FFA - (FREE FOR ALL) Sites - Who is still using them

[Bjoern30]

they were popular in the early days of the web but I wonder who is still using these sites
and if so - which submitter /service are you using and do you get some results out of it....

[Wishbone]

Those kind of sites actually started the so-called link farms and bad neighbors. Mostly those that are not moderated, no filter and just like MFA sites.

[therence]

Those kind of sites actually started the so-called link farms and bad neighbors. Mostly those that are not moderated, no filter and just like MFA sites.

Agree. I wouldn't be surprised if one of these days, they might be block and penalize by Google. Link farms gives negative issue on your sites.

[YooHee]

I think it's worthless to put your effort on FFA

Why Free For All Pages Suck

There is nothing more worthless on the internet than a banner filled free for all page that has 6 popups. If you have anything like this on your website it offers no value and scares away potential customers. A free for all page allows any person or mechanized worm to list a link on a page. This has no human intervention and your site may list between the MLM Removed_for_spam and the Illinois Nazi sites.

What Search Engines think of Free For All Pages

In all reality, looking for links on free for all pages or from guestbooks is a waste of time. With no organization a free for all list is useless. While some search engines may place a small value on these pages most advanced algorithms will consider them worthless. If you sign up for many of these and they are your only good incoming links it will be hard for you to rank well.

source: http://www.search-marketing.info/traps/ffa.htm

[Dave011]

couple of years ago, I use free advertising sites to promote my client site and blogs.