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Getting Your Competitor Google Slapped?

by andrewp82
10 replies
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Hi Everyone,

This is my first post, so please be kind

I'm getting the impression that building links too quickly will get you "slapped". Then, does this apply if you built links to your competitors site? I mean, for a very small investment, you could pay someone to build thousands of poor quality links to your competitors site and get them "slapped" so you can move up in the rankings?

What are everyone's thoughts?
#competitor #google #slapped
  • Profile picture of the author OliviaSSLGuru
    Better than this taking risk, you could pay the same amount for some quality and reputed back links for your web site.
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  • Profile picture of the author nichesitebasics
    Make your own site better and you won't need to slap down your competitors just to get ahead.
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  • Profile picture of the author ThatAblaze
    Yes, this has worked for several people recently. You want to use the same keyword for the spam. I suggest you pick a keyword that your competitor uses but that you don't, that way if the attempt fails your competitor doesn't end up outranking you in anything important to you.

    If they get slapped it happens for all keywords.
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  • Profile picture of the author kannikuku
    It is not possible. this is very bad thinking... please dont try to do this...let Internet clean.
    Do hard work on your website rather than to destroy your's competitor's website.
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  • Profile picture of the author andrewp82
    Ohh no I don't want to do this. I was just questioning how serious Google is about building back-links too quickly. As we all know, there are many dodgy people out their and all your hard work could be thrown away because someone made Google slap your site.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
    Banned
    Better have some deep pockets because for every guy you knock down & make his page bounce in the SERPs two more competition will step up.

    You need to decide, are you going to finance your competitions backlinks, or are you going to finance your own links.
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    • Profile picture of the author cssitkt
      It's definitely a viable option. If the niche your in is paying out decent ROI then the cost of Google Bowling a competitor is negligible. I destroyed a 10 year old site that had 25,000 natural backlinks for less than $200 using private blog network links at a rate of 200 links a day for two months.
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  • Profile picture of the author SSL Matrix
    I should not believe in negative SEO.
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    • Profile picture of the author cssitkt
      Originally Posted by SSL Matrix View Post

      I should not believe in negative SEO.
      You should definitely believe in because it's possible. Whether you should do it or not is another matter.

      Morals aside, the complete ranking plan for 2012 should include a budget for tanking the competition.
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  • Profile picture of the author mosthost
    IMHO, if you repeat the anchor text enough, especially from sitewide links, you can tank a competitors keywords.

    My enemies have used many negative SEO tricks against me over the years - for which they paid dearly

    Negative SEO is as real as Sasquatch, and just as dangerous.
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