Old owners links pointing to new owners domain
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We have a number of web sites. We recently acquired an excellent domain name, it happened to be owned by one of our competitors.
Our competitor has a lot of web sites, each domain having a basic 5 page unoptimized site with one of those pages little more than a link farm.
They have over three hundred domains with all but lets say 10 of them consisting of basic 5 page sites with a link "directory" on one of those pages. - the directory page is the same on every single site/domain.
One of the links from that directory is going to our newly acquired domain and newly optimized web site.
Being new to this, should this pose any kind of concern for us?
Thanks in advance!
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i dont think you should worry - just dont link to them and then build your own quality links
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They have over three hundred domains with all but lets say 10 of them consisting of basic 5 page sites with a link "directory" on one of those pages. - the directory page is the same on every single site/domain.
Three hundred? I have a few competitors who have about three dozen.
Being new to this, should this pose any kind of concern for us?
Yes, my big concern would be that they discover how much time and energy they are blowing on these hotdog stand websites. If they ever channel all of that energy into something effective you might be in trouble.
One of the links from that directory is going to our newly acquired domain
I would not worry about it. Just don't link back to their rat's nest of sites.
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