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I read some where in the Google CEO help files that this does not hurt your website. It would only hurt if you had links back to them.
That kind of trick is irrelevant for Google and the other engines.
Until a kid can take a software and submit the competitors, 100 times a day to 1000’s of garbage sites.I did stick this thread.
I agree that google does not penalize anyone for this, they know the problem.
These are blackhat sites hoping to make a quick buck.
It is still a very good idea to report them through your google webmaster account.
The more people do so, the quicker the sites will be removed from google.
They may not be able to destroy your ranking, but they do steal your business.
Thanks for sticking it.
The issue is Google is finding these links to our sites as shown when looking at external links in the webmaster tools.
If they were being ignored surely they would not appear there.
…Merlin
They are recorded but nothing negative comes from it.
It does help people report blackhat activities, which are of interest to google.
If my site could be banned by who linked to me, then I could think of a thousand ways to get my competitors banned. hehehehe
They are bots linking to the top sites at whatever keyword they are going after in an attempt to build keyword relevance.
I see I’m a few weeks late on this thread but I’ve decided to start contributing load more than the 7 posts I’ve had for the last 2 years so I’m going to chime in…if this is happening to you I have a possible solution for you.
Look at your logfiles or google webmaster central to identify the individual links, then (unfortunately) go through each one to identify if you want the link.
If you have any links that you cannot identify, especially sitewide links on directories or unscrupulous websites, you are going to need to contact your ISP and get a firewall installed that provides and interface for you to have the functionality to block certain IP’s.
The links from the site will be rejected and eventually purged from google therefore solving your problem.
BTW – this is a very common novice wanna-be blackhat technique that is very easily fixed once you identify the sources.
GaryTheScubaGuy
@GaryTheScubaGuy 183934 wrote:
I see I’m a few weeks late on this thread but I’ve decided to start contributing load more than the 7 posts I’ve had for the last 2 years so I’m going to chime in…if this is happening to you I have a possible solution for you.
Look at your logfiles or google webmaster central to identify the individual links, then (unfortunately) go through each one to identify if you want the link.
If you have any links that you cannot identify, especially sitewide links on directories or unscrupulous websites, you are going to need to contact your ISP and get a firewall installed that provides and interface for you to have the functionality to block certain IP’s.
The links from the site will be rejected and eventually purged from google therefore solving your problem.
BTW – this is a very common novice wanna-be blackhat technique that is very easily fixed once you identify the sources.
GaryTheScubaGuy
Could this not be done via a DENY in .htaccess? Or is that too low-level?
Unfortunately too low level because as it will block anyone from that IP from visiting your site it will not prevent google from finding the link on their site and following it through to your site.
Absolutely wrong.
I know of 3 instances right now involving big brands. Each involves different scenarios as well. One for instance purchase a few blacklisted sites and loaded it up with porn anchors and site wides and pointed them at a competitor.
Of course google can penalize you for the links going to your website. Look at webmasterworld or any other seo forum, if your backlink count is growing too fast compared to historical levels google assumes you are spamming. But in this case I am not so sure it would hurt.
It seems irrational, as a competitor can use linking to damage your website.
I think google is a bit smarter.. but maybe wrong, who knows..
