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PhoneMistress · 2014-08-07, 11:10 AM

I think they are over because of Google. Cutts said they were going after "porn" next and Google's interpretation of a link farm is the definition of a link list. That curative link argument isn't going to work anymore as has been demonstrated throughout the year with various blog hubs - and those blogs aren't showing pussy. Maybe the older lists will be OK but I don't see a future for any new lists.

And I am not being Chicken Little here. When my site took a nosedive over some EMD nonsense, I spent over 50 days going over Google's best practices and just about anything written on search from August 2013 through May 1st. Again and again and again they said what goes on here is not what they want in the SERPS. They don't want lists. They don't want lists where the content and the advertising are mixed. That alone would doom most properties. Shoot I have been in this business for 15 years and have trouble separating out the "partner" links which is why there is zero sponsor advertising on my stuff. Google made it very clear that webmasters have to tag which links are coming from sponsors and which are not. This is more than a business model is no longer relevant. Because of the only game in town, Google, you could actually be penalized for having it, and I would hate to see everyone's hard work disappear overnight.

2014-08-07, 11:10 AM	#9
PhoneMistress Operator! Give me the number for 911! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Washington DC Posts: 138	I think they are over because of Google. Cutts said they were going after "porn" next and Google's interpretation of a link farm is the definition of a link list. That curative link argument isn't going to work anymore as has been demonstrated throughout the year with various blog hubs - and those blogs aren't showing pussy. Maybe the older lists will be OK but I don't see a future for any new lists. And I am not being Chicken Little here. When my site took a nosedive over some EMD nonsense, I spent over 50 days going over Google's best practices and just about anything written on search from August 2013 through May 1st. Again and again and again they said what goes on here is not what they want in the SERPS. They don't want lists. They don't want lists where the content and the advertising are mixed. That alone would doom most properties. Shoot I have been in this business for 15 years and have trouble separating out the "partner" links which is why there is zero sponsor advertising on my stuff. Google made it very clear that webmasters have to tag which links are coming from sponsors and which are not. This is more than a business model is no longer relevant. Because of the only game in town, Google, you could actually be penalized for having it, and I would hate to see everyone's hard work disappear overnight.