September 14, 2009

The Mirror has removed some of the links to MoneyExtra that I recently warned looked like paid-for links added for SEO reasons (which would put them in breach of Google’s guidelines).
Of the 11 pages I pointed out: 5 contained links to the MoneyExtra credit card page – 4 have had the MoneyExtra links removed …
Tags: google, Mirror, newspaper paid links, nofollow, paid links, seo
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September 07, 2009

However, the Mirror wants to beware how its links look. Let’s take a look at a few pages – stories which share these characteristics:
* All contain exactly three links to a MoneyExtra page.
* All three links use different anchor text.
* The text happens to be competitive search terms.
* And MoneyExtra isn’t mentioned in the article itself.
Tags: Best of 2009, google, Mirror, newspaper paid links, paid links, seo
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July 15, 2009
Trinity Mirror has stopped selling paid links without the nofollow tag. Christian Science Monitor has started.
Tags: google, newspaper paid links, nofollow, paid links, trinity mirror
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July 02, 2009

Is Trinity Mirror selling keyword-rich links on its ic Network without using the nofollow tag? Don’t tell Google …
Tags: google, newspaper paid links, nofollow, paid links, trinity mirror
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