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Originally Posted by Tig
We have been under an attack by a rival web design company ( Tacoma Web Design & Print :: Artifex Business Identity Development) for about a year. I got so sick of it that I've decided to file suit against them for libel, defamation of character, and copyright infringement (they actually took one of our marketing sites, copied it, and acted like they'd done it!).
However, it looks like they have been lobbying Google against us too. We have about 50 clients, and are all cross-linked with us. However, in doing a link search of Tacoma Web Design, Seattle Web Design, Puyallup Web Design, Internet Marketing Specialists, all our clients are now gone from the cross-links, which has hurt our ranking and listings.
I have no doubt this is the work of the same company. My question is: When some of these links have been there for years, and are now gone, does anyone have any idea how to get them back? I don't want to resort to the same black-hat techniques as my competitor. They can act as illegally as they want, I won't do it.
So does anyone have any help in getting the cross-links back the right way?
Thanks! |
1. What do you mean by cross links?
2. Reciprocal links are usually devalued as compared to one-way relevant links. Google probably cannot find out that the reciprocal links on your site come from your clients. So, it would be better if you match reciprocal links with a larger number of one-way relevant links (unpaid) to keep the ratio of reciprocal links on the lower side.
3. You may add more features to your site to improve its ranking such as relevant articles, blogs, forums and links to relevant sites such as those of
seo, link building, sem if you are not yourself engaged in these activities.
How useful is the content on your site to your customers? That is the question you need to keep in mind and keep reviewing the content from time to time and making changes accordingly.