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Site Migration Case Study Case Studies & Experiments

Site Migration Case Study

A 1,400-URL migration that went mostly right: the expected dip, the two leaks the map missed - parameter ghosts and temp...

Aug 27, 2020 · 3 min read
Cannibalization Fix: Before and After Data Case Studies & Experiments

Cannibalization Fix: Before and After Data

Three flip-flopping posts merged into one: the consolidation wobble, position 6 by week eight, +150% query-family clicks...

Aug 26, 2020 · 4 min read
Why Low-DA Sites Outrank High-DA Sites Case Studies & Experiments

Why Low-DA Sites Outrank High-DA Sites

Fifty SERP "anomalies" audited: the five explanations ranked by frequency - page beats domain, clusters beat drive-bys -...

Aug 25, 2020 · 3 min read
Do Redirects Lose Link Equity? A Test Case Studies & Experiments

Do Redirects Lose Link Equity? A Test

Clean 301s, deliberate chains, and irrelevant redirects tested: equity transfers, chains tax the transition, relevance i...

Aug 22, 2020 · 3 min read
Do Nofollow Links Pass Value? An Experiment Case Studies & Experiments

Do Nofollow Links Pass Value? An Experiment

Matched pages, nofollow-only campaigns versus nothing: small inconsistent direct movement, large second-order effects -...

Aug 21, 2020 · 3 min read