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Like SugarRae pointed out a few weeks ago, it’s quite difficult for Google to find out which link is paid and which one isn’t. If you look at SugarRae’s post from the other perspective (like Google is doing with their current approach), it seems like you have to clarify which links aren’t paid in order [...]

There, I said it. That’s what I believe is true; there is no such thing as a ‘you have been buying links so you should suffer’ penalty. At least, not if you do it correctly. I’ll make some statements about buying links that probably not everybody will agree on, but this is what I consider [...]

I noticed two subjects got a lot of attention during the past few days. One of them is the good old paid link discussion that has been going on since, well, since like forever. Aaron Wall explains How You Can Rent a Million Links and Stay Under the Radar and even Forbes (out of all [...]

No seriously, she can. Your own grandmother can probably improve your website as well. Ok, she might not be able to get those 12.000 pages filled with scraped content out of supplemental hell, but she absolutely can help you improve your usability. Have you ever watched your non web savvy friend, colleague or relative searching [...]

Covert advertising is a form of advertising in movies or tv-shows that doesn’t need disclosure during or near the product placement, but works under the premise that it’s a natural part of the work. Mentioning the advertiser in the credits is advisable, but not mandatory. This makes Covert Advertising -if done correctly- quite hard to [...]

The paid link debate is a discussion that probably will never end. And certainly not if you keep reading stuff like Rae Hoffman’s excellent post about how difficult it is for Google to determine which link is a paid one and which one isn’t. Jim Boykin explains why it’s unlikely that you get penalized for [...]