____/ Joe Fox on Friday 16 November 2007 05:13 : \____
>
> Any of you guys know anything about google punishing bloggers who dare to
> write paid posts or sell text link and / or contextual link advertising?
>
> From what I've seen here:
>
> Google Goes after the Everyday Blogger
> http://community.izea.com/blog/2007/11/google-goes-aft.html
>
> http://boards.payperpost.com/viewtopic.php?t=9525&start=156&postdays=0
> &postorder=asc
> ( http://preview.tinyurl.com/34phtb )
>
> http://www.payu2blog.com/townforum/showthread.php?t=342
>
> ...and in my own experience, blogs all over are suddenly turning up with
> pagerank zero if they contain any paid for links that aren't nofollow'd
> or if they even mention payperpost, payu2blog, sponsored reviews, text
> link ads, and similar companies.
>
> From what I've seen this isn't just a few blogs either. It seems they're
> dropping like flies.
>
> Is it so awful that a blogger should DARE to earn some money selling
> advertising in the form of sponsored posts and / or links?
>
> As for using nofollow. Advertisers universally require that links
> they're paying for NOT have nofollow.
Good riddance to those who 'blog' for dollars (astroturfing), but a shame to
innocent sufferers.
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