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If you're trying to outrank Yelp, would you still...
If you're trying to outrank Yelp, would you still link to them?
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Feb 29, 2020
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If you're trying to outrank Yelp, would you still link to them?
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Feb 29, 2020
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The question was to outrank them and you are never going to achieve it by linking to them from the page you are trying to rank higher than theirs.
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Feb 29, 2020
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petro
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Tell this to Wikipedia :)
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Feb 29, 2020
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highams
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Do wikipedia link out without nofollow? :)
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Feb 29, 2020
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@
highams
how many listings do you have that rank higher than yelp? Cause I manage at least 5 competitive ones, all linked to yelp
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Feb 29, 2020
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kizzykjersti
dude the question was simple, To outrank, will you link to their competing page or not? Your answer seem to be you are never going to outrank them but that depends on the site in question and several other factors.
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Feb 29, 2020
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@
highams
you didn’t answer the question. And you seem to be making claims that have no backing.
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Feb 29, 2020
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My answer was No.
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Feb 29, 2020
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Yes, it brings me relevance and it helps me build brand entity.
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Feb 29, 2020
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There is a method to do it but not to a directly competing page.
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Feb 29, 2020
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Yes, lol what is the reasoning behind not linking to them
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Feb 29, 2020
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highams
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Will you be able to outrank them by linking to theirs which is in direct competition?
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Feb 29, 2020
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highams
dude they put way more effort into the SEO you could provide, your work is not going to help them outrank you
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Feb 29, 2020
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It is not about helping them but what will you do when you are trying to outrank a directly competing page of theirs.
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Feb 29, 2020
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Use a no follow. You're not loosing any juice to them
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Feb 29, 2020
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Absolutley not. Why add to their backlinks & authority if your trying to outrank them? Giving the competition more ammo makes no sense
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Feb 29, 2020
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I recently noticed one of my clients started getting a lot of leads from yelp even though he doesn’t pay them. Turns out we raised the ranking of his yelp listing. So I’m really not sure why you would avoid using yelp for your SEO
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Feb 29, 2020
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because he is obviously trying to outrank them, as explained in the original post.
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Feb 29, 2020
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Yes - it works for me
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1) I wouldn't be linking to them unless it was maybe one of my social icons on my website 2) the link would be to my listing, not to a page ranking higher than me for anything so it wouldn't matter. Your link would be one of millions to the domain.
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Feb 29, 2020
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Do what @
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Feb 29, 2020
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Nope. Definitely not.
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Feb 29, 2020
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Do a test and see what happens. Crazy shit happens all the time in seo.
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