Is Parasite SEO Here To Stay?

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Everywhere I turn it seems like parasite SEO sites are taking over the search results. It's happening and has been happening in nearly every worthwhile affiliate niche out there today. Niche sites are sticking around in some niches, but many are hiding on page two and beyond. I'm wondering if this is the new norm and expected.

If so, what does it mean for niche sites and the future of niche sites? What's crazy is that even Yahoo is publishing parasite articles that end up ranking in Google. Full disclosure: I don't partake in this type of SEO. Not because I wouldn't consider it but it's just not a tool that I've chosen to use yet.

I'm curious to hear others' thoughts on this angle today.
 
It has been for years,if, look at keto diet and weight loss pills. Parasite SEO has been dominant for a while. If, you go to darker niche's like escorts,CBD oil you'll find parasite's ranking on Google. I guess, Google trust sites that have authority.
 
gasmonkeygarage said:
It has been for years,if, look at keto diet and weight loss pills. Parasite SEO has been dominant for a while. If, you go to darker niche's like escorts,CBD oil you'll find parasite's ranking on Google. I guess, Google trust sites that have authority.
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Yes, these are obvious ones that have been around for many years. I'm not referring to those niches as the darker you go, the more weird things get. I'm just referring on the system as a whole. I point it out for a number of reasons:

1. They come out and state that the content is brand related and/or sponsored
2. They have no real expertise when it comes to ranking for all these topics, nor do the authors
3. They are not really adding any value at all. just regurgitating the same nonsense that every other parasite post is doing.

It seems like only a very small number of SEOs are able to truly take advantage of this (without going into too much detail). Just was curious if anyone thought it was strange to see many popping up in niches that were once absolutely dominated by niche sites.
 
My prediction is that links becomes a more important part of the algo going forward. Based on that, yes, parasite is going to be even more rampant than it already is.
 
Yes. For all the reasons already stated and many more. Adapt or die.
 
How do you monetize escort sites with parasite SEO? I know the usual business model is to charge girls for premium listings, they have outreachers working etc. around the clock to get more girls to sign up. But with parasite, what's the model like?
 
It's been here for a LONG time, Eli coined the term in 2007, 16 years later and it's effectively more powerful than it ever has been before.

Entire SERPs are filled with it, look at "best kratom capsules" in the US for a prime example: #1 - #21 are all parasite pages.

People can complain all they want, but it's not all that hard and VERY cost effective to do, so just get with the times and start buying some pages on the oralando times...
 
Question for anyone on these.

The pages only rank for a while before they die typically is my understanding, is that still true?

How does this impact the website hosting the content, if they take too many of these will it kill the authority of the site in general?
 
Google heavily favours institutions nowadays. Often the top results for a niche query I make are pages on sites it trusts that are less relevant to my query than the niche site content it is burying.
 
miketpowell said:
The pages only rank for a while before they die typically is my understanding, is that still true?
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Google does seem to have a way to whack these pages. I've seen heavy rotation in these kind of SERPs, especially as they get more and more spammy (roblox-related) versus something that requires more finesse to get a conversion (diet pills). You may get away with spamming PDF documents to the top with one, while the other needs something really nice, like a WebMD page (yes, even they get in on the game).

If Google doesn't whack the page and drop it into oblivion (they can figure out which author profile is slanging these pages), ultimately I'll see the site itself pull it down. Either the site condoned it and let it live for X amount of agreed upon time before they noindex it or they catch their lower level employee with access selling the pages. Many times the site will protect itself by labeling the post Sponsored and I'm sure Google tags them like that too.

As with anything in SEO, it's not going to be set-and-forget, rank-and-bank forever. I'd say this is more volatile. Yes, you get a chance to step up to the plate thanks to the power of the domain you get listed on, but there's more scrutiny, more competition, watchful eyes from the website owners themselves in non-condoned scenarios, and Google on the prowl. It's churn and burn at a higher expense, higher reward level.
 
Just because this thread peaked my interest, I did this:

1. Googled a very hot keyword where big affiliates play
2. Looked for local news sites that don't belong but rank like 1/2/3
3. Reached out to them to get an article myself
4. Talked to someone on the phone.
5. They told me they only do those posts very rarely (only X slots/year) + they need to be my "agency of record" in order to do those posts. They clarified that by saying they need to be my all inclusive marketing agency. I don't know why that's necessary, but maybe because they know with these kinda posts they are tarnishing their brand a bit so they gotta vet companies and make it expensive.

That was just the result of one place I called. I'm sure I could just call someone else. Overall it doesn't seem that tough - but sounded like you're looking at $1,000 minimum to get a post going you write on one of these sites. Looks like on BHW there's some guys selling $1,500 posts on big news sites. It does seem like some finessing and know-how is needed to not only work with the publication to get the post up, optimized, and THEN start smashing links to it. Seems like quite an investment and a hope for success - but you guys know how do to do that better than me anyways.
 
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