Google is Dumb ~ Hidden Links.

patranhadas · May 1, 2020

Hey guys.

I'm following very closely a competitor strategy. He uses a lot of hidden links in high authorithy domais.
Every month he gets over 10/15 links from this dodgy pages!

He's ranking in top positions in a very competitive market.

is it worth doing this? I though google was smarter... this is working since december. i'm a bit
incredulous how this is possible.

Any thoughs?

SirLouen · May 1, 2020

Consider that those link doesn't forcefully have to be major ranking factors to the site. Although unless it already has a huge authority (lets say in common measurement ratings 60DR+) it may end with a penalty at some point. But contrarily to your thoughts, the fun part from Google, is that it has grown in the past year and a half "smarter" in terms of disregarding this type of links instead of penalizing (because of negative SEO practices)

patranhadas · May 1, 2020

I'm totally sure that he's ranking in that position because of the hidden links. The UX is a shit and whole site has nothing special inside.
On ahrefs his site has 71DR now... crazy
He gets some links from some websites with 70 DR.... others between 30-60 DR
This month he had more than 30 links. I'm waiting for google "to act" since january and that strategy still working. And trust me, is a very competetive niche with CPC +10$ in some keywords.

bookmarc · May 1, 2020

a brilliant idea and worth giving it a try.

Dreams411 · May 1, 2020

Those are definitely hacked backlinks.

YujinTan · May 1, 2020

huh how he do that?

ZXCVBN! · May 1, 2020

screenshot is black ?

Mr Positive · May 1, 2020

Pbns are always a great way to boost your site provided they’re quality ones

macdonjo3 · May 1, 2020

ZXCVBN! said:
screenshot is black ?

Irony of OP calling someone dumb - guy can't even upload a screenshot

DigitalFocus · May 1, 2020

what screenshot ?

BR92 · May 1, 2020

patranhadas said:
I'm following very closely a competitor strategy. He uses a lot of hidden links in high authorithy domais.

if they are hidden, how did you find it?

ZXCVBN! · May 1, 2020

DigitalFocus said:
what screenshot ?

OP Attached Files

macdonjo3 said:
Irony of OP calling someone dumb - guy can't even upload a screenshot

Maybe there's some error, lol

Alex Prima · May 1, 2020

BR92 said:
if they are hidden, how did you find it?

Lol

fb3003 · May 1, 2020

SirLouen said:
...... the fun part from Google, is that it has grown in the past year and a half "smarter" in terms of disregarding this type of links instead of penalizing (because of negative SEO practices)

glad to see others who can do a good job analyzing google's behavior over the last year or so.

@patranhadas - most likely google is not counting those links.

patranhadas · May 1, 2020

BR92 said:
if they are hidden, how did you find it?

I found them trough ahrefs.
Then I "select all" content on page and I see a lot of hidden links

fb3003 said:
glad to see others who can do a good job analyzing google's behavior over the last year or so.

@patranhadas - most likely google is not counting those links.

Impossible. That website has nothing special. No social signals, content, UX no nothing. I know those guys run a big SEO company in asia.
The only thing they do is links, links, links, links, links and a bit of keyword stuffing.
I track their website from the begining with ahrefs. And everytime he gets those links, booooom 1st and 2nd place.

bookmarc said:
a brilliant idea and worth giving it a try.

thanks bot

ZXCVBN! said:
screenshot is black ?

I didn't upload any image.

patranhadas · May 1, 2020

Mr Positive said:
Pbns are always a great way to boost your site provided they’re quality ones

Yes, I dind't mean to sound suprised that PBN's work, it's just that these are so blatantly in violation of every sacred Google guideline that it's ridiculous how well this works in such a competitive business like the one he's in.So yes, pbns are always a great way to boost your site provided they’re quality ones, but this is absolutely not the case here.

Shaybib · May 1, 2020

What do hidden links mean?

Starblazer · May 1, 2020

macdonjo3 said:
Irony of OP calling someone dumb - guy can't even upload a screenshot

OP clearly said that they are hidden. He added a black screen above the image for symbolic representation

Sweely · May 1, 2020

Ask yourself how long is this really gonna be working for.

I did something similar in the past but Google always catches on.

patranhadas · May 1, 2020

Something like this. (did this example on PS, see images attached and find Ferrari Tires).
I will not publish the exact urls here

Sweely said:
Ask yourself how long is this really gonna be working for.

I did something similar in the past but Google always catches on.

And it worked for how long? this strategy is working for more than 6 months....

Pavan Teja 1 said:
OP clearly said that they are hidden. He added a black screen above the image for symbolic representation

Thanks man. Finally someone smart

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