Posties Paid $100 to Remove Links

Comfirmed by Joe of Pay Per Post / Izea: Some publishers are paying posties $100 to remove paid links. The discussion takes place on this thread.

Here’s an interesting tidbit: Several posties wouldn’t have been able to find the paid links to delete without the spread sheet provided in the request!

So, if your a postie, you might want to ask yourself: If someone offered me $100 to remove a link, could I find it?

How to make it easier to find your own paid links without making it easier for Google to find them.

1. Place all sponsored posts in internal hidden categories.
   Do this by creating a “sponsored posts” category, then using “Hide Sponsored Categories Plugin” to prevent the category from showing in the main portion of your blog. You can create as many internal categories as you like, which will help with book keeping on your side and reduce the number of post you need to sift through to find the link you want to delete.
2. Use WordPress’s built in search tool to find urls inside links.
   Which search tool? Where? Log into your Administrative area in wordpress, then click “Admin”. Near the top left, you’ll see “search”. You can enter searches like “thepaidlink.html”, then click “search”. Wordpress will return every post containing thepaidlink.html, even if string is contained inside a hyperlink. (If you’ve marked the post “sponsored”, you can be certain you are deleting the correct link! )

Interesting Lesson: Not being nice pays.

A nice postie who honored an earlier request writes:

well darn, if that is regarding the biz rate opp, I should have just left it and then I would be getting this $100 too now I guess, but NO, I removed it on the 1st email I received…lol

October’s Google fall out shows that it can be profitable for some posties to risk their page ranks and not delete paid posts. It can be even more profitable to refuse to remove them unless the advertiser pays! Hhhmmm….

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Funny Google PR Fallout:
Advertisers Requesting Posties To REMOVE Links.

In the unexpected danger category: If you pay for links, you may find a few link sellers will refuse to remove them even if you ask! Seriously, the Postie Board thread started by SeeKim, a postie, who writes:

I just got an email from an advertiser wanting me to remove a post from September 13. 1. What would be the logic behind that? 2. Can I delete posts, and if so, how old do they need to be?

Why ask to remove the link?

Theoretically, the advertiser was walloped by Google for paid links, and is trying to correct the issue. They are now writing posties asking them to remove posts, as required to get Google to consider re-inclusion in search results.

Will Posties remove the links?

Probably. Few want to screw over their paying customers. Still, the responses can be a bit funny. Here's a tongue-in-cheek quip:

"*chuckle* . wonder if they would pay you to remove it Wink"

Ouch! And who is to say it's entirely unfair? Here's a refusal:

[...] the say they don't want links from blogs anymore. Well...........I'm a tough love bitty, and my post is good and I don't delete content.

So, I guess if you pay for links in content, you may lose control! Two other posties suggest additional evil spins on the request:

A funny/evil thing to do would be to change the links to a competitor!

That would be a smarter choice, because if I was an evil competitor, I would nicely start emailing all the posties to get rid of the post of my competitor Twisted Evil

Which prompts at least three Posties to point out that such requests should be funneled through PPP. After all, how is the Postie to verify who is asking them to remove the links?! Presumably, PPP will figure out a procedure to deal with these novel requests. Who'd a thunk this would happen?

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Ten Google Page Rank Haikus

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