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    Changing internal 301s to new domain 301s - need expert advice

    I implemented 301 redirects in April on an old site that I bought. I changed the URL structure and did internal redirects because of that and of course to redirect incoming link equity to matching pages. I did a complete overhaul, added a lot of content and that resulted in 700% traffic...
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    Doing a Due Diligence - How to spot a forged website?

    When checking Adsense, Amazon or Paypal earnings through screenshare how do you spot a forged website? The first on the checklist is to check the hosts file on a seller's machine, but then I manipulated my hosts file and each time I got one warning or the other that the certificate doesn't...
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    Domain snapping services

    Which domain snapping services are widely used today? Back in the day as in 5 years ago when I was heavily buying expired domains I was using namejet, snapnames, pool and godaddy. Have things changed much in the recent years if any? Does any of you guys use raw domain lists and not filtered...
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    Is this even Panda?

    I am looking at GA of a blog that has been gradually losing G traffic for the last 2 years. To me it looks like it went overboard with ads. At any given position on the page there are 3 ads displayed on the screen and in total there are 6+ ads per page. I thought it's Panda slowly killing it...
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    Where do western web designers/developers hang out?

    I've worked with plenty of easterners and decided to try westerners for a change. Posted a job (on upwork) and only 10% were westerners. I understand they feel overrun by cheap workforce from the east, but they too have to sell their skill somewhere. Where would that be?
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    Redirecting multiple aged sites to one

    This is an old tactic and I wonder does it still work... I plan on buying a website from competitor that isn't working on it anymore and then just 301 redirect to my website, trying to match content, not just redirecting it all to the homepage. My question is how does Google see this? Also...
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    How much would you buy a website for that was using an Amazon acc that was then terminated

    Account got terminated for displaying yellow stars next to reviews of which scores were not tied to Amazon's API but rather entered manually. Sure enough scores changed over time, Amazon checked the site and terminated the account for that. My fault entirely. Is any of you having any spare...
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    Why a network didn't get deindexed entirely?

    A network of 120 ministites got 90 of them axed in Google. Deindexed. They were all: - using the same (true) PBN - using the same template/setup - whatever way you look at the minisites you can find a fingerprint that ties them together. be it mostly same type of ads, same tracking javascript...
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    Finding a niche to promote

    This must be one of the oldest questions, but I am not looking for answers to which niche makes the most. I am looking for niches that don't look commercial on the surface, but can be very well monetized through affiliate programs. Niches that may not seem like there's money to be made, but...
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    Virtual Assistant company (or individual with skills) needed for Wordpress blogs

    Hi, I am in a search of VA for WP blog creation. I need specific blogs created (amazon reviews) and need VA to go after it. I have no time to play with this and need a person or group that does this for a living. I'll be creating up to 100 of these and just don't have the time to do it myself...
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    Which theme & plugin for this amazon review site?

    So I did my research and narrowed down the wordpress themes and plugins, but before I head over to trying them all and losing my mind I figured I'd stop by here to ask for any clues. (warning: this may come stupid to some of you, but it's been a while since I put up my last WP sites so I may be...
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    adsense revenue due diligence question

    Is it possible to send clicks to a site's adsense account from a different site? If not, then whatever you see in adsense via live skype screenshare inspection for that particular site is genuine revenue and not artificially boosted? If clicks were invalid this would not be going on for more...
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    Adding new content & links to pandalized & penguinized site.

    I've been looking to acquire a site that has had great times before Panda and later Penguin. Looking at SEMrush when the first Panda struck the site lost like 80% of SE traffic, then it lost like 80% more by the May-day (May 2013). And by August 2013 it lost 90% of the remaining traffic...
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    Noticing interesting trend on Flippa

    It may be that I noticed this just now, but it appears to me that sellers with bad deals who want to hide from the public are increasingly starting to use confidential listings where the rotten apples can't be publicly exposed because people cannot post public messages. One such seller listed...
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    Is XML Sitemap even needed today?

    I am revamping our old site and I am thinking what to do with the XML sitemap. When they introduced it I just used an XML sitemap generator for a while and then forgot about it. The only useful feature if at all IMO is the option to set how important a certain page on the site is. Yet even this...
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    How I got my Adsense account banned when doing due dilligence on a site

    So I was doing due dilligence on a site. The owner of the site got his Adsense acc banned and offered to have my Adsense acc put up for proof everything is fine and that the revenue is there. I am all up for it (now how many times do you see seller offer your ads to be run on the site)...
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    Insane auction on Flippa

    What I don't understand is this. Auctions that are 4 weeks before end with bidding wars starting on the first day. Then in next day or two reserve is met, which IMO for this one particular auction on Flippa, is too low. A ton of comments are posted... and 10 days from the start the price...
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    Buying Adsense site - how to define the max RPM?

    So you find a site you want to buy. It is pushing Adsense. You have their current Adsense RPM. And you have no idea is it undermonetized or not because you don't work in that niche. So, how would you calculate the Adsense RPM for a site in a certain niche? Would you go to semrush, use the...
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    When buying links from a site what metrics do you look at?

    Now that PR is not updated it's really tough not to look at that green bar and judge the site by it. But then we have new sites like 1 year old that look fine but have no PR. Is DA/PA and Majestic's TF/CF the thing nowadays or do people still crave for that allmighty PR when deciding to buy a...
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    Moving pages to different URLs and not upsetting Google. Is this fine or just old school?

    I am about to change the site structure and need to move pages to more structured URLs. Is there any chance I can lose any ranks in Google if I just do 301 to new pages? All the juice should transfer there and Google will just update the URLs in the index, correct?
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