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Google might add penalties
Only if the person says "Oh look! I've found a way to cheat Google" etc....And then, of course, there is the whole issue of making sure the site in someone's profile is actually THEIR site!
No doubt at all that Google comes here to see what "tricks" (so to speak) people are up to - and then they tweak their algo to ensure things stay balanced.
I suppose it's safe to say that so long as he doesn't remove the link to Google, then we don't have anything to worry about in that regard.
G.
However, you are probably right because the discussion in these forums seems harmless and I have only seen one or two instances of someone saying "hey I found a new way to cheat Googlebot" and in one case GG had a few words to say.
-C :)
Now, I wouldn't say GoogleGuy has better things to do than come here - he just likes to read up on things ;)
Optional anonymity is a base principle of this board.
Many of the more experienced members choose to stay off the radar.
But remember one thing:
Google and any other engine, just like all your competitors, know how to use advanced whois tools. For large corporations, especially those who are somewhat familiar with information retrieval and storing, it's mere childs play to look up on you.
In essence webpromoters and SEs are sitting on different sides of some, not all of the fences running through this landscape.
Blanket penalising WebmasterWorld members would be a rather curious approach to improving index quality, IMO. People come here for all sorts of reasons.
Parts of directory.google.com have been penalised in the recent past.
Funny. I am glad to see some humor still left on the board after the all the recent posts :)
To me, the much greater worry is that people who show up here can get misinformation that actually hurts their site. One the main reasons that I show up here is to help dispel myths and try to keep people from taking shortcuts that will just do more harm than good long-term.
