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Nenad
Personal blog · nenadseo.comwebbusiness
Nenad is a personal blog at nenadseo.com about web and business. Since 2013, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times, most often “The New SEO - Link Schemes are Allowed (For Big Brands) - Nenad SEO | Nenad SEO”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-01-31, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link Nenad's posts as examples or context on Google's uneven enforcement of link rules, guest blogging for SEO, and fake-it guides for freelancers. No comment judges the writing itself.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Contrarian SEO and Blogging
Most-linked posts?
- The New SEO - Link Schemes are Allowed (For Big Brands) - Nenad SEO | Nenad SEO2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-12-19
- SEO: 4 things huge sites are allowed to do but you’re not.2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-04-25
What Hacker News says?
In some regards I agree. The rules are constantly shifting and they are unevenly enforced in a way that favors large, established sites which is frustrating for smaller players. Good examples here: http://nenadseo.com/big-dogs/ At least the person mentioned in this article received an unnatural link notice. In other cases Google will just sink your site into oblivion overnight with no explanation or recourse. At the…
Comment linking /big-dogs/
on “Google is Breaking the Internet”Submitted How Expedia Buys Its Way To The Top Of Google as a story · 494 points
HN discussionIs this a response to this? http://nenadseo.com/new-seo/ Now that the cat's out of the bag (and getting some attention), I guess it's sensible for Google to jump out of the "big brand's" pocket. Sounds like they're trying to avoid the interpretation that big brands and Google are scratching each other's back by blaming it all on the practice of guest blogging.
Comment linking /new-seo/
on “The decay and fall of guest blogging for SEO”Submitted SEO: 4 things huge sites are allowed to do but you’re not. as a story · 111 points
HN discussionYou probably followed the Ultimate Guide to Fake it on Upwork (and elsewhere on internet) http://nenadseo.com/fake-it-till-you-make-it-guide/
Comment linking /fake-it-till-you-make-it-guide/
on “How to not get scammed hiring remote freelancers on Upwork”Submitted Fake bloggers and SEO scammers as a story · 11 points
HN discussionSubmitted Golden Age of Freelancing Is Over as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The New SEO - Link Schemes are Allowed (For Big Brands) - Nenad SEO | Nenad SEO as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Expedia Calls Out the Anti-Competitive and ‘Anti-Social’ Practices by Google as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Flying Garbage Bin: The Future of Waste Management? as a story · 1 points
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