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That's something you want to avoid if you can. There is no substitute for an HTML based website.

Whilst we understand Google can see certain aspects of a Flash file, it will be a long way from what you can achieve if you avoid it.

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Andy

I would need to spend some considerable amount of time looking at this, which might be awkward. Just check that you are doing everything by the book. Don't go near black or grey hat techniques and get lots of unique content on there. You also want to build up a good social following and get them to read and repost your articles. Regards, Andy

I am also using Chrome but Aaron confirmed there is something wrong with mine.

Mine hasn't updated my comments, etc for weeks and I never realised - I raised a ticket for this to be looked at yesterday - hopefull Aaron is on the case

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Andy

Hi Philip,

I would hold fire until Google Panda has been rolled out as there are many unknowns about which sites are being hit right now. There are affiliate sites in the US that have taken a nose dive, so for the sake of a few weeks, hold onto what you have and then review again when we all know more.

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Andy

Spinning and article distribution are not necessarily anything to do with a PR0 site. What you were doing was not what is considered an ethical practice, and I am not surprised you were penalised.

PR0 sites can have good content and can be worthy of links back, but you want niche sites related to yours, not random ones that take spun content.

Regards,

Andy

I would say that the original higher placements you were getting then were just an early boost. However, if you are sure that everything you have done is absolutely White hat, then it is hard to know what other reasons google might have found to do this without going into it in more detail. Andy

Quite simply PR does not affect your position in the SERP's. One of my sites is a PR1 but is just under Wikipedia for one particular well contended phrase and above sites that are a PR 3 or 4.

Content and good organic links are your friend

Regards,

Andy

And you will benefit from that in the long run. Keep up the good work and drop me a message if you need any other help. Regards, Andy

That has changed the whole appearance of the page

It looks less spammy, is less spammy and as such, you will find people feeling that when they visit. Altogether more professional!

Just make sure all other aspects are in order, Page Titles, Meta Descriptions, Alt Tags, etc., then write more content for the site that is all to do with the various hosting packages then link those hosting packages to their own niche articles.

Its a bit of work but you will reap the rewards!

Regards,

Andy

I have had that in the past - the link appears and then goes again - I wouldn't worry about it too much Never caused me any problems.

Regards,

Andy

Andrew,

I would find someone else to work with as he clearly knows nothing about SEO if he is proposing tactics like that.

Google Panda is seeing off a lot of article and poor quality websites now. What you want is fresh, unique content for your website and announce it in the right way - but avoid what he is proposing at all costs.

To answer your question, it is both a waste of time and you could get a hit for doing it.

Regards,

Andy

If I were to build that page, I would remove all occurance of heavily repeated words and phrases. As Google themselves say, they know pretty quickly what you have to offer, you don't need to keep telling them.

This is what is called "keyword stuffing" and is classed as a black hat (unethical) technique used to try and trick the search engines into giving you a better rank.

I would have a primary heading "Choose Your Hosting Plan", or something like that, then those links down the left, I woud change just to the package on offer "Joomla", "Wordpress" etc.

If there is no Joomla behind the link (on the following page) then Google will not like this either as they will expect to see this, so maybe add some content on those pages to do with the hosting on offer.

I hope this helps.

Regards,

Andy

Of course.

If you look at your page, there are so many occurrences of the same links both at the left and the bottom, then you have the same words written multiple times "Buy" & "Hosting".

This will do you no favours at all. You would be much better off just titling these "Joomla", etc., without the additional words in there. The page looks spammy and I suspect that if Google comes across it, this will end up being a mark down for you.

Regards,

Andy

Before even looking at link building, I would take some time to sort your site out as it is a huge link fest in there!

And no, you dont want to be getting links back from the same class IP. Google is wise to this trick.

Regards,

Andy

There is no such thing as building DA quickly. It takes time and you might find that if you run after the quick solution, it comes back and bites you in the ass... real hard!

Those sites that it is worthwhile getting links from want to see really good content, so get that part covered and you will be on your way - just announce the content to them when the time is right.

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Andy

When did you set your campaign up Barbara? It tends to update once a week as the crawls happen.

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Andy

I can't say I have - can you give me phrases to check and I will have a look from here?

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Andy

Hi Gary,

Usually, if it sounds too good to be true, it generally is - and this is why no-one else really recommends or uses these sorts of services. If anyone gets wind of what is going on, you are the ones who will suffer.

You are also having to entrust your brand to someone who doesn't know about you as a butcher - it can be a dangerous game... be very careul how you play it.

My advise, walk away.

Regards,

Andy

I am always cautions about adding microsites for SEO benefits as these can come back and bite you hard when you least expect it.

Personally, I tend to steer clear of doing this and would opt to keep adding content to your existing site. It doesn't all have to be on the same page, but link out to a few niche articles you could write.

Keep it straight forward and you will have no problems

Regards,

Andy