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That's good news on both fronts. Just remember with the disavow file, to add to the file that is there. It's too easy to overwrite a file and reverse work you have already done. -Andy

I have a new client and just discovered on Open Site Explorer hundreds of links to ghost pages. The anchor text is stuff like Criminal Background Checks Las Vegas or Find Missing Persons. I am not the webmaster.  What advice should I give him? Julie

Hi, the most common 500 Server Error with Wordpress happens when the php memory limit is to low. I would suggest to increase it to a minimum of 64 oder 128MB. Some Infos here: http://ideaboxthemes.com/increase-php-memory-limit-wordpress/ Hope it helps. Chris

Thank you so much Dan, this is the answer I was looking for.

Monica, you should see if EGOL will be your guy! I believe it states in his Moz bio that he LOVES that type of work. Juuuuust kidding!!! But seriously, he made some great points!! Best of luck

Cloudflare.com is a great CDN if you need a free or low cost solution.

Hi, Yes, Justian is absolutely right, knowing your competitors is fundamental when want to do good SEO! Checking out your competitors‘ backlinks is definelty the best way to start looking for healthy link opportunities. I would go for the LRT’s competitive link detox (CDETOX). The tool checks yours and your competitor’s (up to 9) backlinks and tells you, which ones are healthy ones and which ones are not. You can sort the links by their power and their link risk, so it is a good way to decide on which sites you’d like to build a link. I think knowing if the links are bad or good ones is essential when trying to copy the competitors‘ links, caus in the end it doesn’t help having the same links as your competitors if they are bad ones! Also the tool calculates your total link risk and your competitors‘ total link risks‘ so it is a good way to see what kind of link risk is normal in the particular niche or you can see if it is likely that some competitors will be punished by a penalty in the near future. This is also good to know when planning your own link building strategy. Regarding the recommended amount of backlinks created per week I have to say that the most important thing here is that you link growth is steadily and increases slowly! Everything else would look highly unnatural. Of course, some seasonal fluctuations might be normal for a particular industry, e.g. a higher link growth some weeks before christmas and so on … Hope this helped a bit. Cheers, Harry

Hi Monica, It's almost certainly an issue related to the Backlinker plugin given that error message, though clearly it's not a straightforward solution. I found this post on the wordpress forum, perhaps this is your issue too (by member pee_dee): "Look in header.php inside your current theme and find this line: http://www.4llw4d.freefilesblog.com/jquery-1.6.3.min.js This server is no longer able to provide the .js file linked to your theme. I found it mine at: http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jQuery/jquery-1.6.3.min.js Get a hold of the .js file (or google the heck out of the .js file you need) and point to it on your server." Hope that works George

Thank you for your answers.