SEOs Split On If Store Discounts Are Equal to Link Buying

Apr 9, 2009 - 7:32 am 1 by
Filed Under Link Building

store-discount-links-poll.pngA few weeks ago, we wrote a story on how e-commerce sites can build links through offering customers a discount on orders, if they link back to the site. It is a neat way to get links but we wanted to poll our audience asking if they felt it was considered link buying.

Since I am technically offline today, I thought it would be a good day to post the results of the survey. The results were pretty much split. Of the 76 responses, 41 or 54% said they felt it was link buying and thus against Google's webmaster guidelines. 33 or 43% said it was not considered link buying and thus not against Google's webmaster guidelines.

I wish we had more responses, because the topic of what is and what is not link buying, is fairly controversial.

Forum discussion continued at HighRankings Forum.

This article was written earlier this week and scheduled to go live April 9th.

 

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