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    Does submitting my website link to lower DA websites for backlinks is good or bad?

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      • effectdigital
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        In general, websites that allow you to 'submit' (and therefore create guaranteed links) are usually of intrinsically low value. At most, they usually don't boost your rankings meaning that you have wasted your own time. In link building, quality trumps quantity (volume) every time.

        Instead of thinking which directories or article-wheels to submit your content (or site) to, think about the value-add. Does anyone really browse most of those directories or do most people just Google it? Will anyone see your page? How often - one person per year? **Will they follow the link? **(that's a key question)

        Relevance is about more than just semantic contextual word-play. Just because some website is about the same thing as your website, that doesn't mean that any and all links which you place 'must surely be relevant'. Why is it relevant for a user to follow the link? That's real relevance. If you are considering relevance without thinking about end-user value-add, then you're just saying words and not really taking the Google philosophy to heart.

        It's about creating something that adds value to the web (something which other websites don't supply). If your site doesn't add value to the web, then it has to do something that another site already does, but infinitely better (in such a way that users flock to it, like how FaceBook killed MySpace). If you're not adding value to the online community and you're not putting in the effort to sink the competition through sheer effort and positive energy, never expect to rank well. Link 'building' isn't what it used to be (in terms of how easy it is to shoot up rankings), Google's Penguin algorithm (now integrated into its core algo-set) can see through thin, 'made just for SEO' content and links in an absolute heartbeat.

        You really need to think about your service and how to style it a heck of a lot better. You want people engaging with your female escorts? I'm not here to judge - but those websites don't do much to push their talents as a 'premium' service. Even with solid, powerful links - the sites linking to you would probably just get penalised instead of your site(s) doing well (sorry! But it's probably true).

        If you can escape the bare-minimum effort mentality, you can succeed in modern SEO. Ger with the long-termist philosophy. If you just want to make a quick buck with PBNs and stuff like that, there are (assuredly) better communities to service your needs than this one

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