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Introduction 3
The (Sad) State of Affiliate Niche Sites 3
Parasite SEO: A Quick Overview 6
Benefits of Parasite SEO 7
How to Spot Parasite SEO Content: Checklist 8
Parasite SEO Examples 9
What are the Most Successful Niches in Parasite SEO? 17
Should You Do Parasite SEO? 22
How Much Should I Expect to Spend on a Parasite SEO Campaign? 23
How to Do Parasite SEO? 24
List Down Potential Media Publications 24
Identify Topics and Keywords to Write and Optimise for Each 28
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Link to the Posts Once Published 57
Monitor Results and Make Changes 60
Parasite SEO Case Studies 61
Case Study # 1 - Publishing Parasite Content on Medium 62
Case Study # 2 - Publishing Parasite Content on Vocal Media 66
Case Study # 3 - 10News.com 68
Thank You & Conclusion 73
Introduction
Firstly, I want to thank you for purchasing this course! It’s taken me nearly 6 months of work to
put this altogether, and I’m hoping you’ll be able to use the information and sites inside to make
an outrageous return on your investment with me!

As with all of my training, I have to give the beginners a complete introduction first. So, if you’re
already an intermediary or experienced SEO and know exactly what parasite SEO is, then you
can skip straight to page #8 where we jump into real world examples in the wild.

The (Sad) State of Affiliate Niche Sites

Google has been ramping up with algorithm updates these past few years.

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● Link Spam Update - In December 2022, Google launched SpamBrain to identify

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backlinks aimed at gamifying the search algorithms. Once spotted, these links no longer
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pass PageRank or link juice to the site, resulting in decreased search rankings across
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multiple keywords.

● Helpful Content - As the name suggests, Google wants websites to provide users with
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a satisfying experience. They can achieve this by providing content that is not only in line
with their search intent but also contains useful and unique information.

● E-E-A-T - While not really an algorithm update, Google did make changes to their
Quality Raters Guidelines by adding another “E” in the acronym, turning it into E-E-A-T
or double E-A-T. The extra “E” stands for experience, which questions whether the
author of the piece has first-hand experience of what they’re talking about.

● Search Generative Experience - Arguably the most significant update and the biggest
threat against online publishers. Google will show a section above SERPs that answers
your search query and is generated in real-time to provide users with the best and latest
information. This feature is currently available to users who signed up to Google’s
Search Labs but expect the search engine to launch it very soon.

These updates have made life much more difficult for niche site owners.
Years back, you could churn out a few articles with decent quality for underserved keywords on
Google and expect to rank for them in a few weeks or months’ time.

You now have to write articles that comprehensively cover a topic to achieve topical authority
and produce affiliate product reviews showing that you tried out the product before writing about
it, or at least convince Google you did.

And EVEN THEN, there’s no guarantee that you will actually rank, given the constant and
sometimes fickle nature of Google’s algorithm.

And we haven’t even talked about the worst part of it all:

Even the most authoritative sites online–those that have had a supposed sterling
reputation in organic search these past few years–aren’t safe from Google’s ire either.

Take Adam Enfroy, for example. He’s built a reputable blog that ranks on top of SERPs for
popular SaaS software. However, his site is experiencing a massive dip in organic search, and

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Granted, Ahrefs is never truly accurate on organic traffic and keyword research. It can only
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That means he’s making just as much money–if not more–from his income streams despite the
drop in organic traffic. At least, that’s what he’s saying.

That said, the point here is clear:

Nobody is safe from Google’s algorithm.

It doesn’t matter how high you ranked before or how much authority you built for your brand. If it
deems your site unworthy of its current ranking for whatever reason, expect to see your site at
the bottom of SERPs.

This sucks for a number of reasons: First, you have to determine why the algorithmic penalty
happened (if you do find it). Only then you’ll be able to fix it (hopefully). If nothing happens and
your site is still in the Google doghouse, you have to find another way to fix it.

I’m sharing these things with you because managing an affiliate niche site and navigating
through the turbulent Google algorithm is always a roller-coaster ride.

And what do you get for all your effort? Probably $10k/month after years of slaving on your
website, with hours spent fixing issues that caused your site to drop traffic.

