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TRAFFIC Figure 4 Source: http://my.reach.ai – Oddschecker.com – “online betting” Figure 5 EDGE:report – source: http://my.reach.ai - Oddschecker.com – ‘online betting’ Figure 6 of collateral damage introduced by disavow or even something entirely unrelated. Firstly, let’s look at how oddschecker.com’s anchor profile looks in the context of the rest of the ‘online betting’ SERP. When performing a quick and simple spectral analysis for exact match, we see oddchecker.com on the far right of the scale (Figure 5). That’s the safe zone. The worst offender in this instance is Unibet. However, a quick view of the ‘other’ anchor variants (Figure 6) shows oddschecker.com to have the least amount of diversity, which places it in the most dangerous zone on our spectral chart. The comparison view in Figure 7 shows the differential, i.e. where the competition is relative to oddschecker.com. The numbers along the x-axis preceding the domain names are the current ranking position. While this is quite a crude example, it gives you an idea of things to consider when building your link profile. This article has focussed on anchor text variation and some of the techniques I have developed along with a team of incredibly talented individuals to make interpreting complex big data as easy as child’s play. Obviously there are far more complex scenarios which arise. FULL DISCLOSURE: my.reach.ai is a MediaSkunkWorks technology which represents the beginning of us releasing our in-house tools to the public. Feel free to go grab a free account and let us know of any features you’d like us to implement. Remember… ●● Don’t EDGE:report – source: http://my.reach.ai - Oddschecker.com – “online betting” ●● It’s believe the hype all in the data Figure 7 PAuL ReILLY is the founder of MediaSkunkWorks, an Innovation Lab based at the University of York. He specialises in large scale, business critical link building for the iGaming industry and uses big data to avoid the many traps set by Google. Paul is highly regarded in the world of forensic SEO and is the first port of call for most of the world’s largest iGaming brands. paul@ mediaskunkworks.com, or follow me on http://twitter.com/paulreilly. iGB Affiliate FEBRUARY/MARCH 2014 33