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Sites Blocking Third Party Link Tools Ahrefs & Majestic

August 6, 2014 at 7:00 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Sites Blocking Third Party Link Tools Ahrefs & Majestic

Many SEOs rely pretty heavily on link tools such as Ahrefs and Majestic in order to audit links or simply watch for newly linking sites.  But some websites are either tired of receiving link removal requests or are selling backlinks and don’t want them to show up as a low quality link under analysis, and […]

Google Kills Two More Link Networks

July 3, 2014 at 4:46 am PST By Jennifer Slegg

Google Kills Two More Link Networks

Google has targeted two more link networks resulting in many unnatural linking penalties being sent out to webmasters.  While it has been a few months since Google has taken down another international link network, clearly they are continuing on in their fight against link networks.  However, signs indicate that at least one of the networks […]

Google Trusts Links Less After Anchor Text is Changed

July 1, 2014 at 8:52 pm PST By Jennifer Slegg

Google Trusts Links Less After Anchor Text is Changed

It is not unusual for webmasters to tweak anchor text in order to either diversify anchor text or change keywords for higher SEO value. But SEOs might want to take the extra time and ensure the anchor text is correct from the start, because it seems that Google views changing anchor text as suspicious and a reason to trust a link less.

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