Matt Cutts and Google finally tell us why paid posts are bad

Published: December 2, 2007, 12:16 am

Tags: useful resources, ranting, frustrated, whining, losing, write, posts, bloggers, paid

So, those bloggers who write paid posts had been whining and ranting about losing PR. Matt Cutts has now given very clear examples of why they think paid posts may skewed search results. Do take a look at Matt’s post and also Google’s official stance on these. In a way, I am glad I cleansed my good blogs off paid posts and text links and hope to make amends with Google in the coming months. Selling links that pass PageRank Information about buying and selling links that pass PageRank The way I look at it, you are forever going to have a PR 0/10 as long as you make an income from writing paid posts and selling text links. There is no option for high PR and high income. The choice is yours - High PR or good money. Without high PR, there is no good money. So nyekk….it is really THE END. *insert sad closing music* But if you have strategies set out earlier and have prepared for this, there are many options out there.

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