Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'google links'

Google Webmaster Tools Link Update & "Download This Table" Feature is Back

Google has been updating the link reports in Webmaster Tools more frequently, so I stopped reporting them. But Google also removed the download this table feature from those reports back in February of this year. It was at that time,...

The Link Farm: How Does Google Define a Link Farm?

A Google Groups thread has a long discussion on how Google defines what a link farm is or is not. I have decided to isolate a Googler's comment, because who can best define what Google feels a link farm is,...

Many SEOs Feel The Minus X Penalties Are Back Link Related

A month ago I wrote, Google's Matt Cutts Replies to -60 Penalty Thread at Google where I summarize how Matt said some links are hurting a particular site. At that point, I decided to poll our readers and see if...

Why Does Google Hate Link Manipulation?

Anyone who knows the Google Web Spam team well, knows that they all have a huge distaste for link manipulation. In my opinion, it is more than just a distance for some of the web spam team members, specifically Matt...


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