submitx - 5:34 pm on May 3, 2005 (gmt 0)

I am still seeing PR7 here! seo inc does a <snip>. Most their link buys are run-of-site ads. My guess is that Google found out about this, either their algo detected it or someone reported them or maybe even someone at Google is checking this sort of stuff manually.

But I also noticed couple of other SEO companies dropped from Top 10 at the same time, that were doing a lot of link buys. One of them has a side business of selling Text Link Ads, that many here might know. He used to be Top 10 and now he is Top 30.

My guess is that Google is detecting certain link buys or giving less credit to unrelated links than before.

[edited by: Brett_Tabke at 6:52 pm (utc) on May 3, 2005]
[edit reason] no specifics please [/edit]