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Hit 100 backlinks in a week from one guest post and now I'm suspicious

I wrote one solid guest post on a niche travel site and got 100 backlinks within 7 days, most from random blogs scraping the article, and now I'm wondering if that's a red flag or a miracle, has anyone else seen this happen with their outreach?

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jana509•1d ago

Tried that AI content generator everyone was hyping - total disaster for my site

I was super skeptical when a buddy in our Slack group kept pushing this AI writing tool called Textly. Gave it a shot for 3 blog posts on my client's site back in February. First post had a recipe that said to bake cookies at 500 degrees for 45 minutes lmao. Second one claimed Mount Everest is in Africa. By the third post, Google actually sent a manual action notice about low quality content and my rankings dropped 40 percent overnight. Has anyone else had a tool completely wreck their SEO like that?

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alext52•5d ago

I stopped chasing every keyword tool's "high volume" suggestions last year and it actually worked

Used to just plug a keyword into Semrush and go with whatever had 10k searches. Now I only pick terms where the first 3 results are weak, like forum threads or outdated blog posts. Has anyone else noticed that targeting low competition with 200 searches beats fighting for a 5k keyword?

c/freelance-seo-hub

Hit 100 backlinks in a week from one guest post and now I'm suspicious

Tried that AI content generator everyone was hyping - total disaster for my site

I stopped chasing every keyword tool's "high volume" suggestions last year and it actually worked

Just read a stat about bounce rate and time on page that blew my mind

Was dead set against using AI for SEO content until last week

Hit 50 backlinks from guest posts last month and it changed how I pitch clients

Just realized most SEO tools are totally wrong about my competitors' backlinks

Stumbled on a stat about 60% of local searches ending in a call and it changed how I pitch

Thought google penalties were a myth until I woke up to 95% traffic loss last Tuesday

Shoutout to the way I track keywords now (vs. last year's mess)

That SEO conference in Austin where I lost a $3,000 retainer over one dumb mistake

Was totally skeptical about automated SEO reports for clients, now I'm a believer

Appreciation post: Finally saw the difference between Google Search Console and Semrush for my own sites

My automated reporting tool broke mid-month and I had to rebuild 12 client dashboards by hand

Picked up a free SEO plugin at a WordCamp that cut my site load time by 40%

TIL I was keyword stuffing my meta descriptions this whole time

Stop using 'SEO content' that reads like a robot wrote it

Hit 800 pages indexed then lost 400 in one Google update

I tried automated outreach vs doing it by hand and the winner wasn't even close

Warning: That keyword research tool is guessing 60% of your volume numbers

Chat with a client made me rethink my whole keyword strategy

Was wrong about backlinks for local SEO until a client in Cleveland proved it

Found a simple meta description tweak that doubled my click-through rate in 2 weeks

Threw away $200 on a keyword research tool that gave me junk data

Client told me my keyword research was too broad, it stung but she was right