Same linking c-blocks trend as competitor
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I noticed in our competitive link report that our number of linking c-blocks has risen and fallen in the exact same pattern as one of our competitors. Is there a reason why this would be happening?
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Thanks! Yes, I'm talking about "referring domain counts". That's what I was thinking. After looking at link building strategy and individual links, nothing else makes much sense. I've included the graph, just to confirm. I was referring to the top two lines.
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Are the "referring domain counts" increasing and decreasing in a similar pattern? If so, you are probably looking at the ebb and flow of the index, and not anything in particular related to your site. The larger Moz's index, the more likely they are to find links to both you and your competitor. The smaller, the less likely. The only time you would expect to see substantial divergence would be if either you or your competitor were adding or removing links at a substantially different pace from the other.
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Hey,
I guess you and your competitors are following similar link building approaches
It might be a co-incident but we have to see that trend from every way before reaching to any conclusion. You have to see is time span also the same? Plus, what was your link building approach at that time? Then only, you can have a solid answer.
Umar
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Hello, there.
Are you and your competitors link/being linked from the same websites? If so, then whenever those hosts become history or do clean up, you all get unlinked at the same time. And, if you and your competitors are watching each other closely and trying to get backlinks at exact same places - you will get indexed at the same time as well.
Cheers.
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