User talk:RitzSafety

March 2017
There have been two problems identified with this account: the account has been used for advertising or promotion, which is contrary to the purpose of Wikipedia, and your username indicates that the account represents a business or other organisation or group, which is also against policy, as an account must be for just one person. Because of those problems, the account has been blocked indefinitely from editing.

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If you believe this block was made in error, you may appeal this block by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first.  ~Oshwah~  (talk) (contribs)   14:36, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

So companies like Procter & Gamble who have their page littered with branded anchor text that take you to their individual brand websites are doing this for informational purposes only? Why post a link at all if it's not intended to be used a promotional vehicle... for someone to click on... thus driving traffic... further, getting a bump in authority & trust flow from users accessing their other sites via Wikipedia? Last I checked, backlinks are still considered to be a powerful ranking factor, so having a whole lot of links on Wikipedia to their other properties accomplishes this in bunches. Wikipedia is a highly valued source of backlink juice... which is a promotional/marketing tactic aimed at influencing page rank. So if this is in fact a highly discouraged practice... unilaterally across the board... then it's time Wikipedia cleans house & removes all company pages or at minimum, removes the ability for companies to link in any way other than their URL. 24.144.216.125 (talk) 13:19, 31 March 2017 (UTC)