Posted by randfish

Google's been pretty clear - buy or sell links, particularly those that come from broker-type services, and we'll take steps to penalize your site. At one time, this meant simply devaluing the links that come from paid sources, essentially erasing them from the link graph so as to "take the money out of the rankings." Now, however, a considerable amount of new evidence has emerged to suggest Google's doing more than just leveling the field - they're exacting revenge.

How Paid Links Work on a Network Level:

For the last 4 years, a number of large, generally well-known link brokers have operated in the gray area of Google's paid links guidelines. Read More