Associated Content pulls Text Link Ads

Tim Armstrong, VP of Advertising for Google, is apparently a co-founder of Associated Content, a huge content network that has historically dabbled in link renting (clarification: renting links to other companies on their network of sites).I wondered when Matt Cutts flamed the whole SEO community for link renting what AC would do - I mean, here you have a senior Google exec practicing the very thing that an outspoken engineer rails on.Well, I noticed today that Associated Content is no longer renting links selling links through Text Link Ads - coincidence? I doubt it.

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  3. It is all about making a buck and he seems to have lined up with his new boss. Since he is getting a cut from Google it would be conflicting for him to rent/sell through Text Link Ads. JMHO. WR, Auctionsecretsblog.com

    Comment by WRASB — May 7, 2007 @ 7:45 am

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