A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing

What exactly does "trust" mean? Isn't it context specific? In the context of relationships, trust is earned via a number of ways, among them being open and honest, candid and fair, or if your standards are lower, not being an a**hole. Then again, in the context of sports it's completely acceptable to lie. There are fake signals designed to throw off the other team. There's flopping in basketball, which is basically a lie designed to fool a referee. And in any sport with an out of bounds line there are times when we know for a fact we went out of bounds but the referee missed it. Do we tell the ref? Nope. That's his job. In business there are more lies than I'll ever understand, and that's just in the accounting department. As long as it's not a criminal act, lie as much as you want. TV commercials are so full of lies that the whispered disclaimer at the end often contains ...

Full article: http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2204762/A-Trusted-Li...

Tweets

@SirFarr » 05 Oct '12, 6am
RT @backlinktestcom: RT @backlinktestcom: A #Trusted #Link? There Is No Such Thing - [link]
@ShipleySEOSLC » 24 Sep '12, 6pm
A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing by @ericward [link] via @sewatch Good Information.
@Hire4ce » 21 Sep '12, 6pm
Sourcing News: A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing [link] from [link]
@MensurMuhic » 20 Sep '12, 11am
RT @bruno_saric: RT @ericward A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing [link]
@silverstar22b » 19 Sep '12, 9pm
RT @2cre8: Great read: A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing by @ericward [link] RT @ljcrest @sewatch
@SEWseo » 19 Sep '12, 7pm
RT @michaelphill: Interesting perspective on link building ... A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing: [link]
@TweetDealFinder » 19 Sep '12, 6am
RT @TinyMalone: A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing | READ: [link] | #seo #automarketing
@TinyMalone » 19 Sep '12, 6am
A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing | READ: [link] | #seo #automarketing
@rosewrite » 17 Sep '12, 3pm
There is no such thing as a trusted link [link] ["links are proof of worthiness or unworthiness, as decided by people"]
@sal_hakim » 14 Sep '12, 9pm
RT @stonetemple: A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing [link] RT @sewatch
@SamuelUherek » 14 Sep '12, 12am
A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing [link] via @sewatch You cant "get" trust or manufacture it.Your content has to earn it.
@letsbuildablog » 13 Sep '12, 6pm
Think again: A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing by @ericward [link] via @sewatch
@seotweetz » 13 Sep '12, 2pm
RT @yrraByrraB: A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing by @ericward | #seo [link] via @sewatch
@tyseo » 13 Sep '12, 12pm
Liens de confiance [link] : ne pas tout mélanger
@sewatch » 13 Sep '12, 1am
RT @ljcrest: Great read: A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing by @ericward [link]
@S_Gerard » 13 Sep '12, 12am
RT @linkbuildr: A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing by @ericward [link] via @sewatch @ericward
@seotweetz » 12 Sep '12, 10pm
RT @vmavalankar: A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing [link] by @ericward #links #seo #analyst #business
@vmavalankar » 12 Sep '12, 10pm
A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing [link] by @ericward #links #seo #analyst #business
@Loichequet » 12 Sep '12, 10pm
"You can't "get" trust, nor manufacture it" #SEO [link]
@michaelphill » 12 Sep '12, 9pm
Interesting perspective on link building ... A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing (via @sewatch): [link]
@BuyBacklinks1 » 12 Sep '12, 9pm
You might like this A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing #sew #backlinks [link]
@Camseo » 12 Sep '12, 9pm
via @CamSEO A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing [link] [link]
@sewatch » 12 Sep '12, 8pm
RT @karldavidyoung: A great & humorous post on what is a trusted link: There Is No Such Thing As a Trusted Link [link]
@sewatch » 12 Sep '12, 7pm
A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing [link] cc @facebook
@FrankSanchez » 12 Sep '12, 7pm
You might like this A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing #sew [link]
@jjholt » 12 Sep '12, 7pm
RT @neilpatel: A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing [link]
@krishlee1 » 12 Sep '12, 7pm
Discussing now: 'I just got paid $6784 working ...' on [link] [link]
@cliqscout » 12 Sep '12, 6pm
Useful SEO tidbit A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing [link] #searchoptimization
@WebTarantula » 12 Sep '12, 6pm
A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing [link] via @webtarantula
@rio_seo » 12 Sep '12, 6pm
A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing [link] | Start discovering quality organic #links with @Rio_SEO [link]
@seotweetz » 12 Sep '12, 6pm
RT @marcosjtbr: A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing \ [link] | by @ericward via @sewatch / #seo #linkbuilding #trustedl ...
@marcosjtbr » 12 Sep '12, 5pm
A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing \ [link] | by @ericward via @sewatch / #seo #linkbuilding #trustedlink #ranking
@LuminousInk » 12 Sep '12, 5pm
"Trust me," said the alligator. RT @iServU A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing via @iServU [link]
@brianrbrown » 12 Sep '12, 5pm
The best manifesto for approaching link building differently. A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing @ericward [link]
@AFreezee » 12 Sep '12, 5pm
A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing by @ericward [link] via @sewatch #ThatsWhatImTalkingAbout
@seotweetz » 12 Sep '12, 5pm
RT @SEERInteractive: Well, it's a myth. There is no such thing as a trusted link. @ericward [link] via @sewatch #SEO
@SEERInteractive » 12 Sep '12, 5pm
Well, it's a myth. There is no such thing as a trusted link. @ericward [link] via @sewatch #SEO
@seotweetz » 12 Sep '12, 4pm
RT @JimWatson9: Superb Stuff From @EricWard - A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing by @ericward [link] via @sewatch #seo
@JimWatson9 » 12 Sep '12, 4pm
Superb Stuff From @EricWard - A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing by @ericward [link] via @sewatch #seo
@naviscent » 12 Sep '12, 4pm
What exactly is a trusted link? #SEO [link]
@edwardBase22 » 12 Sep '12, 4pm
RT @base22canada: A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing via @sewatch [link]
@seotweetz » 12 Sep '12, 4pm
RT @FissionSEO: A Trusted #Link? There Is No Such Thing | via @sewatch [link] #SEO
@PopsharedSearch » 12 Sep '12, 4pm
A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing (Searchenginewatch - 316 retweets) [link]
@seotweetz » 12 Sep '12, 4pm
RT @seoaus2010: Never have expectations, not even from links | A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing by @ericward [link] ...
@seoaus2010 » 12 Sep '12, 4pm
Never have expectations, not even from links | A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing by @ericward [link] via @sewatch #SEO
@WSIDigitalWeb » 12 Sep '12, 4pm
Trust and ranking position in Google [link] [link]
@ljcrest » 12 Sep '12, 3pm
Great read: A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing by @ericward [link] via @sewatch #sadbutrue
@NetSpeakDesign » 12 Sep '12, 3pm
Should Google be THE arbiter of trust on the web? - A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing @ericward [link] #sewatch #Google
@Dunnington » 12 Sep '12, 3pm
Who do you trust? @ericward demonatrates why he's on my list with his "Trusted Link" article [link] via @sewatch
@GoldMedalSEO » 12 Sep '12, 3pm
New SEO news -> A Trusted Link? There Is No Such Thing [link]