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lol that example is not a hacked link. You can buy these. They insert them onto old articles.
How This Sneaky Affiliate Site is Making Six Figures Per Year - Behind the Scenes
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Why do you know that those are hacked links?
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That's why I love read on Mediums, occasionally there would be articles like this, this is really what SEO article should be like, I hope more threads like this in the coming future from BHW and other sources.
Good share.
Good share.
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*incharge of buying PBN links* -> Lmao this is too epic of a niche edits
That has me laughing like an idiot out loud. It's so damn absurd but they just throw it in there like it's completely normal.
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I've had a few clients lose their domain to a squatter after forgetting to renew it. The squatter will just rip the old website (from Wayback Machine) and put it back online on their own server, then strategically (or not) place their affiliate links throughout the site or build backlinks as seen here.
No hackers involved here. They're just opportunists.
No hackers involved here. They're just opportunists.
I found this awhile ago, it’s quite common imo.
I have a huge stash of affiliate sites I curated to track proven link building strategies. So far, the sketchier it is - the better it ranks.
I have a huge stash of affiliate sites I curated to track proven link building strategies. So far, the sketchier it is - the better it ranks.
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Interesting post OP.
Thanks for the share.
Thanks for the share.
The author of the post had mentioned in a comment that he emailed a couple of site owners just to be sure that they were indeed hacked links, and he got the replies below:
" 1. "Thanks very much for alerting us to this link. We removed it and took some extra security measures."
2. "oops! thanks for the heads up, there's a few of these lying around
" "I think quite a few shady "niche edit" providers DO provide hacked links, and make gullible buyers believe they're a result of outreach. Just last week or so I saw a FB post of one 'niche edit' provider bashing another saying they're supplying hacked links.
Ask yourself this question: would they be able to boast of things like "100,000 sites in our inventory" if they weren't hacked? And why would extremely large magazines, company blogs (some with thousands of employees globally), philanthropic organisations and even news sites decide to ruin the context and meaning of their paragraphs to edit a sentence and accommodate a link to a questionable site, all for a measly $80-150?
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Yeah but you do get unscrupulous authors who can sell links on their old posts on sites, who have the authority to modify their posts without the company knowing. Anyway, maybe this is different. Good study nonetheless.
Hacked links and Old post edit links are different I think. However a nice case study. who knows he used both scenarios?
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lol they are not hacked links
Check my previous reply:
The author of the post had mentioned in a comment that he emailed a couple of site owners just to be sure that they were indeed hacked links, and he got the replies below:
" 1. "Thanks very much for alerting us to this link. We removed it and took some extra security measures."
2. "oops! thanks for the heads up, there's a few of these lying around
I think quite a few shady "niche edit" providers DO provide hacked links, and make gullible buyers believe they're a result of outreach. Just last week or so I saw a FB post of one 'niche edit' provider bashing another saying they're supplying hacked links.
Ask yourself this question: would they be able to boast of things like "100,000 sites in our inventory" if they weren't hacked? And why would extremely large magazines, company blogs (some with thousands of employees globally), philanthropic organisations and even news sites decide to ruin the context and meaning of their paragraphs to edit a sentence and accommodate a link to a questionable site, all for a measly $80-150?
To be frank sometimes webmasters/freelancer/co-workers make deals without telling the original owner of websites to make extra money.
The key here is "sometimes", because rest of the time the links seem to be placed without the knowledge of anyone involved with the respective websites.
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Whether it's hacked or not, what's important is that the dude is balling. Since Google has learned to shoot without missing, some folks have also learned to fly without perching.
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Keep outing these sites and eventually, Google will block all the loopholes they use.
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Interestingly enough, looks like Medium has suspended the author's account.