Comments on: Purchase Links… Is it Moral or Ethical? Is it Legal? http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2007/01/18/purchase-links-is-it-moral-or-ethical-is-it-legal/ SEO for All Fri, 16 May 2008 03:25:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: David http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2007/01/18/purchase-links-is-it-moral-or-ethical-is-it-legal/#comment-687 David Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:47:39 +0000 http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2007/01/18/purchase-links-is-it-moral-or-ethical-is-it-legal/#comment-687 No!!!! There is no way I would pay a link farm (even the better directory types) for links. I swaer that this is not the way to move forward..... No!!!! There is no way I would pay a link farm (even the better directory types) for links.

I swaer that this is not the way to move forward…..

]]> By: Okinawa http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2007/01/18/purchase-links-is-it-moral-or-ethical-is-it-legal/#comment-599 Okinawa Fri, 19 Jan 2007 23:34:25 +0000 http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2007/01/18/purchase-links-is-it-moral-or-ethical-is-it-legal/#comment-599 Truth in advertising? That's funny. You want to enact some change with regard to truth in advertising you should look at television first. Truth in advertising? That’s funny. You want to enact some change with regard to truth in advertising you should look at television first.

]]> By: Jordan McCollum http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2007/01/18/purchase-links-is-it-moral-or-ethical-is-it-legal/#comment-595 Jordan McCollum Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:30:23 +0000 http://www.soloseo.com/blog/2007/01/18/purchase-links-is-it-moral-or-ethical-is-it-legal/#comment-595 You raise an interesting (and I think valid) point. After the FTC's staff opinion on word of mouth marketing last month, it's clear that you have to disclose your relationship when endorsing something. V7N doesn't require you to endorse a product, just link to the site. Still, it doesn't "feel" right to me when one of the main features of a service is that it's "undetectable" to Google. Doesn't that set off alarm bells for anyone else's conscience? You raise an interesting (and I think valid) point. After the FTC’s staff opinion on word of mouth marketing last month, it’s clear that you have to disclose your relationship when endorsing something.

V7N doesn’t require you to endorse a product, just link to the site.

Still, it doesn’t “feel” right to me when one of the main features of a service is that it’s “undetectable” to Google. Doesn’t that set off alarm bells for anyone else’s conscience?

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