| Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Dan Thies | 4/16/12 11:00 AM | I have read the FAQs and checked for similar issues: My site's URL (web address) is: http://www.seofaststart.com and http://www.seoresearchlabs.com JohnMu replied in another discussion () and suggested starting a new topic. Both sites have receive |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Dan Thies | 4/16/12 11:02 AM | Link to the other thread FWIW: https://groups.google.com/a/googleproductforums.com/forum/#!searchin/webmasters/authorname:johnmu|sort:date/webmasters/RPlKleYVOXk/-Lb4TE0yuqIJ |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Joooh | 4/16/12 11:27 PM | Some guys are already starting Negative SEO companies out there to do what they normally were doing to normal clients to their competitors to counter balance de unnatural links. |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Free2Write | 4/16/12 11:50 PM | <This message has been deleted.> |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Will.Spencer | 4/17/12 2:56 AM | If you know Matt Cutts, you can call him and he will clear the penalty. Or, if you know someone in major media, you can ask them to write a story which embarrasses Google and THEN Matt Cutts will clear the penalty. Otherwise, you're pretty much screw |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Sean Stewart | 4/17/12 10:30 AM | And therein lies the problem of Google penalizing sites with "unnatural links". You have zero control over who links to your site and how they link to your site. Period. If Google detects unnatural links they should discard them. |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | seo101 | 4/17/12 1:50 PM | @Dan "I can see a lot of unnatural links pointing at both sites, but I didn't put those links there" Unfortunatly your gloating on Twitter to MC over blog networks being indexed upset a lot of people. You have been targeted. |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Norm DePlume | 4/17/12 2:20 PM | Loving the irony. +++ This thread delivers! |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Jimmy Bellers | 4/17/12 2:26 PM | "Oh my" Houston we haz a problem. |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Norm DePlume | 4/17/12 2:27 PM | I think the exact quote was "many pants are being pooped, and it's long overdue". |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Dan Thies | 4/17/12 4:03 PM | Gloating? That's funny... but they've been at this for years, and I already had an "unnatural links" message before any splog network peddlers had a chance to get mad at me for talking to Matt. I mostly tweeted at him about that to check for a pulse, |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | fathom | 4/17/12 4:12 PM | Without any insights in general of your specifics I found it odd that websites a site where there has been NO "link building" at all would receive a message for unnatural links. Without any insights in general of your specifics I found it odd that a |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | fathom | 4/17/12 7:07 PM | dan*(dot)seobraintrust(dot)com appears to be banned and you link to it from http://www.seofaststart.com/ (on every page almost) might suggest a problem. I would kill all external links (for now) or at least add rel=nofollow to remove the potential o |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | fathom | 4/17/12 7:32 PM | http://www(dot)linkliberation(dot)com/freeblueprint/ and root http://www(dot)linkliberation(dot)com while currently disallowed in robots.txt have PageRank so I would gather these as recent changes - is there a possibility that these are involved in a |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Norm DePlume | 4/17/12 7:34 PM | ROFL. This thread continues to deliver! Now we've got whitehats lecturing other whitehats to nofollow their blogroll links. This is too awesome. If Google's goal was to spread a little FUD, we're there. Surely Lysis is going to stroll in and te |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | fathom | 4/17/12 7:37 PM | Can you name one I would love to test this conclusively. IMHO if you don`t link to what links to you what links to you cannot harm you. That said the theory of 3-ways also applies... just because you do not link to crap developed if you link via pr |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Norm DePlume | 4/17/12 7:42 PM | If you aren't trolling, you must be some sort of divine delivery vessel of Karma. I think I just peed myself a little. |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Sean Stewart | 4/17/12 7:45 PM | Yet you received a message for unnatural links. So you either built unnatural links to your site, or someone else did. Resulting in this automated message from WMT. |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Dan Thies | 4/17/12 10:15 PM | No kidding, that is hilarious. ;-) |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | kiliklinks | 4/18/12 12:37 AM | This is Hilarious !!!! |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Lysis | 4/18/12 2:45 AM | hahahaha Oh, I just wanted to quote this for posterity after reading the above posts. Oh my. I love this forum. |
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| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | TheSEOguy | 4/18/12 4:13 AM | Lets see your Matt Cutts arse kissing get you out of this one. |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | fathom | 4/18/12 4:46 AM | The blogroll is immaterial, in and of itself. But if you're linking to someone that is involved in a link scheme, link wheel you are included in that mix. What you link to can harm you. In fact, just because Google email you today - the offense cou |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Lurk3r | 4/18/12 5:02 AM | Dan, can I just confirm. - You have made yourself a massive target, and fairly disliked by a lot of people, who are actively seeking to "teach you a lesson" - You have published your sites (on this very thread) - You have published your situation, m |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Lysis | 4/18/12 6:29 AM | Get out of what