The .edu blog comment spamming isn't going to help. I just did a quick look on Open Site Explorer, and your link profile looks super shady. You're setting yourself up to get Penguined if you aren't already.
Ask HN: Tinmanoilchange.com needs a tune-up
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Re: Ask HN: Tinmanoilchange.com needs a tune-up
#12The .edu blog comment spamming isn't going to help. I just did a quick look on Open Site Explorer, and your link profile looks super shady. You're setting yourself up to get Penguined if you aren't already.
Thank you for pointing this out. Maybe this is what's hurting my site. I'll use the link disavow tool and see if that helps. Thanks again for your input.
Re: Ask HN: Tinmanoilchange.com needs a tune-up
#131. Is there any reason why you're focused specifically on "coupon"? Have you thought about using other, more popular terms such as "cheap oil change" (16k/mo) or "oil change prices" (40k/mo)?
2. Your search seems broken. I search on "Raleigh", and the first result is your sitemap. The second result is for a coupon in Anchorage, AK, which seems to have link-farm-like references to a bunch of other cities. I wouldn't bother looking through your site after that.
3. Discount sites such as Groupon attract and retain people when they have deals that are better than anywhere else. They get these deals by having a large sales force that work on the businesses to get these deals in place. Your site has mostly coupons for $20 oil changes--something I would be able to get in my latest Valpak mailer or a quick search on slickdeals. I don't feel like you'll get much word of mouth by offering something that you can easily get elsewhere.
Re: Ask HN: Tinmanoilchange.com needs a tune-up
#14The .edu blog comment spamming isn't going to help. I just did a quick look on Open Site Explorer, and your link profile looks super shady. You're setting yourself up to get Penguined if you aren't already.
Thank you for pointing this out. Maybe this is what's hurting my site. I'll use the link disavow tool and see if that helps. Thanks again for your input.
Don't forget to do a reconsideration request after you use the disavow tool. You'd be better off getting rid of the links, but that might be difficult.