tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9026484337051027793.post3984298867808422218..comments2010-02-15T22:29:55.348-05:00Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309605333128481208andy@savingtoinvest.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9026484337051027793.post-2998508375671538902009-08-18T11:22:25.801-04:002009-08-18T11:22:25.801-04:00Nice and informative post.Send gifts to Pakistanhttp://www.send-gifts-to-pakistan.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9026484337051027793.post-16321646478991206432008-12-12T17:24:54.816-05:002008-12-12T17:24:54.816-05:00I just wanted to say thank you for writing this post. It is very informative, for I have been receiving these requests as well and do not want to suffer a penalty.Shawn Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05668363529447868141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9026484337051027793.post-58387057654206649822008-04-27T16:27:27.305-04:002008-04-27T16:27:27.305-04:00@ Glblguy - Thanks for your comments. I do agree with you that paid links are a great source of income, I was just stressing that you should know where you are directing to...if it is a valid side that is not black listed by google, then go for it. I have had a bad experience with this in the past and am more wary now. <BR/><BR/>The Big G is able to pick these up quite easily through all its bots. Actually, there are 100's of programs avaialble online that can break down all your link details including all the related attributes. <BR/><BR/>The value of pagerank my be debatable from a search/referral perspective, but I know when I have a had a higher page rank (from my other blog) I was getting a lot more advertising requests. The difference was $30 when I had a PR of 0 vs $300+ when I had a PR of 3. So in my opnion, for direct advertising PR is very important. For search you are right, I only noticed a slight drop in referals.Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309605333128481208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9026484337051027793.post-71469012079808199652008-04-26T08:55:41.658-04:002008-04-26T08:55:41.658-04:00Andy, I think it's all about balancing risk. If a significant portion of your income is search related (aka Adsense) than yes this is something to consider. If search engine traffic is low portion of your blog income, than links ads like this can be a really good source of income.<BR/><BR/>The trick is to not agree to long term contracts. This allows you to react if your page rank does get reduced and you decide that is important to you.<BR/><BR/>There is a great deal of speculation about external page rank really relates to search engine hits. I know of a number of blogs with lower Page ranks than my blog that receive far more search engine hits.<BR/><BR/>Right now, these types of ads are more than 40% of my revenue, with adsense being less than 20%, so for me it doesn't make sense to remove them.<BR/><BR/>I also wonder how the big G can really tell what is a legit link vs. none. That would seem like a very tough thing to do, unless as you mention they are on a known black list.<BR/><BR/>I don't sell links to pay day loans, credit cards, or any other financial product I wouldn't use.Glblguywww.gatherlittlebylittle.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9026484337051027793.post-52724212564162134132008-04-25T20:13:53.410-04:002008-04-25T20:13:53.410-04:00@ Llama money. I agree some nofollow paid links are fine as long as they are not "black listed" by google for being unreptuable. The easist thing to do is to check the website you will be linking to for 2 main things - <BR/><BR/>1. What is their page rank? If they are above 4, they are most likely quite reputable. <BR/><BR/>2. Do a search for" [advertiser name] google black list" or words to that effect and if your search returns information suggesting that the advertiser is not legit than be wary about promoting their links. <BR/><BR/>Alternatively, I have seen some sites that state upfront they they are money making sites (a lot of MMO blogs fall in this category) and so they don't really care about page rank and the whole nofollow is a non-issue. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comment and I enjoyed reading your blog regularly.Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309605333128481208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9026484337051027793.post-8522877548147177432008-04-25T19:57:52.655-04:002008-04-25T19:57:52.655-04:00Ahh I've received this email as well. I'm no stranger to advertising ( though I don't have any on this site yet ). However, I haven't replied yet. Having a couple non-nofollow links doesn't have to be the end of the world, as long as you don't go overboard. And of course, don't blab to google about what you're doing ;)Llama Moneyhttp://www.llamamoney.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9026484337051027793.post-16650514408553251812008-04-25T15:58:37.029-04:002008-04-25T15:58:37.029-04:00Joanne, thanks for stopping by. If you have already accepted and you want to cancel, you should refund them thier full payment and explain your reasons for canncelling (ie nonfollow issue). Don't ad the nofollow attribute without letting them know you are doing this because they will know this through link software they use.<BR/><BR/>Andy.Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14309605333128481208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9026484337051027793.post-34302285012180566482008-04-24T21:47:12.580-04:002008-04-24T21:47:12.580-04:00Hey I have been getting these emails too! I have already accepted a few of these though , what should I do? <BR/>Can I cancel these ads or add the no follow link know ?joannehttp://www.foodinarush.comnoreply@blogger.com