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    Script Order & $(Window).load + Lazy Loading Images

    Why don't you simply separate your table.js into it's own tiny .js file, make it only load on the pages with the tables, and then make it have the lazy loading script as a dependency, so it loads after the lazy loading script. I'm very positive that $(window).load is waiting on the scripts to...
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    Link velocity and local citations

    Link velocity is a made up concept by spammers. If such a process in the algorithm did exist, do you think it would be based on the date that a link was created (lots of processing power to determine this), or the date that the link was indexed (no extra processing power required). komet has...
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    When you're so self concious, that the wrong wording insults you.

    Posting this was a pretty shit thing to do. I'm pretty sure it's against the rules too. Yes, he misunderstood you due to your slight language barrier. Despite that, you're still the exact type of idiot he has to deal with nonstop. "Hey, I have no intention of paying you for your course, can I...
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    Outsourcing post layout

    Your best move is to develop an operating procedure like mentioned above. Not only would you have a PDF version with full explanations as well as a checklist version they can run through over and over, but you can record a screen video of you going through the whole process while narrating it...
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    Advice for $1k/Month Affiliate Site

    There's a lot of services with crawlers that provide rudimentary audits these days, like Ahrefs for instance. You can also get a lot of mileage out of the new Search Console Coverage Report for managing indexation. Otherwise, you can find plenty of lists of things to look at in an audit on the...
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    $2000 kick off + $1000 monthly budget - Best bang for buck?

    This is a low quality question that doesn't describe your goal. What exactly do you mean by "building backlink profile?" Do you want to increase vanity metrics? Boost rankings? Do you want to build branded links to the homepage? Do you want to get a spread of links across your inner pages? How...
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    Can I Use Canonicals for Multiple Languages so the English Page Gets All the Benefits?

    @WinMore. I don't think that's possible. You could go as far as changing the hreflang tag and everything. At the end of the day, every URL can only have one canonical URL. Meaning Google is going to recognize the English URL as the English URL and not as the other languages. That's a huge...
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    Pages vs Posts Wordpress Question

    This is a common question. For SEO, there is ZERO difference between a Page and a Post in Wordpress. The two options exist only as an organizational method for you to use. The key differences between the two is that Pages can have Sub-Pages, while Categories can have Posts. They both create...
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    Alternative to Grammarly for Checking Content Quality

    Isn't Grammarly essentially a keylogger? Is there any typing they don't monitor once you install their software?
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    Pages randomly getting deindexed

    Turns out they weren't able to fix anything. They took the data for 4/26 and "smeared" it back to 4/9 and made it appear as if there isn't a gap in data. It's not that big of a deal in this case but that's pretty dishonest. I didn't see them announce that, but people on Twitter spotted it out.
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    Introductions Thread

    I remember that thread about the wooden white board made with flooring. It was @thehobbster, but I haven't seen him posting any time recently. He said in a Skype group a long time ago that it ended up warping because the braces on the back weren't thick enough. By the way, in case you didn't...
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    PBN links penalty recovery

    If the links have been taken down, then there's nothing you need to do for those, other than admit you purchased them and explain that they have been removed (in your reconsideration request letter). If that was the only thing that got you penalized then that will be enough to have you...
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    Newbie Question(s) so dumb, you're afraid to even ask!

    @jjj_ A 404 error will clean up the links in time. It takes time for Google to crawl the page and accept the 404. If you want them to accept it's really gone the first time you can make it throw a 410 error, which means "Gone," whereas a 404 means "Not Found." Alternatively if the content is...
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    Random Wordpress Posts Added to My Site

    You've been hacked, likely through some dumb plugin you installed. Delete all users you don't need. Change each existing user's password to something complex, long, and random. Delete all the posts they added. Check Google's cache for a random selection of your pages to make sure they aren't...
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    Direct links to images/media files - worth anything?

    I have no clue and can't say anything for sure. But if I had to think my way through this, I'd decide that images are content, and google wants to rank content and they do that largely through links and on-page signals, both of which images can have. That leads me to think that if there's any...
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    Deleting Yoast Plugin Increases SEO Traffic?

    Yoast would only effect speed in any way if you aren't using caching. If you aren't, then the speed impact will still be negligible. It also doesn't add any HTML requests to the page, at all. With that being said, I still don't like Yoast for all the nagware and annoying notifications and extra...
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    Content Pruning - Did You See an Increase in SERP Visibility?

    @Ryuzaki, that looks promising. @Darth, how's your site shaking? You deleted a lot more content. I'd love to see a positive confirmation from you too.
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    Do Trust Links (Aka Know'em Links) Move the Needle?

    It depends on if you want to build legit profiles any business would build or if you want to be a spammer. If I wanted to do the spammy route, I still wouldn't do keywords in the URL because I want them to last. I'd find better places on the page to sneak my keyword in.
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    Hiring Writers with E-A-T

    This is your problem, I'd think. Upwork may have a way to filter by budget, and if they don't most people probably saw that and assumed "they want 3rd world writers, not me." I wouldn't have assumed $5 meant "no budget," I'd have assumed it meant it exactly what it said. You could probably post...
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    STDDIOT - Stuff That Doesn't Deserve Its Own Thread

    So what's the deal with this guy? I looked at his Wikipedia page and basically he inherited a bunch of wealth and is your basic rich kid on Instagram who shows flashy things and plays poker. Is that the ground he stands on or has he actually earned any of his status, even post-facto by being an...
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