Originally Posted by tigermtb

I think people have missed the core reasons why these listings are dropping. Think about it.

SmartThumbs
You've got a bunch of Thumb TGPs, skimming to *hosted* galleries, and trade links out elsewhere on the page. There's little content on the page, little text, and tons of outgoing links. I'm sure that's got plenty to do with it.

Google didn't look at Smart Thumbs and say "hey, lets ban this" they changed their algo and the way people use ST it just caused the sites to drop.


I'm sure LinkEx is similar; Never used it so I can't comment.