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Wow, I'm rather shocked by the Apache Foundation doing this. It seems far too sketchy for a respected open source foundation. FWIW, though, Google can/does pen
by lewiscollard 7y ago
Wow, I'm rather shocked by the Apache Foundation doing this. It seems far too sketchy for a respected open source foundation.
FWIW, though, Google can/does penalise such links. From their list of things that can negatively affect ranking:
> Buying or selling links that pass PageRank. This includes exchanging money for links, or posts that contain links; exchanging goods or services for links; or sending someone a “free” product in exchange for them writing about it and including a link
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/66356?hl=en https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/66356?hl=en