It seems Google has gone after yet another guest blog network that is being used by SEOs for link building purposes. The link network is named PostJoint and has gone on record that they are different from MyBlogGuest, which was penalized a month ago.
Matt Cutts confirmed on Twitter in a round about way that PostJoint and likely all the publishers in the network, were penalized. I bet they will start seeing unnatural link notifications within Google Webmaster Tools Manual Actions Viewer this coming week.
Matt tweeted:
Brian White, his colleague spam fighter added a tip:
PostJoint was penalized and some of those who participated in the network were also.
PostJoint confirms receiving a penalty, this is a new one named “business model violations” where it says:
UPDATE: They made up this penalty notification. I am so sorry for the confusion.
Then PostJoint claims that only 16% of the publishers using their site received an unnatural link notification from Google. I am not sure how they know it was only 16%, that simply doesn’t make sense to me.
But then they blow my mind and go bold by saying:
Man, they are asking for it.
Here are some recent link networks taken down by Google:
Google’s Matt Cutts: We’ve Penalized A Guest Blogging Network
Google’s Matt Cutts: We Can Take Action On Sites Benefiting From Guest Post Networks
Google Penalized Link Networks In Spain, Italy & Germany
Google To Slap Link Networks In Italy & Spain
Google Targets Poland In Latest Link Network Penalty
Google Boots Large German Agency & Clients For Link Schemes
Google’s Matt Cutts: We’re Taking Action Against Buzzea, The French Link Network
Google’s Matt Cutts Calls Out Nailing Another Link Network
Google Penalizes Another Link Network: SAPE Links
Google Crushes Ghost Rank 2.0, A Russian Link Network
Backlinks.com: The Next Link Network Penalized By Google
Google’s Matt Cutts: Text Link Ads Link Sellers Targeted
Google Penalizes Blog Networks, Did SEOs Use It To Hurt Competitors?
Beware: Google To Squash Another Link Network Very Soon
Forum discussion at Twitter.
Note: I am offline today and this post was pre-scheduled to be automatically posted. So if I am delayed in responding to issues or comments, I apologize in advance.
