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RonnieG  
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 More options Nov 10 2006, 1:12 pm
From: RonnieG
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 10:12:03 -0800
Local: Fri, Nov 10 2006 1:12 pm
Subject: Re: The skinny on the supplemental index

Adam Lasnik wrote:

> 3) Cure?
> Get more quality backlinks.  This is a key way that our algorithms will
> view your pages as more valuable to retain in our main index.

Well, that's just dandy! The way other webmasters find your content to
make a determination on whether they should link to your site is to
find you in Google's index for a particular search. But because
supplemental pages with no backlinks are rarely if ever in any SERPs,
no one will ever find your unique and relevant content as long as it
exists only in supplementals, so it never gets any backlinks.
Therefore, the only way to get backlinks to improve page rank is to buy
them, which is counter to Google's stated position that purchased
backlinks are bad, and can be penalized. Google has created one
gigantic catch-22 feedback loop with this approach, and by doing so, is
actually encouraging link buying schemes. Sorry, but I just don't see
how this can be good for anyone.

 
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