Ranking websites in long term (safer)
Hi.
I have a few websites I'd like to use GSA to rank for, however, I don't want to spam and do churn'n'burn and get banned in a few months. I want to be on the safer side, so I am asking if there is any tutorial/settings I should use for a safe link building campaign for my websites.
Thanks in advance.
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I'm testing out a method where Tier 1 is Web 2.0s and blast it either with most engines or just contextuals as Tier 2 (with Tier 3 being the more spammy engines). I would think that such a method would be more long term. @ron, @gooner and others, what do you think? Would love your comments.
Or to put it another way, if you care about the site in question, then don't try to use it to learn SEO on.
I mean, I could rattle off a long post about different ways to rank a site, or even how to rank a site safely (or as safely as can be expected if your using tools), but without having any experience yourself, you would still most likely get it wrong.
As a couple of pointers though;
And as already said, build some test sites and try different things out to see what works.
Also, don't be scared to try some things that go against much of the BS that is posted around the web, and always remember that google is a Robot, nothing more, nothing less. Feed it what it wants, and 99% of the time you will be rewarded with better rankings.
That could be the most important thing about SEO you ever read. When you start testing on a large enough scale you will notice that a lot of BS is spoken about SEO.... Always test and believe your results, don't trust something to be true just because you read it here or anywhere else.
Like others say its always risky nowadays but its just a matter of calculated risk.
Since your still elanring buy a bunch of other domains and just leave that one alone for the next six months while you trash a few sites and see what works.
Even 6 months is a very optimistic figure. it takes about 4 months to see traction atm i find so youd only just be seeing the first results of your initial tests after 4 let alone gathering working methods form it.
So more like a year or more. Guess you didnt wanna hear that
If not then its outsourcing time for you
GSA SER is a fantastic tool for building diversity (amongst other things), but it's not really about whether you use tools, or which tools you use, as google cant really distinguish how a link was created anyway.
In general, a diverse link profile would include many different types of links, from many different sources, platforms/engines, IP blocks, and to a certain extent, countries that are outside of your target country but still speak the same language.
Just think about what would appear to be 'natural', mix it up a bit, and don't just use only one type of link/property because it happens to be 'the done thing' at the moment. Try to avoid footprints.
Unless you are a computer manufacturer, those sites are unlikely to give you a link. So, in that case you would have to build your own high authority sites to link out to you in order to compete.
In other words, the easiest way to rank for that term would be with your own PBN. It would be hard to compete without those authority links.
some key points here to notice, yes we can all see that no anchor text contains the exact phrase "home computers" but if you split all of the anchor texts into 1 word phrases then total these up then factor in authority, then combine these individual words together for your desired keyword phrase, including the authority algo I just mentioned, perhaps you'll notice the same thing I have, which I've actually tested too and I have been experiencing what you've just now researched with my own sites quite alot.
edit: or perhaps they've decded to obscure their high importance keyword phrase back links which is quite common.
Prior to all of these updates, you were able to go after all of the bigger terms with anchor text, high link volume, high PR and all of that. But now the sheet of music has changed, and you need to sing a different tune. What @gooner said about authority links is very true...if authority sites won't link to you, then you have no choice but to build your own. So this now a much more difficult game. You need a T1 of really great links - not made from some automated software.
Without a doubt you can get ranked in weaker niches without jumping through a lot of hoops. And I'm not slamming playing small ball because if you can put up enough sites, you can probably make a decent living doing that. Just understand that before you enter any market, do some analysis. That should be your most important takeaway from what I said.
Regardless, I am a huge fan of branding. And your branding can contain the key phrases. Put a spin before and after the key phrases with prefixes and suffixes of various terms.
Ron, GSA clearly doesn't give a lot of non-spammy links. And we know that your Tier 1s should quality and iwth authority. Let's say we focus on GSA and not PBN links. Would you say that we could get these authority links using GSA by having Web 2.0s as Tier 1s and then blasting it with GSA? So the Web 2.0 increase in domain authority. Would this be the way you do things if you want to use GSA (not PBN links) to create high authority 1st tiers?
"I'm mainly interested, whether I should go for a tiered building or not? What do you think works better?"
You've got your niche and keywords, domains and shared hosting are cheap, so in your shoes I'd throw up a few simple 1 page wp sites, optimise them properly for your keywords, and spam them in different ways to see what works (with the added advantage that anything that does work will see you ranking for your desired terms at the same time as your learning how google works).
If it's critical for your business that you rank fast, then it's probably best to pay someone else to rank the site for you (not me), whilst you get to grips with SEO.