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(Entry was posted by Edwin Jonk on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 11/03/2014).

Google doesn’t want to ignore spammy links

Google doesn’t want to ignore spammy links

This article from Alistair Lattimore is a responds to The Great Link Paradox form Dan Petrovic 1. This article begins with an overview about link penalties and that Google is fighting spam in the form of links for quite some time. The main question Alistair tries to answer is:

" Why Aren’t Google Simply Ignoring Manipulative Links? "

Two potential answers are possible, namely:

1. " Google can’t identify unnatural links with enough accuracy "
This cannot be case because " if they are prepared to penalise a website by Google Penguin, it seems reasonable to assume that they have confidence in identifying unnatural links and taking action on them. "

2 " Google doesn’t want to "

1 http://dejanseo.com.au/great-link-paradox/? Why Doesn’t Google Ignore Manipulative Links? | Convergent Media
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  • Edwin Jonk: Google doesn’t want to ignore spammy links

    This article from +Alistair Lattimore ;is a responds to ;The Great Link Paradox form +Dan Petrovic ;[1]. This article begins with an overview about link penalties and that Google is fighting spam in the form of links for quite some time. The main question Alistair tries to answer is:

    " Why Aren’t Google Simply Ignoring Manipulative Links? "

    Two potential answers are possible, namely:

    1. " Google can’t identify unnatural links with enough accuracy "
    This cannot be case because " if ;they are prepared to penalise a website by Google Penguin, it seems reasonable to assume that they have confidence in identifying unnatural links and taking action on them. "

    2 " Google doesn’t want to "

    [1] ;http://dejanseo.com.au/great-link-paradox/
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