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How much time does Dmoz.org take to approve a link on their directory?
Dmoz is dead so you're wasting your time.
There is no timetable to get listed. It could be a day, or more likely, never. And anything in between. It's whenever the editor decides they're going to ...
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Do “noopener noreferrer” links count as backlinks?
Be worried... that your links do not use nofollow
Personally I'd be more worried about the fact they do not use rel="nofollow", paid links must use nofollow otherwise your going to feel the full ...
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Is link building a white hat SEO activity?
To Begin
I must apologize to those who are in favor of TL;DRs. I have included a list of links Google does not like at the top just for you!
This is one of my famous long answers. But it is ...
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Find pages that link to another URL?
Webmaster Tools has a feature that allows you to see which sites link to your site.
https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/external-links
It should be a comprehensive list of all links that Google ...
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A page has been removed from Google due to DMCA, are its inbound links still valuable?
Okay. This will be one of those cases where I will work through the process so that it becomes clearer. It will be somewhat long, but hopefully not painfully long.
Let's start at the beginning shall ...
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Will Great Content On A Brand New Website Attract Links "Naturally"?
In addition to what Stephen and Closetnoc already said... There is no magic bullet here, and definitely no guarantees. Here's what you're up against, and what you can do to improve your chances. (And ...
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Does Google count a text only link as a backlink?
Googlebot uses text links for link discovery. I've seen tests that show that Googlebot will crawl URLs that it could have only found through text mentions.
Google patent filings indicate that they ...
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How important are back links for SEO in 2017?
Just as important as they have always been. However, artificial link creation or curation is very bad these days. Instead, search engines look for organically created links. Quite simply, people must ...
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Does Google count external Javascript or CSS files as backlinks?
Those are not links so they aren't counted as such. They're URLs of resources which are very different things. Hosting such a resource offers no direct SEO value but being known as a reliable host can ...
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Will creating dofollow links in the comments on sites with high domain authority and page authority hurt SEO?
Will adding a comment to this page with a link to your website hurt your SEO?
Yes, it will hurt your SEO. Good back links are all about three factors:
PageRank
Relevancy
Authority
It is a huge ...
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How much time does Dmoz.org take to approve a link on their directory?
I was a DMOZ editor for many years, so let me tell you why it takes forever to get your link into the open directory.
Each category has a submission queue of sites that have been submitted to it. ...
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Should I block .in or .pw malicious websites on my disavow list?
Disavow only in Manual Action cases
As Stephen mentioned, according to Google:
You should disavow backlinks only if:
You have a considerable number of spammy, artificial, or low-quality links ...
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Is link building a white hat SEO activity?
The "process of manually building links in any way possible" would not classify as White Hat SEO.
But linkbuilding does not mean "in any way possible".
White Hat Link Building: The Zen Masters' ...
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Website being bombarded by non-existent URLs
I noticed a newly registered domain is being hit by non-existent URLs... It's being hit for thousands per day which is causing high server load.
There are ways to mitigate the load from all sources (...
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Our website has thousands of incoming nofollow links, does this help our SEO or is it useless?
What you have to know about rel="nofollow"
There are many different opinions, on this question, but the most important thing you need to know about it is that it won't harm your seo if you use ...
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Get Google to ignore backlinks from a particular domain
The best you can do is disavow these domains in Google Search Console (webmaster tools). You can also block any referral from these sites so that anyone that follows the link will get an error. 403 is ...
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Generating backlinks through a javascript video widget without getting manual action penalties?
Google no longer views widgets as harmless. They have been used too many times to manipulate search results. Your plan to use widgets to build backlinks is a risky plan today.
Google's official ...
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My client's website is receiving a lots of visits from a shady website - what should I do about it?
You should also consider to filter your Google Analytics statistics since the visits from this server are bogus and are tampering with your statistics!
Here is a tutorial how to create a filter for ...
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SEO effects of footer attribution link to website builder's site
I'll not recommend using external dofollow footer links cause:
Many of them will be off-topic so your ranks will not be affected
Multiple links from the same domain (for SEO it's better quality than ...
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Would search engines consider footer links to my other websites to be toxic?
I don't think it would be a good idea to get backlinks from footer section. It's not a good practice in SEO. Backlinks are more strong when they are connected through your content not just sticking in ...
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Google Disavow Links is not effecting my Moz spam percentage score
Unless you are disavowing links somewhere at Moz, it can't effect the score that Moz produces. When you submit the disavow links to Google, only Google sees that file. Moz doesn't have any access ...
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SEO Safe way to permanently delete thousands of outdated pages
I am a bit doubtful that recovering server resources is going to make enough impact to your business to make a difference. Removing 25% of your worst performing pages isn't going to remove 25% of ...
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Should I create a separate webpage for related keywords?
Think about the intent of the user. Content that is about the same thing but varies in user intent is not considered duplicative.
In your case, I would recommend an overall page about Dental Veneers ...
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Recreating content for 404 backlinks
Could I create pages for those backlinks, for instance showing a
picture of grand canyon with a notice that this might not be the image
the visitor is looking for since the site now serves a different
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If i have multiple links to the same site on a page is it better to have only 1 passing link equity or all passing link equity?
You have a few things going on here, some of which needs a rethink or a new understanding. However, this is one time where one of my mini-tutorials will be helpful. Please be patient. It will make ...
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What exactly is a bad backlink that is Disavow worthy?
I'd tend to agree with your diagnosis that the decrease in traffic could be related to the Penguin-update from around that same time. Most sites at that time showed a pretty immediate dive in their ...
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Is finding and using expired domains for backlinks considered Black-Hat?
Much of what this article is referring to will get you into serious trouble with search engines. It is extremely poor advice and prime example why SEO is such a mess!
Do not try and find tricks or ...
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Discounts for free blog post
From the Google Webmaster Guidelines: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/66356?hl=en
Buying or selling links that pass PageRank. This includes exchanging
money for links, or posts that ...
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Does facebook site backlink affect SEO?
Google doesn’t seem to be using Facebook and Twitter social signals when it comes to ranking. However, there are obviously still plenty of benefits and marketers shouldn’t cease those benefits simply ...
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Viral posts and links
This sounds like a common misconception and understanding of linkage on the web and a typical view of many that are thinking about this all wrong...
The average natural website's link profile will be ...
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