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Parasite SEO: A Quick Overview

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And if you replicate the process–100s of “parasites”—you can churn in millions of dollars a year!

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If you go to big publication sites like Telegraph, you’ll see a page that enables advertisers to
publish content on their site.

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There are lots of reasons why you should be going the parasite SEO route, or at least using it
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traffic, all you have to worry about is converting those visitors into commission sales!

No need for on-page SEO, technical SEO, and massive link building campaigns (although you
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could build links to your published page to increase its organic rankings—more on this later).
The focus is just writing a piece of content that will help you convert readers into buyers.

Second, there’s little to no waiting period for your page to mature and rank for your target
keywords.

Once published, you can expect the post to rank for days before it finally appears on top of
SERPs if written correctly.

This is possible because you’re leveraging the publication’s authority to get your page to appear
immediately on organic search.

That also means you can get affiliate commissions sooner, which is never a bad thing!

Parasite SEO is also a scalable and repeatable process.

Similar to niche site building, you can use the earnings from your parasite page to buy another
page from a different publication.

You can write a page about a different topic or a related one that not only contains affiliate links
but also a link to the previous page you wrote.

In this case, not only are you getting more conversions and revenues by having more parasite
pages, but you also help your previous pages rank higher with the links you’ll create in your new
parasite pages!

However, what separates parasite SEO from niche site building and other forms of SEO
revenue streams is its immense profitability.

We’ve already established earlier that ranking on top of SERPs for multiple money keywords on
your niche site is a pipe dream.

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piece of content is published primarily for affiliate marketing purposes. They’re generally easy to
spot because they share the same characteristics. Here they are:

Is the content published on an authoritative website with DA 60+?

Is the article tagged as “Sponsored” or similar?

Is the article published under a brand name and not a person?

Is the site regional or location-specific? Ex. SF Weekly, Washington City Paper, etc.
(This isn’t always the case for some parasite content, but the majority of them are
published on these sites based on our research. A probable reason is that they get paid
a good amount of money to put the content out there.)

Does the article contain affiliate links not owned by the publisher? Is it using branded
URL shorteners to make the affiliate link? We’ll get into more detail about this later.
 Is the article a listicle? Ex. “Best/Top X…” Some parasite content can also be single
product reviews. But listicles allows brands to place as many affiliate links as possible,
giving them more opportunity to make money.

Parasite SEO Examples

Now that we covered what parasite SEO is, it’s time to see a few examples of pages making
real money in the wild!

First is a parasite page, “Best Kratom Capsules of 2023 – The Most Trusted Brands for
Kratom Capsules: A Buyer’s Guide,” published on Seattle Met and written by Originated
Media.

According to Ahrefs, the page started generating organic traffic in the first week of February
2023. Its traffic peaked in the last week of March 2023 (3.3k visitors) before dropping down a bit
in the first week of April 2023 (2.1k).

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Looking at the page URL shows that the article was published around the same date as it
started ranking, and only continued to grow from there.

With certain niches like this one, pages will eventually fall off due to freshness and the amount
of other people making pages in the SERPs - The ideal parasite niche is one where there aren’t
any other people abusing parasite, yet.
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mention and link to other brand products in the article, which gives the author more
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To verify further, check the article's links and see if they are affiliate links, i.e., links containing
URL parameters containing an affiliate ID.

Originated Media is very sneaky with this because, when you hover your mouse over the
product links, you’d see that they all point to a domain linktodiscount.com:
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2021. The page’s traffic peaked in March 2023, receiving approximately 16,000 monthly visitors.
Since it started losing traffic, it’s now attracting 1.8k visitors.

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discredit the meteoric rise of the page when it was initially published. Of course, a lot has
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changed within the following years, and the site may have launched campaigns that affected its
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If you don’t have full control over the site where to publish your parasite page, shouldn’t you just
build your own site instead?

We’ve already discussed this above, but this is the nature of parasite SEO–it’s a matter of
finding the best sites where to publish your affiliate content.

But as far as parasite SEO being a viable income stream, the answer is a resounding “yes!”

