Comments on: There is no penalty for buying links! http://wiep.net/talk/link-building/there-is-no-penalty-for-buying-links/ Link Building Blog Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:38:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: Wiep http://wiep.net/talk/link-building/there-is-no-penalty-for-buying-links/comment-page-1/#comment-1138 Wiep Sun, 07 Oct 2007 19:20:46 +0000 http://wiep.net/talk/link-building/there-is-no-penalty-for-buying-links/#comment-1138 Brandon, I consider losing (and not a drop in) rankings to be a penalty. And if you bought the right link, you're not throwing money away if a link doesn't pass link juice, you're "only" paying for relevant traffic. Brandon, I consider losing (and not a drop in) rankings to be a penalty. And if you bought the right link, you’re not throwing money away if a link doesn’t pass link juice, you’re “only” paying for relevant traffic.

]]> By: Brandon Drury http://wiep.net/talk/link-building/there-is-no-penalty-for-buying-links/comment-page-1/#comment-1135 Brandon Drury Sun, 07 Oct 2007 17:46:13 +0000 http://wiep.net/talk/link-building/there-is-no-penalty-for-buying-links/#comment-1135 Of course, to many people, the notion of their purchased text links providing zero SEO benefit is a form of "penalization". I guess that's why we all keep going in circles about this topic. Does "penalize" mean the site selling will lose rankings? Does "penalize" mean the site buying will lose rankings? Does "penalize" mean only the link itself will lose PR juice? The latter, as you pointed out, seams to be the only one that is true, even though I still think that throwing X dollars away is some kind of penalty...just not the worst one. Brandon Of course, to many people, the notion of their purchased text links providing zero SEO benefit is a form of “penalization”.

I guess that’s why we all keep going in circles about this topic. Does “penalize” mean the site selling will lose rankings? Does “penalize” mean the site buying will lose rankings? Does “penalize” mean only the link itself will lose PR juice?

The latter, as you pointed out, seams to be the only one that is true, even though I still think that throwing X dollars away is some kind of penalty…just not the worst one.

Brandon

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