Forum signature links damage website ranking

[Area88]

It turns out posting using signature links for my website was counting as spam which penalises my Google ranking massively.

Also linking a review from Digg was doing the same.

My website in the last week has fallen off all the front pages of Google.

Any tips for fixing this?

[EXO]

Yeah. You can google it. Lol.

[Keith]

Nope, you'll be forever tarnished in google's eyes, like that cut up prostitte in Unforgiven, sure Eastwood said if he wanted a free one, it'd be from her, but he was obviously lying. Now it's the same for your webpage!

[Fit For Natalie]

It turns out posting using signature links for my website was counting as spam which penalises my Google ranking massively.

Also linking a review from Digg was doing the same.

My website in the last week has fallen off all the front pages of Google.

Any tips for fixing this?

Whoa, where did you hear this from/how were you alerted of this? I'd like to know so I can ask the TF Wiki's overlords, as most of the regular contributors have been advertising the wiki via forum signatures.

Cheers!

[Area88]

I'm contacting Google directly to find out the exact links that have penalised my website in the last week.

I'll post here when I get a responce.

[Gubaba]

I had the Galaxy Network link in my sig for AGES, but if you Google "Galaxy Network," I'm number four on the front page, so I doubt the problem stems from here.

[Fit For Natalie]

Hmm, somebody else has informed me that the worst Google can do is ignore the links for the purposes of ranking, and that if Google did demote sites based on sigs, then people would be "advertising" their competitor's sites in their sigs.