one? |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Jimmy Bellers | 4/18/12 7:11 AM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | KORPG Kevin | 4/18/12 7:20 AM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | fathom | 4/18/12 7:44 AM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | fathom | 4/18/12 8:03 AM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Jimmy Bellers | 4/18/12 8:06 AM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Jimmy Bellers | 4/18/12 8:14 AM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | KORPG Kevin | 4/18/12 8:19 AM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | fathom | 4/18/12 8:31 AM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Dan Thies | 4/18/12 8:32 AM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Dan Thies | 4/18/12 8:44 AM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | fathom | 4/18/12 8:49 AM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | KORPG Kevin | 4/18/12 8:55 AM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Lysis | 4/18/12 9:22 AM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | fathom | 4/18/12 9:30 AM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | marcink99 | 4/18/12 10:42 AM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Norm DePlume | 4/18/12 10:45 AM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | KORPG Kevin | 4/18/12 11:08 AM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Lysis | 4/18/12 1:54 PM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Marc Lindsay | 4/18/12 1:59 PM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Dan Thies | 4/18/12 2:13 PM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Norm DePlume | 4/18/12 2:36 PM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | KORPG Kevin | 4/18/12 2:53 PM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Wheeeeeeee | 4/18/12 3:31 PM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | dunton | 4/18/12 5:13 PM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Dan Thies | 4/18/12 5:17 PM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | windjc | 4/18/12 5:19 PM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | dunton | 4/18/12 5:23 PM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | windjc | 4/18/12 5:25 PM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Dan Thies | 4/18/12 5:28 PM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Dan Thies | 4/18/12 5:37 PM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | KORPG Kevin | 4/18/12 5:59 PM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Marc Lindsay | 4/18/12 6:22 PM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | KORPG Kevin | 4/18/12 6:24 PM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | windjc | 4/18/12 6:25 PM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Marc Lindsay | 4/18/12 6:35 PM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | windjc | 4/18/12 6:41 PM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Marc Lindsay | 4/18/12 6:52 PM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Dan Thies | 4/18/12 7:03 PM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | windjc | 4/18/12 7:11 PM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | fathom | 4/18/12 7:57 PM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | CoolGuy81 | 4/18/12 8:05 PM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Norm DePlume | 4/18/12 8:10 PM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Lurk3r | 4/19/12 1:12 AM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Will.Spencer | 4/19/12 1:12 AM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Will.Spencer | 4/19/12 1:20 AM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Will.Spencer | 4/19/12 1:31 AM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | fathom | 4/19/12 1:44 AM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | TheSEOguy | 4/19/12 5:36 AM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | jjray | 4/19/12 6:35 AM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | fathom | 4/19/12 7:05 AM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Norm DePlume | 4/19/12 9:21 AM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | CoolGuy81 | 4/19/12 9:35 AM | |
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| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | seochamp39 | 4/19/12 1:07 PM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Lysis | 4/19/12 1:09 PM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | seochamp39 | 4/19/12 1:14 PM | <This message has been deleted.> |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | seochamp39 | 4/19/12 7:44 PM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | mjh | 4/19/12 8:10 PM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | seo101 | 4/19/12 8:21 PM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Temperance | 4/20/12 9:06 AM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | fathom | 4/20/12 9:29 AM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | fathom | 4/20/12 9:52 AM | |
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| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Temperance | 4/20/12 10:54 AM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Temperance | 4/20/12 10:59 AM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | reyjunior | 4/23/12 5:13 PM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | leon streete | 5/4/12 9:07 AM | |
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| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | tokyotokyo | 5/9/12 3:48 AM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Will.Spencer | 5/14/12 9:55 PM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | seo101 | 5/14/12 10:01 PM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | fathom | 5/14/12 11:08 PM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | OkayNetwork | 5/15/12 12:28 AM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Maqbool Ahmad | 8/31/12 12:06 AM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | ShopSafe | 8/31/12 2:38 AM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | Lysis | 8/31/12 7:54 AM | |
| Re: Unnatural Links, Webmaster Tools, and "Negative SEO" | AlexDuvot | 10/4/12 7:54 PM |