Omnisend CEO warns against buying cheap backlinks to avoid Google penalties
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Omnisend CEO Rytis Lauris explains best practices for purchasing backlinks while avoiding algorithmic penalties from Google.
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“Shall you buy backlinks? Yes. Shall you buy from the low authority website? Please don't do that because Google recognized it and then you can be penalized, yeah? So if there is something for cheap in the market, usually there is a trap.”
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