4. well…. why?
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Most business owners are LAZY. Prevention is unnecessary when there
is no apparent problem.
Just take care of it.
It’s logical to get it removed.
Im’a gonna sue them!!!
5. What is negative seo?
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How a website ranking & value in the eyes of search engines has been
negatively affected due to misappropriations of one’s efforts.
Or….the perception is created to be negative.
6. Like the weather
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SERP changes / updates,
new products creating
footprints, un-vetted
postings, topical news
trending keywords, simple
re-post, re-tweet, what sells
advertisers, page views,
CPM and CTR……. It’s
always changing like
navigating a ship at sea.
9. how to combat?
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Yelp did paid test, recorded calls and results then posted online
Amazon CL paid reviews, gift card purchases to modify sales rankings
Angieslist multiple paid accounts leaving reviews
Twitter / Instagram paid influencer posts, follows; resell profile stats
Glassdoor fake anonymous accounts leave neg reviews
GooglePlus fake anonymous accounts leave neg reviews
Reddit is a little tough…..
TIME + MONEY = rolling results that never cease
10. be proactive
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After being threatened with
a bad review a cafe owner
in Ireland has posted CCTV
footage of customers
‘horsing food into them’ to
show proof.
Tactic = Press Mentions
11. What negative seo isn’t
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• It’s “Totally subjective” & can be a number of things
• What causes the boss or client to be upset and why’d that happen?
• Define a “negative” search result or online mention…
12. need worry?
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• Yes
• Plan to fail because you failed to plan
• Sophisticated methods and how they change
• Understand the historic methods that caused hurt
• Used multiple “SEO’s” and services
• Monitor backlinks & mentions as they happen
• Have good superior, responsive developers/IT/marketing team
13. why care?
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• Curious about your reputation online
• You’ve found negative results
• Protect reputation of an upcoming marketing campaign
• You want to be prepared for a worst-case situation
14. rule #1
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• Don’t talk about it, fix it
• Speak in general publically, never detail out your plan to anyone
• Never talk about manipulation tactics
• Keep your ego in check
15. rule #2
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• Do your homework
• Get a budget
• Be serious on the cost to fix vs. cost to redev/restart
• Develop a plan, assign tasks and dates
• Expand on all ideas a first, don’t bottleneck in to a few ideas
• Track and refine
• *idiot cheap-no-idea-of-work-it-takes situations
16. rule #3
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• Consider all options
• Organic
• Paid
• Social
• Legal (careful)
• White Envelope
• Friends of friend’s friends…
17. rule #4
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• You are not superman
• Know when to say when
• Who can help, costs and timeline
• Task out against timeline
• Clients/boss rarely care about “why” it’s broken; focused on results
18. rule #5
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• Legal involvement
• Most don’t know shit, seriously
• Expensive + Fast + Racing with Turtles
• Only when realllllly necessary
• *keep them in the know of the situation
19. backlink audit
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• Webmaster Tools
• MajesticSEO
• Aherfs
• SEMrush
• SpyFu
• Screaming Frog
20. more tools
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• Copyscape = check dupe content
• Monitor site security, updates + patches
• Monitor social media mentions, lock down accounts
• Site speed
• Your own team’s efforts – watch!
• Know Your Enemies!
21. going black
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• Still works – shhhhhhhh!
• Time and costs; legalities
• Not for the fait of heart
• Footprint conscious
• White Hat is long-term; nothing to hide
• Black Hat can work; risky but can work.
• Slideshare.net/dwightzahringer
22. need help?
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Slideshare.net/tmprod
@dwightz
Facebook.com/dwightz
dwight@tmprod.com