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Steve,

Thank you for sharing this.

That's a great location but it seems like most of the info there is pretty spread out in regards to my question. I was interested in figuring out if the number of external link on a site will influence their own reputation, and how.

For example, if site A has 500 external link, and site B has 1000 - and assuming all other metrics are the same for both sites - which one should I try to pursue as far as getting an external link to my own site (i.e. which has the highest SEO value for me)?

Also, I am assuming that when a site has 500 external links, that is 500 external links going out (not coming in).

Hi all!

After using the "Compare Links Metrics" in the research tools, a few questions popped up. Particularly, in regards to what key metrics to look for when determining if a websites outbound links are trustworthy and may pass Link-juice. Basically, "if my link is put on that website, will search engines trust it"? I've copied an example below and typed a few comments next to particular metrics.  Please share some insight them:

Page Authority: 48

Page MozRank: 4.94 -Is 4.94 considered OK?

Page MozTrust: 4.96 -Is 4.96 considered OK?

Internal Equity-Passing Links: 2,819

External Equity-Passing Links: 2,326 -Lower = better?

Total Equity-Passing Links: 5,145

Total Internal Links: 2,844

Total External Links: 2,383 - Lower = better?

Total Links: 5,227

Followed Linking Root Domains: 88

Total Linking Root Domains: 129

Linking C Blocks: 30

Equity-Passing Links vs
Non-Equity-Passing Links:** I am assuming that the higher the Non-equity passing links VS the Equity passing links is typically better? What would be an idea ratio?**

Internal Links vs
External Links: Lower external = better?

Good afternoon & Happy Friday!

I've ran into the following disclosure multiple times on different blogs. It seems to me like it would be a red flag and counter productive for both the blogger and the brand sending the samples as "free samples" are subject to google link scheming.

Am I correct? What are your thoughts on bloggers using this disclaimer in regards to SEO?

Disclosure: Some of these products were samples provided to me to try. Opinions and the choice to review are 100% my own! I was not financially compensated for writing this blog post. This post contains affiliate links.

Thanks for the answer guys. I would agree guest posting like all other tactics might not work is abused or over-done.

But is the strategy is only post the unique articles ones, how much of it can be borrowed into another article while still maintaining it's "unique" factor? ex: 0% 50%, 80%,  etc.

Good morning Moz community

What do you guys think would be the best practice as a starting blogger offering guest articles to other 3rd party blogs when it comes to building up my own website's SEO points (assuming I have a link in the guest article to my website).

1. If I have the opportunity to post the guest article on two+ different blogs, should I go for it?

-OR-

2. Only post the article on one specific blog and write a different one for the others?

In a world with unlimited resources, the latter option would prevail, but considering that it takes time to write, what would you recommend if I am trying to build my websites SERPs?

Carlos

Good day all,

We are entertaining the idea of changing the Domain Name & Brand Name for straplessfashion.com. While still in development, the website sells women undergarments.

We did some survey research and it seems that women (age 18-40) really liked either "Demi's Dream" or "Almost Skin" as a good name. More specifically, Almost Skin seems to be the more popular choice over "Demi's Dream". I think "Almost Skin" catches attention quicker and may work best in PPC. However, when personalizing a brand name is considered, "Demi's Dream" might be the best choice.

Would you please offer your advise on which of these two names might be the best for a new Domain and Brand name for the website mentioned above? Which would convert better?

Thank you for your help.

Carlos

Thanks Andy & Cyrus,

So what would one need to look out for; the SEO keyword visibility and their trends?

Also, if a website is penalized, would it be penalized entirely across all keywords or just for the applicable keyword(s)?

Carlos

Thanks for that Andy,

How would I be able to take a look at a website's SERPs and also compare it to others?

Carlos

Hi all

What would be a good way to track weather a website is doing good or bad in regards to link-building in google's eyes? Is the Domain Authority the best credential?

If a website is penalized for link-building schemes, would it reflect on the Domain Authority shown in Moz Analytics? What other Moz score would reflect this scenario?

