Why WidgetBucks Got Banned From Google

At least it appears Google is being reasonable enough to see that the issue is with WidgetBucks and not the sites running the widget.

I think they got reincluded!

err.. If WB was banned. Why is it showing up on SERP now?
There were penalized for the backlink and the missing SERP result was out of idiocy.

Widget bucks says (on their blog) that this is rumor spread by some "people" (you know who), who have some vested interests in it who says they are banned. :mrgreen:

Hi,
I have a site with affiliate links that generates a lot of pages that are
mydomain.com/index.php?id=1
mydomain.com/index.php?id=2
etc...

how do I create that cookie that you explain in

"All Widget Bucks needs to do is set a cookie when somebody clicks on a referrer link and then 301 redirect the user to the main widgetbucks.com homepage and they will be back in Google within a few weeks."

Yours,
Lucas

I feel really SAD for the sites who are getting such badly slapped by google. :sad:

The big G is underestimating the inventiveness of the blogging community. None of their devious moves will make any difference.

wow man google is giving really hard slaps these days :smile:

haha ... we should start buying Adwords ! :)

Sigh...

That dodgy link (which I spotted on the day they launched and wrote about) isn't the reason they don't rank.

Even them not ranking is an old story, and the real reason was written about ages ago.
http://sphinn.com/story/10494
Read my comments there about the dodgy redirects

my spellings are poor, so i could never reach to widjet bucks! J=G!
so i tried yahoo to search and reach it!
If google penalize big sites, then they will lose there search pretty soon!

Hmm.. The new code from WidgetBucks has changed if I am not mistaken. Though in their widget, you can actually search for the a href link and clear it if you want. But I am not sure WidgetBucks would like it though

I remember it was a link but today i got email from them to replace my old widget with new code so I noticed it changed to plain text.

Oh well. I don't use widget bucks anyways.

They were totally asking to get banned for those hidden links in my opinion. They sent notices to publishers a little while ago to update 'old' widgets with a 'new faster' widget code (one which removes the hidden link). They wont admit their shadiness.

i am just testing it out, at least the first payment should come before i switch to TTZ MEDIA...i guess it is a much better and friendly program.

Why are some people blaming Google for this? WB tried to cheat the basic system which is there, not for Google's sake, but for our sake. If people could get away with hidden links, then you'd find it hard to compete in the search engines.

Damnit. I was thinking widgetbucks would be the new zing thing because of its very high CPC rates and the fact that they awarded everyone with 25USD on joining them and stuff. I dont know what to do anymore.

If you really think google would nock you for using widgetbucks you're probally wrong but just in case why dont you just set it up to display ttzmedia banners to all people without flash. that way you dont waste space, dont have hidden links and get the higher paying clicks from WB

Yep they definitely changed it to plain text. But you can see in John's picture that it was a link.

They changed it already. Fast reaction, don't you think?

Hidden links are a definite no-no. I'm not sure what to say about WidgetBucks, but when payday comes around conclusions will be drawn.

I still promote WidgetBucks, but I don't use it myself. :razz:

Just another reason to hate google

Indeed, for weeks, I was never able to get to widgetbucks.com by simply typing widgetsbuck in Google search . They were clever enough to start a blogspot.com blog which shows up high enough in the results for both widgetbucks and widgetbucks.com .

I've had great success with widgetbucks so until I get penalized for running their ads, I love 'em. :cool:

Google is angry, because Widgetbucks.com steals ad space from Adsense.

If only they would fix all the shortcomings of the system, there is huge potential. Even with the slower loading ads, widgetbucks brings in more revenue than AuctionAds does for me. I have not tried TTZMedia ads yet, but I think I'll give them a try next month if I can get accepted.

A really sleazy move on the part of WidgetBucks. They not only broke the rules but might even be endangering the publishers associated with them. I think bloggers should stop advertising this shady company.

Another one bites the dust. The Google saga continues.

John,thanks your information. :smile:
It's useful for newbie like me.

My bad,

The one who was publishing those ads is someone evil just like you John.
http://www.jimkarter.com/2007-10-22-widget-bucks-r...

John,

You missed another reason why widget bucks probably got banned from google: Offensive Adds against Adsense.
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=51... :twisted:
Actually, I saw a couple just before they disappeared from google.

I don't think the hidden links are the reason. Thousands of widgets use links in things like noscript tags and noframe tags to get search engine benefit, its been going on for years.

These pricks should be banned, what the hell do they think they are doing with having hidden links

I don't like WidgetBuck :twisted:
Why they call it a widget?? That just a flash ad :mad:

Sneaky ba*****s!

I guess I should have posted about the noscript thing on my own Blog instead of commenting on others!

TTZ Media ads is rocking for me on another site too. WidgetBucks load so dang slow!

Ouch... seems kind of harsh. Oh well I don't use WB anyway.