Google does not like website sponsors?
Recently there was a hype about Google tweaking it’s algorithm and reducing the page rank of many websites which were involved in activities like link exchange and link trading. As a matter of fact it looks like a true rumor because many websites like Engadget.com has seen a fall in the Page Rank, I don’t belong to the Google PR team so I cannot say what the actual reason was, but I’ve read about in the Blogosphere which is the source for my following comment.
Google is against website sponsors!
Well if web owners are not allowed to take money to place link of other websites then why will potential sponsors contact us? It is good that the guy sponsoring my other websites are kind enough to continue the sponsorship. But this tweak of Google Page Rank didn’t happen for the good of the website owners but it was beneficial for people using it’s search engine. Google has taken this step in order to improve search quality and prevent manipulation of it’s search results, but from the point of view of a website owner, this is not correct, we should be given the rights to do link trade! There is also a petition stating this in Google Webmaster Help Group.
With time, Google will understand that what they have done is wrong and will bring back the original Page Ranks. Maybe placing 100’s of links will be search result manipulation but we should be allowed to place atleast 5-6 links and Google should official announce that placing these links is allowed.
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