Here’s another page from Norcal Marketing published in Dallas Morning News titled “Best
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Here’s another example from Originated Media again. The post “Top Cat Food for Sensitive
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As you should already know by now, Norcal Marketing and Originated Media are two of the
most well-known agencies doing parasite SEO correctly.
If you check out the parasite pages from the same domains above, you’ll also see that they
tackle a specific and similar theme across their content.

In the agency’s Dallas News Morning author page, it recommends and reviews primarily health
and fitness products (pills, supplements, etc.):

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The last article is “Top 10 Real Money Online Casinos - Best Gambling Sites” from WTKR.
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Let’s go back to the hosting article published in SF Gate. It generates most of its organic traffic
from “best website hosts.” But if you look at the top pages using Ahrefs SERP Overview, it’s the
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with brands. However, the affiliate links in its article are from Forbes itself. That means the
publication makes the money and no one else.

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Just from the eye test alone, all pages are from sites that aren’t necessarily renowned in the
medical industry and are location-specific, i.e., Outlook India, Times of Israel, etc. And all its
links are either branded or shortened affiliate links.
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mixed result of parasite content (the ones in red), authoritative niche sites, and product pages:

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There’s another niche we didn’t show examples of but is also dominating the parasite SEO
space: the adult niche. This covers dating/hookup apps, adult entertainment,

For the search term “best onlyfans” (23K search volume and KD 31), there are four pages on
the first page of organic search that are sites publishing parasite content.
Another example: “best hookup apps” (15k search volume and KD 38). There are six parasite
pages on the first page of SERPs:

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This is a very small sample size, but we can assume that niches that implement parasite SEO to
great effect are those in the YMYL, gambling/casino, and adult niches.

We already established that building a reputable online brand with a new (not aged) domain
takes years to accomplish. That also means you must spend thousands of dollars on content
creation, link building, and other tactics that will help increase your authority in your niche.

However, this issue is magnified even more with the niches above. It’s not enough to write
content optimised for search engines and build links from high-DR sites.

In fact, these won’t be possible unless people in your respective fields trust you. To earn this,
you must have degrees and accomplishments in the medical and finance fields.

From here, you’ll have one foot in the door of ranking for these sites. Then again, there’s no
guarantee that you’ll surely rank unless you execute the correct SEO technique.
Unlike YMYL, gambling and adult niches operate on a different level. Both are highly
competitive and profitable industries. From an SEO standpoint, that also means that all gloves
are off. There’s more negative and black hat SEO in both niches–any tactic that will get your
page on top of SERP is fair play. That said, creating a gambling or adult-oriented site from the
ground up without any funds and getting your hands dirty is a very tall order.

Fortunately, you won’t have this issue with parasite SEO. Since you’re leveraging existing
authority from these sites, you can rank your affiliate content faster while foregoing the process
of building the credentials necessary to rank the page on your own.

The key here is finding sites with a proven track record of ranking for keywords in your desired
niche.

Using Ahrefs, I entered https://www.phillymag.com/sponsor-content/ in the Site Explorer. This is

the URL where they publish all their sponsored content. Then I went to Keyword Explorer and
filtered the results to not show keywords that the cat food article is ranking for. I also wanted to
see pages with the word “cat” in the results.

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food article is ranking so high. Here’s what I got:
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There are a handful of articles ranking for keywords relevant to cat food. They aren’t attracting
as much traffic as the cat food example featured above. But this goes to show that the site has
built enough topical authority for Google to consider it an authority in cat food, even though it’s
not a veterinarian/medical website.
Funnily enough, all the content about cat food on the site is published by Originated Media, so
they definitely know what they’re doing!

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For example, the SaaS space has various affiliate programs you can join and make money
from. However, if you check the top-ranking pages for “best link building tools” (300 search
volume and KD 30), no parasite pages are ranking on the first ten results:
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the first ten (or twenty) results on Google, it’s probably best not to get into this tactic.
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The price depends on the publisher’s asking rates. I’ve contacted different websites for
sponsored content, and their rates range from $100 to $2,000.

Each site also has its editorial guidelines you have to follow to ensure that it approves your
article for publishing.

