The_Contractor - 5:22 pm on Nov 20, 2007 (gmt 0)

What the originator of the post and myself are both saying is that in fact even though the page rank on the websites we buy some paid links from and in my case my own website have gone down in page rank, rankings are better than ever and have been right the summer and to this date.

I have NEVER said they penalize, devalue the link, or lower the PR on all sites that charge or listings/advertising can be purchased. Of course they don't and they shouldn't either in my opinion. I'm merely stating they do hit sites and devalue links from certain sites that are blatently advertising they are selling "links" and/or "PR". If a site goes into how a "link" from their site will help in rankings or boost "PR"....it is my opinion they have been hit and know it, they have been hit and don't know it, or they will probably be hit down the road.