Does Parasite SEO still work? You better believe it!
Here's a subdomain going from zero to 22M page views in 24 hours. Don't get me wrong. I'm not condoning this sort of behaviour but it does starkly highlight how domain authority is still the dominant ranking factor in Google.
These hackers are exploiting a specific software vulnerability and piggy backing off the main domain's authority using subdomains. Insane traffic gains overnight.
Many 'SEO gurus' will say authority doesn't flow from the TLD to the subdomain, but this proves it does.
The affiliate programs they're promoting are the worst of the internet but these hackers will be making 100's of thousands weekly, if not daily. You don't need to do that for too long to make life-changing money!
Here's the story. Worth a read if you have 10 mins
https://il.ly/blog/parasite-seo-attack-gov-edu
I found one ... here's 145+ affiliate products you can add to your list!
site:execed.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/ninja-forms review
If you remove the word review you'll see over 1000 pages indexed in Google ... all parasites.
... and this is just one folder on one subdomain. Looking at the URL, this is either an insider job or a Wordpress exploit!
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Here they are at #4 in Google (attached) and look at the search volume! Ka - ching!
Interesting. I have a friend who works for a certain school... Might need to give him a call... 🤣
Ha ha! Can I be their friend as well .... pleeeease!
That Google search now returns 450+ results with the word review in there so we appear to be watching them build out this subdomain in real time.
I did some digging and it does look like a WP exploit. That's all I'll say!
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