Will Google penalize 3+ way link exchange?

From personal experience, yes, they will penalize you. Not only will they penalize you, but they will likely de-index you.

I was a member of a service as well, and 2 of my sites were in very competitive niches. Both sites eventually ranked 1st on Google for my primary keyword (one related to credit cards, one health, both with over 20 million competing pages).

During the time these sites were ranked 1st on Google, my online earnings hit an enitrely different level. Unfortunately, both sites were de-indexed about a month or so after they started to rank 1st.

Now, cynics or owners/founders of said services will defend the service and say that the sites must have be de-indexed for another reason, but that is garbage. I have over 5 sites, created exactly like the 2 that were de-indexed, and the only difference is I used the service on the 2 that were de-indexed. The others are still doing well, not ranking as high, but still in Google's index.

I will personally stay away from linking scemes that require a linking page to be automatically filled. There is another service which builds 1 way links over time, and it doesn't require you to put anything on the site you're promoting. I have been using it for 2 months now and have been very happy with the results. The nice thing about this service is that it is basically impossible for Google to de-index you for using it, because there is really no way at all for them to know.

Anyway, that is my .02.

Chris

Thanks, Chris.

I was kind of wondering about things like that,too. (Not just Kahuna specifically.)

Thanks Tnt! A good advice and well founded. I am sorry to hear that you lost a no1 page 1st ranking...

Can you share more about the 1 way link exchange?

There is so many temptations out there...but you have to be careful. Thanks for this post tntrader