When You Have Bad Links Impacting Your Google Rankings, Which Do You Remove?

I see this all the time, a forum thread, where a webmaster knows his rankings are suffering in Google because he was hit by Penguin because he has a lot of really bad, manipulative links. A WebmasterWorld thread sums up the issues a webmaster in this predicament is in.(1) They hired an SEO company (2) That SEO company ranked them well for years (3) Then Penguin smashed their links (4) They no longer rank as well (5) They are upset with the SEO company (6) They need to figure out how to rank again (7) Removing the links are the only option (8) But removing links that were the result of their initial good rankings won't help them rank immediately
In this thread, the site owner sums it up as:

1) What is the sure proof way to make sure a link is 100% bad? 2) I don't want to remove all links cause I am worried my site will drop even more. I'm sure there are some semi-good links that might be helping.
3) After submitting disavow file, typically how long does it take to recover? We have two sites, one seems to be under penguin and panda updates and the other received a manual penalty for certain bad links for certain terms.

It is sad, indeed. But you need to disavow the links, that is for sure. Those links are not helping you and they are now hurting you. Remove the hurt. Then get people to link to you because they want to link to you.
But which links should you remove? Which links are actually hurting you. That is the hard question. One SEO offered his advice:

Black Hats Prepare To Spam Google's Author Authority Algorithm

For the past six-months, Google has been working on an algorithm to promote authorities on topics.In short, Google is going to try to figure out which authors or individuals are authorities on a specific topic and promote their content across any site, in some way. You can read more about it in the links above.
This morning, I spotted a thread at Black Hat World where "black hats" are seeking ways to exploit this algorithm by "faking" author authority.
This is how one explained it:

So Google now allows you to "tag" an author in your content. Good authors who are popular get extra ranking bonuses for their articles.So it seems very simple to me. Find a popular author in your niche, and tag him in your links to your content.
Extra link juice off someone else's work.

Google: Sitemaps Do Not Guarantee Indexing

This is likely obvious to most the readers here but it is simple, submitting an XML sitemap to Google does not mean the pages in that sitemap will be fully indexed.A Google Webmaster Help thread has Google's Gary Illyes responding to a question about why a site that has submitted 40,000 pages only has 100 pages indexed in Google.
For example, here are two sites that have submitted their URLs to Google via an XML sitemap file. One, has submitted 17,987 pages and Google has actually index all of them, plus one. :) The other has submitted over 7 million pages, but Google has only indexed about 4 million of them, which is about 53% of the pages submitted.
Why did Google index all the pages on one site but only about half on this other site? Why did Google only index 100 pages of the 40,000 of the site complaining above?

Google December 19th Ranking Fluctuations Reported

So Google confirmed they reduced the authorship snippets from showing in the results. We know that. Matt Cutts strongly implied that there was no update on December 17th, despite all the tracking tools lighting up on that date. That implication that Google minimizes the algorithm updates before the holidays should apply to what I am seeing today - a lot of chatter, in some niches, of a Google update.

The key indicator I use is webmaster/SEO chatter. I check the chatter atWebmasterWorld and dozens of other forums and the chatter has picked up yesterday. Martin Ice Web, who is a Senior Member at WebmasterWorld but is based in Germany, is the loudest on claiming updates today. There are many who agree and see major changes and there are many threads in the Google forums with individual complaints.

That being said, one of the tools I rarely show you, because it often doesn't match the other tools, is the DigitalPoint Keyword Tracker averages changes. It is something fairly new added to the forums sidebar and this reports changes of actual rankings for hundreds of thousands of sites and I'd say millions of keywords. It is based off what webmasters enter into the tracking tools.

Google's URL/Content Removal Tool Now A Wizard

Google has updated their URL removal tool to make it easier and smarter to remove content specifically from third-party web sites.

Google told us at Search Engine Land specifically that the tool is smarter by analyzing the content of the URL you submitted and letting you know what options you have based on the details of the cache result, search results and the actual live page.

You can remove complete pages if the page is actually not live or blocked to spiders. You can remove content from a page if the content shows in the Google cache and is not live on the page.

