Google's way of detecting paid link

[hwang]

how could google tell if a link might be paid?
well according to web research done, they can easily find out by using their search engine by finding words like "Paid links", "Sponsors", Paid Ad", "Paid Advertising" and if the word is connecting to the url, then they will slap a PageRank...Uh, and that's it. Therefore, In order to get good deals done undetected by the search engine, best way is via emails and personal messages.

[life31]

Oh is that true? But theny why sponcered listings too?? Sponsered can be free too.

Hey Lol in that case I think I am making a mistake. On one of my site hat I did was used a subtitle as sponsered listing and placed google ads under it

Need to change those terms and words soon. Thanks for letting us know.

Changing them ASAP

[hwang]

It's just a precautions and warning which I read about. Although I think they *do* actually have an algorithms to detect paid links and I don't think it's that simple by just doing a search in SE. Anyway, just avoid doing that so that on the safe side.