I’m constantly trying to align myself with Google (and i sincerely wish everyone does). Yea I agree it’s kind of futile because they do the double talk.

I have nothing against you or John or any blogger personally but it is really a bad situation where some people are left out of the net, while some are caught.

I agree with Google, nobody should indulge in buying/selling links. But how about the sites that buy sponsored links from Google itself ? ( Yea! Talk about monopoly.)

If Google has a policy, I’ll probably accept it and expect others to adhere to it. And trust Google to filter out the spam.

Why the post? - I am not keen on reporting this to Google or harming anyone.

I noticed something “remarkable” and wanted to share it with the readers. That’s about it.

I think you’ll find that reporting someone to Google is something that requires you to give a few more details than them writing a post about buying a couple of links two or so years ago.

They require you to show them where the bought links are and who it impacts their search results - not something this vague.

Added to that the context of the post you’re talking about - which tells people not to get obsessed with building links and I think Google would have to be stupid to bring a penalty for that.

To be honest I’m a little miffed by this post - what’s the point of it Mani - are you attempting to cause trouble, is this link bait, what are you up to?