So much for mass article marketing campaigns (using original or spun content). Now Google has updated their Webmaster help pages to specifically state that it penalizes for backlinking done as part of an article marketing campaign. Article marketing/guest posting for SEO backlinking has been renamed a 'link scheme'.
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/66356
For anyone that has used articles as backlinking tools, how is it affecting your website's position in Google search now? Are you ranked as highly or already starting to lose ground in search results for targeted keywords?
The following are examples of link schemes which can negatively impact a site's ranking in search results... Large-scale article marketing or guest posting campaigns with keyword-rich anchor text links
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/66356
For anyone that has used articles as backlinking tools, how is it affecting your website's position in Google search now? Are you ranked as highly or already starting to lose ground in search results for targeted keywords?







