internet, expect something different here. Wed, 22 May 2013 04:18:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: sean http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/top-notch-link-bargain/#comment-4066 sean Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:47:08 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/top-notch-link-bargain/#comment-4066 meh - publicly selling links is against TOS...I'll bid $.67 which is what I think this link is worth anyway with 1000000 obls in the sidebar and a PR4 meh - publicly selling links is against TOS…I’ll bid $.67 which is what I think this link is worth anyway with 1000000 obls in the sidebar and a PR4

]]> By: SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 25, 2012 - SEO & Internet Marketing Tips http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/top-notch-link-bargain/#comment-3084 SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 25, 2012 - SEO & Internet Marketing Tips Sat, 26 May 2012 13:43:01 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/top-notch-link-bargain/#comment-3084 [...] Purchase yourself a link (bargain!), sebastians-pamphlets.com [...] […] Purchase yourself a link (bargain!), sebastians-pamphlets.com […]

]]> By: Sebastian http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/top-notch-link-bargain/#comment-3078 Sebastian Fri, 25 May 2012 15:58:44 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/top-notch-link-bargain/#comment-3078 Follow-up: a "fetch as Googlebot" plus "submit to search index" brought it back. I still like the idea that Google's spam warriors ain't humorless page killers. Follow-up: a “fetch as Googlebot” plus “submit to search index” brought it back. I still like the idea that Google’s spam warriors ain’t humorless page killers.

]]> By: Sebastian http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/top-notch-link-bargain/#comment-3077 Sebastian Fri, 25 May 2012 14:29:54 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/top-notch-link-bargain/#comment-3077 Awesome. It could be a hiccup, but I think someone at Google has a great sense of humor. Yesterday this page was indexed: http://goo.gl/WLx4X Today it's not. At least not from here. So what happened? I've submitted a paid-links report for this page accusing it of selling links to Google's paid-links-report form (see first comment). It seems snitching works fine, and in near lightning speed :) Now that this page is apparently tanked, I'm wondering how to return the relevant search results to Google, because clearly I can't fulfill my part of the deal any longer. A deindexed page shouldn't pass link juice to the link target. A well deserved dilemma, eh? Awesome. It could be a hiccup, but I think someone at Google has a great sense of humor.

Yesterday this page was indexed: http://goo.gl/WLx4X

Today it’s not. At least not from here. So what happened?

I’ve submitted a paid-links report for this page accusing it of selling links to Google’s paid-links-report form (see first comment).

It seems snitching works fine, and in near lightning speed :)

Now that this page is apparently tanked, I’m wondering how to return the relevant search results to Google, because clearly I can’t fulfill my part of the deal any longer. A deindexed page shouldn’t pass link juice to the link target.

A well deserved dilemma, eh?

]]> By: sean ruiz http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/top-notch-link-bargain/#comment-3076 sean ruiz Thu, 24 May 2012 23:05:39 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/top-notch-link-bargain/#comment-3076 keep it together... keep it together... keep it together… keep it together…

]]> By: Google Web Spam http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/top-notch-link-bargain/#comment-3075 Google Web Spam Thu, 24 May 2012 17:24:27 +0000 http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/top-notch-link-bargain/#comment-3075 <h4>We've received your report of paid-for links to this site: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/paidlinks?</h4> Thank you for reporting what appear to be paid-for links to this site: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/paidlinks?WTF - Website selling links: http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/top-notch-link-bargain/?$$=want - Website buying links: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/paidlinks?$$=has - Offensive link on page: The 'bid' link in 'fineprints' is not condomized, but clearly paid for with relevant search results. We work hard to return the most relevant results for every search we conduct, and we appreciate you taking the time to send us a report. Buying links violates our Webmaster Guidelines, and we believe that paid links harm the search experience for users everywhere. We'll investigate your report, and we'll use your data to improve our algorithmic detection of paid links. We appreciate your taking the time to help us improve our service for your fellow users around the world. By helping us improve the quality of our search results, you're saving millions of people time, effort and energy. We’ve received your report of paid-for links to this site: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/paidlinks?

Thank you for reporting what appear to be paid-for links to this site: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/paidlinks?WTF

- Website selling links: http://sebastians-pamphlets.com/top-notch-link-bargain/?$$=want

- Website buying links: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/paidlinks?$$=has

- Offensive link on page:
The ‘bid’ link in ‘fineprints’ is not condomized, but clearly paid for with relevant search results.

We work hard to return the most relevant results for every search we conduct, and we appreciate you taking the time to send us a report.

Buying links violates our Webmaster Guidelines, and we believe that paid links harm the search experience for users everywhere. We’ll investigate your report, and we’ll use your data to improve our algorithmic detection of paid links.

We appreciate your taking the time to help us improve our service for your fellow users around the world. By helping us improve the quality of our search results, you’re saving millions of people time, effort and energy.

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