My competitor has bought 9 expired domain names which all have many backlinks pointed at them. He has then setup a page on each domain name which says "Sorry! This website doesn't exist now. Please visit (the keywords he is targeting with a link to his website) instead". None of these domain names are related to our niche whatsoever. He has got a Canadian news website domain name, a south African radio station domain, and many other random domain names which have a lot of backlinks pointed to them, but no relevance.
So what can I do? I can never get these type of links using guest posts or whitehat tactics. The links are also promoting specific pages on his website that he ranks #1 for. I can't get quality links for obscure pages like this. Is my only solution here to start doing the same? Start squatting on random domains like he does? Seems like Google rewards this behavior.
I reported him to Google a couple of times and sent Google a list of all his spam sites. Interestingly Google has banned him from AdWords recently (he was always running ad campaigns too). Google have banned him from AdWords because his website "enabling dishonest behavior". Funny. I wonder if that was because I reported him. But he is still ranking #1 for all of the search terms. (I know this since he was whining about it on a public forum.)
I am not posting from a big SEO company here. I run a small business that I use to feed my family. I can't afford to hire an SEO specialist. Is there any way for me to compete with craphat tactics by the book? Or do I need to lower myself to buying random domain names and pointing them at my site? I thought Google's "AI" was smart enough to detect crap like this.
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