Google Dislikes Pages Like This?

[Licker4U]

OK, so if I want link trades for Girls That Squirt it's better to have webmasters contact me via e-mail to discuss how we're going to link to each other and not have a page telling them what text I want? I guess the best thing to do is to sit back and wait for webmasters to want to link to my site because it's a good site but that might take years...|badidea|

[Halfdeck]

OK, so if I want link trades for Girls That Squirt it's better to have webmasters contact me via e-mail to discuss how we're going to link to each other and not have a page telling them what text I want?

Right. You want to randomnize your anchor text a bit anyway. If you can dig up websites that will link to you without requesting a linkback, so much the better.

I guess the best thing to do is to sit back and wait for webmasters to want to link to my site because it's a good site but that might take years...

It probably will

[Fonz]

Originally Posted by Halfdeck

Right. You want to randomnize your anchor text a bit anyway. If you can dig up websites that will link to you without requesting a linkback, so much the better.

So linkdumps are actually a good thing? Or not?

[Halfdeck]

So linkdumps are actually a good thing? Or not?

I would look a linkdump site three times over before trying it out. Main problem with linkdumps is - yes, you get one-way links - but a linkdump links out indiscriminantly. The chance of Google considering a link dump a bad neighborhood is high. Google looks at a site that links out uneditorially like a slut that fucks anything that moves.

[Licker4U]

Originally Posted by Halfdeck

Right. You want to randomnize your anchor text a bit anyway. If you can dig up websites that will link to you without requesting a linkback, so much the better.

I guess that's why recently I've seen webmasters asking for links to one of their link lists offering links back from another of their link lists. Kinda keeps things mixed up a bit and not look too structured.

[Halfdeck]

I guess that's why recently I've seen webmasters asking for links to one of their link lists offering links back from another of their link lists.

That's not gonna fool Google, unless they either hide their whois or register their domains using their dog's name. But its better than having thousands of non-contextual links with the same anchor text pointing at one page.

[Licker4U]

Originally Posted by Halfdeck

That's not gonna fool Google, unless they either hide their whois or register their domains using their dog's name. But its better than having thousands of non-contextual links with the same anchor text pointing at one page.

You're saying Google compares websites/whois/domain names/link trades, etc. and can determine that someone is spamming? I read "1984" back in the 60's and that sounds Orwellian....

[Halfdeck]

If you have 1000 domains hosted on the same IP, some belonging to the same webmaster, the only useful info Google has to work with to run a full link analysis is the link graph (Google has its own copy of the web) and whois info.

There's no proof Google checks whois, but after all Google is a registrar and has access to that data.

Even if you have 10 sites about 10 different topics that don't crosslink or link trade with the same set of websites, a Googler may look at your entire domain collection to pass judgement on your character as a webmaster.

[Licker4U]

Well, I only have four domains, two are from years ago with free sites and no cross linking. The other two have a few links to each other but not many. I've taken down the offensive page on one link list so anyone wanting to trade links needs to contact me via e-mail |goodidea