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One of the ways I build links easily with local photographer clients is just to reach out to their own clients and get links from their sites and get shared.

Don't overthink these algorithms because that's when your productivity will get shot. I know the feeling. As long as you aren't overly using anchor text and you arent getting crappy links from networks then you shouldnt worry too much.

And you definitely have to utilise Google+. It's wonderful for photographers.

I dont think it's the cause for the drop (probably some other things caused by the redesign, like structural changes) nor do I think it will affect you negatively if you have for-sale in the URL or not.

Though it is still important, I would look at the Meta tags and page content more than the URL.

For me, the shorter url is my personal preference because of practical reasons.

IF that's what they really want to do, then you cant really do much about it.

Just bring it back and see what happens and adjust your strategy from there.

you'll probably get responses here to nofollow them or to remove them just to be safe.

Personally, I just don't worry about it. I've never had problems with it in the past as long as all my links are not like that.

It does get counted. You might even see the bit.ly link show. Bots can crawl and follow these shorteners.

Hey Tanveer

There are a lot of guides out there for link building.

This one is a good one http://backlinko.com/link-building

That should be enough to get you ranking

that's the hardest penalty to recover from lol. You never know if you have done enough.

The last time I did it (i just got one to recover recently) I just flat out disavowed all those links. I made sure I got everything, even included yandex results.

I also made "for panda only" improvements.

It worked without talking or emailing anyone.

This is one of my posts on Linkedin about doing SEO for new sites.

Dont overthink it. Just get started with your site, then work your way towards building links.