Does Google penalize sites that have back

suforum · Post by **suforum** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:31 am

Does Google penalize sites that have backlinks from paid directories? Does it matter if they are strictly paid directories or a combination of paid, free & link exchange directory?

Mr.Boogie · Post by **Mr.Boogie** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 4:06 am

As long as the links are not sitewide - there is no harm!

nicolusden · Post by **nicolusden** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 3:48 am

I think google does't penalize on paid or free directories . Don't worry about that ..keep going .

scottgrace25 · Post by **scottgrace25** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 1:04 pm

I'm pretty sure you will get penalized more for a link exchange then you would for a paid one.....Google has no way of knowing that you paid for it.

jeffdell · Post by **jeffdell** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 2:48 pm

If they penalized then why wouldn’t you just add all your competitors to the link exchanges?

VladTepes · Post by **VladTepes** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:02 am

Might be the caution of directories is to avoid penalized, link-farm like directories. Maybe if a directory site is well-indexed, have good PR and running high moderation, it will be fine.

shakir · Post by **shakir** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 8:04 am

BL never cause of penalization or harm .. Only the link value is based on the neighborhood

mrandrei · Post by **mrandrei** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 8:28 pm

It's ok to list your site to paid directories for as long as it's not sitewide. You also need to make sure that the directories have good reputation.

sharon.gmc · Post by **sharon.gmc** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:15 am

I read somewhere that blog commenting and forum postings are more effective techniques than submitting to directories.

asdqweqwe · Post by **asdqweqwe** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:02 pm

I believe social bookmarking is the way to go to receive quality traffic

scottgrace25 · Post by **scottgrace25** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 4:29 pm

I wouldn't think so because Yahoo directory is paid and it has been called one of the best directories for SEO. Cheers!

stephen186 · Post by **stephen186** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:11 am

No, Google won't penalize you for paid directory links. But if you happened to get any other paid links, google will surely punish you in some way..

my_misyel · Post by **my_misyel** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 3:08 am

Not at all, as long as your links are related to each other. are they?

Hafsoh · Post by **Hafsoh** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:13 am

I don't think that a site can get penalized on its back link profile.

janicejan · Post by **janicejan** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 7:36 am

There are directories for a certain niche so if you are worrying about getting penalized, try to target directories with relevant niche.

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