The Link Thing

Do you know what's the difference between a good link and a back links? Using LRT Technology you can check that within seconds. But how can you check the backlinks in your link profile yourself if you were to do it one by one (please don't!) Rick Lomas gives you nine points to look at.

Link Building has been called "dead" for years. The rules of 2003 certainly changed, and those who could not learn and adapt to the ever-changing rules and increased requirements on skills, tools, details then, of course, had to give up on their "link building tricks." Google confirmed that links are the #1 ranking factor and said: "Ranking without links is really really hard." The Google Core Algorithm is based on links, and that hasn't changed since the inception of Google.

The competitive situation is different in Google for any given country, language, industry, or search term. Therefore it is crucial to develop the ability to understand your competition. This complete guide written by one of our LRT Professionals helps providing tips for competitive domain analysis.

One of the most important elements for quality and safe link building is a good neighborhood. If you read this article you will learn what a bad neighborhood is and how co-citations can lead you there. Hint: it's NOT the same IP hosting block, as many believe. Also, you will learn how to add valuable co-citations for your site and how to analyze these co-citations.

If you are ready to take your link building to the next level, read on to find out: how common backlinks can improve your traffic, why some common backlinks are more powerful than others, how to find common backlinks that are expected in your niche and how to find common backlinks that your competitors have, but you don’t.

Link & SEO analysis of websites by experienced LRT Certified Xpert Rick Lomas and Christoph C. Cemper. Recognition of chances for link building or disavow, the most important problems on your website and the backlink profile. Warning and solutions for negative SEO. Explanation of the problems and options for action. Learning effect for all participants. Audit also possible in your own LRT account, so that you can continue after the site clinic. Have fun for all participants

Rick Lomas and Christoph C. Cemper audit three websites to find problems for offpage and onpage SEO. Lots of link problems found, as those are often topics pushed back due to their complexity. In these site clinics we do Link & SEO…

Learn how we managed to collect almost 50.000 US$ in only four months for charity with a Link Building Conference we set up - and why a "Link Only" conference was necessary in the first place, the SEO market changes.

As a webmaster or SEO, there’s nothing worse than getting a message from Google Search Console (GSC) about a manual action that has been placed on your website. In this post, we’re looking at the different types of manual actions - i.e. Google Penalties - websites can receive and ways to deal with them.

SEOs are nothing if not creative. Though Google frowns on using Private Blog Networks to build links to your Money sites, PBNs still work. Just don’t get caught. This guide helps you quickly find thousands of used domains for sale, easily find their Power*Trust, and test their value for your PBN.

Your existing link profile is the most important asset your website has. We often forget how many thousands or even millions of links are sending visitors to your site on a daily basis, and of course, help you in Google rankings. Make it a daily habit to check and groom your backlinks and protect your rankings. Only then building new links will help you grow instead of keeping up. Read on and learn about 13 practical ways in which you can improve the backlinks you already have.

Link Building has become a real challenge. Analyze your market, check out your competitors and verify high-quality sites. But there is also another great approach. This Case Study will show you how LRT Xpert Rick Lomas used footprints to find the best link building opportunities for his clients.

The Link Opportunity Review mode of Link Detox is a unique and awesome feature in LRT, that made many users a ton of money and saved them fro penalties. It can help you find low risk, high quality links. Your time will no longer be wasted going after worthless or harmful links. Enjoy your link building success.

PitchBox is the best outreach software on the market. In combination with LinkResearchTools you can use it for different purposes. Read this great case study and learn how to do link removal, link building and prospecting with this perfect duo.

After months of hard work, we’re proud to present the integration between Pitchbox and LinkResearchTools for Link Removal and Link Building Outreach. If your site has been penalized, Google expects you to contact the sources of those bad links and show proof of your outreach in your disavow file.

This Deep Dive case study looks at a definitive loser of the Penguin 2.0 update – HOME24.DE. This is a German site selling furniture and much more had a loss of -59% for the traffic. Since HOME24 this is a major brand, also engaging in TV advertising it’s worth looking into it in more detail, and try to learn what went wrong, and what they could improve or could have improved.

We are sure you’ve heard about Interflora.co.uk being penalized by Google. No wonder, because Link Detox found over 70% toxic and suspicious links including cheap advertorials, paid blog posts etc. Here you will find examples for toxic and suspicious links that will put you in danger for a Penguin penalty.

When was the last time you checked your disavow file? Probably a while ago, but that's OK. We present you a couple reasons, why it's worth looking at it again. And show you how the Disavow File Audit feature in Link Detox helps you with it.

Today, it’s no longer about cutting the “price per link” to a minimum – it’s all about the risk. After years of disgracefully spamming the Web, cleaning up the mess seems to be a lost cause. But shutting down the website and starting all over seems even worse. Read on to find out how to make your backlink profile clean again and also how to keep it that way.

Website owners upload Disavow Files to their Google Search Console to remove Google Penalties and keep their sites safe from harmful and unnatural inbound links. During this process, the disavow file tends to get overwritten with a larger one each time. This is normal, but what if some of your disavowed links, later become good links? How do you get them back? Read on and find out how!

The value of NoFollow links has often led to heated debates among online marketers and SEOs. Ever since Google rolled out the Penguin algorithm in 2012, the risk of links has become a central question. Can NoFollow links put your website at risk? Googlebot should not follow links with NoFollow tag, but is that always true?

Google officially announced that they made Google Penguin part of their Core Algorithm. This means that webmasters don’t need to wait for years for a Google Penguin Update to recover the rankings of a website. Everything will happen in real time from now on. Read on to learn how Google Penguin will work from now on and what you should change about the way you're doing SEO.

Hey wait, but if Penguin goes real-time, that would mean it also needs to be integrated into the core algorithm... hmmm food for thought, if it's not Penguin (the thing attached on top of the core, but the same link spam analysis component integrated into the core, would it be ok to say it's "not Penguin"?

In today's world, negative SEO has become a realistic threat. Various simple techniques are now commonly used to destroy competing businesses. Read here the most popular methods of negative SEO and learn how you can easily protect yourself.