gorang
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Thanks S4nt0s, that's very kind of you.
Case Study: Testing the effects of excessive backlinking
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Thanks S4nt0s, that's very kind of you.
dowser
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I also believe that to be true - I normally don't use more than 3 main keywords and of course stress one.
I've found out that it was like that when I completely changed the structure of my rather large website and watched the different keyword rankings going all over the table and different inside pages showing up for different keywords.
Actually it's still going on.
I've found out that it was like that when I completely changed the structure of my rather large website and watched the different keyword rankings going all over the table and different inside pages showing up for different keywords.
Actually it's still going on.
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No problem at all. I enjoy when people have these kind of case studies because it helps the community learn not to always listen to the rumors they hear on the net. Doing something like this lets us see if the site is gonna get "penalized" for a long time or head to the top and stick.
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gorang
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I think i've misinterpreted what has been happening.
I thought that when the keyword dropped and the page that is being displayed in the results changed, it was because Google didn't know which page to rank. But i've realized that actually, Google is refusing to rank the homepage(the page that was blasted), which is why other pages are being displayed instead.
I think this makes more sense. It is just a waiting game now to see if it comes back.
I thought that when the keyword dropped and the page that is being displayed in the results changed, it was because Google didn't know which page to rank. But i've realized that actually, Google is refusing to rank the homepage(the page that was blasted), which is why other pages are being displayed instead.
I think this makes more sense. It is just a waiting game now to see if it comes back.
gorang
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Update:
Linkbuilding has been going strong. Had some donations from very nice people here, including linkwheels, scrapebox blasts and web 2.0s.
I also ran another free AA list which gave about 10k backlinks verified.
Somethign new has now happened. The homepage is now showing up again for keyword. Remember, previously, it was as if Google had removed the homepage and refused to let it rank. Well now it has reappeared ins earch results, however, it is currently around the 800+ position for both "hemorrhoid symptoms" and "hemorrhoid treatments".
Linkbuilding has been going strong. Had some donations from very nice people here, including linkwheels, scrapebox blasts and web 2.0s.
I also ran another free AA list which gave about 10k backlinks verified.
Somethign new has now happened. The homepage is now showing up again for keyword. Remember, previously, it was as if Google had removed the homepage and refused to let it rank. Well now it has reappeared ins earch results, however, it is currently around the 800+ position for both "hemorrhoid symptoms" and "hemorrhoid treatments".
dowser
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Just checked it and in general index the "hemorrhoid symptoms" is 326 and "hemorrhoid treatments" is 36, so something is happening.
In US index they're not in the first thou...
I wonder what it means. Did you target a specific market? I see that you are in the UK.
In US index they're not in the first thou...
I wonder what it means. Did you target a specific market? I see that you are in the UK.
It will be interesting to see if Google will rank your home page well via back-links for your target keyword "hemorrhoid symptoms" than the content which is far from the fact. if that is not the case two weeks from now I wont be surprised if your inner pages will rank first second spots and home page 300 - 400 position. Nice
gorang
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The site is untargeted in webmaster tools. I use google.com/ncr (no location) to check results.
gorang
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I'm not sure how long this drop in rankings will last or if it will even come back up.
Time will tell. I hope it does though!
I just created another 650+ scrapebox backlinks, all from unique domains. Nearly finished checking links.
if people went to your site and stayed, looked around a bit then it would rank better.
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Tracking crawler traffic from inbound linking (direct and indirect) is vastly more important than link count. Everything else is just educational at best.... I suppose that was the point of the case study, but you could have just asked.
gorang
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Well there are a lot of opinions about and not enough people back them up. So I want to find out properly.
Maybe you could make a case study about tracking crawler traffic? I've not really heard of crawler traffic as being vastly more important than the amount of backlinks. I'd like to see some evidence of it.
gorang
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Haven't created many links in the past few days/week. I'm just waiting to see what happens.
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Update:
The two keywords rankings dropped into oblivion on the 1st of July, it is now the 3rd of August and they are still in oblivion. Hemorrhoid treatments is currently 900+ and hemorrhoid symptoms is 700+.
So up to now, the case study is proving that you CAN destroy a site's ranking through excessive backlinking.
However, Google is slow on making changes, so i'm going to keep watching the site over the next 5 months to see if the keywords eventually do come back.
On the upside, the site is now ranking for it's domain keyword again "hemorrhoid treatment cream"
It went messing for this keyword for some time. So the fact that it is back could be a good sign.
The two keywords rankings dropped into oblivion on the 1st of July, it is now the 3rd of August and they are still in oblivion. Hemorrhoid treatments is currently 900+ and hemorrhoid symptoms is 700+.
So up to now, the case study is proving that you CAN destroy a site's ranking through excessive backlinking.
However, Google is slow on making changes, so i'm going to keep watching the site over the next 5 months to see if the keywords eventually do come back.
On the upside, the site is now ranking for it's domain keyword again "hemorrhoid treatment cream"
It went messing for this keyword for some time. So the fact that it is back could be a good sign.