How long need paid links to get punished?
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Hi,
I just discover a competitor which is dominating the first page of google with 4 websites.
I analyse them and all was backed up on a private domain network, with subdomains , maybe a 100 subdomains of the main domain. He have on all 4 domains 3500 links about, with same anchor text and 40 -50 with different. all are exact match domain. So I just reported him and this one who is selling him the links. How much time need google to take action and how long need to get punished this 4 websites? Plus what will happen to them?
I reported them yesterday., how much time Google need to punish him , if does...
Thanks
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I think I've only ever once filed a spam report and that site had some very nasty stuff going on!
I've wondered how many people go around filing spam reports on their competitors...if you throw enough poop around, some of it will stick. So, if I filed spam reports on all of my competitors then some of them could get affected and drop out of the SERPS.
I also think that Google rarely takes action on just one spam report, but that's just a personal opinion, not fact. I think if a bunch of people filed spam reports then they pay attention.
I'd rather beat my competitors with my quality though. The algo will catch up with those who are using tricks to rank.
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Further to what Klarke advised, you run the risk of obtaining 'black hat' links if you try to do the same thing.
What you reap so too will you harvest!
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Google doesn't usually take individual action on those spam reports. They prefer to let their algo take care of it.
So you need to stop worrying about them, and concentrate on you.
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