Hi guys, I think I've noticed a consistent behavior with Yahoo and want to see if anyone else here has seen this - It seems that if we have a site and it stops gaining more then 1 link per day or week, it will rise in the results, but then if we get it like 10 links in 5 days it will drop back down. If we stop getting links, then it rises back up. We have noticed this consistently with multiple sites over different IPs, with different incoming one way links. Anyone elsee notice this? Energizer
So is it a good thing to only try to gain about 5 links a week using directories etc.(even accross all search engines) With all the stuff I've been reading about links I can't make my mind up.It would be a royal pain in the butt if one SE penalised you for lots of quick links and another didn't.
Its good to get a confirmation on this. The only thing is that we haven't figured how many links exactly it is before Yahoo knocks you down temporarily....
I don't think 10 links in 5 days is a bad ratio. I normally do about 05 -15 links per day Gaining links quickely is not recommended but, 10 links in 5 days is just fine. You should have another reason for the drop.
Its good to know this useful information. . you are right! --> constant, slow and smooth link building is the key.
More links are better in the long run but, you should not practice mass submissions per day to directories and search engine.
I have found that if you add too many links to a individual site that it will trigger heighten scruntiy from Yahoo. I think if you are going to add alot of links in a brief period or in general that you variety your anchor text to avoid detention.
I've seen some websites get 100,000 links in Yahoo with the link: command in only 6 months. That's about 16,000 a month or 500 a day. I wonder what is going on there? These sites rank okay in Yahoo and Google (top 5).
This phenomenon is a pain in the neck to deal with, but it's a temporary drop so it's not so bad. I just increase the budget on my paid ad campaigns until the sites bounce back...and they always bounce back. AmCy
Constant - Yes, a site always needs new links. Slow and Smooth - im not sure? Directories (especially free ones) do not add your link the day you submit, some add months later. I submited to 500 directories in 1 day. Then left it. this was weeks ago, every few days i get a confirmation that my link has been submitted. The directories listed on here usally list your site the same day, so i guess slow and smooth might work with them. But i carnt see how yahoo can drop your site because it suddlenly gets loads of backlinks. What about instant hit sites that get 1000's of backlinks a day - like the milliondollerhompage etc. And even if yahoo does drop it, the others dont. Yahoo will have to bring it back to the top eventually.
Are you talking about the phoenomenon where you are in the top 10 for a result, then all of the sudden, you're gone, then show up again, then are gone, etc. etc. I'm experiencing that right now. It's such a pain...
yes I noticed the same. I had 1793 backlinks from yahoo for one of my site and gradually dropped to around 256 when we are building links with in a short period of time.
How are you supposed to get a link a day? Sometimes you apply to 10 directories and get no links until 1 month later and 80% reject you. This conversation seems to assume that Yahoo's spiders with find your links as you get them rather than in a months time when Yahoo respiders pages etc..... I have never really tracked my sites in Yahoo, this whole conversation really interests me. Exactly how does this work? And if you have a full time SEO link builder, who is submitting say 100-200 links per day, how will this affect things? Thanks!
they reduce my indexed page from thousand to 10. i think this month i'll only gonna get 200 click from yahoo