Hey, Thanks for your personal case study. Actually guest post are brand awesome only. But some fake link builders are develop like us "Blog Network". That's only reason for getting penalty from "Google".
Actually few days ago i saw some guest post sites. Sites are 100% sure they'll are network of sites only. Sites are designed like "Premium Theme - (Guest Post Site). Buyers are buying Fu**king service. Right now I hate guest post.
Actually few days ago i saw some guest post sites. Sites are 100% sure they'll are network of sites only. Sites are designed like "Premium Theme - (Guest Post Site). Buyers are buying Fu**king service. Right now I hate guest post.
This "update" is the same as every other "update".
1- Its a warning/scare tactic
2- Like every other warning they issue the emphasis is on Spam/LOW Quality links, guest posts included
3- Sometimes white hat sites get hit in the crossfire but for the most part if you are getting quality links whether its from comments, Web 2.0's, Guest Posts, blogroll etc... it is a good tactic if its coming from a real site that has traffic. Poor quality articles on a site that looks like a link farm with no readership is pretty much just a blog network with a different name. Dont put your links on those sites if you are worried.
Here is a case in point- Here is an account I used to work for another company. Their strategy is high quality guest posts on relevant sites with real traffic, has been and as far as I know still is.
External According to majestic they have 2135 backlinks from 193 domains yet they rank for some pretty competitive keywords that are worth a few thousand dollars every time they make a sale. Notice that they keep GROWING in the number of keywords they are ranking for! (according to semrush) they rank in the top 20 for almost 900 keywords and the site is around 2 years old.
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