Google: spam sites linking to you doesnt hurt, but spam patterns do matter

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Google: spam sites linking to you doesnt hurt, but spam patterns do matter

10-05-2007, 01:39 PM,

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Google: spam sites linking to you doesnt hurt, but spam patterns do matter

Quote:...it is easy to spot a site which is trying to make it the wrong way.

The site stands out because the ratio of normal/good links to spammy links is out of balance.

Although the spam links themselves may not hurt (they represent a zero value in the larger equation), the pattern that emerges may most definitely hurt.

Your own actions in that pattern count just as much if not more so. Link out to, or worse link back to spammy sites and youve just closed a loop that confirms Googles suspicions...

full article: http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/g...terns.html

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