How Does This Site Rank So Well?!
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So this website -> http://bailbondsripoffreport.com/
Ranks on the First Page for the term "Bail Bonds"
It's the spammiest crappiest piece of junk website ever! lol - How does this site rank so well, it's not even a year old and it's link structure is crap.
Can I like report them and have them removed lol.
Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks!
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I agree with Ryan's response. It's always good to do competitive analysis but stay away from the spammy websites and do some article marketing and social book marking if you have to, provide high value content to the market in that niche instead of reporting it. Be the market leader for that niche. Good luck.
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Im a developer and seo for a bail bonds company and I am always blown away with the amount of weird programs and services they all sign up for. I'm the only white hat seo and I can see these guys doing everything in the book to try and beat us.
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As much as you want to report sites like that, its not really worth your time without the hard facts. i agree with Ryan here that you would have to put a pretty good case together. otherwise, forget about it.
You could probably win the game by getting a few high authority links to your site, do some of your own article marketing, and if you have some sort of social accounts, the social signals would boost your site above theirs.
Looks like most sites are pretty crappy for this search result, which mean opportunity.
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That makes a lot more sense.
If you have any evidence of a site using paid links, you can submit that information to Google. http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/paidlinks?hl=en
I would advise caution. You will need to be logged into your Google account when reporting this issue. You will need to offer specific logic in your report. Google recognizes many site owners wish to report competing sites. Try to find some reasonable evidence of a violation before submitting a report.
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Thanks for the answer there! I was aware of all the above I guess my main question is about the links coming to the site. Most are just spam and non related.
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How does this site rank so well
A large part of SEO is quite scientific. Google and other search engines have shared how a page should be designed to offer the best value to users. They have also shared how a page should be designed so it is recognized for their ranking factors. This page does very well on SEO measurements, which is why it ranks well.
Can I like report them and have them removed
What exactly would you like to report them for? There are specific processes to report sites which violate existing rules. Which rule is violated, and how?
Some specific responses about this site's ranking for the term "bail bonds":
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The keyword phrase is in their domain name. That is a very powerful ranking factor.
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The keyword phrase is in their page title. "Bail Bonds Rip Off Report | Avoid Being Scammed!"
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The keyword phrase is in their H1 tag: "Bail Bonds Rip Off Report"
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The keyword phrase is also in their H2 tag: "Common Bail Bond Scams"
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The keyword phrase is in their alt text: "Bail Bonds"
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The keyword phrase is used extensively in the site's content.
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The site is only 5 pages. An "about us" page, a "contact us" page, and then this article which is paginated over 3 pages. This is a website dedicated to a single article. The site has hundreds of links to this article, PA is 48.
In summary, this website is dedicated to a single keyword phrase. It executes on all the basics of SEO both onpage and offpage. I would fully expect this page to appear on the first page of SERPs.
I can only guess this page is damaging to your business and you would like to not have it on the first page of results. There are steps you can take to knock it off the first page of Google, but it would require time and effort. If this website is creating problems for you, I would recommend hiring a SEO to minimize the damage.
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