Does gsa still work in 2018 ?
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Yes, but GSA is only recommended for Tier 2 or Tier 3 link building.
talkingpiegon
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no
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I am 100% satisfied with him @StrixMedia.
Even if you will use GSA for long time then you Google will also not work due to IP problem. I am using this but rarely and only for my web2.0 and video links.
Shaunm
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Totally agree. Noticed the stuff in the below diagram today too with one project.
P.S "per aspera ad astra" Love your motto
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It works as in it build links but IMO the majority of these links are useless or cause you harm these days with Google. You can use it to post to self-hosted domains such as PBNs or bridge networks but IMO these have also taken a hit too.
I posted this a few months back. Since then there was a pretty big change on the 12th December as well as all of this in January. So much has changed in the past 18 month when it comes to SER based stuff. I dropped SER in August 17 only to bring it back last month for one last test. I have just checked my serp tracker for that SER project and this is how its looking.
The blue line that is on from early January is the money page, the other multi coloured lines are bridge network links the yellow square between 19th Jan and 22 Jan is the note of when I started blasting SER. As you can see, the money page and the bridge network links all drop on the 4th Feb at the exact same day. This is how I laid the project out...
I have canceled all of my re-bills for SER and don't plan on using it again in all honesty. My focus going forward is my zero backlinking domain to see how that gets on.
terrycody
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Thanks for this case, always good stuff.
sonyhp
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I read another link building journey somewhere else where it said initially the link blast affected negatively but after 6 months the SERP came back with higher ranking.
It would be interesting to know if it is still the case.
Cathy Walter
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I don't think it's still working. We may use it for tier 2 or tier 3
Shaunm
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Thats pretty much whats happened in the past but the T1 links would move independently in my experience.
If you look at the Red line in the screenshot I posted. Before the fall it moves up and down independently with little correlation to the rest of the T1 links and does its own thing. Then they all fall at the same time then all drop out of the SERPs at the same time then all pop back into the SERPs at the same time. I have never seen that and I have had hundreds of money pages with SER. IMO its not worth the risk anymore.
Glad I could help
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aidenhera
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I think he would tell others how great gsa works in 2018 if affilates from gsa is his main target
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I can rank #1 with no-competition keywords and GSA SER. Usually with no-competition keywords I don't make very much though, less than $5 a day. Plus it takes longer to rank then if using expired 2.0s and PBNS So it might take a long time to get ROI for all your proxies, software, and resources.
Just buy some gsa link packages for $20 from the marketplace to test it out before buying.
Just buy some gsa link packages for $20 from the marketplace to test it out before buying.
aidenhera
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there must be a reason why gsa platforms arent passing link juice anymore. probably high OBL and something else, high obl alone isnt spam detector
MatthewGraham
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Thanks for the data/case study @Shaunm. Any other potential reason for the sudden drop?
I've been blasting parasites with GSA lately and am still seeing good results.
Working theory is that Google's too much of a pussy to give any significant penalty for (most) GSA blasts due to the abuse potential for NSEO. Even if a lot of the blast ends up being trash, some decent links will slip through while the trash is devalued.
I've been blasting parasites with GSA lately and am still seeing good results.
Working theory is that Google's too much of a pussy to give any significant penalty for (most) GSA blasts due to the abuse potential for NSEO. Even if a lot of the blast ends up being trash, some decent links will slip through while the trash is devalued.