Comments on: Can You Be Penalised For Building Too Many Links?

By: Simon The Scammer

Simon The Scammer — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:41:39 +0000

I dunno…maybe so maybe not. I build links in my sleep with no problems. Sounds like a most excellent test, but here is the question…if this is true, all you would have to do it build a bunch of bogus links really fast pointing at your competition’s website to make them nose dive in the SERPs. Simon thinks not.

Hey buddy, when are you going to email me the secret link on your Adsense project that you promised?

By: Ray

Ray — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:31:38 +0000

Whether or not you will be penalized for fast links depends on the level of trust your website has with Google. If the site is brand spanking new, you will be blasted into the abyss if you build links quickly. If the site is 10 years old and has some authority, you can get away with heavy link building. The link profile matters too. Lots of low quality links from MFA article sites built to point back to a brand new website triggers a spam filter. This is the technique that black hatters used for years to pump and dump.
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By: Paul B

Paul B — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:00:01 +0000

Chris – I’ll send you a mail.

By: Paul B

Paul B — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:59:15 +0000

Al – That a bit of a how long is a piece of string question

If it’s a fairly low competition long tail then 1 article spun and submitted to 10-12 directories tends to work well. In some cases all it needs is 5-6 backlinks to do the job. For primary keywords with plenty of competition then I’ll keep on writing/have written articles until I start seeing results. Generally speaking 2-3 100% unique articles spun out over as many directories/services that I have at hand will see some positive effect. I don’t think you’ll ever get a number 1 slot for a massivley competitive search using articles alone but it’s an effective tool if you combine it with other methods.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:13:50 +0000

I think it’s down to link velocity and history. If your site has a history (established) it will also have a link velocity, if you have a means of generating links you want to start slow then build up faster and faster – similar to an exponential curve. I would expect it tries to fit in visible link velocities with some sort of pattern and if it is majorly different it flags it up for review (manual or automatic)

What programs do you use for spinning / article submission? Are they free? Are they worth the cash?
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By: Al

Al — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:13:21 +0000

Thanks for the article m8. Came in at the right time when I was considering article marketing. A question, if you have time – How many directories do you do per article marketing campaign? And how many campaigns do you run per article (your blog article) to get the desired rank?

Please let me know

By: Paul B

Paul B — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:45:36 +0000

It’s an interesting topic, if Google look at normal then I wonder how long it takes for hundreds of links a day to a site to be classed as normal? There’s another experiment there somewhere.

As far as articles go I mix writing my own and using article writers. If it’s a subject I’m familiar with (and like) then I always try do my own. I’m not a big fan of manual submission so I have a variety of tools and services that I use to spin and distribute unique versions far and wide. I also outsource a bit of this if it’s a ranking I’m really chasing. I know a lot of people who have tried article marketing who submit manually to ezine and a couple more then give up on it when they don’t see results.

As long as you play by the rules and realise that the links back are never great weight carriers (I think it’s a numbers game) then it’s possible to have really good success with it. Once you’ve got the systems in place there aren’t many easier ways of getting relevant SE friendly backlinks.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:25:51 +0000

I would expect that google looks at the overall popularity of the website and then tries to figure out how “normal” the amount of links you are building is. As your more established website had more links it would be more “normal” for a single article to get more links back.

How do you do your article marketing? I have never found success with it but, then again, I have only ever produced a few articles. Do you write them yourself or pay content writers? How effective are they?
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