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07-08-2004, 05:31 PM
After getting several solicitations daily from SEOs over a period of time about either buying links on this site - :rolleyes: - or - selling links from this site - two questions:
Should SEO classically be about Optimzation
Should SEM be about Paid eAdvertisement
Just like Search Engines are pressured to make their "Sponsored Links" known to the surfing public...
Should Web sites (especially Prominent and influential ones) be compelled to indicate which links are being Paid For?
How can a firm call itself an SEO if the bulk of their PageRanks come from piggy-backing off someone elses popilarity via payment? :o
Is this really fair - or is it fair game in a very competative industry - where blured lines are being drawn in these professions :confused:
http://forums.searchenginewatch.com/forum/showthread.php?t=418
And of course, directories are paid exchanges - but everyone knows Yahoo and Looksmart's policies - so SEs Programmers (if they chose to) could factor that in algorithmically.
Should a bit of "standardized" code be mandated in such hyperlinks to give warning to spiders and Search Engines what "priority" to give this Link?
Would this help universally to make link-based SEs & SERPs inherently more relevant?
Is it possible that Yahoo and MSN(preview) de-prioritizing Link Popularity in their SERPs was a result of ... :confused:
Should SEO classically be about Optimzation
Should SEM be about Paid eAdvertisement
Just like Search Engines are pressured to make their "Sponsored Links" known to the surfing public...
Should Web sites (especially Prominent and influential ones) be compelled to indicate which links are being Paid For?
How can a firm call itself an SEO if the bulk of their PageRanks come from piggy-backing off someone elses popilarity via payment? :o
Is this really fair - or is it fair game in a very competative industry - where blured lines are being drawn in these professions :confused:
http://forums.searchenginewatch.com/forum/showthread.php?t=418
And of course, directories are paid exchanges - but everyone knows Yahoo and Looksmart's policies - so SEs Programmers (if they chose to) could factor that in algorithmically.
Should a bit of "standardized" code be mandated in such hyperlinks to give warning to spiders and Search Engines what "priority" to give this Link?
Would this help universally to make link-based SEs & SERPs inherently more relevant?
Is it possible that Yahoo and MSN(preview) de-prioritizing Link Popularity in their SERPs was a result of ... :confused: