Google Reminds Webmasters that Low-Quality Backlinks Don’t Matter
Posted at 10:03am EST on 10/20/2009
Susan Moskwa wrote on the Webmaster Central Blog about how Google deals with low-quality and spammy backlinks.
Finally, keep in mind that low-quality links rarely stand the test of time, and may disappear from our link graph relatively quickly. They may even already be being discounted by our algorithms. If you want to make sure Google knows about these links and is valuing them appropriately, feel free to bring them to our attention using either our spam report or our paid links report.
Many webmasters feel that because they have spammy backlinks, they will be considered spammy themselves. But a key element to remember is that it matters more about who you link to, not who links to you (in regards to low-quality backlinks).
Of course it still matters for which high-quality backlinks you get, ie from CNN.com, or MSNBC.com, or NYTimes.com, etc, those still matter — a lot.
But the reminder here is that you really shouldn’t worry about the low-quality links. Your primary focus should remain on gaining those high-quality backlinks.
Dataflurry
Nov 1st, 2009
This is great advice, I am going to pass this on to friends