 You may or may not know but right now I've been trying to put together another ecommerce site....During my process of building this site I need to get some live chat software.....I came across a company that offers this live chat software at a really cheap price....I know why now...Their gaming their paid customers to hoard links and rank high in Google.....  I picked up the free version at first just to see....then I thought about it and say no...I dont want a link to them on my site....well this is what I thought anyway....   As you can see the paid version says it...no text link under click to chat icon....So I assumed since I was paying for this service that I would not be giving volusion a link....however ....it is very misleading....notice the phrase no text link....yeh when you buy the software your not giving them a text link...but your still giving them a link...they just hid the link in the code....So now all the free and paid customers they get will be giving them one of the two links.... free live chat software...and live chat software....both keywords their ranking #1 and #2 in Google....Now I can see getting a link for the free software since your providing a free service...and it plainly says that it will have a text link in it....But the paid version! The paid version still has a link but it's not text.....So their gaming all of their paid customers by using a misleading phrase..such as no text link under live chat icon....In my eyes I figured their would be no link ....I wasn't thinking they was hoarding these links in the code.....  CommentsThu, 14 Aug 2008 07:22:33 I would dump that company Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:33:50 Nice find! I would sat it's a little underhanded on their part. I vote "not cool". Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:21:22 I can understand them doing this on the free version, but this is very sneaky on the paid version. They should at least let you know BEFORE you buy the paid version and then it would be up to you to decide if you want to pay for it when really they should be paying you for the link on your page! Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:22:39 If you download most forum software for free you have to maintain the link, the only difference is it's not clear that they are making you do it. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:26:41 Nice find. I came from DP. This is really spamming of newbies... Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:49:39 I don't see a problem with that. They are still giving something free. The paid version should not have any link however. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:54:00 Strange. The extents people will go to get their site on the top in Google search results! Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:37:04 Interesting Article, very good find. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:13:49 Not impressed what that. Sneaky way of gettings link. Unethical I think. Paid one shouldnt still have links. josh Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:02:23 Why did I just spend 2 min. reading this? Of course they are getting back links from this. You seem more jealous that you didn't think of it first than anything.. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:38:53 >>> Josh Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:59:14 So the reference at dp to Matt Cutts was because he's responsible for the link busting algo? Or because it's a great pull to get people to read? Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:08:10 Sarah>>>> Leave a Reply | JDNIm an IM who looks for a return on my investment period! Oh and I like helping others.... Higher Rankings and More Links Than You Can Handle! Sign up Now!
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