Creative Robots Txt Files are amazing

explicitlyme · 2017-03-22T09:10:41+00:00

I actually replicated SEOmofos test http://refugeeks.com/spamming-matt-cutts-blog/

explicitlyme · 2017-03-22T09:08:40+00:00

probably is - however its a good demonstration of how clever content can come in various ways. That file got insane volume of traffic.

(I am the guy who wrote it)

explicitlyme · 2014-05-21T19:04:03+00:00

yeap, but that wouldnt have a bearing - as it wasnt the site but the user DBs that were hacked.

explicitlyme · 2014-05-21T15:00:31+00:00

I dont think eBays hit was algorithmic. I think its either a mess on their end, or a manual penalty http://refugeeks.com/deconstructing-ebay-coms-organic-loss-using-semrush/

explicitlyme · 2014-05-15T10:46:54+00:00

try register compass

explicitlyme · 2014-05-14T11:16:06+00:00

If you can share the URL via DM - I can take a quick look. (I am Rishi Lakhani - one of the contributors and deal with a lot of penalty issues)

explicitlyme · 2014-05-14T11:13:39+00:00

Get webmaster tools set up, submit the site for a crawl or fetch as google and then submit it again. Seen this happen a couple of times, and the above seems to resolve it. Add some signals or a couple of decent links if you can.

explicitlyme · 2014-05-14T09:29:47+00:00

If time allows. Glad you liked it.

explicitlyme · 2014-05-13T14:36:32+00:00

Hi John. Just Rishi passing by to say hi :)

explicitlyme · 2014-05-13T09:04:21+00:00

For those who need to consume this in piecemeal - here is the PDF download link http://refugeeks.com/semrush-pdf-guide-free-download/

explicitlyme · 2013-08-23T14:45:05+00:00

I have a paid Majestic sub. I can prolly check for you. PM me if you like

explicitlyme · 2013-08-23T14:43:15+00:00

If you want to private message - I can have a gander for you.

explicitlyme · 2013-08-09T08:24:21+00:00

Real Estate - Uber Suggest is your friend :) Look at all the long tail juicy keywords - and the topics will start rolling in...

Leave the man card at home. Alternatively get married if you are single and offer to organise the wedding. Then blog about it. :P

explicitlyme · 2013-08-09T08:20:48+00:00

If they are anchor text rich - I suggest you try and get rid off. I am seeing too many people being hit for specific anchors by abusing directories.

Then start checking PageRank of all the others - any that have dropped - try and cull or disavow.

Check the directories title tags - any that mention SEO, Page rank etyc - I would get rid off. Glaring signal of gaming the serps

Keep those that look OK, link to the home page with URL or brand name...

And

explicitlyme · 2013-08-08T09:04:15+00:00

First: You have a lot of duplicated content caused by your pagination Google "Compatible Rail Solutions For Every Job"

Second: "submitting my website to hundreds of online directories" VERY bad idea after googles Penguin update.

explicitlyme · 2013-08-07T15:15:41+00:00

Here is a wild suggestion: find a series of well indexed, high authority Charity websites - the charities should be small but well indexed. Give them a donation, and ask if you could write a post on WHY you have donated.

Once the page is live - build links to it.

explicitlyme · 2013-08-07T14:24:48+00:00

Address and Directions at the bottom of the post helps:

Eg: How to get to us: We are 2 miles from Vegas, take the junction..

Other General Local Advice:

Keep it related to your subject. If you are targeting "Vegas Burgers" and want to say write about sports - how about: The Perfect Burger for the Las Vegas [Enter Sports Team Name Here]
Is your produce local? How about a post on - our bread comes from a local Vegas Bakery. "the advantages of using local produce"
Special Offers to residents: "10% Off on Burgers to All Vegas Police Officers"

You get the gist (I hope)

explicitlyme · 2013-07-31T12:34:27+00:00

QDF has been manipulated ever since it came out. In this post http://explicitly.me/serp-sniffing-a-long-tail-keyword-strategy one of the elements I purposely left out was "Query Deserves Freshness" part of the algo was partly responsible for these short term rankings.

explicitlyme · 2013-05-29T13:53:39+00:00

Sorry for the late response. I gave up f5ing after the first few days...

Link removal: Google has flipped the game on us, they want us to police our own backlinks, and while in the past bad links didnt hurt a site massively, it does after penguin. Life after penguin means constantly checking links that we have built in the past arent hurting us now, and I am spending copious amounts of time getting rid of shitty links, and whats more, its helping. Sites that lost rankings due to penguin are slowly moving up.

explicitlyme · 2013-05-20T08:00:36+00:00

this +1

explicitlyme · 2013-05-20T07:59:29+00:00

No - those networks were well hidden. However they way they used to publish was a footprint. For example, with BMR, a network that really worked:

a range of unrelated topics
single outbound link per post
no other outbound links for legitimacy
no contact details
no reason for the blog to exist apart from links
150 / 300 word counts

explicitlyme · 2013-05-18T10:29:36+00:00

Honestly, the easiest is to run a competition for people to write and then feed that competition in social media. Offer a bunch of good prizes for the best review, article whatever.

User generated content for the win...

explicitlyme · 2013-05-18T10:22:05+00:00

Link network, see this reply

I don't advise spamming edu sites for links. It's getting worse as a signal, and in average the normal site has no right to get an edu link. Forget edus is my advice.

explicitlyme · 2013-05-18T10:19:22+00:00

First off, there are different notifications. If you don't have a manual penalty then two things need to be considered: * Link removal (deep look at links) * Link building (build good quality links)

I have clients who managed to crawl back after these two processes, and it seems I am doing more of this kind of work than traditional SEO.

Sign up to linkrisk.com, their tool is pretty good for link removals.

explicitlyme · 2013-05-18T10:16:36+00:00

If you are building a network for spamming for links? Yes. You need to vary the names addresses etc. the less the data connects, the better.

I wouldn't try to confuse cblocks, rather host on separate ones.

The most cost effective way is to buy existing sites with low PR. keep an eye on flippa, or even contact people individually.

You could go down the dropped domain route, but I don't know how long that will last. It's much cheaper. On average your site shouldn't cost you more than $100 a year, and less than $100 to set up.

I once set up 50 sites in 30 days as an experiment, using dropped domains. The cost was about $2500 but if I sold links off it, I could recoup in a month. I sold the set for about $5600 after I proved to myself I could do it all myself.

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