Black Friday Backlink Sales – 20% Off Isn’t Enough, You Need 100% Off Says Google
There are tons of these Black Friday deals in the SEO industry floating around now. Here is one that Google’s John Mueller responded to in a funny way. The deal was 20% off backlinks on Black Friday. John Mueller said “20% off of a site’s blackhat ba…
Google Negative SEO Attack Response: These Links Have No Effect
Google has been saying negative SEO is really not a thing and has been saying that for years and years. But it is rare to see a Googler respond to a specific concern raised by an SEO. But that is what John Mueller of Google did the other day.
Google: Links Are Between Indexed URLs, If One Side Is Gone, The Link Is Ignored
What happens if you cut the cord between the links, i.e. page A links to page B. If either page A or page B drop out of the Google index, that link is no longer counted. Basic stuff but John Mueller of Google put it simply this way on Twitter “links a…
Poll: 50% Of SEOs Have Bought Links In Past Five Years
Here is another fun poll Lily Ray posted on Twitter, asking if you or your company have bought links in the past five years. The results are literally 50/50. I retweeted it to help get more of a response last week and with over 1,000 responses, it is …
Google Finally Responds To Paid Links Allegations On Apache.org
For years we have known Apache.org, the Apache Foundation, has been giving thanks to its big sponsors and donors with a thank you page with links that do not have the nofollow link attribute on it. Google’s John Mueller, three years after I wrote abou…
Google: Nofollow Links That Involve Any Money
So we know Google does not want you to try to manipulate Google rankings, including through link schemes. So Google tells you to use the nofollow link attribute as a way to avoid being penalized. Google’s John Mueller said on Twitter that a good gene…
Moz Updated Domain Authority (DA) & Some SEOs Are Freaking Out About Their Google Rankings
I am not surprised, as you probably could tell when I wrote about my issues with Moz’s domain authority a month ago. Moz updated their DA (domain authority) scores and some SEOs are freaking out that their Google rankings will drop. DA and Google ra…
Poll: Most SEOs Feel Bad Links Can Hurt Your Google Rankings
Cyrus posted a Twitter poll asking even without a manual Google penalty, bad/toxic/manipulative backlinks can (a) are 100% ignored, (b) can damage your rankings and (c) can’t hurt, might help!. The results said most people think it can damage your Goo…
DuckDuckGo: Links From Wikipedia Help You Rank In Search Engines
A WebmasterWorld thread points to a DuckDuckGo, a search engine that competes with Google, help document that says that to rank well in all search engines can be done by getting good links from sites like Wikipedia. I guess no one told DuckDuckGo that…
Google: Link Spam In Forum Comments Work Very Badly
Google’s John Mueller wrote in a Reddit thread that link spam in forum comments work “very badly.” He posted this based on after someone asked if Reddit comments are dofollow…
Poll: How SEOs Measure Changes To Backlink Profile
I can honestly tell you, I have personally not looked at my backlink profiles in years. Not in Google Search Console links report, not in third party tools…
Google Responds To Blog Bribes: It Can Lead To Search Penalties
Over the past few days, the community has been buzzing about an article on The Outline named How brands secretly buy their way into Forbes, Fast Company…
Google: Most Websites Rank Without Any Link Building
Did you know that most websites listed and ranking on Google rank without building a single backlink…
Google: Anchor Text For Internal Links Do Matter
Some asked Google’s John Mueller if the anchor text you use for your internal links matter for Google. Of course, John Mueller responding suggesting it does. He said “Most links do provide a bit of additional context through their anchor text…
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Google: If You Don’t Have A Manual Action, You Don’t Need To Submit A Disavow
There is a lot of rumbling going through the SEO community around a statement Gary Illyes of Google said while on stage at PubCon this week. Reports are saying he said “If you do not have a manual action then you do not need to submit a disavow…
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SEO: Different C-Class IP Addresses “Dramatically” Helps Improve Link Value & Ranking Boost
Greg Niland, aka GoodROI, who has been in the SEO community for ages, said on WebmasterWorld that he just tested the old fashion question around how important having links from different c-blocks, c-classes…
Google: The Link Report Is Not A Real Time Monitor Of Links
Google Search Console is filled with wonderful tools and reports, including the links to your site report. It is designed to show you a “sampling of links to your Search Console site…
Google: There Is Value In Broken Link Building
Broken link building is when you find links that lead to broken 404ed pages and then ask those webmasters to update the link with a link to your page, which has up to date and relevant information. It is doing a service to the site that is linking to …
A Scholarship Business Based On Links Has Shut Down
Marie Haynes (Marie_Haynes) via Jon Cooper (@PointBlankSEO) posted on Twitter a screen shot of a business that banked on getting links from colleges…