May 28, 2017

Google’s Reminder About “Spammy Links”: Is an Update Imminent?

Google Link Spam Warning — Link Spam Warning. Spammy Links will affect your SEO.

Does a Google Reminder About Link Spam Mean an Update is Imminent?

Google just issued a reminder about links in large-scale article campaigns on it’s official Webmaster website.

The reminder was exactly that – a reminder. There were no new bombshell revelations, just a re-hash of everything that we already know (or should know) about link spam or link schemes.

Bottom line is that writing great, unique content that will add to user’s experience is good.

Writing content with the intent of getting it posted in other places, for the sake of link building, is bad.

I guess from Google’s point of view, we as content providers need to let nature take it’s course and hope that great content gets shared “naturally”.

This post is not going to repeat the tips written in the reminder. You can go the original source, read the information and decide for yourselves how to proceed.

The tougher questions to answer are:

How can you get legitimate links for great content, from 3’rd party sites, without it being held against you?

If you have done this in the past, and you get penalized in the future, what can do you do about it now?

These are the real questions that SEO’s and site owners should be focusing on.

The purpose of this post is to ask: Does this “reminder” from Google suggest a change to the algorithm is imminent? We’re betting it does.

Sol Jakubowicz

Sol provides consulting services in the areas of business and project management specifically related to digital marketing, lead generation and eCommerce. Co-founder of SunHouse Marketing (formerly eCommerce Innovators), a digital marketing consulting company that provides the full range of the most current and up to date digital marketing services and techniques: Strategic Planning, Business Development, Project Management, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), and our area of specialty - Lead Generation. In the Telecom industry from 1999 – 2009, with a focus on Business Consulting/Business Process Analysis. In this role I collaborated with teams across large Tier 1 corporations, and the corresponding teams within our company, to create integrated, cross functionality synergies. Background in Mediation and Conflict Resolution, providing a tremendous positive impact on all interactions, and ensuring that business dealings are not only pleasant but more efficient and cost effective. My passion is business process analysis. Tell me about your current business, and I will uncover new ways for it to be more efficient and more profitable.