trillianjedi - 10:06 am on Mar 16, 2004 (gmt 0)

It is really interesting how it is usually the senior / preferred members on WebmasterWorld that waste so much bandwidth personalizing their arguments and veer off topic into attacks and generally content free statements. One would expect quite the opposite.

And that isn't a veered-off attack, content free and waste of bandwidth?

;-)

You asked a straight question in order to promote some discussion on whether or not google is PFI. I think you got that. The fact that people don't think that it is doesn't invalidate their opinion.

Seriously, to me you sound really p*55ed off at google for some reason. By all means vent, but don't take it personally if nobody posts what you want to read.

Back on topic, you asked a very specific question - "Is google PFI" to which, IMO, the answer is a straightforward "No". However, if you had asked "Can I perform well in googles SERPS in a competitive arena for free" then I would say the answer is "probably not - go buy that PR7 link to get you started".

I think the reason the thread veered a little off-topic is because people felt that they couldn't answer your original question in such a simplified way (i.e. just "no") without explaining their thoughts on it, most of which enevitably relate to positioning in the SERPS, not just getting into the index.

I don't know anyone who's ever bought a link just to get into google. I know plenty who've bought links to improve their SERPS postioning though.

TJ