Google Panda Update: Say Goodbye to Low-Quality Link Building

Google Panda Update: Say Goodbye to Low-Quality Link Building

A while back, I wrote about how to get the best high volume links . Fast forward eight months and Google has made two major changes to its algorithm -- first to target spammy/scraper sites , followed by the larger Panda update that targeted "low quality" sites. Plus, Google penalized JCPenney , Forbes , and Overstock.com for "shady" linking practices. What's it all mean for link builders? Well, it's time we say goodbye to low quality link building altogether. 'But The Competitors Are Doing It' Isn't an Excuse This may be tough for some link builders to digest, especially if you're coming from a research standpoint and you see that competitors for a particular keyword are dominating because of their thousands upon thousands of pure spam links. But here are two things you must consider about finding low quality, high volume links in your analysis: Maybe it isn't the links th...

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