Results and Tactics
I have been using SER since about May 1, because I needed a little oomph to do some recovery work. Since then I have expanded the use out across a few of my sites. I have seen ok results so far. Not great, home run, type results but most moving in a positive direction. So given this, I started looking around for other types of services to supplement my efforts and maybe push me over the top for my keywords. I thought this thread could get away from the technical working of SER and we could focus on results and other tools we use that we are willing to share?
So, I use the @Ron method for building out T1,T2,T3 which is the gold standard for using SER. I use the GSA indexer tool, and the GSA captcha tool. I generally build about 10 T1's per project per day and then tier on top of them. This has worked ok for my recovery and also for some keyword movement, but again not pushing me over the top.
So two weeks ago, I signed up for Rankwyz and FCS, both blog tools. Both different in their offerings. Anyone have experience with these? FCS was very easy to learn and now to deploy. It also lets you build tiers, so building a private blog network and tiering it up could be good? Rankwyz is still being perfected by the owner. It has some awesome potential for managing the blog network you can build but is missing some key elements. Both are on some excellent platforms so I think this could get me some good results. After 2 weeks, my previously lost keyword suddenly took off and is cranking. I am not sure why, but maybe the long form blog posts is something that was missing in the link profile.
Anyway, would love to hear of other tools and tactics from you all. Learning is part of the game.
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You'll never really find out the secret sauce of ranking until you single out what you have done to a domain that has made you rank, by using SER and then incorporating a blog network, you just don't know what's causing these effects.
GOY has some great tips for using Rankwyz on his http://seosunite.com/ forum and he says he has had great success, but I (and others) haven't been able to replicate his results - i.e. no matter how careful I've been or how I've set up the blogs / posts, about 2/3rd and more of the blogs get suspended, or it's almost impossible to index the ones that stay.
I also use Magic Submitter for creating blogs as I end up with about 40+ live (from about 60), plus it allows you to set up scheduling so you can post content on autopilot for months in advance, which is great for creating "authority" sites
You used the word 'recovery' several times, and I hope you are not referring to a penalty. Very, very few people recover a website from a penalty these days. In most cases, it is faster to achieve success by moving the affected site to a new domain. I just want to say that up-front.
As far as the push for quality on T1 links...This is one of those deals where most people got scared with Penguin 2.0, so they figured (after reading all the forums) that they had better start creating higher quality T1 links. I don't take issue with that logic - I have a little bit of that embedded in my brain as well. But having said that...
People have been successful since Penguin 2.0 with and without PR filters. It literally has been a mixed bag with no rhyme or reason. So I would suggest with new sites that you try it both ways (High domain PR only, and no PR filter). Don't forget you can move the website pretty easily to a new domain if it tanks.
As far as high PR links on your T1, you can still accomplish that with SER. You may not get all the engines you want, but no software delivers all the engines you want.
As far as other software, I think Ultimate Demon is pretty good (damn expensive - but still a helluva lot cheaper than SENuke). It's not perfect, but overall it is pretty solid. I'd give it 4 out of 5 stars.
With respect to Rankwyz, GOY posted the most epic thread I have read in years - right here on this forum: https://forum.gsa-online.de/discussion/3282/rankwyz-reviews/p1. Plus as @davbel mentioned above, GOY then continued the great work by creating his own Rankwyz subforum on http://seosunite.com. It's a good product, and I would give it 4 out of 5 stars.
I haven't used FCS, but I have heard good things about it. I think it is worth trying both Rankwyz and FCS to see how it shakes out. I think they both have positive momentum, they are both affordable, and I think their developers really work hard to make their products better.
You also have SER Engines, and I hear good things about them as well. And they have a giant thread at the top of this forum.
The main thing is that you have options. None of these products is perfect. Every single one has to deal with engines changing sign-up pages, etc., so no service can ever be perfect.
Lastly, when you deal with the quality sites, your content will matter. Not because of Google, but because of moderators. So you have to have human-spun/human-readable content for the best properties. If you treat the best properties with respect, you will get links that most others will never get.
I've been running a couple of tests with Rankwyz which I'll post about later in more detail, but out of 240 blogs after 2 months about 90 are still live with about 6 or 7 indexed.