Do any sub-domains act as Private Blog Networks?
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Hi All,
We can see now that Google rolled 2 unconfirmed algo updates this month and they are penalising spam links and sites which use Private blog networks; as said by some SEO experts. Do any sub-domains act as PBNs because of too much linking...like linking website pages from every page of sub-domains?
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Thanks for the answer & confirmation. What if we get back links from different social channels like tumblr, digg, stumbleupon, etc....
Back links from these social discussion forums hurt?
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Hi,
No, not at all. sub-domain doesn't act as private blog network. For more clarification I'm sharing PBN defination and hope that helps you.
A private blog network (PBN ) is a set of domains that you or another individual owns. It is possible to have a PBN consisting of free blogs, like wordpress.com, tumbr.com, or livejournal.com. Typically, the free blog domains do not have as much power as self hosted blogs.
Thanks
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