I've read a few forums and such regarding SEO and it seems that paid links are a bad thing. However, other people talk about the yahoo directory which is a paid link.

So are there acceptable types of paid links and non-acceptable types?

I've submitted to a few directories recently such as whatuseek and joeant but is this going to help or hurt my site? I still can't stomache the 299/yr price of the yahoo directory.

I appreciate your help,

TRP

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Quick Reply:
As per Google, paid links are not a good technique for getting higher rank on Google,

I hope the following URL can explain it in better way
http://www.google.com/support/webma...en&answer=66736

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Thanks for the info and especially the links! What I don't understand is if there is a difference between a "paid link" and a link directory submission that cost money.

For instance the Yahoo directory is a paid directory but supposedly having a link in the Yahoo directory is good for Google rankings. If Google says that "paid links" are bad then how can people claim that paying $299.00 for a link in the Yahoo directory helps out their SEO campaign?

I don't mean to argue. I'm just having a hard time understanding this.

Thanks!

TRP

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Check G words -
Not all paid links violate our guidelines. Buying and selling links is a normal part of the economy of the web when done for advertising purposes, and not for manipulation of search results. Links purchased for advertising should be designated as such. This can be done in several ways, such as:

* Adding a rel="nofollow" attribute to the <a> tag
* Redirecting the links to an intermediate page that is blocked from search engines with a robots.txt file

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