Comments on: A Warm Cup of Link Love

By: David

David — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:48:39 +0000

First Google does not allow paid links now they replace your 404 page with their own.

Soon you will have to ask Google’s permission every time you want to make a change to web page.

Google is getting out of hand. I really hope that they will have some fierce competition soon.

By: Dana Lookadoo

Dana Lookadoo — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:02:06 +0000

First, you have a fantastic site, a model for inspiration! Thanks! Found you thru MyBlogLog.com.

Saw your comment on Google Toolbar and wanted to share. See Matt Cutts’s article:
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/404-pages-in-google-toolbar/

Summary: If you want users to see your custom 404 page, just make your page be more than 512 bytes long.

I tested it, and it works!

Suggested Toolbar: Try out Groowe Search Toolbar. I removed my Google toolbar in Firefox last month and have fallen in love with this Firefox enhancement.

By: David LaFerney

David LaFerney — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:41:20 +0000

It was bound to happen. Millions (billions?) of unmonetized 404 pageviews a day sitting there like a pie on a windowsill – it’s inevitable that someone would figure out how to ring some profit out of them. One more good reason to make a custom 404 page.

If they aren’t hijacking custom pages that wipes a lot of the slime off of it though – don’t you think?

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By: Sophia Levis

Sophia Levis — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:10:08 +0000

I’ve got a love-hate thing going on with Google. I’m sure most webmasters and bloggers do, though.

What kills me about Google is that they are so big, and so popular, that one little policy or programming shift can literally put people out of business (or put them in business, for that matter.)

At any rate, I am of a mind that corporations are, by their nature, morally neutral. A company can’t be good or bad; those are terms that relate to human beings.

For Google to say, “Don’t be Evil” is, really, just a marketing strategy that is ultimately going to backfire.

Granted, some twerp behind a desk making dumb decisions at Google can be evil, but most of the time a corporation, if their organizational structure is sound, will weed those folks out, because they will ultimately hurt the bottom line.

Sorry for the rant, I’ve been meaning to put some of those thoughts down in writing, and I figured someone else’s blog is the safest place to do it.

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By: Joey

Joey — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:20:47 +0000

What??
It’s the first time I hear about the Google and 404 custom pages thing. It doesn’t matter if it doesn’t happen all the time, this kind of stuff should be illegal. As well as penalizing you for selling links.
You won’t get penalized if you use adsense,but you will if you sell a link? That’s rubbish.

By: Joanne

Joanne — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:11:16 +0000

Thanks for sharing those links. Gary’s site looks interesting.

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