Would this count as a PBN? I bought a few domains that are in my niche and will be doing 2 things: 1. Pointing the domain name back to my main site 2. Rebuilding the website from archive and adding a few links back to my original site. Would this send a bad signal to Google? The sites themselves are aged and not AI. They are relevant on the topic and helpful on their own, I just want to spice them up a bit to build a better backlink profile to my site and capture... 4 5 replies
Advice on GSC Hello everyone! I started a project in 2018 called hosts click. Hosts Click is a free tool that allows developers and website administrators to test their websites before updating DNS records. It provides a temporary URL that redirects traffic to a specified IP address and domain, enabling instant testing without modifying local hosts files or waiting for DNS propagation. I started this project as a mean to give my clients an ability to produce a temporary URL, and I did not cared about SEO or any advertising, since it's... 4 3 replies
Advice on google search console Hello everyone! I started a project in 2018 called hosts.click. Hosts.Click is a free tool that allows developers and website administrators to test their websites before updating DNS records. It provides a temporary URL that redirects traffic to a specified IP address and domain, enabling instant testing without modifying local hosts files or waiting for DNS propagation. I started this project as a mean to give my clients an ability to produce a temporary URL, and I did not cared about SEO or any advertising, since it's a free... 5 0 replies
Footer on site with all areas covered? Hi all Just wondering what the consensus is on this one. We are an electrical business and a lot of customer searches include the area the are within. I.e electrician in Greenwich For this reason we have created various pages for these areas I.e electricians in Greenwich We create a lot of blog content and also have various service type pages. It seems to me to be a no brainer to include a footer on each page which states each area we cover I can’t see this having a... 1 4 replies
Losing keywords like crazy... freaking out Hello everyone, i would love sime advice and thoughts about my current situation. I recently left my old agency who managed seo and Google ads. I have purchased the guru plan for semrush and have been doing the seo work on my own since. I have started losing organic ranking like crazy and I'm not sure what to do. A bit of context: My old agency was using a technique where they made a bunch blog posts that took this format: product 1 in town A, product 1 in... 2 6 replies
Sharing a short 3-month success story for an average Shopify store. Long way to go! Wishing everyone a Happy New Year ! So 3 months ago, I took up a freelance SEO project for a Shopify store having monthly orders of around 35 to 50 (organic) which I was able to bring up to 120+ for the month of December '24. The average impressions per day increased from 1,100 to 4,500 and the store's total clicks went up to 3k for the last 3 month with the conversion rate of 2.6% which went up by 5% . We are currently maintaining an average position... 1 0 replies
Are 410 codes even paid attention to by Google? As some of my content is no longer valid, I mark it with a 410 HTTP code. However, when I review Google Search Console, that content still shows up in Not Found. Does Google even pay attention to 410s? 4 2 replies
Need help to choose a tranning program I am an SEO with 14 years experience, taking care of SEO, Google ads and analytics in my organisation. My company paying me for a traning program. I can choose any program that of my choice that help me to my current job. I am thinking of one of these. 1. Basic python - may help me SEO and analytics 2. AI prompt engineering 3. Google bigquery, Can you suggest any of above or any other program that can help me in current job and my carrier. Thanks in... 5 1 replies
How long does it normally take google crawler to crawl the website? it has been two days since the Google search console shows the message that validation has started. the screenshot is posted as the first comment. 4 3 replies
Sponsored post value Hi All, Happy new years! I am contemplating on whether or not to pay for a sponsored post on a website that has a domain rating of 71 on Ahrefs' authority checker. The reasons why I'd pay $600 for this sponsored post is to get a solid back link (option to make it a do follow link) and I'll get solid exposure which can potentially get me leads. Is $600 a solid value? Would love to hear your thoughts 3 1 replies
2024 Google Search Ranking Algorithm Updates All # 2024 Google Core Updates * December 2024 Core Update: December 12, 2024 through December 18, 2024 * November 2024 Core update: November 11, 2024 through December 5, 2024 * August 2024 Core Update : August 15, 2024 through September 3, 2024 * March 2024 Core Update : March 5, 2024 through April 19, 2024 # 2024 Google Spam Updates * December 2024 Spam Update: December 19, 2024 through December 26, 2024 * June 2024 Spam update: June 20, 2024 through June 27, 2024 * March 2024 Core Update : March 5, 2024 through March 20, 2024 4 3 replies
What to do when there is traffic fall from the website after spam update? What to do when there is traffic fall from the website after spam update? 4 3 replies
struggling to find ideas, needs a little help i’ve watched lots of videos on youtube and other platforms, and i’ve learned how to find low-competition keywords. but when i try to come up with one, my mind goes blank. either that, or i end up with basic ideas that have very high competition or no search volume at all. could anyone give me a list of keywords i should write about? at least having a list or some patterns to refer to would help for future posts. if there are any formulas or strategies, i’d really appreciate... 3 2 replies
How does local SEO differ from traditional SEO in 2025? How does local SEO differ from traditional SEO in 2025? 1 4 replies
lack of ideas, needs help i’ve watched lots of videos on youtube and other platforms, and i’ve learned how to find low-competition keywords. but when i try to come up with one, my mind goes blank. either that, or i end up with basic ideas that have very high competition or no search volume at all. could anyone give me a list of keywords i should write about? at least having a list or some patterns to refer to would help for future posts. if there are any formulas or strategies, i’d really appreciate... 5 0 replies
Why impression rate of the website 50% less in mobile compared to desktop? Why impression rate of the website 50% less in mobile compared to desktop? 1 0 replies
Building a Competitor Tracking Tool: Looking for Beta Testers Hi community, As an SEO professional, I’ve always struggled with tracking competitors’ **monthly content updates** and understanding their strategic focus. While tools like Ahrefs and SEMrush are great, they often don’t provide real-time insights into what competitors are publishing or updating. To solve this, I started building a tool that: * What new content did competitors publish last month and their Month over month view? * Which existing articles did they update and its frequency? * What topics are they focusing on? * How does their activity stack up... 5 0 replies
AI SEO Tools for for content creation Thoughts on using AI SEO Tools for for content creation will it affect my blog? especially its just 6 months old blog with 15k monthly visitors? I found a AI tool that write content using GPT Integration and consider the SEO and algorithm idk if anyone tested that before i wanna hear your thoughts before subscribing?? 4 0 replies
SEO Tools - Feedback needed Hi, I’m M, a marketer passionate about creating tools that make our work easier and more effective. I’m currently developing a **FREE marketing (SEO) software**—a native app available for Mac, Windows, and Linux. I’d love to know if anyone is interested in trying it out and providing feedback to help me debug and improve it! The app integrates several powerful tools, such as **Google Search Console (GSC), GA4, Microsoft Clarity, PageSpeed Insights**, and soon **SEMrush**. It is a crawler with a few more bells and whistles that I could... 1 0 replies