Comments on: Advertorials Gut, Paid Reviews Nicht So Gut http://www.centernetworks.com/paid-reviews-izea-vs-advertorials Web 2 and Social Media News and Reviews Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:50:56 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Morgan http://www.centernetworks.com/paid-reviews-izea-vs-advertorials/comment-page-#comment-13245 Morgan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-13245 I personally have zero problem with PPP. I don't think a true shill can create a good blog, period. A person getting paid to say what they already believe? No effect on me. So nature does already what Google thinks it has to do by penalizing PPP. What I'm curious about is how does Google know which are PPP articles? I thought the beef was that they did not disclose their status? And if they are identifiable as paid, what is Google's problem? I thought you would likely know more than I on the subject. I personally have zero problem with PPP. I don’t think a true shill can create a good blog, period. A person getting paid to say what they already believe? No effect on me. So nature does already what Google thinks it has to do by penalizing PPP.

What I’m curious about is how does Google know which are PPP articles? I thought the beef was that they did not disclose their status? And if they are identifiable as paid, what is Google’s problem? I thought you would likely know more than I on the subject.

]]> By: Andy Beard http://www.centernetworks.com/paid-reviews-izea-vs-advertorials/comment-page-#comment-15161 Andy Beard Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-15161 Allen it is nothing to do with disclosure or ethics. It is pure and simple, PageRank passing links. Anything in your sidebar without nofollow, you can lose your pagerank. Linking to a sponsor... the same The only reason the Tech blogs haven't been singled out, and The Washington Post and others had their PageRank restored is because it made Google look stupid. Google have actually dropped the PageRank of sites that have never written a sponsored review, or sold links purely because they mentioned PayPerPost, or tested out the interface for a review, and just happened to be in their directory. Even your press releases... it is smart, but people are not buying them just for exposure, just like many paid press release services. I could sell a nofollow advertising spot in my sidebar, and thank the sponsor in a post every day, with a short writeup. Would that make it legitimate? That they had a nofollow link for a day in my sidebar? The saddest thing of all from this is that so many Tech bloggers will think that this is PPP are Evil, and carry on their own practice which is actually influencing search results more. Allen it is nothing to do with disclosure or ethics. It is pure and simple, PageRank passing links.

Anything in your sidebar without nofollow, you can lose your pagerank. Linking to a sponsor… the same

The only reason the Tech blogs haven’t been singled out, and The Washington Post and others had their PageRank restored is because it made Google look stupid.

Google have actually dropped the PageRank of sites that have never written a sponsored review, or sold links purely because they mentioned PayPerPost, or tested out the interface for a review, and just happened to be in their directory.

Even your press releases… it is smart, but people are not buying them just for exposure, just like many paid press release services.

I could sell a nofollow advertising spot in my sidebar, and thank the sponsor in a post every day, with a short writeup.

Would that make it legitimate? That they had a nofollow link for a day in my sidebar?

The saddest thing of all from this is that so many Tech bloggers will think that this is PPP are Evil, and carry on their own practice which is actually influencing search results more.

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