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11 years ago

If it is a real PR7... No offense but I'm guessing the PR is faked. What did you do to check and how much did you pay for it? Before you base a large part of your strategy of getting things started on this one domain it would be best to make sure it's legit.

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carpe via

11 years ago

Originally Posted by micksss

If it is a real PR7... No offense but I'm guessing the PR is faked. What did you do to check and how much did you pay for it? Before you base a large part of your strategy of getting things started on this one domain it would be best to make sure it's legit.

It's real.

It's a restricted TLD hence why my names on it.

It's an ex-government initiative website.

I won't tell you what I paid for it because it would upset people

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aliduncan

11 years ago

As micksss has stated already I would make sure that the PR is real before going any further as real PR 7 domains are rarely available to buy and would be very expensive. Use a service such as seo spyglass, ahrefs or majestic seo to check the backlinks to the domain. For a legit PR 7 you would expect to see a very strong backlink profile.

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carpe via

11 years ago

I should add too that's it's very much not in my niche, or even close to it.

I've had it around 4 weeks now, but I've not seen any SERP increase yet, although the level of SPAM hitting my T1's has gone through the roof!

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seojims

11 years ago

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aliduncan

11 years ago

Originally Posted by carpe via

It's real.

It's a restricted TLD hence why my names on it.

It's an ex-government initiative website.

I won't tell you what I paid for it because it would upset people

If this is the case then yes this strategy would work. Personally, I would avoid using GSA or rankwyz at all though as there is no need to use spammy software such as this, especially if you have the power of a PR 7 to play with.

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carpe via

11 years ago

Originally Posted by aliduncan

Personally, I would avoid using GSA or rankwyz at all though as there is no need to use spammy software such as this, especially if you have the power of a PR 7 to play with.

Yeah fair point - I'll stop GSA for now at least.

I was thinking about chucking RW anyway.

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aliduncan 11 years ago

Originally Posted by seojims

check my guideline when buying domain,.

Pr1 = 100+ backlinks
pr2= 300+ backlinks
pr3=600+ backlinks
pr4=800+ backlinks

These numbers have just been pulled out of thin air. It all depends on the strength of the backlinks. You can have a PR4 with just one very strong backlink.
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- danparks 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by seojims
  
  Pr1 = 100+ backlinks
  pr2= 300+ backlinks
  pr3=600+ backlinks
  pr4=800+ backlinks
  
  Originally Posted by aliduncan
  
  These numbers have just been pulled out of thin air. It all depends on the strength of the backlinks. You can have a PR4 with just one very strong backlink.
  
  Correct. "Raw" number of backlinks means little. I could give a domain 10,000 backlinks - automated, spammy, PR0 blog comments - in a day, and that would mean nothing for the PR of the target site. Instead, check the PR value of the backlinks. Just a few high PR backlinks could raise the domain's PR to PR4. Also check to see if those good, high PR backlinks seem like the type that might "stick around" over time (such as a backlink coming from a page last updated in 2010 - if it's still there now, the webmaster probably isn't going to be removing it.
  
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carpe via

11 years ago

The most powerful incoming links could die off no matter what I do due to the nature of the original site.

I've done what i can to minimize that but only so much I can do.

There are a number of PR7 links and masses of incoming PR6 from industry pages and government sites.

Internal pages show a few PR 6 and generous number of PR5.

It was a big site though and it's taking time to rebuild all the old pages.

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danparks

11 years ago

Originally Posted by carpe via

The most powerful incoming links could die off no matter what I do due to the nature of the original site.

I've done what i can to minimize that but only so much I can do.

There are a number of PR7 links and masses of incoming PR6 from industry pages and government sites.

Internal pages show a few PR 6 and generous number of PR5.

It was a big site though and it's taking time to rebuild all the old pages.

I agree with. Yes, there is no way to ensure an existing backlink will stick around. I just meant see if it looks like there's a good chance it/they will. There are no guarantees. I pointed that out to counter the other poster who was talking about a list of number of backlinks to gauge if a domain's PR is good. It sounds like you have a winner.

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carpe via

11 years ago

Originally Posted by danparks

I agree with. Yes, there is no way to ensure an existing backlink will stick around. I just meant see if it looks like there's a good chance it/they will. There are no guarantees. I pointed that out to counter the other poster who was talking about a list of number of backlinks to gauge if a domain's PR is good. It sounds like you have a winner.

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You do sometimes come across people saying that a link from a PR5 creates a PR3 etc.

That's always struck me as too simplistic - is this for real?

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Bambu

11 years ago

I would advise against backlinking all of your tier 1 blog networks with the PR7. You are creating a foot print. Try to avoid that as much as possible.

Despite your name being associated with the PR7, you can still use it T1 linking. Just link it to domains that have privacy or use fake Whois info.

Congrats on the PR7 :-)

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Hansons

11 years ago

Originally Posted by carpe via

I'm slowly building a private blog network mostly for my own sites, but also for clients in the future.

I'm following the advice I read from those with the most experience as closely as possible for now.

I have recently bought have a bug fat PR7 site

Unavoidable my name is on the Whois

So I've set this up as T2 for the rest of the network. T1 is all private or non-matching whois and diverse hosting.

I'm backing the network with GSA links, and Rankwyz (for now)

My thinking is that I can add lower PR and expired domains and the PR7 with power them up.

So questions I cannot find answers to?

1. Will this work?
2. Will this leave a big footprint?
3. Given a target of strong competition in a local city search, how many blog sites should I aim for?

The foot print can be the biggest problem here.

Google doesn't care of few sites in foot print, they may think that these are your own and one person can have few sites as well, but if they are too many in 100s then it is questionable.

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carpe via 11 years ago

Originally Posted by Bambu

Despite your name being associated with the PR7, you can still use it T1 linking. Just link it to domains that have privacy or use fake Whois info.

Good idea - thx

Originally Posted by Hansons

The foot print can be the biggest problem here.

Yeah, I suspect so. I'll keep it to a max of maybe 30 - 40.
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AnkurS

11 years ago

I've built myself a nice little network of sites and using them as a blog network for creating backlinks to other sites I own..

There are many valid points mentioned in this thread by other warrior members so I can only add a few more

- I've had some trouble with clients where it affected my network when they hired someone else too along with me to build more backlinks and that person was careless in what/how he was doing things. Since then I've moved all clients to a separate network and have another smaller network for my own sites.

- Mix it up with the type of sites you have in your network including both free and paid blogs/sites.

- I'd personally stay away from GSA and other type of linkbuilding techniques.

- Make sure you're the only one managing/handling the structure of your network and dont outsource any part of it. Quality control is very important here as one small mistake can bring it all down in one day.

Hope this helps

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carpe via

11 years ago

Originally Posted by vicky84

I've built myself a nice little network of sites and using them as a blog network for creating backlinks to other sites I own..

There are many valid points mentioned in this thread by other warrior members so I can only add a few more

- I've had some trouble with clients where it affected my network when they hired someone else too along with me to build more backlinks and that person was careless in what/how he was doing things. Since then I've moved all clients to a separate network and have another smaller network for my own sites.

- Mix it up with the type of sites you have in your network including both free and paid blogs/sites.

- I'd personally stay away from GSA and other type of linkbuilding techniques.

- Make sure you're the only one managing/handling the structure of your network and dont outsource any part of it. Quality control is very important here as one small mistake can bring it all down in one day.

Hope this helps

It does thanks

I outsource but not any part of this, and I'll keep it very private and low key.

I've quit GSA and Rankwyz now - I was uneasy with them anyway really, as I like to feel I'm enriching the internet not cluttering it up.

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