Here are some screen shots:

Now, it may even work on soft-404s, so be careful. As WebmasterWorld's moderator said:

Google’s Matt Cutts: Don’t Duplicate Your Meta Descriptions

Google’s Matt Cutts, the head of search spam, released a video today providing an SEO tip on meta descriptions. Matt said, do not have duplicate meta descriptions on your site.
Matt said it is better to have unique meta descriptions and even no meta descriptions at all, then to show duplicate meta descriptions across pages.
In fact, Matt said for his own blog, he doesn’t bother to make meta descriptions for his own site.
In short, it is better to let Google auto-create snippets for your pages versus having duplicate meta descriptions.

Google Says It’s Now Working To ‘Promote Good Guys’

Google’s Matt Cutts says Google is “now doing work on how to promote good guys.”
More specifically, Google is working on changes to its algorithm that will make it better at promoting content from people who it considers authoritative on certain subjects.
You may recall earlier this year when Cutts put out the following video talking about things Google would be working on this year.


In that, he said, “We have also been working on a lot of ways to help regular webmasters. We’re doing a better job of detecting when someone is more of an authority on a specific space. You know, it could be medical. It could be travel. Whatever. And try to make sure that those rank a little more highly if you’re some sort of authority or a site, according to the algorithms, we think might be a little more appropriate for users.”
Apparently that’s something Google is working on right now.

Google: Duplicate Content Pollutes 25-30% Of The Web

So Google confirmed they reduced the authorship snippets from showing in the results. We know that. Matt Cutts strongly implied that there was no update on December 17th, despite all the tracking tools lighting up on that date. That implication that Google minimizes the algorithm updates before the holidays should apply to what I am seeing today - a lot of chatter, in some niches, of a Google update.
The key indicator I use is webmaster/SEO chatter. I check the chatter at WebmasterWorld and dozens of other forums and the chatter has picked up yesterday. Martin Ice Web, who is a Senior Member at WebmasterWorld but is based in Germany, is the loudest on claiming updates today. There are many who agree and see major changes and there are many threads in the Google forums with individual complaints.
That being said, one of the tools I rarely show you, because it often doesn't match the other tools, is the DigitalPoint Keyword Tracker averages changes. It is something fairly new added to the forums sidebar and this reports changes of actual rankings for hundreds of thousands of sites and I'd say millions of keywords. It is based off what webmasters enter into the tracking tools.
It showed a bit of a change on the 17th but on the 19th, it really skyrocketed, like the forums did.

I've emailed Google yesterday to find out if something is going on specific with rankings but I have yet to hear back.
It can be a refresh of Panda or something else but I have no confirmation from Google.

Google: Authorship Works With Google+ Vanity URLs

Once you get your authorship working, no one wants to mess around and change URLs. Some don't like to mess around even if the authorship is not live in the search results, in fear changing it might break something. This is even more so now that there was a reduction in authorship display in the results.

One question I get a lot from more advanced SEOs is should I use the numeric or custom/vanity URL from my Google+ page. Should I use the root or /about or /post URL as well? The answer is, it does not matter.
Google's John Mueller went on record about this topic this morning on Google+ saying:

I've seen this come up more since custom/vanity URLs for Google+ profiles have become more popular. Authorship works fine with vanity profile URLs, it works fine with the numeric URLs, and it doesn't matter if you link to your "about" or "posts" page, or even just to the base profile URL. The type of redirect (302 vs 301) also doesn't matter here. If you want to have a bit of fun, you can even use one of the other Google ccTLDs and link to that.

So there you have it, concrete information from Google on one of the scary topics to touch on.

For more information, please see:
https://plus.google.com/authorship
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/1408986
https://support.google.com/plus/answer/2676340

Google: Your Various ccTLDs Will Probably Be Fine From The Same IP Address

Ever wondered if Google would mind if you had multiple ccTLD sites hosted from a single IP address? If you’re afraid they might not take kindly to that, you’re in for some good news. It’s not really that big a deal.

