On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:47:59 +0100, "Ian Middleton"
<imid@argenteus.co.uk> wrote:

>Hi Bill
>
>Backlinks in my book are links that link back to my pages. Sorry if I have
>the terminology wrong. Like I said I'm no expert.

So you're saying that sites linking to you have lost PR. This would
mean that the worth of their collective endorsements has dropped
accordingly. So you get to be lower in the rankings.

>To my knowledge there are no paid for links on my site whatsoever. I have
>certainly never paid for any and I don't use an SEO service or anyone else
>to get links for me. The only link that could be construed as paid for is
>the Safebuy service which we have to subscribe to. So don't think that's
>the answer.
>
>All my links have been built the hard way and in response to requests to
>link to our site. I generally don't ask other sites for links as I get more
>requests than I can handle at the moment anyway. I am fairly selective
>about the links I accept but I can't check everybody out in detail. I do
>try to reject anything that looks like a link farm or similar.

Probably then it's as I say above. That'd be my guess.

BB
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