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Hein V's avatar

Don't ever buy backlinks, that is black-hat SEO and will hurt your rankings terribly. There is no quick fix to let Google know your custom domain is trustworthy.

I would change your publication domain from onlinewritingclub.com to onlinewritingclub.substack.com and you don't have to pay for a domain as it is a subdomain situated on Substack's domain.

You're welcome to chat with me via PM. SEO is only one very important part of your business. Multiple facets play strong roles in growing your business.

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Kristina God's avatar

Talked with my hubby about it. Since I want to build my OWN site, I'll go with my custom domain. However, if I share my video on how to do this, I'll include this! You're absolutely right about the DA. 17 is better than 1 ^^ With your Medium stories you always get found as long as the platform exists. Once it's gone your stories will also be gone. So I want to build something I own. Love both platforms though. But you never know. I'll talk with a Google expert this week and ask him. Thanks again!

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Hein V's avatar

You still need to use proper SEO on Medium and Substack if you want to rank on page one with all your articles. The native SEO tool is not adequate for this. There is a lot more to it than just a title and subtitle.

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Hein V's avatar

I am a Google expert too. Here are two of our website links below (my fiancee and I are the co-owners and I am the founder), feel free to use the live chat if you have any questions. Alternatively, I can assist you via PM here for absolutely free! Besides, we are fully booked with projects and may not be able to take on new clients right now.

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