throwmesomeseo

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   by throwmesomeseo 10y ago

   Keep in mind, not everyone has the newest shiny iPhone7 in the world. The HN crowd probably is not representing the average iPhone user.
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   by throwmesomeseo 10y ago

   We're working on that, in a marketplace usually one side is easy making traffic profitable, the other is much harder (asymmetric).
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   by throwmesomeseo 10y ago

   If you're a marketplace it's mostly SEO (and branding). Yes it's risky to depend on Google.
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   by throwmesomeseo 10y ago

   Thanks!
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   by throwmesomeseo 10y ago

   Thanks for all the help!
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   by throwmesomeseo 10y ago

   We have analyzed those and sadly they are benefitting from them. The sites have no real content, users only click through (we did some user research).
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   by throwmesomeseo 10y ago

   Thanks for the encouragement, we probably ride it out. Our competitor goes to our customers and shows how he is 'better' on seo (it's relevant to our customers). We probably need to educate our customers more. Sadly the seo i
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   by throwmesomeseo 10y ago

   The quality is low. It's spun text I assume by some interns or outsourced. They don't make any sense to people looking for info on the subject.
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   by throwmesomeseo 10y ago

   Do you know how they detect those? It looks that even pages with 100 links pointing to only one other site, with spammy domains and keyword stuffed texts still help with Google.
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    by throwmesomeseo 10y ago

    More people probably use doorway site. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doorway_page
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    by throwmesomeseo 10y ago

    Yes I can, but I'm not sure if it helps.
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    Ask HN: Competitor is successful with black hat SEO

    255 points by throwmesomeseo 10y ago|102 comments