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Got 50 .edu backlinks to my main site, BUT .

by Sandycmy
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I site was ranking in # 4 and #5 position, now after .edu backlinks - it's not seen anywhere in first 2 pages of google.

The site ranked in 1 page for over 5 years ! Is it a temporary thing or could you advice me what to do ...
#.edu #backlinks #main #site
  • Profile picture of the author Richard Van
    Firstly this should be in the SEO section.

    Secondly, you had a site that ranked well for five years then, after the Penguin update, to specifically target webspam, you went and did a beautiful bit of the most unnatural looking web spam.

    Did you really think that Google would think 50 .edu sites, all, suddenly, linked to your site?

    If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
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    • Profile picture of the author nehasingh
      Originally Posted by Richard Van View Post

      Firstly this should be in the SEO section.

      Secondly, you had a site that ranked well for five years then, after the Penguin update, to specifically target webspam, you went and did a beautiful bit of the most unnatural looking web spam.

      Did you really think that Google would think 50 .edu sites, all, suddenly, linked to your site?

      If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
      I think at certain extent it sounds really weird that how can site rankings drops just by 50 to 100 backlinks but I think it's common these days. Since after Penguin, things are pretty much complex in terms ranking. But those blog or sites that believed in white had SEO, natural link building are still sailing pretty well in Google.
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  • Profile picture of the author CBusiness
    agreed. If you add links, don't do more than 2 a day, unless it's HIGHLY reputable sites
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    • Profile picture of the author ilee
      Originally Posted by CBusiness View Post

      agreed. If you add links, don't do more than 2 a day, unless it's HIGHLY reputable sites
      What happens if I do 3? That is complete rubbish, natural backlinks have fluctuations, whats so natural about having a flatline number of backlinks a day? besides they don't all get crawled at the same time...

      What are the edu links like that you pointed towards your site? are they spammy with high OBL? You'll want to start diluting the bad links with contextual links from articles, guest posts and web 2.0
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      • Profile picture of the author kickmoney
        I can't believe people are still doing this...

        Site sounds like a write off

        Try and get the links removed and work on something else for a while.

        Maybe it'll swing back
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    • Profile picture of the author JSProjects
      Originally Posted by CBusiness View Post

      agreed. If you add links, don't do more than 2 a day, unless it's HIGHLY reputable sites
      Oh come on. This is just HORRIBLE advice. So, if I create 3 backlinks today I'm going to get my site slapped?
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    • Profile picture of the author Nelapsi
      Originally Posted by CBusiness View Post

      agreed. If you add links, don't do more than 2 a day, unless it's HIGHLY reputable sites
      Let me guess.. You're a SEO Expert
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  • Profile picture of the author Yimes
    If you believe that an established site can drop from page 1 after five years simply because the OP bought 50 edu links all at once, then why isn't everyone buying fiver gigs promising 50 edu lonks and pointing them at their competition?

    If it was a sudden influx of 50 edu links negative seo would be too easy. I do not think Google would let that happen so easily.

    I have no clue why this happened to OP but I doubt it was 50 edu back links.
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  • Profile picture of the author Maui Joe
    Give it a month before you make a judgement on those links. If this happened yesterday or last week, any theories here are purely speculation. Let it sit, develop another site, and revisit in a month. If it's still in the gutter, chances are it's an algorithm filter.
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    • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
      Originally Posted by CBusiness View Post

      agreed. If you add links, don't do more than 2 a day, unless it's HIGHLY reputable sites
      2? Where did you come up with that crap?

      Originally Posted by Yimes View Post

      If you believe that an established site can drop from page 1 after five years simply because the OP bought 50 edu links all at once, then why isn't everyone buying fiver gigs promising 50 edu lonks and pointing them at their competition?

      If it was a sudden influx of 50 edu links negative seo would be too easy. I do not think Google would let that happen so easily.

      I have no clue why this happened to OP but I doubt it was 50 edu back links.
      You know nothing about the authority of the site involved. Just because it is 5 years old doesn't not mean it isn't a weak site in terms of its authority. Negative SEO does exist. It does impact weaker sites.

      Why ANYONE would buy .edu or .gov links is beyond me though. If you get a legit link on a high authority .edu site, great. Nobody is selling anything other than spam if they are offering .edu and .gov links though. You might as well point porn and gambling links at your site too while you are at it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Sandycmy
    Thank you for all the comments.

    My site is a training site with a FREE course. It has educated over 21,000 students( through Free course ) over a period 5+ years. It is considered authority in the pharma industry in my country. It has lot of backlinks which people builded.

    The story is this - probably it may educate people like me NOT to do the same mistake.
    We didn't focus on the site for the last 6 months; and for that reason we were moved from #1 position to # 4 or sometimes # 5 for at least 5 main keywords. We did some content, but one FIVERR gig from a person who had over 6000 positive reviews - the gig mentioned the backlinks are absolutely safe - this was what tempted us to test it.

    We thought we were fine by thinking:

    a) Ours is an authority site with over 1k backlinks - 50 won't disturb, should only help
    b) .edu sites is ideal - as our site is a training one
    c) We were clear we don't need to go for 1000+ backlink services - just 50 is modest.

    The BIG G - taught us a big lesson. But I still wonder how we can take such beating when made for adsense sites too manage to be on google first page. Though, we understand the mistake, The Big G's logic is still questionable in my mind.

    Just thinking of ignoring and looking at other traffic sources.
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  • Profile picture of the author bb785
    I am guessing these links were exact match anchors, probably ones you have used in excess in the past. Also guessing that these ".edu" links are from deep inner .edu blog pages of little value and if you have bought them, others surely have as well.

    Could be that you just finally over did it enough to trigger a manual review.
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