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Google Don’ts - Dirty Tricks and Bad Tips That Will Get Your Site Banned

Link to Bad Neighborhoods
Google calls spamming sites bad neighborhoods, and linking to them is a great way to lower your PageRank. Linking ordinarily would make you a good neighbor and a good citizen of the Internet. However, just because someone links to you does not obligate you to link back to them. Check out the Web site first, and make sure it is not a bad neighborhood. How do you know it’s a bad neighborhood? Check their PageRank and scan the Web site for any of the violations you see here.

I wonder, if participating in services like ReceiveLinks can really hurt your site?

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