Appart from most of it being wrong tbh.. roflmao.. All clients are happy and make tens of thousands a week
Classy. Or should I say it shows how little you have. As I've said before, and others have as well. If you're going to talk, you better back up what you say with facts. If you don't have any facts (and your own client's income are not facts) then stop attacking others whose views are different than your own.
I'm hardly attacking, im arguing because I don't believe in it. And, Where's your proof from your views eh (that isn't a copy from someone else)?
Provide your "facts" and I'll counter it with mine. And just to make it hurt more I'll quote directly from the people who work at the major search engines. You honestly don't think that Matt Cutts doesn't know what the hell he's talking about despite working for Google first as a software engineer and now as the head of the Webspam team, do you?
I know i know Matt cutt's Matt cutt's The whole argument here is that I said, and believe to be true from experience that most .EDU links carry a good amount of trust. Im not saying they will give you PR boosts or good traffic but they will help with the credibility of your website - take that how you will. And for proof, hell give me 1 month (If i have time) and i'll create 2 domains, one with just .EDU links and one with random PR links. We'll see which does better in the serps.
Authority domains like .edu, .gov etc are helpful. so getting a link back to that will surely help (if the site is related)
Edu, and Gov links have no more authority then any other site. This is one of those myths that has been busted. It doesn't make sense, you could game the system if you had access to edu links in schools which is why they would not do this. Think of it logically and you have your answer. Build reputable links, not random user edu links worth 0 pr/page strength. Every page starts from the same pr0 no page strength. Once you have trust by building a page, you will pass some strength to other pages. This isnt rocket science.
If you believe it's true, provide evidence to back it up. How hard is that to do? And if you think I'm going to believe your "experiments" for one iota you're dead wrong. Experiments can be skewed to support whatever arguement anyone wants to make, and when you consider that real SEO is a long-term investment, there's going to be no way to determine if the results are real or not without someone running a similar experiment of their own using similar contexts. And besides, if you're going to pollute the Web with pointless Web sites that don't provide any value other than to stroke your own ego, then don't even bother wasting the time or money. Go do something productive that will benefit everyone on the Web instead. And besides, the TLD and public perception have nothing to do with search engine optimzation or how well a page ranks in the searsch engines. It's the content on the page that matters, and it doesn't matter whether it comes from a .edu .gov or even a .biz or .travel TLD. Quality content is king, everything else is playing second fiddle. The TLD has no impact whatsoever. And neither does the site. Everything is done on a per-page basis.
So you want proof but wont believe it, hmm Ive tried and failed here, good luck with whatever you believe to be true
Proof is independently verifiable facts. That's all we've asked you to provide. "Experiments" in this case are not facts. They can support or back up the facts, but they're not worth much on their own.
So would I. But add the word "reliable" in front of "sources". I could make a claim all over the net that .ca sites comvey a PR ranking or authority ranking or otherwise have greater value than other TLDs. But if I were to do so, I'd fully expect people to ask me to produce some real evidence to support that claim. And evidence is NOT "satisfied customers", "testimonials", "my experience", "this new site which only has .ca links as incoming links", or all the other claptrap that people seem to believe constitutes evidence on forums like this one.
Hmmm Not sure if my post on SEOChat Convinces you, But i have tried a method to get edu links and I have posted the SERPS chart accordingly which shows improvement .. Have a look here and let me know your thoughts on it? forums.seochat.com/showthread.php?p=433620#post433620 If you would like to add anything to it, feel free to do so..I am all ears when it comes to learning Regards LKS
Not unless they themselves are backed up with powerful backlinks from trusted and authority domains.. A newly constructed .edu domain is just like any other domain..But an .edu domains that is years old, has tons of content, has backlinks for sure from .gov sites (Generally universities are backed up and aided by state govt., which link to the universities they aid and help in one way or the other) Hence building up the .edu power.. Without that power, .edu's are even like common links..No??
I agree to a point but its not necessarily the backlinks that give the trust 1. You have no proof they don't
You have no proof that they do. We've offered proof. Hell, we've even posted quotations from SEO experts and a Google employee stating that they don't. Where's yours at?
Its really getting old Dan, If you want proof I will have to Skype call you, setup a remote desktop and explain whats been done and the results and how they differ from campaigns that don't include them. The "experts" don't reveal everything