Google’s Matt Cutts may have just saved you some time and money with this one. He takes on the following submitted question in the latest Webmaster Help video:

For one customer we have about a dozen individual websites for different countries and languages, with different TLDs under one IP number. Is this okay for Google or do you prefer one IP number per country TLD?

“In an ideal world, it would be wonderful if you could have, for every different .co.uk, .com, .fr, .de, if you could have a different, separate IP address for each one of those, and have them each placed in the UK, or France, or Germany, or something like that,” says Cutts. “But in general, the main thing is, as long as you have different country code top level domains, we are able to distinguish between them. So it’s definitely not the end of the world if you need to put them all on one IP address. We do take the top-level domain as a very strong indicator.”

High Pagerank Directory Submission Site List 2014

High Pagerank Directory Submission Site List 2014

1 http://www.dmoz.org 8
2 http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/ 8
3 http://www.321webmaster.com 7
4 http://www.gogreece.com 7
5 http://www.2rss.com 6
6 http://www.aardvark.co.za 6
7 http://www.anybrowser.com/directory/ 6
8 http://www.bible-history.com 6
9 http://www.business-directory-uk.co.uk 6
10 http://www.femina.com 6
11 http://www.freelinksdirectory.net 6
12 http://www.infotiger.com 6
13 http://www.maven.co.il 6
14 http://www.nashvillebbb.org 6
15 http://www.niceone.com 6
16 http://www.nzs.com 6
17 http://www.phantis.com 6
18 http://www.scrubtheweb.com 6
19 http://www.surfsafely.com 6
20 http://www.yekey.com 6
21 http://www.1000websitetools.com 5
22 http://www.asialink-eamarnet.com 5
23 http://www.bazsites.com 5
24 http://www.beammachine.net 5
25 http://www.blogdire.com 5

Google Structured Data Dashboard Adds Error Reports

Since we launched the Structured Data dashboard last year, it has quickly become one of the most popular features in Webmaster Tools. We’ve been working to expand it and make it even easier to debug issues so that you can see how Google understands the marked-up content on your site.

Starting today, you can see items with errors in the Structured Data dashboard. This new feature is a result of a collaboration with webmasters, whom we invited in June to>register as early testers of markup error reporting in Webmaster Tools. We’ve incorporated their feedback to improve the functionality of the Structured Data dashboard.

An “item” here represents one top-level structured data element (nested items are not counted) tagged in the HTML code. They are grouped by data type and ordered by number of errors:

We’ve added a separate scale for the errors on the right side of the graph in the dashboard, so you can compare items and errors over time. This can be useful to spot connections between changes you may have made on your site and markup errors that are appearing (or disappearing!).

Our data pipelines have also been updated for more comprehensive reporting, so you may initially see fewer data points in the chronological graph.

Backlinks.com: The Next Link Network Penalized By Google

Google's head of search spam, Matt Cutts, publicly outed onTwitter another link network that Google has penalized. Matt Cutts' new trend is the share a link from the marketing material of the link network and then add a word or two to say the opposite, that Google caught you.

This came a week, literally a week, after Google outed Anglo Rank.

In fact, Matt joked on Twitter that Google "should start taking requests for which link networks to tackle next."

Meanwhile, the folks at Black Hat World are not happy for a few reasons. One said, "It's crazy how he can get away with ruining businesses. It's not like spamming the internet's illegal and Google doesn't own the internet." Well, it is spamming Google and I guess Google has the right to fight back?

That being said, guys - stop buying links unless you want to play the crash and burn game.

I received an email from someone who got one of these link penalties but swore they never paid for links. They did and found out their SEO company did for them.

Be careful and don't mess your 10 year old web site up with these schemes.

