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You're very much welcome Astrid,

But seriously, I laughed out loud when I read about your SEO provider claims.  If that were the case then the more reason you don't need them anymore. How easy SEO could be if that were true.

Hello Astrid,

I don't think there's any delay because if that's the case this 404 page (http://www.lilalakids.com/collections/super-soft-bath-robes/products/copy-of-luxurious-100-organic-cotton-boys-bath-robes) should be directed to the boys sleep wear page. Or if these products are unavailable already, I think you should just say "products unavailable" instead of 404. There are more of these that I found.

Hey Kelly I'm going to watch it.

Hello there Janet,

If you are doing keyword research for UK client you can adjust the target country for UK ONLY so you can get the most relevant data for your target keywords for this country. You don't want to provide your client irrelevant data, do you? The same step you should follow for your Spanish client.

So the answer to your question is NO but the good thing is that you will get a lot of ideas for your target keywords. You can use these keywords when you collect keyword data for Spanish client.

I don't know where you get the idea that Google is not happy with duplicate photo content but there no such thing as that. If there is, Matt or Rand should have already mentioned it. But there is none, and at the very least I already provided you an evidence to support my claim.  Would you rather rely on other presumptions?

FYI, even duplicate content has its own stand on Google. You see, contents and photos are meant to be shared, so as long as you're not doing spammy things on the web, Google has no reason to punish you. Cheer up!

What I'm more amaze at is there are people who pay for SEO services without the basic understanding of SEO. I'm not saying this is the fault of site owners alone but their SEO providers too. SEO is a continuous investment, with this in mind, we need to establish good connection to our clients and in order to do so, we must be responsible when marketing SEO otherwise.

You got it right Astrid. Don't ask them, ORDER them to do so.

You're welcome Astrid.

I believe the most reasonable action is to let them fix all your site issues and delete all irrelevant backlinks before you terminate the contract. So No, it would not be better to terminate them right now, but as soon as they fixed all issues you can terminate them ASAP and move on. Your website is very nice though, I showed it to my wife and she liked it a lot. Cheer up.

Hi Astrid,

I also made an assumption that the site you are talking about is the one in your Moz Profile.

I've made a little analysis about your site and unfortunately not only the backlinks were awful but your site has a lot of issues as well.

Some of the issues I found were:

22 pages with 4xx status code (refer to http://www.websitepulse.com/blog/what-is-4xx-status-code for status code definition and examples.)

4 pages with frames (Search engines will find it difficult to read pages with frames)

1 Too long URL (This can be rewritten to a shorter version)

28 Duplicate Titles (I don't think this is necessary a big issue but this can be rewritten easily)

32 Too long Titles (this can be rewritten in shorter version)

67 Too long Meta Description (I don't think this is necessary a big issue but this can be rewritten in shorter version)

1 page with 302 & 4 pages with 301 redirect (this can be fixed by redirecting the broken link to existing page or it might just be a typo error)

These are only few of many errors I found. As a SEO Manager, I understand well that optimizing your website comes first before anything else. And, It's unreasonable to start building spammy links here and there. Sadly, this is what you get when you invest in the wrong company.  So I too, look forward for you to terminate your service with them ASAP and move on.

I think you might want to read this: https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2013/07/29/google-we-dont-penalize-duplicate-images/.

I believe the most reasonable action is to let them fix all your site issues and delete all irrelevant backlinks before you terminate the contract. So No, it would not be better to terminate them right now, but as soon as they fixed all issues you can terminate them ASAP and move on. Your website is very nice though, I showed it to my wife and she liked it a lot. Cheer up.

You got it right Astrid. Don't ask them, ORDER them to do so.

You're welcome Astrid.

Hey Raf,

There are many facets to SEO and getting backlinks is only one of them and does not guarantee instant results. It's a good thing though that you're focusing on getting backlinks now, but keep in mind to be extra careful in this process.

If you're getting Do Follow backlinks from relevant websites with high PR, chances are, you'll get good results in due time. But you're asking when, right? That I can't answer, but hopefully it won't take long.

However, if you're getting backlinks from irrelevant websites, you might want to refrain this process. It will only harm your ranking status.

Also, no follow links won't help you increase your site's ranking.

Hope this helps.

What I'm more amaze at is there are people who pay for SEO services without the basic understanding of SEO. I'm not saying this is the fault of site owners alone but their SEO providers too. SEO is a continuous investment, with this in mind, we need to establish good connection to our clients and in order to do so, we must be responsible when marketing SEO otherwise.

_Let's be nice here folks, it's an obvious honest question. _

To answer your question Raf:

It depends on your goal Raf. If you're into building quality backlinks, I don't think it's a good idea. I believe Google has mentioned several times about getting easy links will get you penalized at some point in time. However, if you're into branding and getting quality traffic, me thinks it's ok. Perhaps getting penalized by Google is not as bad as it is when you get good amount of interested visitors from their site?

In addition, I don't think you should focus on building backlinks for SEO Raf. Have you read about the latest Google algorythm update for SEO? I bet you already did. It mentioned about quality content as the main factor of SEO and building backlinks will no longer guarantee positive results in  search ranking, right?

Let me show you an example:

• Go to google.com.ae
• Search advertising UAE
• Or Search Marketing UAE
• You will notice there are 22 - 25 million search results (competition is high)
• Look for Innovate Advertising & Marketing on first page
• Analyze the site "http://www.ibs-uae.com/" and you'll notice it doesn't have many backlinks

Hope this helps.

You're very much welcome Astrid,

But seriously, I laughed out loud when I read about your SEO provider claims.  If that were the case then the more reason you don't need them anymore. How easy SEO could be if that were true.

Hello there Janet,

If you are doing keyword research for UK client you can adjust the target country for UK ONLY so you can get the most relevant data for your target keywords for this country. You don't want to provide your client irrelevant data, do you? The same step you should follow for your Spanish client.

So the answer to your question is NO but the good thing is that you will get a lot of ideas for your target keywords. You can use these keywords when you collect keyword data for Spanish client.

Hi Astrid,

I also made an assumption that the site you are talking about is the one in your Moz Profile.

I've made a little analysis about your site and unfortunately not only the backlinks were awful but your site has a lot of issues as well.

Some of the issues I found were:

22 pages with 4xx status code (refer to http://www.websitepulse.com/blog/what-is-4xx-status-code for status code definition and examples.)

4 pages with frames (Search engines will find it difficult to read pages with frames)

1 Too long URL (This can be rewritten to a shorter version)

28 Duplicate Titles (I don't think this is necessary a big issue but this can be rewritten easily)

32 Too long Titles (this can be rewritten in shorter version)

67 Too long Meta Description (I don't think this is necessary a big issue but this can be rewritten in shorter version)

1 page with 302 & 4 pages with 301 redirect (this can be fixed by redirecting the broken link to existing page or it might just be a typo error)

These are only few of many errors I found. As a SEO Manager, I understand well that optimizing your website comes first before anything else. And, It's unreasonable to start building spammy links here and there. Sadly, this is what you get when you invest in the wrong company.  So I too, look forward for you to terminate your service with them ASAP and move on.