How To Remove Fake Social Media Likes
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Hi there Mozzers,
Unfortunately I used a black hat seo company for my website at http://greatedmontonhomes.ca in the past. Over the last while I've been able to clean up quite a few of the bad links going to the site, but the company also engaged in buying fake Facebook likes and Tweets.
Is there any way to clean these up?
Guy
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Right... and I bet that they would be really embarrassed to say who is "liking them".... or maybe they would spin the explanation into some real BS.
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great video. Best part the mention about State Dept spending $600K+ and going no where with the 2M likes they accumulated…..
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Maybe you have seen this video? Most of the FB likes are BS.
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I dont know about such tool, but let me say this: I would not worry too much about purchased likes, as # of likes or followers aren't a piece of Google's algo in determining rank. Rather, I would do a very thorough job cleaning up crappy and unnatural links and those you cannot get rid of disavow and show the genuine efforts you have made in cleaning up the mess. This should position yourself well for a fresh start.
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