There have been a huge amount of web sites that have needed to keep up with the times and make major changes to their business model or the way their site functions. This is simply the name of the game in the digital world. Your business must be built to “flip” not built to “last” in todays ever changing market. If you are interested in building an online business it is no different, you must be ready to roll with the punches and make changes as needed. Scribd has just make a huge change that effects every user on their web site. There are no more links on scribd!

What Is Scribd?

Scribd.com is a huge web site that allows people to share their informational documents with other uses. It has been a great place to share your content and build links in the past. However, they have received so much spam and low quality content that they have recently changed their sites linking rules. Now, when you upload a document your links are not live on their site. This makes the site obsolete for marketing purposes and they hope that the community continues to bring high quality content without the links.

Will This Help Or Hurt Scribd?

It will be hard to tell if this is the downfall for their site or if it will bring a new found life into their online presence. It is a fact that Google is now punishing content farm sites harder than it ever has in the past. It is sad to see a great resource have to take away permissions from users because it is getting over utilized or abused. When you are out there promoting your products, services and web sites, keep this in mind. You don’t want to be part of the problem or to be building links on sites that have already been dinged by Google.

What Happens To My Scribd Documents And Links?

If you have not uploading any new documents to Scribd.com in the past two weeks, you are most likely fine. However, if you have been uploading new content since then, you may want to remove your old articles and post them elsewhere. It is suggested that you wait at least a week before you repost, so Google does not suspect duplicate content. Your existing documents that still have links showing on them will be fine. All of the content that already has a live link on their site will be OK. Just make sure to check your account and remove the content with dead links on them.

To Success,

Nick Simpson

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