User:DanThies

Another person talked about this in another forum. They then advised that we create a separate discussion area.All of my blogs was sent "your website has spam links" notices within the Webmaster Tools Interface. I'm surprised because because none of my sites was targeted with paid backlinks since I've owned them.After using some backlink profile services and doing some research, it's clear that a spike of no-follow links linked at my blogs, and I of course, didn't have anything to do withthe spammy links. Also, my MO was that I, most of the time, waved off site owners not to get into spammy links, Angela and Paul Links, or other shady practices, etc. Of course it's no big task for a competitor to generate thousands of links at my websites, as spammy linkbuilding is the big activity they take on 24 hours a day.At the moment, not one of the blogs has been affected from the "penalties", and furthermore in my own predicament, lots of hits through organic search is not highly helpful when you factor in the social traffic my website draw. I created "help me Google" messages specific to the blogs because others ask that I do it, and I know many big questions need to be addressed -What things must a SEO consultant perform if this sort of nonsense takes place?Might Google's Team still take the position that actions 3rd parties do to other websites can't measureably impact the organic traffic of one's blog?If it isn't possible to do, will Google recognize that they will be accidentally generating a backdrop that encourages the spammy behavior that most want to avoid?And, when you discover blackhat providers, why doesn't Google just devalue them from the engine and carry on?It's less crucial to many of us, to gain relief for these issues. It's vastly more meaningful to webmasters that someone fix these problems, as it will only get worse.

posted by Dan Thies