Guest Blogging is Dead
- Thread starter Kaedus
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Yes, dofollow links in niche relevant content are dead. It's true.
The new thing is nofollow links on pages with no text whatsoever.
The new thing is nofollow links on pages with no text whatsoever.
Guest blogging is dead for sure, the best way of getting high quality links in 2014 is to import some bath salts and catch a drug trafficking charge so authoritative news sites can link to your blog. It carries a slight risk but at least you'll be able to rank for "4 slice toaster oven" and "bagless upright vacuum reviews" since the barrier to entry will be so high.
What also bothers me is how all of the ball lickers line up so fast. Cutts doesn't need his balls licked, but there's simply no shortage of takers.
I remember when webmasters seemed like people out there creating a new frontier, and now they just seem like a giant group of pandering pussies.
I remember when webmasters seemed like people out there creating a new frontier, and now they just seem like a giant group of pandering pussies.
This just in: Matt Cuts tricks SEOs into linking to his linkbait.
Kaedus, I hope you are posting this in a pre-morning-coffee stage...
Kaedus, I hope you are posting this in a pre-morning-coffee stage...
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Then you should start drinking enough that you will see this for what it is.
Post it by all means, but give us a sign that you know how silly it is... plz?
Why would I care whether you think I give any credence to what he says? He said something, he's a man who has a position of power within Google that affects many people on this board.
I'm simply sharing something that I believe people on this board would find interesting and would like to know about. Those who read it are then free to draw their own conclusions.
My conclusions?
Google wants everyone to depend on them.
So they have modified the concept of guest blogging, which has a specific meaning, and are now trying to categorize that plus every form of webmaster interaction as spam.
Yes, his example of a 'guest post' is one of spam, but personally, I don't consider that 'guest blogging' at all. That is a bartered link (as in bartering content for links) I remember reading a guest post on BlueHatSEO... now that is a guest post.
Overall, this is nothing new. G wants you to be afraid of all forms of traffic except adwords.
I wouldn't be surprised if Matt Cuts starts threatening webmasters (or warning them) that if they do media buys directly with high traffic sites instead of buying clicks, that is now SEO spam and you will be penalized for it unless you do so in XYZ manner designed to give them more information as to the structure of the web, as if that was their right... oh wait...
You quoting him is the only reason what he says matters. He is a disinformation agent, and people just lap it up. The only reason people find what he says to be reasonable is an appeal to authority, the logic behind what he says is really weak.
If I thought you were taking Cutts seriously, I might have to reconsider the mancrush I have on you. :338:
lol. Absolutely.
It's still relevant here.
Maybe you have a bone to pick with Kaedus I'm not aware of. (I have no idea...)
I like to see these things posted here because they're current, and worthy of being made fun of.
Google modified the entire concept of "spam." Spam is email. If you have a shitty search engine, you have a shitty search engine. It's entertaining to watch google spin that shit.