Too good to miss, especially when you need to explain or understand the harm in linking incorrectly.

Someone seeking help for a sudden drop in PageRank score by Google requested help at the SEW Forums. In a spectacular post, GoogleGuy responded with a detailed list of all the outbound links found on one page, and the real kicker - they were hidden links, to questionable web sites.

See Google Penalty Example.

Ammon Johns continues the discussion with a post of back up information that deserves a bookmark for future reference. Some of the quotes from his post”

“Attempting to manipulate PageRank through artificially inflating links is the one sure thing that Google will always attempt to penalize very hard. They have to, because link analysis is such an important factor of the Google ranking system. ”

“I’d say that it is wise to be very careful to whom you give a vote of confidence (your link), and to whom you tie your reputation. “