Free Dofollow Social Bookmarking Sites List 2014

Free Dofollow Social Bookmarking Sites List DECEMBER 2014

1	http://seobookmarks.co.in/
2	http://seobookmarks.biz/
3	http://bookmarkseed.biz/
4	http://www.beastyangel.com/
5	http://semiultra.com/
6	http://www.linkingmob.com/
7	http://createabookmark.info/
8	http://dreamfocused.com/
9	http://bookmarksusa.com/
10	http://int-ern-et.info/
11	http://backlinkstorys.com/
12	http://4bub.com/
13	http://loopmarks.com/
14	http://frontlinesnews.com/
15	http://firstlinepost.com/
16	https://www.seowebdon.com/
17	http://bookmarksads.com/
18	http://makebookmarks.info/
19	http://seezlinking.biz/
20	http://gerrythompson.net/
21	http://termlinking.biz/
22	http://popjq.com/
23	http://bokmarkingsite.info/
24	http://articlesiteslist.com/
25	http://www.actueel.org/

RSS Sites List 2014

RSS Sites December 2013

1	http://pingomatic.com/	6
2	http://www.downes.ca/	6
3	http://www.rssverzeichnis.de/	6
4	http://www.blogdigger.com/	5
5	http://www.icerocket.com/	5
6	http://www.financeinvesting.com/	5
7	http://www.rss-network.com/	4
8	http://www.newsmob.com/	4
9	http://www.sarthak.net:81/	4
10	http://www.plazoo.com/	4
11	http://www.rssmicro.com/	4
12	http://www.realty-feeds.net/	3
13	http://ngoid.sourceforge.net/	3
14	http://www.feedsee.com/	3
15	http://www.codango.com/	3
16	http://www.rss-clipping.com/	3
17	http://www.feedagg.com/	3
18	http://www.goldenfeed.com/	3
19	http://www.rssmotron.com/	3
20	http://feedfury.com/	3
21	http://www.sports-feeds.com/	3
22	http://www.medicalfeeds.com/	3
23	http://www.religiouspodcasts.net/	2
24	http://www.politicalhumor.net/	2
25	http://www.governentcentral.com/	2
26	http://tools.950buy.com/	2

RSS Sites List 2014 RSS Sites List 2014 RSS Sites List Best RSS Sites List 2014 Top RSS Sites List 2014 Latest RSS Sites List 2014 high pr RSS Sites List 2014 high pr RSS Sites List 2014

High Pr Classified Ads Sites List 2014

High Pr Classified Ads Sites List December 2014

1 http://adpostinglist.com
2 http://post-an-ad.com
3 http://newyork-ads.com
4 http://freepostingsites.com
5 http://addfreeclassified.com
6 http://www.addpost.us
7 http://www.postanadd.com
8 http://adsale4u.com
9 http://www.postaadd.com
10 http://adpostinglist.com
11 http://www.freepostingsites.com
12 http://addfreeclassified.com
13 http://placeaad.com
14 http://www.adsclassified.us
15 http://freeaddclassified.com
16 http://classifiedinternetads.com
17 http://post-an-ad.com
18 http://newyork-ads.com
19 http://adpost-free.com
20 http://classifiedswebsitelist.com
21 http://www.adsopen4u.com
22 http://bestfreeonlineclassifieds.com
23 http://www.azeemads.com
24 http://www.zouqads.com
25 http://www.freeadvert4u.com
26 http://www.postfreeadsinternet.com
27 http://www.advertforindia.com
28 http://www.ads50.com
29 http://www.orboli.com
30 http://www.freeukadvertising.com
31 http://www.freeadswebsites.com
32 http://www.nclassified.com
33 http://www.freeadsforsale.com
34 http://www.freeadvertsites.com
35 http://www.postafreeadvert.com
36 http://www.placefreeadvert.com
37 http://www.faheemads.com
38 http://www.classified50.com
39 http://www.xboli.com
40 http://www.freepostadds.com
41 http://www.placingfreeads.com
42 http://www.classified-in.com
43 http://www.classified88.com
44 http://www.classifiedboli.com
45 http://www.freeonlineadvertise.com
46 http://www.listofclassified.com
47 http://www.hollx.com
48 http://postfreeclassified.org
49 http://www.wclassified.com
50 http://www.uniclassified.com
51 http://www.seofreetricks.com/classifieds
52 http://www.seotrick.co.cc/classifieds
53 http://www.webclassifieds.co.cc
54 http://internetclassified.co.cc
55 http://www.bsnclassifieds.com
56 http://www.bestclassifiedslist.com
57 http://www.globalclassifiedsad.com
58 http://www.latestclassifiedlist.com
59 http://www.classifiedworlds.com
60 http://www.devclassified.com
61 http://www.justadsfree.com
62 http://www.waqarads.com
63 http://www.pkfreead.com
64 http://www.easoads.com
65 http://www.arpaads.com
66 http://www.shamiads.com
67 http://www.shamiad.com
68 http://www.zoneeads.com
69 http://www.arpaclassifieds.com
70 http://www.classifiedwebsiteslist.com
71 http://www.ebayclassifiedsads.com
72 http://www.freeclassifiedslists.com
73 http://www.bestclassifiedsads.com
74 http://www.servicesclassified.com
75 http://www.starsclassified.com
76 http://www.basicad.com
77 http://www.zeroclassifieds.com
78 http://www.adpostingwebsites.com
79 http://www.worldwidefreeads.com
80 http://www.viewclassifiedads.com
81 http://www.classifiedadlisting.com
82 http://www.classifiedadall.com
83 http://www.adpostingwebsiteslist.com
84 http://leadingclassifieds.com
85 http://adsplusmedia.com
86 http://adpost-free.com
87 http://adswithus.com
88 http://classifiedswebsitelist.com
89 http://freeaddclassified.com
90 http://classifiedinternetads.com
91 http://freeadsforsale.com
92 http://listofclassified.com
93 http://placingfreeads.com
94 http://mhollx.com
95 http://www.bsnclassifieds.com
96 http://www.basicad.com
97 http://freeadswebsites.com
98 http://adsopen4u.com
99 http://nclassified.com
100 http://freeadvert4u.com
101 http://classified-in.com
102 http://www.zeroclassifieds.com
103 http://www.starsclassified.com
104 http://orboli.com
105 http://postfreeadsinternet.com
106 http://www.leadingclassifieds.com
107 http://www.classifiedadall.com
108 http://www.adpostingwebsiteslist.com
109 http://www.viewclassifiedads.com
110 http://adsprice.com
111 http://www.justadsfree.com

