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I submitted my  site to DMOZ 5 years ago. It has yet to be approved.

Is there any use in trying to submit to this site. I have an established e-commerce site that has thousands of pages indexed.

Anyone have any useful info?

Directory submissions are a form of link building that may have worked before. Even before the Penguin update, directory submissions weren't helping much. You should try to get listed on the following directories:

DMOZ (if that ever happens!)

Yahoo paid (build trust)

• joeant, BOTW

If there are relevant directories to your business, I would look at getting listed there as well. More to get your name out there for people that are interested in you services.

Other than that, I wouldn't waste much time adding my domain to directories. They are not worthwhile links.

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That's what I thought too. But he clearly says:

"PS: We have not built any links or engaged in content marketing activities for the aforementioned themes. We are ranking well; [sorely] on the basis of the work we have done on-page!"

You're saying content alone can work if you have a few hundred existing links and build no more links?

I was expecting you!

Thanks for the input

I read this blog post:

http://www.seomoz.org/ugc/let-onpage-optimization-change-your-life

The author claims they have increased the visitors 50 fold doing on-page seo ONLY. So they just added content, and optimized the site structure.

Anyone have seen similar results?

Not outreach whatsoever, just adding content to site. Technically, this should be true, article directories has tons of visitors and they were giving out links.

As the Penguin update continues to change the way sites do SEO, many have moved towards guest posting as a "white hat" means of getting links from legitimate related sites. Now, admittedly, the content that is being posted via guest blogging seems to be much higher than the crap that was being posted on article directories and such. You also don't get the duplicate content like you did with the spun articles and mass submissions. But, guest blogging is becoming as ubiquitous as the paid blog links (i.e payperpost, etc.). I for one, have used guest posting, although I am not 100% sold on the results.

It seems that with the increase of guest blog networks, these links are becoming as easy to get as the article directory links. Doesn't that lessen the SEO value of the links?

And here the question that is always pestering: If you have quality content, why would you ever place it on someone else's site?

This is the meat of the discussion:

Shouldn't guest blogging be limited to unique opportunities (i.e a VERY established guest blogger in your niche)? Or is it okay to post content on as many related legitimate blogs as you can?

Thoughts...ideas....

ALL their backlinks are blogroll links. Not looking good!

I have an opportunity to place a guest blog on a site. The site has the following metrics:

• DA/PA: 24/36

• Inbound links: 3K+ from 16 root domains

Here is what makes me uneasy:

• The number of links from the same domain, suggesting sitewide or footer links

• When I look at the backlinks, there are links from sites like http://best-american-law-firms.info/, or http://www.luvbuds.info/. They sare blogroll links that are likely paid for.

Would you get a link from this blog?

Getting .edu links seems to be the Holy Grail for many SEOs and link builder. I understand how difficult it can be to get a link from a .edu domain that happens to cover topics in your industry.

What I am wondering is, has there been any studies/tests to determine if .edu links are more powerful that a link from a trusted/relavant .com?

All things being equal (DA, PA, etc.), is the .edu better?

What if the .com has slightly better metrics, is the .edu still better for SEO?

I haven't been able to find any expert blog posts about the added value.

Did you get a warning in your GWT?

I haven't looked at your site. I also don't know your link profile, or the kinds of links you have build. But I would be careful about going around removing links to your site.

If you did not get a warning, it could be that you simply over-optimized the text. If that is the case, you can't be sure which links are helping you and which links are hurting you. Even if you talked to a pro, they couldn't tell you for sure. If you simply go around removing links, and you have a sudden drop in inbound links (would NOT look natural), you could be setting yourself up for more damage. It might be a better idea to try to create quality branded inbound links for a couple of months and see the impact - again, I don't know the impact on your site.

Another thing to keep in mind, the worst links will likely be the hardest one to get removed.

Here are some questions to think about:

How much of a drop did you suffer?

How spammy is your profile? Are we talking about 10s of potential bad links, or 100s?

Was it particular keywords that dropped, or a sitewide drop?

Do you know if you were also affected by Panda? If so, have you tried dealing with those issues first? Dealing with Panda seems to be easier than dealing with Penguin because you are talking about content that is within your control.

If you do decide you want to get the links removed, simply try the contact page on the site. You can also try the Whois contact data. When you send an email, try to be polite and explain your situation without going into too much detail. Give it a week, and try again.

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Good Luck!

Thanks. That was helpful.

I know there are tools that help you keep track of keywords. What I want to know is the most accurate source for keywords I already rank for.

Specifically, I want to know all the keywords that I might be in position 20-50 for.

I am looking for a comprehensive guide to keyword research. Anyone read articles or guides they would recommend?

Thanks

I have been monitoring the query data (keywords, average position, CTR, etc.) in GWT, but sometimes the ranking data seems off.

I filter the dates for the past week, so it is the most recent. I manually check some of the rankings and they are way off.

Does anyone have feedback on this?

If you have access to multiple domain data, that would be great.

What is the most accurate way of determining keywords you currently rank for? I have also used keywordspy, and that is off too!

Is there a way to know which domains have links filtered out?

What is the most accurate tool to check the current ranking of keywords in bulk and download the report via CSV/Excel?

Any input would be appreciated.

So if it says 3K+ total links, I should be able to download that many?

When I look up a domain in OSE, it shows that there are 3K+ links from 349 domains. However, when I download the CSV, I only see around 1,500 links.

Why the discrepancy?

I am trying to upload a CSV into adwords editor. In step 3, I keep getting "errors or warnings"... Rows not imported...

It doesn't upload anything and I can't figure out why. I know you can use the View dropdown to see the items with errors, but nothing is imported for me to check!

I have the following header columns:

<colgroup><col width="237"></colgroup>
| Campaign |
| campaign daily budget |
| Location |
| Language |
| Location ID |
| Ad Schedule |
| max cpc |
| Ad group |
| Keyword |
| Headline |
| Description line 1 |
| Description line 2 |
| Display URL |
| Destination URL |
| match type |

Any advice?

I have been researching SEO companies. Some are not willing to provide references, while others have references with lukewarm recommendations.

Any e-commerce owners/managers here that have used an SEO company that they would recommend?

I am about to give up and stick to doing it in-house!