{"id":7632,"date":"2017-12-28T12:22:13","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T12:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.improvemysearchranking.com\/?p=7632"},"modified":"2023-11-23T11:12:21","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T11:12:21","slug":"google-reminds-publishers-not-accept-bribes-links-outlines-controversial-article-surfaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.improvemysearchranking.com\/google-reminds-publishers-not-accept-bribes-links-outlines-controversial-article-surfaces\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Reminds Publishers Not to Accept Bribes for Links After The Outline\u2019s Controversial Article Surfaces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You might have already read <a href=\"https:\/\/theoutline.com\/post\/2563\/how-brands-secretly-buy-their-way-into-forbes-fast-company-and-huffpost-stories\">The Outline\u2019s latest controversial article<\/a> in which it was revealed that many publishers from top companies and blogs take bribes for creating backlinks.<\/p>\n<p>As we are all aware of the power of backlinks, it is not too surprising that people would want to be mentioned in articles from high-authority blogs and websites and, therefore, influence their search engine rankings.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Outline\u2019s article specifically claims that many writers from popular websites, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/\">CNN<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/\">TechCrunch<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/\">New York Times<\/a>, have accepted bribes and create backlinks to their \u201ccustomers\u201d websites.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more, several writers have anonymously accepted that it has been a trend for several years to accept payments for creating backlinks, and that they have also been doing it for quite some time now. In fact, the phenomenon has become so common that it is being considered as a new \u201cnorm\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The cost of creating such backlinks can go as high as \u00a32,000 per link. You can see the money is so good, and it turns out to be an \u201coffer they can\u2019t refuse\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since the controversial article surfaced, people have been talking about it. Now, Google\u2019s Danny Sullivan has taken to Twitter to remind everyone that this practice should not be followed. In the case of getting caught, search engine rankings will be penalised for the buyer as well as the seller.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/improvemysearchranking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Danny-Sullivan-Tweet-on-The-Outlines-post.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7635\" src=\"https:\/\/improvemysearchranking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Danny-Sullivan-Tweet-on-The-Outlines-post.png\" alt=\"Danny Sullivan Tweet on The Outlines post\" width=\"450\" height=\"487\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/\">Fast Company\u2019s<\/a> executive editor also took notice and publicly announced on Twitter that anyone involved in this pay-for-play practice would be penalized and fired. 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