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    Anyone Seen a Drop in Rankings from Article Links from Years Ago?

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    • alhallinan
      alhallinan last edited by

      A client of mine did article marketing years ago with Ezine, PRlog, ArticlesBase, etc.  Now those links are still linking to their domain.

      Do you think they'll see an increase in rankings from removing those links?

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      • sbrault74
        sbrault74 last edited by

        Probably not but you may avoid a penalty though.

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