Want Me To Remove That Link? Pay Me $500!

Charging Fees To Remove Links From A Web Site

Want Me To Remove That Link? Pay Me $500!

A Google Webmaster Help thread has a webmaster claiming (and he is 100% correct) that in order for him to get some of the sites linking to him to remove the link, the site owner is requiring him to pay between $20 and $500 to remove the link. The site owners are calling these "link removal processing fees." Now, this is not hiring a third-party company to remove links for you (i.e. link removal companies ). This is paying the site that has links to you, to remove those links. Some of them you paid or someone else paid to link to you years ago and now to remove the link, they want money as well. He wrote: How have you been handling requests for processing fees in response to your link removal requests?Some webmasters are now requesting processing fees from $20 to $500 to remove links from their web sites. I don't like paying those fees, as I did not ask them to place the li...

Full article: http://www.seroundtable.com/link-removal-fees-15459.html

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@AntonioSanJuanR » 18 Aug '12, 3pm
WAF: Charging Fees To Remove Links From A Web Site [link]
@rehor » 17 Aug '12, 2pm
RT @steveplunkett: Charging Fees To Remove Links From A Web Site [link] via @rustybrick
@imrogb » 08 Aug '12, 12pm
@bastianallgeier link removal fees ;) [link]
@mattfieldingSEO » 25 Jul '12, 9am
Webmasters charging to remove links - fair compensation for their time or blatant opportunism? [link] #seo
@theseonut » 25 Jul '12, 1am
Would you pay to get backlinks removed? SEO 2012+ [link]
@ClearlyStatedCo » 24 Jul '12, 4am
RT @waworld: Guess it was only a matter of time... RT @rustybrick: Want Me To Remove That Link? Pay Me $500! [link]
@apexpacific » 24 Jul '12, 3am
Would you pay $500 to remove a spam or low quality link to your site? You might not have a choice! [link]
@chicagostyleseo » 23 Jul '12, 9pm
I love that those who used dodgy SEO techniques are having to now pay to undo their handiwork: [link]
@JonBuchan » 23 Jul '12, 3pm
RT @ChrisGedge: Missed this. Webmasters charging $500 to remove a link! [link]
@ChrisGedge » 23 Jul '12, 2pm
Missed this. Webmasters charging $500 to remove a link! [link]
@seomilwaukee » 23 Jul '12, 12pm
Barry, what's Googles position on this? RT @rustybrick: Earlier today, Want Me To Remove That Link? Pay Me $500! [link]
@seotweetz » 23 Jul '12, 11am
RT @ByronCMartin: #WTFmoment: Want Me To Remove That Link? Pay Me $500! #Thankspenguin [link] via @rustybrick | #SEO #News #Webmasters |
@ByronCMartin » 23 Jul '12, 11am
#WTFmoment: Want Me To Remove That Link? Pay Me $500! #Thankspenguin [link] via @rustybrick | #SEO #News #Webmasters |
@DM_Andrews » 23 Jul '12, 10am
Unethical, entrepeneurial or both? I know what I think [link]
@InboundSophie » 23 Jul '12, 7am
Good morning! A little early reading to kick off Monday; [link] what are your thoughts on link removal fees? #SEO
@seoshankar » 23 Jul '12, 5am
A Google Webmaster Help thread has a webmaster claiming (and he is 100% correct) that in order for him to get... [link]
@psael » 23 Jul '12, 3am
RT @OpiceBlum: RT @DeLuCa: Charging Fees To Remove Links From A Web Site [link] via @rustybrick
@Content_Team » 22 Jul '12, 1pm
Want Me To Remove That Link? Pay Me $500! [link] #Business #SocialMedia
@jackson_lo » 22 Jul '12, 11am
Utterly ridiculous... just document and submit to Google - Charging Fees To Remove Links From A Web Site [link]
@allintop » 22 Jul '12, 10am
RT @AllinTopConf: Вы не задумывались над темой съема ссылок после Penguin? "Хотите чтобы я снял ссылку? Заплатите 500$!" - [link] #seo #ruseo
@Derek_Weaver » 21 Jul '12, 7pm
Charging Fees To Remove Links From A Web Site [link] Wow. It's a tough world out there at the moment.
