Getting Rid of Bad Backlinks

Marketing
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  1. GWF saying that it’s ‘almost’ impossible to hurt a competitor. That’s a biggy…

  2. Matt Cutts admitting that ‘Google Bowling’ is real - http://www.threadwatch.org/node/16021

  3. [URL=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4dAWb5jUws&feature=player_embedded”]
    Can I flag spammy links to my site that I didn’t create? (video) Why would Google release this if it didn’t matter?

  4. Bad Links May Hurt You: Google Ups The Ante

  5. Google’s email about back links

Dear site owner or webmaster of http://www.example.com/,
We’ve detected that some of your site’s pages may be using techniques that are outside Google’s Webmaster Guidelines.
Specifically, look for possibly artificial or unnatural links pointing to your site that could be intended to manipulate PageRank. Examples of unnatural linking could include buying links to pass PageRank or participating in link schemes.
We encourage you to make changes to your site so that it meets our quality guidelines. Once you’ve made these changes, please submit your site for reconsideration in Google’s search results.
If you find unnatural links to your site that you are unable to control or remove, please provide the details in your reconsideration request.
If you have any questions about how to resolve this issue, please see our Webmaster Help Forum for support.
Sincerely,
Google Search Quality Team

(I can buy thousands of crappy backlinks to your site and get this email sent to you? Hmmm… again, why if it can’t hurt you?)