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A site I link swapped with now has a grey bar and is not listed in G

Is this bad?

         

ALbino

6:52 am on Jun 3, 2003 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Hey folks,

A site I link swapped with several months ago had a PR of 5, was listed in the DMOZ/Google directory, and a decent number of backlinks. The webmaster seemed proactive about aquiring new links as well, so it seemed like a good idea.

Today I noticed that he was no longer listed on the directory page and thought that was odd, so I visited his site only to find that it had a grey bar. I then went back to Google and typed in his domain and it wasn't found -- so obviously he's been dropped. I checked and he's still in DMOZ, just not Google, so he didn't lose his link that way.

I guess my question is, should I immediately drop my link to him, and request that he remove the link to me? Or am I overreacting, as he's not been PR0'd, so he's probably not 'banned' just 'dropped'. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks,

AL.

vitaplease

6:59 am on Jun 3, 2003 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



It seems that for the moment, the Google toolbar is in a state of everflux.

Link out to pages you think are worth it.

Do not reciprocate linking for reciprocating sake alone.

ALbino

7:44 am on Jun 3, 2003 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Do not reciprocate linking for reciprocating sake alone.

We get decent traffic from the site (even still). However, approximately 30% of our income comes from Google and if we were ever to get greyed or PR0'd it would cause very serious damage; infinitely more than just dropping the link swap with the greyed site. I guess I'm just not sure how bad being greyed is, and how that in turn can affect us :\

AL.