Comments on: Why Text Link Ads Changed their URLs

By: rony john

rony john — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:25:25 +0000

Too Bad!!They got banned by google.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:43:26 +0000

So in other words they did it to help out the bloggers. Why would idiots whine about that? I didn’t think it was a big deal. Then again I put rel=”nofollow” after all my sidebar links. Now that I know this, I feel a little better.

By: Blogging Experiment

Blogging Experiment — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:53:13 +0000

@ Yedhuda, thanks for the update. I personally don’t see why people had a problem with TLA’s change. I’ve already changed my URLs and they are all working properly but I guess I should expect to be hearing more from them soon. Will be interesting to see what they go with next. To be honest, I think they should have made one change and stuck with it rather than seeming wishy washy and unstable. Just my humble opinion though.

Also, for anyone who’s debating whether or not to change their URL’s I’d be sure to contact TLA yourself before making any decisions. I’ve not received any email saying that the change is not still required. I have no reason to doubt Yedhuda but it’s always safer to get your information straight from the horse’s mouth.

By: Yehuda Berlinger

Yehuda Berlinger — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:49:32 +0000

News:
TLA appears to have heard the message. This is the email I got from them after trying to get clarification on the new tinyurl links:

“We are working on a better solution and will have it available next
week. You do not need to make any changes.

Jonathan Dingman
Product Manager”

Yehuda

By: Blogging Experiment

Blogging Experiment — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:18:01 +0000

@ blogmunch, yeah, they’ve not been on top for a while now. Every indication suggests that they are penalized and linking to a penalized site is never a good situation. Now, whether or not it would hurt your rankings directly or how much, that’s up for debate but personally I’d avoid it. This actually includes johnchow.com since his site is obviously penalized as well. I might actually begin putting links to John’s site in a redirect as well.

By: blogmunch

blogmunch — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:52:26 +0000

No wonder everytime I search for Text Link Ads in google search, I can’t seem to find them (at least for the first 2 search page). I was wondering how a site with text link ads in their url cannot get to page 1 of google. Now I know. Thanks.

By: Shaun Carter

Shaun Carter — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 00:24:29 +0000

I think Google probably sees TLA as taking advantage of the purpose of backlinks and artificially inflating a particular site’s value. I doubt most people generate significant traffic from their TLA purchased links, but do it primarily for the PR boost, something which Google would most certainly be against as it takes advantage of their algorithm for search rankings.

By: CFernandes

CFernandes — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:04:51 +0000

good points!

I am also of the opinion that google is trying to squeeze out other forms of advertising to limit the competition to Adwords/Adsense. This is going to come back and haunt them…

By: A Blog about Nothing

A Blog about Nothing — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 05:12:31 +0000

Lessons from the blogosphere – Week 1…

Lessons from the blogosphere – Week 1
This is the first installment of my new weekly endeavor in the world of blogging. That is to bring you the reader the best tips and information I have run across over the course of the past week on other blogs. Thi…

By: Blogging Experiment

Blogging Experiment — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 03:01:16 +0000

@ Gnomey, I completely agree. What’s worse is that Google is the one that put the emphasis on links, therefore increasing their value.

@ BigPappa, AdSense links aren’t actual text links, they are java script links which aren’t read by search engines. Google wants you to label any and all links that are paid for with the nofollow tag. Personally I think they are just trying to have webmasters compensate for the fact that their algorithm is lacking and vulnerable to abuse.

@ KingJacob, I agree, just use a redirect and not only will you save yourself time, but you’ll save yourself a lot of trouble as well. I’ll definitely post on this next week.