82% Of SEOs Say Linking To Banned Web Sites Can Hurt You

[usedcarforsale]

There is a debate in the SEO industry on can links hurt you. We know many SEOs believe links to their site can hurt them, even if competitors send you those links. So the next poll I ran is what if you linked to banned sites, can that hurt you?

Most SEOs said, yes it can hurt you. The 120 plus responses, 82% felt there is danger in linking to banned web sites.

Here is the break down:

48% said Only If You Link To Many Banned Sites
34% said Yes - It Will Hurt Your Rankings
16% said No - It Won't Hurt Your Rankings
Are you surprised 16% said it can't hurt you? I am.


Forum discussion continued at WebmasterWorld.

[SexyTracey]

hi,
I think, it won't hurt your site... as far as I know, no links can harm you... if that's the case, you can either put your competitor's link to a banned site so it will affect its rankings.

[ethanmark]

I think too many bad links hurt your site SERP......just few bad links won't hurt alot..

[eyanharve]

yes that's right and i am agree with that backlinks from spamming website that can hurt your website.

[flyingstone88]

We should be mutual benefit, isn't it?~~~~

[ursimrankhanna]

Hi,

Its not hurt full they are use full for any site.they are back bone of the site.

[seattleseo]

Originally Posted by SexyTracey

hi,
I think, it won't hurt your site... as far as I know, no links can harm you... if that's the case, you can either put your competitor's link to a banned site so it will affect its rankings.

if you had access to your competitors website, wouldn't you just take it down?

Bad neighborhood links are real, and they will KILL your rankings. Fortunately it is relative to the size, age, and authority of your website; an established site won't be sandboxed over one bad link, whereas a new domain can EASILY be sandboxed for posting a BNL.

[mypaperplates2]

Well, it doesn't matter at all. But if you put a link on your website which is pointed to a bad site or say pornographic site or say hacking site, it can reduce your reputation in the community!

[robinjackman]

if your website linking with banned websites than it will be hurt for your website and google will send your website into google sandbox.