Toxic links: Here’s why you can often ignore them
MHC is closing down our disavow blacklist tool. Learn why and more about toxic links in the article.
Continue ReadingMHC is closing down our disavow blacklist tool. Learn why and more about toxic links in the article.
Continue ReadingLast Updated: February 28, 2019 Are you trying to decide on whether or not you should submit a disavow file to Google? There is a lot of confusing information available online. In this article, we will explain our current thoughts on auditing links and filing a disavow with Google. Note: This article contains our disavow […]
Continue ReadingEdit: When I first heard about Moz's spam tool it sounded like they were marketing it as a completely automated disavow creator tool. After reading the comments on the Moz announcement, especially those from Rand, it sounds like this is not their intention and that the goal is to let people use this tool in conjunction […]
Continue ReadingI have had a number of questions about this recently so I thought it would be good for me to write an article that would help to explain what happens to your disavow file when you switch to https. Does changing to https mean that you are starting over with a fresh disavow file? If […]
Continue ReadingThis article is a summary of everything I could find that was a statement from Google in regards to negative SEO. Do they admit that it can happen? Is it a common occurrence. In a few places in this article I have given my opinion or commentary, but the majority of the article is quoted […]
Continue ReadingI have seen a lot of site owners who are confused about how to determine whether Google has penalized their site or not. If you have a manual penalty then you will have a notification in your manual actions viewer. However, you may or may not see a message in your messages center. You can still […]
Continue ReadingUpdated: November 23, 2022 This article was originally written in 2014. I wrote it because there was a lot of confusion in regards to Google's stance on guest posting for links. I did not anticipate that EIGHT YEARS later, we would still be having the same discussion. Is guest posting for links a good idea? […]
Continue ReadingI can't believe I just discovered this today. I've been doing exclusively penalty work for over two years now and when I have a reconsideration request pending I am insanely refreshing Webmaster Tools all day long to see if I have a new message. The feeling that I get when I see Messages(1) is a crazy […]
Continue ReadingOh man. I got an email last week from a former client for whom we had lifted a manual unnatural links penalty recently asking why they had another penalty. The original penalty was reduced from a sitewide to a partial on April 19, 2014 and the penalty was completely removed on May 6, 2014. The message […]
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