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Sebastian  
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 More options Sep 25 2007, 5:19 pm
From: Sebastian
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:19:33 -0000
Local: Tues, Sep 25 2007 5:19 pm
Subject: Re: Popular Picks -- What would *you* like to know more about?
Courtesy of Donna
http://www.seo-scoop.com/2007/09/25/a-question-for-google-groups/
"We know that we should avoid linking to "bad neighborhoods", and
while it may be impossible to know "for sure" what a bad neighborhood
is, we can judge for ourselves fairly well. However, let's say I
linked to a legit site 2 years ago, and have since linked to hundreds
more sites since then (in various blog posts for example). There's a
strong chance I don't even REMEMBER who I linked to two years ago in
some post. Now let's say Google penalizes or bans that site now for
something he has recently done. Am I going to be punished because I
linked to that site long, long ago? Keep in mind that I probably don't
even remember linking to it. I probably don't know that it has
recently been penalized because I certainly can't track every site
I've ever linked to. So...will the fact that I am now, unbeknown to me,
linking to a "bad neighborhood", affect my site? Will I be punished?"

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I'd appreciate advice (or a Google tool) WRT identifying bad
neighborhoods which is practicable for non-search-geeks.
Sebastian

On Sep 24, 8:12 am, Adam Lasnik wrote:

> Thought I'd try something new here, and the team's backing me up on it
> (brave souls!)

> Got questions?  We've got answers:  at least five (5) substantive
> responses to your picks on webmaster'y topics over the next two weeks.

> We invite you to ask questions in this thread that:
> - don't deal with a specific site or sites
> - are likely to be of interest to a great many webmasters around the
> world
> - aren't already covered in one of our recent blog posts or in our
> Help Center

> And in turn we will do one of the following for each response:
> - Start a thread in this group with a detailed answer.
> - Add new Help Center documentation or substantially revise an
> existing doc to cover your question.
> - Do a blog post on the topic.

> Some ground rules:
> - Please don't get into in-depth discussion on each question in this
> thread; instead, kindly start a separate thread (and feel free to
> point there from this thread!)
> - Understand that -- unless we inexplicably get fewer than five
> questions here -- we're not going to be able to answer everything/
> everyone in this thread.
> - Webmaster'y questions or specific suggestions on topics to explore
> are welcomed... but not wish lists, okay? (e.g., "I wish Webmaster
> Tools stats were updated hourly!" and "Can we see more photos of
> Matt's Cats please?" do not count!)

> We'll continue to answer site-specific questions in other threads, but
> we thought it'd be interesting to tackle some broader/more-general
> themes separately.  And we'll see how this works out.  If it bombs,
> well, we tried.  If it rocks, then we'll consider doing it again!

> Have a great week everyone, and we'll look forward to seeing your
> questions here.


 
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