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Agree with Cole. I always do a site:mydomain.com and manually click through all the pages to make sure everything matches. Also, monitor your Google Webmaster Tool to see any issues. Even if you launch and have some issues, as long as you fix them quickly, you won't see much loss if any. Good luck!
I agree w/Adam--buybera.com, http://featuredbookmarks.com/ & etc. look spammy. I would suggest getting these links remove.
Also, you need to work on your local marketing strategy a bit (get reviews, hours & additional info in these places).
Good luck!
I agree with Marcus. Also consider if you are also hosting the sites, they may all share the same ip address. This may be consider a link farm, but if it's nofollow and a branded term don't believe it will matter that much.
It's called astroturfing and is a a dumb o' waste of time. Many companies have been fined for this type of activity. So stay away...
Looks like they don't watch their own <a target="_blank">site </a>very well (see all the viagra, laser removal and everything else in the comment section). I believe a company "selling" content services, but don't monitor what is on there site could be a sign not to use them.
I would ask them to remove it. If they won't, fill this out once indexed: Report alleged copyright infringement: Web Search.
Any other tips for Philip?
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Sounds like it. You said: Before our company started doing SEO for this website, they hired a company that generated a large number of backlinks that Google would probably now see as spammy.
Penguin targeted low quality links (and seemed like you have them). Prune those links out and see what happens. Also, focus on reducing/eliminating any over-optimization (specifically anchor texts/kw stuffing and etc). I'm sure other mozzers will weigh in, but at face-value, that is what I'm guessing.
I stopped doing this a couple years ago. If a client is happy with your work, they will most likely refer you (IMHO). Furthermore, with all the algo changes it's best to stay safe considering the link will have the same anchor text, no relevancy, on multiple pages linking to same homepage, not "naturally" earned and etc.
When I did do it, I linked to our homepage and made it a nofollow link.
Free Link exchange, Fast Backlinking and if you query: site:seossite.com 1 pages indexed! All indications to run fast...
There are services out there, but I think a personal reply is probably the best (your English was fine in the question:) Since they see a ton of these canned responses, this is your best option.
Just make sure you are honest and cover all the points Google wants you to cover. See this video for more information..
We use some industrial directories such as ThomasNet, MacRAE's and GlobalSpec. These directories do provide some, but decreasing value over the years. Google (according to Matt Cutts) looks at a few items when assessing these directories:
A good rule of thumb-if the directory looks outdated, lacks original content, has broad content (not in all cases but niche is better), looks spammy, has poor usability and anyone can get in don't use.
I heard of many individuals/firms doing this. It appears to work in some situations now, but would not attempt to do it.
By buying a site and rerouting the links technically breaks this term. Will you get caught? Probably not as redirects from an one domain gets passed to another domain all the time. If Google can better identify contextual relevancy of a site, they could identify the misuse of this and take action.
The best thing to do in SEO is to stay honest!
Contact them to remove the link to your home page. Most likely, they will not communicate back with you. So ALWAYS disavow those links.
One reason it's difficult is that a domain may have expired because the owner forgot to renew it. Once it's expired, the owner quickly renews it. Should they begin from square one? Probably not--so that's why it isn't deleted (and may be the answer your looking for). If a domain has expired and no site goes up, it will eventually just gradually "disappear" (although may not fully).
Do keyword/competitor research and create compelling content that is great link bait. Inbound links will organically occur if the content is useful. Repeat this many times and traffic will increase for these landing pages and push your DA up. It's difficult, and requires much times/resources. This is a better route than buying links that can get you hurt you in the future. Good luck!
They use a ton of guest writers. I agree w/Oliver that it's probably the writer placing the links. However, they should probably do more review/qa or else it could potentially hurt them in the long run. Great catch Paddy!
Andy's correct. The answer is most likely yes. So if screaming frog find these pages, most likely the Google bot will as well. Also, as long as the spider can find the page, it doesn't matter if it's static or dynamic. However, If you have multiple parameters, Google may decide it's not a useful page and won't index it. Make sure to include a sitemap with all these url's as it may help in getting them indexed in case your site architecture is poor.
Hi Alan. We don't use that particular website but close to 80% of our traffic is coming from long-tail keywords. Furthermore, the conversion for the long-tails is significantly higher than of the competitive keywords. I believe this to be true for most people out there.
Good read on the subject => http://www.seomoz.org/blog/15-tips-to-speed-up-your-website