Free Classified Ads Site List 2014

Free Classified Ads Site List:

1	http://www.latimes.com/	8
2	http://www.expressclassifieds.in/	7
3	http://www.adtrader.co.uk/	6
4	http://atlanta.craigslist.org/	6
5	http://bangalore.craigslist.co.in/	6
6	http://cracker.com.au/	6
7	http://www.ebay.co.uk/	6
8	http://www.ebayclassifieds.com/	6
9	http://www.expatriates.com/	6
10	http://www.ezilon.com/	6
11	http://www.finda.co.nz/	6
12	http://ftp.kwoff.com/	6
13	http://www.hoobly.com/	6
14	http://www.india.com/	6
15	http://www.justlanded.com/	6
16	http://loot.com/	6
17	http://www.quoka.de/	6
18	http://www.sahipasand.com/	6
19	http://soundvision.com/	6
20	http://buysell.walesonline.co.uk/	5
21	http://www.buysellmidlands.co.uk/	5
22	http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/	5
23	http://www.classifiedads.com/	5
24	http://www.click.in/	5
25	http://www.clickindia.com/	5

High PR Social Media Site List 2014

High PR Social Media Site List :

1	https://twitter.com/	10
2	http://www.xing.com/	9
3	https://www.tuenti.com/	9
4	https://vk.com/	9
5	http://www.linkedin.com/	9
6	https://plus.google.com/	9
7	https://foursquare.com/	9
8	https://www.flickr.com/	9
9	https://www.facebook.com/	9
10	http://pinterest.com/	8
11	https://www.att.com/	8
12	http://www.hyves.nl/	8
13	http://www.renren.com/	8
14	http://www.studivz.net/	8
15	http://www.slideshare.net/	8
16	http://hootsuite.com/	8
17	http://www.stumbleupon.com/	8
18	https://soundcloud.com/	8
19	http://weibo.com/	8
20	http://www.reverbnation.com/	8
21	http://qzone.qq.com/	8
22	http://www.livejournal.com/	8
23	http://www.last.fm/	8
24	http://identi.ca/	8
25	http://www.draugiem.lv/	8