Comments on: No More TLA & Sponsored Blogging

By: Nashville SEO

Nashville SEO — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:24:27 +0000

I thankfully was able to avoid using TLA, so wasn’t affected by the Google slap. It’s amazing how fast Google catches on to anything spammy/easy for SEO’s

By: Sumedh

Sumedh — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:51:44 +0000

At the end of the day, it’s impossible to detect a paid link if it is very much like a regular link…affiliate marketing is nothing different, right?

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By: Lynn Terry

Lynn Terry — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:41:42 +0000

I experienced the same Andrei – it didnt affect the traffic or even my rankings at all. In fact, it didnt affect actual PageRank (if so, barely). What it did was affect our “toolbar pagerank”. And zero green in the toolbar means no payout for you with most companies – as they base their acceptance & payout on that precious (fake) green…

By: Andrei

Andrei — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 09:48:42 +0000

Maybe is just me but I believe this Google crusade against paid and sold links is not that powerful anymore. I had the same experience with my website being stripped from its PR because if paid links but I didn’t give up. Maybe just because I am very stubborn and others wanted to do their way.
And now I believe it was a good decision because the traffic was the same long time after I lost the toolbar PR

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By: Easton Ellsworth

Easton Ellsworth — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:06:30 +0000

I agree, Lynn.

By: Lynn Terry

Lynn Terry — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:36:04 +0000

I feel your pain Easton. “G” obviously achieved their goal of creating a buzz that sent a clear message about what they did and did not want from site owners across the ‘net.

It’s unfortunate that tools like PageRank and Alexa – both completely inaccurate in regards to valuable tools to determine site metrics – are all that we have to analyze the value of a site or a page on the web.

It should be interesting to see the long term effect this has on the online advertising industry as a whole.

By: Easton Ellsworth

Easton Ellsworth — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:28:46 +0000

Lynn and everyone, thanks for the informative discussion. Our blog network was PR-kneecapped by Google a couple of weeks ago. Since then it’s been a scramble to implement the kinds of changes you are all recommending. We’re putting nofollow everywhere it needs to go.

It’s just hard to swallow given that we’ve tried so hard to play by Google’s rules all this time, and given a good chunk of change to Google via AdSense and AdWords, and still we get treated like we don’t matter to them.

So yes, I do think, as others here do, that Google needs to not be in such total control. But unless and until another search engine rises (or several) to challenge its giant market share, things will probably remain this way.

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Makingyouricher.com - Best Affiliate Internet Marketing Training Program — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:51:03 +0000

Thanks Lynn. I am happy to learn from you â€“ especially the sort of deals or relationship that would have gone sour at the end.

Though I havenâ€™t heard about Text-Link-Ads.com at all. But just recently, I was telling someone that I may consider this sort of services among others.

Now I know betterâ€¦

By: Lynn Terry

Lynn Terry — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:51:44 +0000

I wouldnt recommend it, Troy… Of course, I dont know if Google targeted certain niches or certain types of sites, or if *everyone* is at risk – but its better to be safe than sorry. No sense going down on a sinking ship!

By: troy

troy — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:25:51 +0000

Knock on wood! Ill keep that up (TLA) until I lose pr. Then I’ll get pissy with them.

By: Lynn Terry

Lynn Terry — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:30:33 +0000

No, the PageRank hasnt changed back yet, though I expect it will…

By: Robert Nelson

Robert Nelson — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:14:10 +0000

Has your PR come back yet Lynn? I too regret the ability of Google to control what happens in ecommerce. Worse yet various companies give in to them. One is alway hearing about the 800 lb gorilla(read=Microsoft) tactics, but this seems to be right up there in shadiness on both sides. Somebody will have to take them on(Google, that is) or eventually it will be a de facto monoply.