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Mr Johnson

as already stated by many of the responses above SEO has changed and is no longer as easy as it once used to be. SEO MOZ is not Google , opensite explorer is only a indication of what the google bot sees. However it is still very possible to rank and to rank on very competitive terms, 3 things needed , TIME + Money + understanding= results the first variable is something a lot of people cant do, Money is dependent on a number of factors ie if you are working for a business , personal project and the overall outcome you are expecting to get , example you may rank top but only in a market thats worth 50p a year , in which case spending £2000 to get top is pointless.

The 3rd is understanding I can teach a monkey the basics of seo , but what that person does with that knowledge is upto them, I have shared my knowledge with several people the ones that embraced it and run with the basic fundamentals of work hard , follow the rules avoid the " rank fast link build program" ( Ive tired them all )  have in most cases surpassed me and now it is I who learns off them .

I know nothing about SEO as it evolves almost daily I think it is almost impossible to keep up , but with having a wider community I am able to access the collective mind and so learn faster. ( knowing nothing has still aloowed me to dominate several very large competitive terms for the last tree to four years. When my web design clients started to ask about seo 5 years ago i was scarred to death if I saw over 100,000 results. But i decided to learn 9 I had to , on the arrival of my first child in order to provide the life I wanted to provide her, My day was the same as your , full time job then home 8pm till 4 am back up at 7 30 am to do the day job.

I failed many many times :)))))))) But that is part of succeeding

Someone has already covered that crap directories will harm your sites trust , I would love to know the domain you are / having been having no luck with.

Success is usual that one step away after most people quit. KEEP GOING (But take on advice that seems to be for coming from several on this thread)

May the force be with YOU

Winners never QUIT , they just understand failing is part of success.

Tried option 1 holding breath

"That is always your right but many SEOs feel OSE is an invaluable tool which they cannot work without."

Yeah I am hearing this , but I cannot wok with the data being given , example it seems like Ups.com has linked every site in the world.

last week it was ssa.gov

OK I just ran a check on site and the same crap I reported over 2 months ago i coming up

欢迎光临UPS     www.ups.com/asia/cn/chsindex.html/route/board.php?bo_table=pds..

From the linking root domains page I get all these false results

| *.swsoft.com/ | 90 | 18,408 |
| *.ups.com/ | 90 | 39,423 |
| *.fcc.gov/ | 86 | 24,978 |
| *.spaceweather.com/

| | |
| | |

| 80 | 8,182 |
| *.hostmonster.com/ | 75 | 44,325 |
| *.ndrc.gov.cn/ | 73 | 5,173 |
| *.bsplayer.org/ | 71 | 1,535 |
| *.rosettastone.com/ | 71 | 2,240 |
| *.iiasa.ac.at/ | 63 | 1,711 |
| *.echo-online.de/ | 61 | 3,020 |
| *.interwoven.com/ | 60 | 994 |
| *.hostingzoom.com/ | 47 | 398 |
| *.policyinnovations.org/ | 47 | 683 |
| *.gamania.co.jp/ | 46 | 771 |
| *.meijo-u.ac.jp/ | 45 | 733 |
| *.eon-mitte.com/ | 43 | 207 |
| *.circlecube.com/ | 42 | 175 |

Add to this that the keyword research tool now gives no indication as to the search volume , google search data removed and this is now less of a service than was originally signed up for.

I wasnt aware that the service cost has gone down. If I go into a Mcdonalds and ask / pay for Big Mac and fries, I want big mac and fries not some crap lame excuse that the fry maker is down so I just get a big mac. I think sucking up and oh well blah blah blah blah excuses dont help myself or you anyone else.  A definite fix date would be nice. If / when tools go down on our site we do NOT CHARGE CLIENTS for that month. I know of 2 other Moz users who have cancelled and gone to Majestic , I am wanting to stay with Moz but when I cannot trust the results I am seeing what choice do I have ?

PS It is a buyers RIGHT to be pissed off when said function /services dont work as promised, so please no more BULLSHIT arse licking replies.

Hmm I having to contain myself here

Hi

I asked a question a few weeks ago regarding the linkings being shown in opensite explorer showing crazy stuff like psds and odd file formats as being  the source of the links.

I was told it was being repaired , the results were almost useless and I stopped using , I have just logged back in to check again and see even more random odd results with sites that would have no reason to link to us.

Is this tool ever going to be repaired ?

Is there a ETA for the fix ?

How come you are launching new tools when the existing ones dont work ?

Kind Regards

Hi all

been looking at the keyword research tool , phrase is dog beds site at number 10 is

**www.ideas-4-pets.com    **

opened site explorer

http://www.opensiteexplorer.org/domains?site=www.ideas-4-pets.com%2F

Took at a look at linking root domains

ths guy has some huge linking domains , so thought I would take a look at how they managed to get links from sites like Samsung , the UN , Php.net,

Linking Root Domain	Domain Authority	Linking Root Domains
*.parallels.com/	97	129,927
*.php.net/	97	201,007
*.dmoz.org/	94	80,621
*.swsoft.com/	92	24,586
*.samsung.com/	89	54,125
*.oreilly.com/	88	48,350
*.undp.org/	88	21,578

I cant understand how he has got links off psd files or on page assets like embedded swf files. Anyone know how they are dong this , is this pure Darth Vader black hat >>???

Thanks in advance

May the Google be with You