widgets with hidden links

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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?
#hidden #links #widgets
  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    • Profile picture of the author hidedora
      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      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...
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      • Profile picture of the author Mike Grant
        Originally Posted by hidedora View Post

        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?
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        • Profile picture of the author hidedora
          can we talk about the original question? if i create a widget with hidden links, will i have problem with the serps?
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          • Profile picture of the author Mike Grant
            Originally Posted by hidedora View Post

            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.
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            • Profile picture of the author 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
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              • Profile picture of the author hidedora
                Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

                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?
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            • Profile picture of the author hidedora
              Originally Posted by mgtarheels View Post

              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...
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