Links, links, links

Google's Disavow tool is something I use occasionally to help sites strategically recover from traffic losses of one kind or another.

Many SEOs use it to disavow "shady links."

But what would happen if you disavowed every link pointed at your website?

I was curious enough to try and find out... (who needs traffic anyway?)

My traffic didn't exactly tank, but the experiment ended up surprising me more than expected.

What I learned is that the tool is still very powerful.

And Google is talking about getting rid of the disavow tool entirely.

Ouch!

Regardless, to read everything about what I learned, read the post:

​I Disavowed Every Link To My Website. Here’s What Happened​

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Best Recent SEO Tips:

1) Turn Insights from the Leaked Google Docs Into Actionable SEO Strategies

We've seen a lot of posts written on the Google Leaks, but this one from Eric Lancheres absolutely kills it, with tons of actionable SEO tactics to try.

And if you publish any videos, this post by Emina Demiri-Watson is a must-read: Digging into the Video Content Modules of Google’s API Leak​

2) Local SEO: Use Menu Items and Google's Popular Times to Boost Your Rankings

Claudia Tomina dishes out two new local ranking factors she discovered, and they're delicious.

3) Improve Your Core Web Vital Scores (With This One Weird Trick)

Micheal Cottam is one of the smartest techincal SEOs I know, and he sure does know how to speed up a website.

4) Markup Multiple Items On Category Pages

Google finally clarified how to use Schema to markup multiple items on category pages - especially important for those coveted carousel rich results!

5) A 260k Search Results SEO Correlation Study

Eric Van Buskirk is one of the few data people I trust to run a large SEO correlation study, and this one's a doozy! 260k Search Results Analyzed: Here’s How Google Evaluates Your Content [Data Study]​

Best of luck with your SEO!

Cyrus

p.s. If you're looking to recover website traffic from recent Google updates, or simply need SEO services, feel free to reach out.

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They invited me to speak at SERP Conf. 2024 in Vienna!!!

Want to join me and some of the smartest SEO minds on the planet, along with professionals from 20 different countries for presentations and networking?

• When: October 30, 2024
• Where: Vienna’s Ariana Event Hall

Speakers:

• Aleyda Solis - International SEO consultant
• Michael King - Founder & CEO of iPullRank
• Bastian Grimm - CEO & Co-Founder of Peak Ace AG
• Mark Williams-Cook - Director at Candour Agency
• ​And many more​

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