Best regards & Thank you for your help.

Carlos

Nick,

Thank you for your answer, you eliminated my confusion.

Have a wonderful new-years.

-Carlos

Thanks for letting me know that Nick,

What would you say would be the ideal scenario in this situation as far as a percentage of backlinks received from the same sources VS new sources? i.e..best practice = 80% new sources, 50% new sources, or 20% new sources with the rest coming from the already established (back-linked) sources?

Carlos

Hi Nick,

Thank you for your response. Yes, I agree that the more relevant and high DA, the better.

I heard a lot of companies having public relationships where the bloggers blog about the company periodically. I am wondering on the best resource allocation practice as far as public relationship come along. Is it better to spend time building relationship with the bloggers that already blog about you or try to find new ones (increase multiple sources like you say)?

Please keep in mind that this question applies with relevancy and domain authority being the same across the board, theoretically.

Regards,

Carlos

Hi all,

Generally, what would be best when building a website's ranking through link building? Having the same links from the same bloggers or receiving new links from different bloggers every time?

A lot of the SEO services offer 4-8 blog backlinks per month. Would it be best if these links came from different sources every time or most from the same sources each month?

I know there's a lot of factors but I hope this question is clear.

Happy holidays and thank you for your insightful feedback.

Carlos

Assuming all bloggers had high authority, would that risk still apply?

Peter,

Weather realistic or not, that is the tentative goal. What I am trying to determine is if there could be a negative SEO effect from mass recurring blogging VS one-offs.

Regards,

Carlos

Hi Peter,

Thanks for your response. These are not paid links and yes, relevant blogs from their editorial choice. What spark this idea was a blogger's interest in becoming partners and blogging about us once a month.

So if we were to somehow obtain 50 or 100 blogger partners which blog each month, would that still be consider organic?

Carlos

Good day all,

I am interested in building relationships with my bloggers (i.e...people that are interested in my website and blog about it regularly).

I would also propose to them the idea of blogging about our page regularly, perhaps recurring monthly.

If the strategy is in place, could receiving links from the same bloggers each month cause any negative SEO effects?

Thanks for your input.

Hi Marie,

Can you please elaborate on what you think is a completely earned link as well as giving us some example?

I am in the same boat as azu25 - it is hard to earn links when you are starting off because no one knows you, so how do you go viral while avoiding link scheme penalties?

Other ideas I had:

1. Offering bloggers coupons that they can blog about. Their audience would be able to use the couple to buy form your store.

2. Offering free giveaways from your store. The blogger could blog about this. Could this be seeing as a "free" product form search engines??

What is your opinion on the two ideas above?

Like azu25 has stated, it seems that many domains with high authority do give away products to their bloggers, but are still ranking....it's hard to compete with 1000 monthly links.

Also, what is your opinion on building blogger relationship and asking for that blogger to blog about you once a month (recurrent blogs)?

Regards,

Carlos

Hi Alex,

Thanks for your response. I agree with you that all niche blogs should be welcome for the most part.

However, I would like to know how my page ranking would be affected if a blogger uses both regular "dofollow" links and "nofollow" links in their own blogs when blogging about my website/product. For example, if on Tuesday they post a product review with a "nofollow" attribute link and then on Friday they post again; this time their own thoughts on the company with a regular "dofollow" link? How does this affect me?

I am trying to avoid anything that may seem like a link scheme as outlined here: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/66356?hl=en

Thanks for your input and update on anchor text.

Carlos

Hi all,

I have been actively pursuing bloggers for my site in order to build page rank. My website sells women undergarments that are more on the exotic end.

I noticed a large amount of prospective bloggers demand product samples. As already confirm, bloggers that are given "free" samples should use a rel=no follow attribute in their links.

Unfortunately this does not build my page rank or transfer links juice. My question is this: is it advisable for them to also blog additional posts and include dofollow links? The idea is for the blogger to use a nofollow when posting about the sample and a regular link for a secondary post at a later time.

What are you thoughts concerning this matter?