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Back after 9 years - Has much changed?

Anth20Anth20
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It's been a long time since back in the day when I used GSA SER to get ALL of my websites #1. I started moving away from seo when some updates hit which pushed me over the edge and I moved more towards PPC to be more sustainable which I still run now. Currently looking for side projects, and wondered if this still works to maybe spend a bit of time on SEO too?

Is the process still similar now with GSA SER?

I remember having a VPS, paying monthly for proxies, using captcha breaker and some other recaptcha service with different methods like creating my own free blogs niche related and then sending backlinks there etc.

Any replies appreciated, curious how things are now :)
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  • organiccastleorganiccastle Germany
    Welcome back!

    I'm confident the forum is eager to learn from an experienced GSA SER veteran.

    Some readings about best practices today that helped me are:
    Me just using SER since 2019, I can not evaluate many of the changes in the SER and overall SEO world since 2013. Some things I have realized though are:
    • Indexing became difficult. GSA Indexer alone won't do it anymore. The sitemap-method does neither.
    • (Open)AI content is very helpful and has been integrated into SER.
    • Repeat: Use AI content. Even conservative platforms like OpenAI generate great content for niches like XXX, pharma, etc. if you are using the right (conservative) prompts. Embed trust links to scientific, government and NGO sites.
    • Create images with AI and use these. Unique image, tailored to your content. OpenAI can describe images, so Google will be doing the very same.
    • Create audio with AI and embed into your content. Same thing here, OpenAI can extract text from audio, so Google will be doing the very same.
    • Build blog comments with your money keywords. Don't use the generic blog comments that come with SER, ask AI to generate specific ones related to your content. No matter if these are nofollow, it helps your site to specify its niche and let Google know.
    • Commercial link lists are a waste of money for T1/2 links. Scrape your own lists. Consider buying a SER blast on higher tiers from vendors to save your own time, money and ressources.
    • In-depth keyword research is a must for content on your money site as well as for T1 links. Semrush is great for bulk operations, GSA Keyword Research is great for content optimization on your money site.
    • Consider buying T1 links in FB groups for 50 Cents - 1 Dollar on general sites with traffic and nice metrics. Build SER links on these.
    • Create FB Content + Reels. This helps indexing and generates traffic, in particular reels do work just so well for direct traffic + rankings.
    • If you are into coding, use the Python libraries available for several platforms. Do search engine queries, create AI content, post to platforms not included in SER out-of-the-box.
    • Invest time into footprints and use SER footprint studio to implement these. In particular, if you are not targeting English sites.
    Other than that, you need a VPS (I use Hetzner), Captcha (GSA Captcha Breaker, Xevil (with reproxy.network IPv6 proxies), backed up by capmonster.cloud), IPv4 proxies from webshare.io for SER and Scrapebox), good catchalls (your own or from another SER veteran on this forum).
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  • Anth20Anth20
    Thanks for both of your detailed replies, it seems like I have my work cut out to get back in this game!

    It literally feels like I am starting from scratch again, so these replies are information overload and will be re-read multiple times I guess!

    Much appreciated, all the best for Christmas and New Year!
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