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Removal of Link Exchange Posts that ask for Certain Page Rank
Old 08-16-2007, 08:05 AM Removal of Link Exchange Posts that ask for Certain Page Rank
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Heya All

As we have all seen there are a number of posts in the link exchange forum that are there purely for the purposes of manipulating page rank. Not only does this violate Google's TOS it is bad practice and I for one would like to see it stopped.

I don't want a complete closure of the section, but I would like to see an end to the "Have Links MUST BE PR4 of Greater" posts and more of the "Looking for relevant home care websites to network with" .

In fact wouldn't it be better to rename the section to something like "Networking" and in that way encourage sites to create communities and relationships rather than mindlessly link to each other for page rank purposes??

Just a thought

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Old 08-16-2007, 09:14 AM Re: Removal of Link Exchange Posts that ask for Certain Page Rank
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I totally agree. I'm getting tired of seeing "Link exchange, must have PR4+". Not only does it give newbies the idea that PR is important, but it could also put them off because people are refusing to link to them.
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Old 08-16-2007, 11:58 PM Re: Removal of Link Exchange Posts that ask for Certain Page Rank
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Hear, hear!! I also agree 100%.
Definitely a "catch 22" for people just starting out.
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Old 08-17-2007, 12:01 AM Re: Removal of Link Exchange Posts that ask for Certain Page Rank
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I'm with you all! Fairly new here myself and am still playing "catch-up" (cuz I have to read everything... ) and I just cannot believe how often I'm seeing this link and PR stuff -- been working on my sites so much, in addition to studying, the last couple years, I lost touch with the link-swap thing and I'm totally stunned at how out of control things have gotten.
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Old 08-17-2007, 01:22 PM Re: Removal of Link Exchange Posts that ask for Certain Page Rank
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Glad to see there is some support for this. Another this I would like to add is how about some better moderation?? So many of the sites in the category break the rules, blatently, and while I keep reporting them it seems like it is a losing battle.

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Old 08-17-2007, 03:00 PM Re: Removal of Link Exchange Posts that ask for Certain Page Rank
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I stopped link exchanging for pagerank. Instead I started to exchange links with other websites to generate a steady flow of traffic which I find more beneficial in the long run.
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Old 08-17-2007, 07:03 PM Re: Removal of Link Exchange Posts that ask for Certain Page Rank
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Instead I started to exchange links with other websites to generate a steady flow of traffic which I find more beneficial in the long run.
Congrats

Maybe one day all link exchangers will understand that is the real benefit of linking!
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Old 08-17-2007, 07:16 PM Re: Removal of Link Exchange Posts that ask for Certain Page Rank
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Glad to see there is some support for this. Another this I would like to add is how about some better moderation?? So many of the sites in the category break the rules, blatently, and while I keep reporting them it seems like it is a losing battle.

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I do understand your frustration and it is a never ending task trying to police that particular category.

The question has been raised in the staff forum.
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Old 08-17-2007, 07:17 PM Re: Removal of Link Exchange Posts that ask for Certain Page Rank
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I do understand your frustration and it is a never ending task trying to police that particular category.

The question has been raised in the staff forum.
Glad to hear it

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