A Google Webmaster Help thread asks a common question in link building. The question is, are “web site designed by X,” where “X” is a link to your company, against Google’s guidelines?

Both a “level 4” and “top contributor” replied to the thread. One said:

The other said:

What do you think? Like they said, this is done very often. My company no longer does this, we haven’t in years. But we did it a lot before “link building” was so important – go figure.

This is not a new question, we asked in in 2006 with <a href="https://thisforall.net/archives/006751.html"Should Search Engine Optimizers Request Site Credit Links?

Forum discussion at Google Webmaster Help.