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The Apple one is obvious.  The created their own App and is for sale in the Itunes store.

I didnt see the other two in OSE after scrolling for a few pages in the linking domains.

VERY unlikely a company like Anglian would use, or a SEO agency that uses, these techniques as it's way to risky.  They are a well known brand, have a good modern website and a strong link profile.

The list of top domains is there thanks to OSE but do take a look at Majestic SEO as well to unearth far more.

Good luck.  We have a potential client who sells conservatories and sealed units so no doubt we will be up against them soon too!

Yeah tried that, only 3 in Google and stopped my Magestic subscription.

I'll accept it for now and move on, but I haven't come across a white hat site that doesnt give some indication of why they rank so highly.  This site goes against the grain with me in so many ways that it looks suspect.

The big issue is as 'the SEO expert' I have a question mark and the client will want to know why I dont know.

I'll just have to bump them down with my client's site wont I.  Thanks for the reply.

Oh and nice G btw ;o)

Did anyone else have a thought on this or shall I give up on SEO and just invest in EMD's! (joke).

Although I appreciate one members view I would like another, as I persoanlly cant believe that they have the strength to be where they are just based on the domain.

One way is to pay professionals like www.conversion-rate-experts.com at least £5k per month and they will sort you out!  BUT at the very least go check out their excellent site for free tips and reading resources.

Technically SEO has no part in conversion, SEO drives traffic and if you do it well, targeted informed buyer type traffic.  How your online business converts is down to many factors.  The best thing you can do is test test test and keep on testing until you get results.  Something may be so simple to change and boost conversion rates by 400% over night (and be prepared to lose any ideas on what works for you - Joe public are a strange bunch)

Get over to CRE and good luck!

Thanks for the response, I didnt say which domain but I dont consider www.theformationscompany.com/ to be exact match; it is they Im confused about.

As I understand EMD are not so powerful anymore in Google' s eyes, just that you get great backlink anchor text even with directory submissions.

Plus the main point is the strength of all the sites around them.  I would Put them on page 4 at best!

Hello everyone, my first post - ahhh

I'm investigating a niche and there is a site that should have no right being there in my view.

It's no. 3 Google UK for 'company formation' with a small site with 65 weak links from only 7 domains and hosted in the US.

But more importantly, the Open Site Explorer says there is not 1 link with that term in its anchor text.  This I find crazy and makes me suspicious.

But before I go back to my client saying "oh they must be black hat" I would like your expert views.  I'm not sure whether to tut or congratulate them and for the first time I'm not sure what reasons to give for their amazing performance!

What's your views?