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Re: Parasite SEO

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Post by Matsta »

sdan wrote: post #2

As this post says, Google is taking action against this blackhat method of SEO. Several people have tried to rank as #1 using s3, but Google's ranking algorithm eventually pulls or removes the content from being listed entirely. We're talking about Google here, I'm pretty sure they're aware of this type of SEO hacking.

The Google algo still loves PDF's. They will review individual URL's if they receive a DMCA, but after looking at Ahref's, I can see the "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" PDF (Which I'm guessing can't be legally distributed by the person who uploaded) has been live since July 2018 and is still ranking in Google: https://i.imgur.com/Mp7prUn.png

Re: Parasite SEO

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Post by flyGuyOnTheSly »

Is it really "parasite SEO" if CNN decides to use their domain name clout with Google to make a (substantial) profit promoting coupons?

Seems like more of a savvy business move on behalf of CNN instead of scummy/greyhat/parasite-seo type stuff, no?

It's right up their alley, too. They sell advertisements. Coupons are advertisements.

Re: Parasite SEO

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Post by degenerate »

paulpauper wrote: post #25

This article is wrong on many levels. no wonder so many ppl try this and make no money. >You find a high DA site that allows user generated content to be added and indexed. (the host) >Common parasites include Medium, Amazon s3, Github, Linkedin, Quora, Youtube, ect. Google rank does not apply to subdomains. The subdomain does not inherit any of the rank of the parent. That is why blogspot and s3 will never work in t…

They are not using the host for link juice, they are using the host for lead-gen. Their PDF document in S3 links to their low-ranking spammy site, but the PDF itself ranks high. Same for medium posts, github pages, quora questions, etc.

Search google for "biology 10th edition free pdf" and see what I mean. Some top-ranking hosts are: Quora, Pinterest, and DailyMotion. The parasites are the videos/PDFs/questions/images (user generated content) that link to the low-rank spam site.

In some cases like Quora, the link juice is there, because it's not on a subdomain. For subdomains like S3, it's about the traffic/lead-gen, not the pagerank.

Re: Parasite SEO

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Post by luckylion »

flyGuyOnTheSly wrote: post #32

Is it really "parasite SEO" if CNN decides to use their domain name clout with Google to make a (substantial) profit promoting coupons? Seems like more of a savvy business move on behalf of CNN instead of scummy/greyhat/parasite-seo type stuff, no? It's right up their alley, too. They sell advertisements. Coupons are advertisements.

> Is it really "parasite SEO" if CNN decides to use their domain name clout with Google to make a (substantial) profit promoting coupons?

CNN doesn't. Somebody else "rents" the subdomain from CNN, and they are the parasite that is feeding off of CNN's brand.

Re: Parasite SEO

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Post by bhartzer »

paulpauper wrote: post #25

This article is wrong on many levels. no wonder so many ppl try this and make no money. >You find a high DA site that allows user generated content to be added and indexed. (the host) >Common parasites include Medium, Amazon s3, Github, Linkedin, Quora, Youtube, ect. Google rank does not apply to subdomains. The subdomain does not inherit any of the rank of the parent. That is why blogspot and s3 will never work in t…

Google WAS actually giving additional ranking benefits to subdomains like this. Especially subdomains like coupons.domain.com.

However, just recently Google hit these sites hard--giving those subdomains penalties.

So this "parasite SEO" is really no longer an issue, especially the subdomain "trick".

See https://www.seroundtable.com/google-penalizing-subdomains-le...

Re: Parasite SEO

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Post by linuxhansl »

I have a personal blog and about 80-90% of all comments to my posts are these.

In the beginning I just deleted them when I saw them, but then I had to turn on moderation.

Re: Parasite SEO

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Post by cstill »

paulpauper wrote: post #25

This article is wrong on many levels. no wonder so many ppl try this and make no money. >You find a high DA site that allows user generated content to be added and indexed. (the host) >Common parasites include Medium, Amazon s3, Github, Linkedin, Quora, Youtube, ect. Google rank does not apply to subdomains. The subdomain does not inherit any of the rank of the parent. That is why blogspot and s3 will never work in t…

Did you look at the examples in the article?

"Google rank does not apply to subdomains. The subdomain does not inherit any of the rank of the parent."

Enter coupons.businessinsider.com, coupons.cnn.com, or discountcode.dailymail.co.uk into Ahrefs and you will see this is not true.

"That is why blogspot and s3 will never work in this regard"

The article has multiple examples of s3 parasites ranking for competitive affiliate terms like "Hostgator coupon" and "Bluehost coupon". If you search those terms now you will see sites.google and s3 parasites.

Re: Parasite SEO

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Post by hayksaakian »

paulpauper wrote: post #25

This article is wrong on many levels. no wonder so many ppl try this and make no money. >You find a high DA site that allows user generated content to be added and indexed. (the host) >Common parasites include Medium, Amazon s3, Github, Linkedin, Quora, Youtube, ect. Google rank does not apply to subdomains. The subdomain does not inherit any of the rank of the parent. That is why blogspot and s3 will never work in t…

Anyone who spends 30 seconds checking a search result can see that you're being a bit misleading here.

The #3 and #4 results for me for "HostGator coupon" are Amazon s3 and a Google sites page

Obviously it still works.

Clearly there's ways to do it wrong that won't work, just like anything else.

The biggest benefit to doing this strategy is 0 risk for spammy and abusive SEO practices.

Since you're not connecting them to a domain you own, this could be done fully anonymously.

Re: Parasite SEO

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Post by rsync »

fasicle wrote: post #15
jwilk wrote: post #10

What does "DA" stand for?

Domain Authority (DA) is a search engine ranking score developed by Moz that predicts how well a website will rank on search engine result pages. https://moz.com/learn/seo/domain-authority

"You can view a website's DA by using MozBar (a free Chrome-extension), Link Explorer (a backlink analysis tool), the SERP Analysis section of Keyword Explorer, and dozens of other SEO tools across the web."

Why wouldn't I just type in the domain at moz.com and look it up there ?

[1] https://moz.com/learn/seo/domain-authority

Re: Parasite SEO

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Post by ceejayoz »

kadoban wrote: post #21
fasicle wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Google can do whatever it wants" - wouldn't this be anti-competitive behaviour if they stated favouring certain sites in their algorithm? I seem to remember reading somewhere that they get audited to make sure they don't do this, although can't find the link.

I would think they're perfectly allowed to favor certain sites over others, especially with good reasons for doing so. What I would expect to be illegal would be overly favoring their own sites/services over those of competitors, since they are so big and that would be abusing their search marketshare to spread into other markets.

> What I would expect to be illegal would be overly favoring their own sites/services over those of competitors

They've been doing this for years in search results, progressively so.

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