widgets with hidden links

[hidedora]

widgets with hidden links aren't a new story. however some people are using this method to outrank their competitors. The question is, why isn't google ban them? what can we do to prevent such a thing?

[yukon]

You created 2 WF members to ask the exact same question, less than 1 hour apart?

Widgets with hidden links. How to beat this tactic?

[hidedora]

Originally Posted by yukon

You created 2 WF members to ask the exact same question, less than 1 hour apart?

sorry that's apparently another user
i have no reason to ask the same thing with different usernames. If you wish you can close the current thread and answer the questions to the other thread. no problem with me

Edit: from what i see the questions are different...

[Mike Grant]

Originally Posted by hidedora

sorry that's apparently another user
i have no reason to ask the same thing with different usernames. If you wish you can close the current thread and answer the questions to the other thread. no problem with me

Edit: from what i see the questions are different...

Why would you lie about it?

[hidedora]

can we talk about the original question? if i create a widget with hidden links, will i have problem with the serps?

[Mike Grant]

Originally Posted by hidedora

can we talk about the original question? if i create a widget with hidden links, will i have problem with the serps?

Don't deflect.

[paulgl]

Wouldn't a normal widget not be real links, but flash or javascript?
Not even sure of the what this guy is even talking about.

You say many people are using them to outrank who knows who, then
ask if they work or are trouble?

I've said something similar today as follows:

"A person could spend a weekend drunk in a hotel room and come up
with better idiotic ways to rank."

What happened to working on your site content, structure, and getting decent
backlinks?

I guess we have a new one: Hide your links, outrank your competition.

Paul

[hidedora]

Originally Posted by paulgl

Wouldn't a normal widget not be real links, but flash or javascript?
Not even sure of the what this guy is even talking about.

You say many people are using them to outrank who knows who, then
ask if they work or are trouble?

I've said something similar today as follows:

"A person could spend a weekend drunk in a hotel room and come up
with better idiotic ways to rank."

What happened to working on your site content, structure, and getting decent
backlinks?

I guess we have a new one: Hide your links, outrank your competition.

Paul

i'm simply asking because many people are using this technique. Why isn't google banning them?

[hidedora]

Originally Posted by mgtarheels

Don't deflect.

the other post i've seen that this user has indeed the same post. He has greek letters indeed, but if you notice it's for another country (cyprus) and has a different website. Apparently you can notice that and then apologise...
so back to my old question. A guy is using the technique i've mentioned (widgets with hidden links) so he outranked many of us for many keywords. So that's propably why you see another person reporting the same thing.
So i ask if it's black hat seo, what should we do? Reporting it to google won't make any difference...