@seotweetz » 21 Jul '12, 6pm
RT @NetSpeakDesign: What an ironic twist due to GOOGLE! - Charging Fees To Remove Links From A Website [link] @rustybrick #SEO #SearchMarketing
@NetSpeakDesign » 21 Jul '12, 6pm
What an ironic twist due to GOOGLE! - Charging Fees To Remove Links From A Website [link] @rustybrick #SEO #SearchMarketing
@markjnicholson » 21 Jul '12, 5pm
@fantomaster And removals! [link]
@OpiceBlum » 21 Jul '12, 11am
RT @DeLuCa: Charging Fees To Remove Links From A Web Site [link] via @rustybrick
@DrGices » 21 Jul '12, 9am
Some people asking between $20-500 to remove links from their websites following the Google Penguin update. Harsh! [link]
@PopsharedSearch » 21 Jul '12, 7am
Want Me To Remove That Link? Pay Me $500! (SE Roundtable - 118 retweets) [link]
@senormunoz » 20 Jul '12, 10pm
@lakil Llegas tarde, amigo... Llevamos todo el dia con esto :D + info en [link] [link]
@bwfcphil1 » 20 Jul '12, 10pm
“@seroundtable: Earlier today, Want Me To Remove That Link? Pay Me $500! [link]” This is genius. Poor webmasters.
@cedano » 20 Jul '12, 10pm
RT @dohertyjf: If buying links is against Google's TOS, shouldn't paying to remove them be as well? [link] Reverse selling of links.
@dohertyjf » 20 Jul '12, 10pm
If buying links is against Google's TOS, shouldn't paying to remove them be as well? [link] Reverse selling of links.
@robdwoods » 20 Jul '12, 10pm
RT @rustybrick: Earlier today, Want Me To Remove That Link? Pay Me $500! [link] [link extortion is coming. Wait for it...]
@seroundtable » 20 Jul '12, 10pm
Earlier today, Want Me To Remove That Link? Pay Me $500! [link]
@fabio_seo » 20 Jul '12, 9pm
Want Me To Remove That Link? Pay Me $500! #SEO #Search [link]
@RobSkidmoreMe » 20 Jul '12, 8pm
This is Ridiculous. Charging Fees To Remove Links From A Web Site [link] via @rustybrick
@JackieHole » 20 Jul '12, 4pm
Uh Oh... RT @rustybrick: Charging Fees To Remove Links From A Web Site [link]
@petecampbell » 20 Jul '12, 4pm
RT @saelboat: @petecampbell Even more bad news as it's led to a new splinter industry [link]
@SearchCarly » 20 Jul '12, 3pm
Webmasters Charge for Link Removal Requests - it was only a matter of time: [link] via @seroundtable #linkbuilding
@AllinTopConf » 20 Jul '12, 3pm
Вы не задумывались над темой съема ссылок после Penguin? "Хотите чтобы я снял ссылку? Заплатите 500$!" - [link] #seo #ruseo
@wrenedo » 20 Jul '12, 3pm
Is this the beginning of a new link removal service? Webmasters are charging fees to remove links! - [link] via @rustybrick
@IrishWonder » 20 Jul '12, 3pm
We've seen that coming! Want Me To Remove That Link? Pay Me $500! [link]
@web_seo_psd » 20 Jul '12, 3pm
Des frais de traitement de 20$ à 500$ pour retirer un lien seraient exigés par certains webmaster [link]
@mediaco » 20 Jul '12, 3pm
$500 for removing a link? Maybe we should implement some changes to our business plan [link]
@pandorasinbox » 20 Jul '12, 2pm
RT @malcolm_gibb: The new negative SEO? Spam Xrumer links then charge webmasters to have them removed. [link]
@malcolm_gibb » 20 Jul '12, 2pm
The new negative SEO? Spam Xrumer links then charge webmasters to have them removed. [link]
@Icelord » 20 Jul '12, 2pm
E' la nuova frontiera del pizzo! RT @marcobianchi: E' questo che vuole Google? [link]
@saelboat » 20 Jul '12, 2pm
@petecampbell Even more bad news as it's led to a new splinter industry [link]
@waworld » 20 Jul '12, 2pm
Guess it was only a matter of time... RT @rustybrick: Want Me To Remove That Link? Pay Me $500! [link]
@lulupuricelli » 20 Jul '12, 2pm
Só faltava RT @pabloaugusto novo business model. colocar links em sites q prejudicam e cobrar parar tirar o.O #google [link]
@duda_sousa » 20 Jul '12, 1pm
Bizarro RT @pabloaugusto novo business model... colocar links em sites q prejudicam e cobrar parar tirar o.O #google [link]