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Re: Andy Beal Promoting Paid Linking on Marketing Pilgrim?!

Andy — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:03:06 -0000

Glad to clear things up.

Re: Andy Beal Promoting Paid Linking on Marketing Pilgrim?!

Jacob Morgan — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:01:10 -0000

@andy
link baiting and paying for links are 2 different things though. i know you don't police the internet but the advertisement is on your site nonetheless. i'm glad you don't use paid links for yourself or your clients but surely you can understand why this question can come up, especially if the ad is on your site. do you think as a professional marketer you should be advertising a controversial service that may or may not ruin a person's online site? i thought marketing folks like us exist to help people make better informed decisions about their marketing strategy.

thanks for commenting andy, glad you shared your opinion!

Re: Andy Beal Promoting Paid Linking on Marketing Pilgrim?!

Andy Beal — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:52:20 -0000

Perhaps the bigger question is why is this worthy of a blog post--unless it's just linkbaiting on your part. ;-)

I don't police the internet. Some marketers are willing to risk paid links, so it's a choice they can make. Anyone that believes paid linking does not take place in SEO needs to get out more.

Feel free to update your post with the following statement from me. I do not use paid links for any of my sites nor any of my clients.

Cheers!