A Reddit thread asks if Google engages in link-buying sting operations the place they may fake to wish to purchase a hyperlink after which use that to penalize the community. John Mueller of Google responded by saying, “I get despatched gives on a regular basis to an official Google e-mail tackle.” Which means, Google doesn’t want to try this proactively; they arrive to Google with none official or essential operation.

This query got here up on Reddit, “That’s, do they ship out spam, disguised as entrepreneurs, to bloggers and publishers, asking to purchase hyperlinks on their web sites, after which after finishing the transaction, delisting them from Google for violating the paid hyperlinks rule?”

I do not suppose Google does this, however I do know Googlers have obtained such communication by way of e-mail over time, unsolicited. And as John mentioned, they even ship them to official Google e-mail addresses.

It looks like Google might use these emails towards the community. This isn’t the primary time Google has mentioned this. Gary Illyes from Google in 2017 the place somebody emailed him about hyperlink shopping for primarily based on DA. Heck, even in 2016, somebody emailed Matt Cutts with paid hyperlink requests and in 2012 they despatched it to a distinct Googler. In 2019, Gary Illyes from Google mentioned they even talked to those of us. It’s not sensible to ask Googlers who work on Google Search to interrupt their webmaster tips.

I do know you all get these emails, not a couple of times a month, however extra like a number of instances a day. So I’m not stunned these go to Googlers with none want for Google to attempt to do some particular operation to get them.

Discussion board dialogue at Reddit.