{"id":501,"date":"2007-11-26T16:15:59","date_gmt":"2007-11-26T23:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/ask-scott\/is-it-true-that-you-don\u2019t-get-penalized-for-linking-to-a-banned-site-i-can\u2019t-imagine-google-would-expect-us-to-constantly-monitor-our-links-to-make-sure-the-site-we-linked-to-has-not\/"},"modified":"2007-11-26T16:16:34","modified_gmt":"2007-11-26T23:16:34","slug":"penalized-for-linking-to-a-banned-site","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/ask-scott\/penalized-for-linking-to-a-banned-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Penalized for linking to a banned site?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"faq\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"faq_approve\" id=\"fr_19\">\r\n\t<p>Rating: +1<\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t<a href=\"#\" title=\"This answer is good\" onclick=\"faq_rate(6,19,0); return false\">\r\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"top\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/faq-tastic\/images\/positive.png\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" alt=\"Positive\"\/>\r\n\t<\/a>\r\n\t<a href=\"#\" title=\"This answer is bad\" onclick=\"faq_rate(6,19,1); return false\">\r\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"top\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/faq-tastic\/images\/negative.png\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" alt=\"Negative\"\/>\r\n\t<\/a>\r\n\t<\/div>\t\r\n\t<div class=\"answer\">\r\n\t\t<p>Nope, not true. You ARE responsible for whom you link to, and if one of them goes over to the \"dark side\" then you can be penalized for linking to them. <\/p>\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"author\">\r\n\t\tAsked by: Inger\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rating: +1 Nope, not true. You ARE responsible for whom you link to, and if one of them goes over to the &#8220;dark side&#8221; then you can be penalized for linking to them. 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