We all know the value of back links when it comes to search engine optimization campaigns. But unfortunately, some myths have developed because of many years of false assumptions brewed in the rumor mills. Performance Marketing Agency The fact is, some linking strategies are labeled as red flags by the search engines. Determining them will help us know what to avoid. 1. When a young website suddenly gets thousands of links within a short period of time. Search engines find it quite uncanny that a newly created website would be able to gain a lot of back links – especially one way links, within a period of a few days. The search engines will just view the same as a red flag, that the website may potentially be involved with unfavorable practices such as link farms and the likes, to be able to amass such links. This does run contrary to what many believe is a sound article marketing tactic: submitting articles everyday as much as possible. ...