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Re:Ask HN: Tell how a startup/product died for a stupid or u... by blackcats on Friday July 23, 2021 @09:36PM (#27937680)
Negative SEO. Thousands of low content link farm sites started appearing at the start of the pandemic. Google Disavow didn’t work, hosting companies like Cloudflare, Godaddy refuse to remove the Link farm sites. Domains are hidden behind privacy protection. Every week there are hundreds of new link farm sites, lost 70% in 1.5 year
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Re:Ask HN: Tell how a startup/product died for a stupid or u... by 0xy on Saturday July 24, 2021 @01:15AM (#27938603)
Did you consider that this was a targeted attack by a competitor? I've seen this type of black hat SEO.
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Re:Ask HN: Tell how a startup/product died for a stupid or u... by blackcats on Saturday July 24, 2021 @05:00AM (#27939345)
Yes, I found out the attacker was buying links. One site was offering links for a monthly fee. After I got removed from that one, about 1000 were gone. So he is using multiple link farms
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Re:Ask HN: Tell how a startup/product died for a stupid or u... by pizza on Sunday July 25, 2021 @03:04AM (#27947367)
Wow - is that legal? If not, seems like you could get in touch with a lawyer?
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Re:Ask HN: Tell how a startup/product died for a stupid or u... by blackcats on Sunday July 25, 2021 @11:24AM (#27949815)
No it’s not legal, but the attacker hides behind privacy protection
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