Fiverr for Social Signals are Dead!! Google is tracking these gigs!
Google is well aware of Fiverr SEO gigs and has been for quite awhile now. I have some pretty compelling evidence from multiple sites I manage that Google is sending out hit squads using the reports many providers send you. I would say these hit squads probably started within the last week or two. Just after Penguin 2.1.
Here's how it works:
1) Google buys every gig offering social signals, backlinks, etc. a couple times a week.
2) Google then takes those nice little reports (A.K.A "Footprints") and organizes them.
3) They then scrape every link on that users profile or site and then add a penalty to it.
Most will say "Duh, this is common sense", but a lot of people...including myself have had incredible success using these gigs. It was only a matter of time before it happened. I would say that it would probably be safe to use providers that do not use reports, but it is just as easy for Google to track all the profiles used using # tags or random strings to see who's profiles they are popping up on.
I thought socialsynd would be able to fill the gaps, but its a very limited resource (Pro only offers 64 Urls) for someone that is marketing 1000's of URLs.
Would love to hear suggestions, ideas or alternatives to Fiverr?
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