Google排名的新思想似乎某种程度上“鼓励”了这种做法。在过去,Google的排名算法思想中很明确地提到了要注意“links”,而现在“links”似乎不再那么直白的被提及。Erik Baemlisberger,SEO界的知名专家,最先注意到Google的这种改变,在Google的Ranking Help文章中,有这样的表述:“In general, webmasters can improve the rank of their sites by creating high-quality sites that users will want to use and share. (总体上,用户喜闻乐见和乐于分享的高质量网站能够在排名上有更好表现)”。而过去,同样的这个文章的表述是:“In general, webmasters can improve the rank of their sites by increasing the number of high-quality sites that link to their pages. (总体上,为自己的网站带来更多高质量网站的链接,能够增进排名)”。二者的变化显而易见,如下图所示: