IT's Hurt My Rank?HELP!!!
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hi,guys,john here,
i just began use the MOZ service several days ago,
recently i noticed one thing that one keyword on the first google search result page,
but when i done some external links,the rank down from 1 to 8,
i think may be the bad quality external links caused the rank down.
so my question,should i delete the bad quality links or build more better quality links?
which is better for me.
easy to delete the bad links and hard to build high quality links.
so what's your better opinion,guys?
thanks
John
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If the Penguin is wasn't started in the last few hours, the new "bad" links couldn't have caused a ranking-loss.
If you have bad links and you knew it - disavow them or ask the linking people to delete them. Disavow is a bit pointing Google on a thing they may not have noticed.
If the next penguin isn't a realtime update - you can't recover until the next-one. So if you have bad links (if) you need to get them away quickly - penguin is coming soon.Go on for link earning by great, shareable & linkable content.
That's hard to do, but the best thing you can do. -
Hi John,
I use the https://moz.com/tools/seo-toolbar to quickly scan the potential and "spamminess" of a link to my site. For a more thorough look you can use the open site explorer (https://moz.com/researchtools/ose). Fact is that bad links are bad and I would definitely try to get rid of them if it is that easy as you mentioned. I also use google Search console to see which links are added for SC is more up to date than MOz. New links you can check again with the toolbar/ open site explorer from MOZ. Since you still rank 8th position on the keyword you haven't been penalized yet so I wouldnt worry too much. Indeed put some (hard) work in high quality backlinks and I am sure you will never regret it
Good luck!
Tymen
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If you've got bad links to your site, then the priority is to get rid of those. Its usually pretty clear if a link is bad, use an online link checker if you want to be doubly sure. Still go on and build some good links though, getting rid of the bad links by no means guarantees you a return to top spot.
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