Buying backlinks DOES work! We have seen it ...

Ok everyone, we need your help! We have been in e-commerce for almost 15 years, and recently a competitor has popped up that is totally NOT playing by the rules ...

We've read all the info that says DO NOT BUY BACKLINKS, because Google will penalize you into oblivion ...

However, we have a competitor that DOES BUY backlinks, for YEARS now, and now their site is ranking on page 1 of Google SERPs and bumping our site to page 2 for our major keywords ...

Since 2016, when we first noticed the competitor, they began buying backlinks through SEO CLERKS ... We know because we linked the competitors company name with a profile on SEOCLERKS ... It's also highly likely they are purchasing backlinks from other sources as well ...

These methods have NOT been penalized by Google ... their methods are working for them ...

Also for the past 12 - 16 months, they have set up 3 more websites that sale the exact same products. They are buying backlinks for these sites as well, and while these new sites are not doing as well as their first site, we see evidence that these new sites are also increasing in rank ... This competitor has set up multiple websites with the exact same products, same phone numbers, same pictures, and in many cases duplicate content, etc ...

Again, we have waited YEARS, since 2016 when this competitor started, for them to get a Google penalty and watch them fade away .... but instead the competitors main site has broke through and is now on the first page of Google SERPS, with their other sites also increasing in ranks for our keywords ...

It also seems that each major Google update has only helped this competitor rank ...

So how can this competitor BUY backlinks, SPAM Google with multiple websites with the same products and duplicate content, and end up ranking these websites on page 1 and 2 of Google searches? And not just for a few months, but well over a year now ....

We have filled out the Google "Link Schemes" form, and turned them in multiple times for buying backlinks and spamming ... again with no results ... no manual actions, nothing ...

PLEASE, does anyone know HOW it is possible they are able to do this and get away with it?

Does anyone have a sure fire way to make Google aware of this?

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