Using Backlinks as a weapon?

Eric Pacheco · 11-26-2011, 10:26 AM

I signed up for backlinking report website and noticed that someone is creating XXX backlinks to my website...

What are you guys interpretation on this?

Is it harmful to your website?

How can you really defend against this?

-Eric Pacheco

RayW · 11-26-2011, 10:38 AM

Don't worry about it, Google will never hurt your site's rankings because of low-quality backlinks; at most, it will just discredit them.

scraig · 11-26-2011, 11:11 AM

Not something to worry about. If it was everyone's competitors would be would be shooting back links at each other.

bfas · 11-26-2011, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Ray Wynn

Don't worry about it, Google will never hurt your site's rankings because of low-quality backlinks; at most, it will just discredit them.

This is simply not true. Be careful making statements out of opinion or hearsay.

With the Panda updates, you absolutely can be hurt by 'bad' link profiles. Even before Panda, Google can and does penalize for certain paid links. If someone wanted to, they could buy 'bad' paid links to you.

Michael

RayW · 11-26-2011, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by bfas

This is simply not true. Be careful making statements out of opinion or hearsay.

With the Panda updates, you absolutely can be hurt by 'bad' link profiles. Even before Panda, Google can and does penalize for certain paid links. If someone wanted to, they could buy 'bad' paid links to you.

Michael

So I can get to the top of SERPs by blasting all my competitors with bad links? Really? You really think that would work?

faceblogger · 11-26-2011, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Ray Wynn

So I can get to the top of SERPs by blasting all my competitors with bad links? Really? You really think that would work?

You can try though with at least little success. However, this is less effective than spending that effort on improving your site. That's why the people at higher skill level of SEO never tries in that way.

officer_iron · 11-26-2011, 04:50 PM

Links can and do affect the rankings, regardless of who creates the backlinks. That's why when you're doing your own SEO, you still have to be careful when creating your backlinks. The same tactics that you avoid when doing your own SEO are things that can penalize you, and it doesn't matter if it's done by you or by someone else.

DeanSoto · 11-30-2011, 11:47 PM

I definitely believe that backlinking can be used against you. Albeit, to a site that has been around for a lot longer than most it's unlikely - try flooding your new site with a ton of backlinks and see what happens.

I recently tried flooding a new site with backlinks (as a test) and it's ranked in the 100's.

This is with no reciprocal linking and no shady outbound linking.

So yes, it can be used as a weapon.

babymalo78 · 12-01-2011, 12:57 AM

Google punishing links from link factory, paid links and other harmful keyword stuffing sites, be careful of this kind of website

wotblogger2 · 12-01-2011, 01:07 AM

These kind of links are harmful for your site. Watch out for them.

prcys · 12-01-2011, 05:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eric Pacheco

I signed up for backlinking report website and noticed that someone is creating XXX backlinks to my website...

What are you guys interpretation on this?

Is it harmful to your website?

How can you really defend against this?

-Eric Pacheco

If you do not work of the link building for your site and if someone else done this then this means that someone else is doing the illegal seo for your site. As have you heard about the reverse seo?

awj888 · 12-01-2011, 07:27 AM

if you have found the sites which contain these links yo ucan contact the admin and see how they got there - also, ask for them to remove them. cant think of any webmaster who wouldnt mind less outbound links on their site TBO!

also a couple of bad links isnt geoing to ruin a site- so long as you are building more, and more quality

11-26-2011, 10:26 AM	#1
Eric Pacheco Warrior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Central USA Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Using Backlinks as a weapon? I signed up for backlinking report website and noticed that someone is creating XXX backlinks to my website... What are you guys interpretation on this? Is it harmful to your website? How can you really defend against this? -Eric Pacheco
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RayW Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 558 Thanks: 102 Thanked 92 Times in 49 Posts	Re: Using Backlinks as a weapon? Don't worry about it, Google will never hurt your site's rankings because of low-quality backlinks; at most, it will just discredit them.

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scraig HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 105 Thanks: 5 Thanked 14 Times in 10 Posts	Re: Using Backlinks as a weapon? Not something to worry about. If it was everyone's competitors would be would be shooting back links at each other.

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officer_iron Brady L Lewis War Room Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 622 Thanks: 108 Thanked 118 Times in 87 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Using Backlinks as a weapon? Links can and do affect the rankings, regardless of who creates the backlinks. That's why when you're doing your own SEO, you still have to be careful when creating your backlinks. The same tactics that you avoid when doing your own SEO are things that can penalize you, and it doesn't matter if it's done by you or by someone else.
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11-30-2011, 11:47 PM	#8
DeanSoto HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Southern California Posts: 110 Thanks: 23 Thanked 75 Times in 32 Posts	Re: Using Backlinks as a weapon? I definitely believe that backlinking can be used against you. Albeit, to a site that has been around for a lot longer than most it's unlikely - try flooding your new site with a ton of backlinks and see what happens. I recently tried flooding a new site with backlinks (as a test) and it's ranked in the 100's. This is with no reciprocal linking and no shady outbound linking. So yes, it can be used as a weapon.

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