Comment spam. Quoting from Danny Goodwin's post last week, these were the common link issues that caused drops in ranking: Links from dangerous sites. Shareable widgets with embedded links. Paid text links using exact match anchor text.
For example, you might have a worksheet for directories, another for comment spam, another for article sites, etc. Note: Cyrus Shepard wrote a great post last week about the disavow tool and mentioned that you can use Screaming Frog to check page...
The dark side of SEO began to cast a wider shadow over the content marketing world with an even steeper rise in blog comment spam, links, and dubious and irrelevant requests to webmasters and blog owners to consider crap guest posts.
Also, anyone wanting to post a comment will need a Google+ account. Your Links On Pinterest May Be Stopping Traffic In Its Tracks – Marketing LandIf you're using a URL shortener on Pinterest, beware it may take users to a page that says...
Another easy way to generate links to your blog posts in a way that isn't spam is via systems like Zemanta and other content distribution systems. If I'm visiting a forum, answers site or blog and there's a thread discussing great food in new city...
It’s easy, and it’s so simple that even Great Aunt Matilda could comment “Brick” or “Lodi” and feel pleased with herself that she accomplished something that was claimed to be “not easy”. Well, if enough people flag them as spam, then perhaps...
Tons of directories, article submission sites, comment spam, link networks, etc. There are some important insights in that post that relate to this topic. We have nothing to worry about.then you should grab a cup of coffee and read the rest of this...
Like other networks, Pinterest is plagued by spam and fake accounts, but after the links from pins were nofollowed things calmed down a bit. We used to comment on blog posts and in forums mainly, but now we have all these other ways of expressing...
There are close to zero scenarios where I can see a link drop in a forum or blog comment as having any signal value to a search engine. I lump these together because even though they are quite different is many ways, they are quite similar in that...
Comment Spam One of the newer penalties that people are finding in their inbox is one for comment spam. It can take relatively few instances of comment spam to wind up with a manual penalty. Use a good spam scrubbing software to flag bad comments...
I really can't comment on it in any specific way, but you are right that these algorithms do represent new types of capabilities for us. Google's Penguin update, and Panda a year earlier, marked the advent of a whole new approach to spam fighting.
We’d love to know about yours too, so make sure to drop a comment below! For Firefox users, the Gmail Manager add-on displays account details including unread messages, saved drafts, spam messages, labels with new mail, space used, and new mail...
I wouldn't suggest popping your link into a casual comment because that's not a good way to build long-term link exposure, but using your site for your comment signature can lead people to you, even if it doesn't actually generate a link on the spot.
Comment spam. Using exact match anchor text for your “money keywords” in comments or in the username in the comment section The site owner hadn’t appreciated how profoundly these spam tactics went against Google’s mission, which is purportedly to...
But if your comment is purely for the sake of dropping links or misleading in any way then I would call that spam. Comment spam does not mean you are getting a quality link from a high profile website.
Spam links are considered to be links that are irrelevant and low-quality but pursued simply to improve rankings. Widely used on social network platforms in order to associate a tweet/comment with something.
As discussed in “Google Penguin Update: 5 Types of Link Issues Harming Some Affected Websites”, spammy link signals (paid text links using exact match anchor text, comment spam, guest posts on questionable sites, article marketing sites, and links...
Comment spam: Two things proved problematic for websites trying to unnaturally rank for specific keywords: signatures in comments that contained exact match anchor text; and people who used a spammy user name (e.g.
The “over-optimization penalty” became the equivalent of an SEO ghost story over the last several weeks since Cutts made his comment at SXSW and SEOs began echoing the Gospel of Matt, who warned that thou shalt not do “over optimization” or...
And Cutts may actually want to clarify his comment, in this instance, so that folks know. For those who don’t, Cutts is the head of the web Spam team at Google. If you could write a post that provides resourceful information for your target...
