james.johna
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- Jun 9, 2026
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Yeah, it’s pretty hard to try and figure it all out at one time. I would stay on the bsics, apply those to a project and go from there.
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What was your SEO mistake when you first started out?
- Thread starter james.johna
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Yeah, been there before. Link building with links of low cost may seem impressive, but just one quality link from a relevant website could be more valuable to you in my view.Early on, I burned a bunch of money buying cheap PBN link packages, thinking volume was the secret to gaming Google.
It took getting hit by a penalty and spending months disavowing garbage to realize that five solid, relevant links beat ten thousand automated backlinks every single time.
james.johna
Newbie
- Jun 9, 2026
- 24
- 6
Same experience, honesty. Links can get the ball rolling, but if the website is weak itself, the improvements rarely last long.Once I shifted my focus to improving my sites overall quality instead of just building links I started seeing better long term results.