What happened when edits were removed: 3 sobering cases

What happened when edits were removed: 3 sobering cases

Rarely documented: the downside when a host pulls your link.

— A site owner whose vendor stopped paying hosts; 14 edits vanished over 2 months and the target fell 6 positions back toward its pre-campaign spot.
— A forum thread on a host site doing a content audit and stripping 'commercial' inserts wholesale.
— Also circulating: an agency that now budgets for link-monitoring after losing 22% of placed edits in a year to silent removals.

Editor's note: the 22% annual attrition figure is the one to remember — edits are rented, not owned, and the fall-back case proves the equity leaves with them.

Pick of the week: the vendor-stopped-paying case — clearest evidence that rented links are temporary.