Comments on: Brain Solis and Techcrunch Blatantly Wrong About The Consequences Of Sponsored Reviews With Google

By: lexaz01

lexaz01 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:32:13 +0000

http://www.breakoutfestivals.com

By: Adam Alfia

Adam Alfia — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:57:51 +0000

In my opinion, there are two sides to the paid link/paid review debacle. Hear me out! If someone is willing to pay on their own behalf to get something out there, it does offer a smidge of legitimacy – scammers typically only push that which is free.

However, once you build a system entirely around paid links, the power shifts directly to those with the money. It sets a dangerous precedent.

It’ll be interesting to see how Google navigates these waters.

By: lawofattraction

lawofattraction — Sat, 30 May 2009 11:31:09 +0000

Well i am the live example of this Techcrunch Burst. I bought Links from them for my already-doing-fine Blog in the “Dog Training” Niche.

In the beginning it boosted my on Google SE, within weeks i even lost my earlier SE position. I was just doomed. Buying links is the most non-sense thing i ever did.

Though, Thanks Andy to for your post.

By: Skitzzo (Ben Cook)

Skitzzo (Ben Cook) — Thu, 28 May 2009 21:48:10 +0000

RT @graywolf: wow @arrington and @techcrunch claim no understanding on nofollow and that they aren't selling links http://tinyurl.com/qk4urp

By: James

James — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:37:06 +0000

I don’t actually like having to pay for the links that I have although this is included in most marketing strategies. Like you, I believe that link building takes time and it should be done constantly.

By: graywolf (Michael Gray)

graywolf (Michael Gray) — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:00:51 +0000

wow @arrington and @techcrunch claim no understanding on nofollow and that they arent selling links http://tinyurl.com/qk4urp

By: Tech-Freak Stuff

Tech-Freak Stuff — Thu, 28 May 2009 10:42:16 +0000

I feel sorry the Blogs like TechCrunch had to sell links to earn revenue. Anyways, Thanks a ton for this article. I always thought that Google will penalize me if I write sponsored Articles.

By: Cord Silverstein

Cord Silverstein — Wed, 27 May 2009 22:54:43 +0000

Really interesting article Andy. Keep up the great work.

By: Andy Beard

Andy Beard — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:37:41 +0000

Obviously the only people on the internet allowed to make money are Google.

Fortunately that is a long way from the truth. If Google downgraded not only the links, but the content as well, they would have to do it with all content that has some kind of commercial intent.

In theory Google has algorithms that could potentially select content based upon commercial intent, so for different queries they could return information, reviews or purchase options.

By: Andy Beard

Andy Beard — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:26:19 +0000

Please don’t make yourself look stupid in my comment area trying to make yourself look smart.

Adsense doesn’t need nofollow, it is javascript that pulls content from a remote site – fundamentally different.

Nofollow should make sense to Michael Arrington, because Techcrunch has probably covered paid links and paid reviews 50+ times over the last 3 years