Answers To Reddit SEO Questions Rapid Fire - Episode 140

About this episode

This episode addresses various SEO questions sourced from Reddit, covering topics like PBNs, backlinks, and local SEO strategies.

Questions: Do PBN sites need traffic? Topical authority? Local SEO clicks without links? Is YMYL different than regular? Have you seen Google penalize a site for paid links? How do you find good link sellers? How do you know which PBN sites are working better? Parked domains reset authority? New update to impression tracking? How do you deal with competitors who sell AIO and GEO? New local algorithm Do websites only have a limited amount of linkjuice to offer? Adult Do backlinks to a certain page affect the rest of the site? What is anchortext? Do I have to know how to code? What do you do to keep traffic from nonexistent traffic? Best backlink metrics Besides GMB what is the difference between local SEO and regular SEO? How many links do I need? Why can't we see a good example of a good PBN site? Can you give examples of how to make PBN sites? Do 301 reduce DR? Is reusing code a footprint? Should I use GSC on a private blog portfolio? Hacks to find expired domains. Ways to rank without using a PBN? Keyword research? Thoughts on a specific backlink method? How to evaluate SEO providers? Traffic drops vs. SEO problems Favorite Wordpress Plugins? New rules for expired domains? How…

People in this episode

Host: Grumpy SEO Guy

Topics covered

• SEO
• PBN
• local SEO
• backlinks
• Google penalties
• traffic
• keyword research

Keywords

• PBN sites
• local SEO
• backlink metrics
• Google penalties
• expired domains
• traffic drops
• SEO providers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Reddit, Google, GMB, Wordpress, SEO, PBN, AIO, GEO, YMYL, DR

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