SEO in Orange County | Indexed but Not Linked
In my post evaluation of a link-building service, I note that there are many published articles that are indexed but the back-link is not cited in my Webmaster Tools console. Neither are they showing up in any of the usual backllink checking tools and sites from SEO spyglass to Yahoo Site Explorer. It seems that most of these “lesser” article sites have about the same value as a nofollow comment on a PR-nothing stamp collecting blog.
I’m pinging a test article that I paid for, but with little hope of it ever rising to the point of being recognized by Google any more than one of those worthless comments.
For reference, The test article in question is here at the link. The article is duplicated across the web and that’s probably enough for Google to say, “I’ve already read this ten times. Enough!” It makes me want to stick to my own methods in my Orange County SEO work.