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Since Halfdeck keeps using MsNaughty as an example, even though I didn't ever want to mention that domain in this thread (I don't want to be considered a "bad neighbourhood" LOL), I'll say this. The link exchanges I have going on there don't seem to constitute a bad neighbourhood as such, since almost all of the sites I've exchanged links with rank well. There are two that seem to have joined me on the last page, but overall my "neighbourhood" seems to be OK.
So should I get rid of those two links? I don't want to. They're good sites and relevant too. And I link my link exchange partners.
At this stage I'd rather believe that the penalty is due to me madly linking to myself across my many domains, using anchor text that is too similar. This is my theory of the moment because everything else I've done made no difference at all.
I worry that in trying to cater to Google's insanity I'll lose my good Yahoo and Live rankings, but at this point we're all slaves to the monster, so I'll do it anyway.
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