Diluting anchor texts for penguin issues

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Hey guys,

I have been battling with the ahole since it dropped late last year and while I did manage to recover some of my rankings from the reversal that happened, I still haven't been able to get the positions I once had. I have been using some safe links, PBNS, and a service I trust to build clean links and properties to these pages but it just will not budge.

I know this is an effect of Penguin. I'm thankful that I recovered a good chunk of my keywords but its just been a nightmare trying to get these keywords to rank again.

If anyone has ideas on how to dilute my anchors or have a solution/workaround that would be great. Thanks!
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  • Hi CutPasteProfits,

    Sounds like you're heading in the right direction with building out new content and acquiring safer links.... Before taking any drastic actions such as disavowing, which is best avoided - I would wait for the next penguin refresh.... and carry on with business as usual with rinsing and repeating with adding great content a dash of social signals and a hint of authoritative backlinks...

    Good luck, Look forward to hearing of a positive outcome!

    Cheers,

    Sid
  • Don't use your targeted keyword as anchor text frequently for link building, instead use secondary keywords, naked url, and website/company name as anchor text. This is a great way to dilute anchor texts.
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    • Yes indeed that's a great answer! In addition I would add that you need to dilute your commercial anchors to be less than 10% - with long tail variations, branding etc.... In addition you need to be consistent with backlinking velocity...

      I would aim again for around 10% of your traffic stats per month - especially as you are on the radar.... Also social signals can help e.g. invest in FB ads for social shares or give away content/reports on social shares/likes/followers etc.... as these signals correlate with your safe backlinks and its growth velocity....

      Above all keep your footprints under the radar and stay consistent ..... next penguin refresh I hope you're out of it!

      Again Best Of Luck!

      Sid
  • PBNS is a never a "safe" link. It only takes one knowable SEO to dig into your link profile via ahrefs and report it to Google.
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    Diluting anchor texts for penguin issues

    Hey guys, I have been battling with the ahole since it dropped late last year and while I did manage to recover some of my rankings from the reversal that happened, I still haven't been able to get the positions I once had. I have been using some safe links, PBNS, and a service I trust to build clean links and properties to these pages but it just will not budge.