Here’s a screenshot of one of the sites we reached out to with its rates on the low end:
Of course, price isn’t everything. Just because a site is offering sponsored content on the cheap
doesn’t mean you should immediately take it. Do your diligence by running each of their sites on
Ahrefs or your SEO tool of choice. Check its organic traffic over time and see if it's growing or
decreasing due to an algorithm penalty.

Also, look for the keywords it’s ranking for. If the site has lots of keywords relevant to your niche
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You can start by reverse-engineering the process–search for publications that agencies
specialising in parasite SEO have gotten published on.

For example, a quick search of “originated media” will show you author archive pages of sites
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Click on the pages to view the topics they have covered on the site.

Here’s a shortlist of agencies that have been doing parasite SEO that you can reverse-engineer:

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● Ascend Agency
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● Paradise Media

If you have commercial keywords in mind, you can search for them on Google and see which
among the results aren’t niche websites.

For example, when you search for “best weight supplements,” it’s normal to see Healthline,
WebMD, and other medical websites appear on top.

But if you see online publications like Times Union, Forbes, and Outlook India–sites you
wouldn’t normally associate with health–there’s a great chance parasite pages are published
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Once you have a list of publication sites that accept sponsored posts, find their Advertise pages
where you can learn about their online reach, download their media kit, and reach out to them
regarding sponsored posting.

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their website. You’ll reach out to them later–what’s next is much more important.
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keywords you have in mind before researching the websites are already published and
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NOTE: While it’s advantageous if you already are an affiliate program member of the products
you want to promote in your parasite content, it’s okay if you’re not. At this point, we want to see
which keyword or niche will yield you the best results based on your budget and resources.

So, just because you’re a member of dozens of affiliate programs in your niche doesn’t mean
you should stick with it until the very end. Always look for opportunities that enable you to make
the most money in the shortest possible time. Choosing the right keyword and niche will help
you achieve that.

Generate Keyword Ideas from Competitors

To do this, use Ahrefs to find keywords that the site’s competitors are ranking for, but your target
site isn’t.
Go to Site Explorer and enter the domain of the sites where you want to publish your parasite
page. For this example, we’ll use www.chicagomag.com/.

On the next page, click on Organic search > Organic competitors to see which domains are
indexed for the same keywords as Chicago Magazine.

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Verify the Potential of the Keyword

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But you also have to check the link profiles and DR of the top-ranking pages for this term. Click
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another keyword from the list.

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link building campaign, find another keyword with top-ranking pages with little to no authoritative
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referring domains.

Digging deeper into the topic of multivitamin gummies, there aren’t a lot of appealing keywords
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we can use as a replacement. The highest search volume from the list is 500, which may be a
lot for its niche, but not a lot compared to others.
When doing parasite SEO, you have the luxury to target keywords with lots of monthly search,
since there’s a good chance it’ll rank on top of organic search. As the saying goes, go big or go
home.

In this case, consider broadening your keyword search by finding ideas for “best gummies.” The
screenshot below gave us more keywords with higher search volumes and lower KDs.

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on the site.

On Ahrefs, check out Organic Competitors again to see cbdfix.com and click on its competitor
keywords. This will open the tool’s Content Gap feature.
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keywords of not more than KD 30.

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As you can see, the results are a treasure trove of keywords with high search volumes and low
difficulty. Manually research the keywords you want to target for your next parasite content using
the steps above to ensure your content will rank for them.
To add to your list of keyword ideas, you can run a separate search for “gummies for sex” using
Keyword Explorer. Run the same process above for all the prospective domains you found. List
the keywords with high search volumes and low keyword difficulty (KD) to maximise your
chances of ranking for them.

Sign up for Various Affiliate Programs

Next, you want to ensure that you sign up for affiliate programs that offer products on the topic
you’ll write about. There are many ways you can do it:

Using Google

You probably have signed up with different affiliate networks like CJ Affiliate, ShareaSale, and
others. But you may want to expand your list of programs with different products that aren’t
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Keep in mind that not all affiliate programs are the same. So, before signing up for the best
programs for your product, consider these variables:

● Quality - Is the quality of the product very good? Are most of the customer testimonials
positive towards the product?
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credibility yet or a tenured brand with years of established authority in the industry?

● Commission rates - How much does the program pay after every successful sale?

● Payouts - When do they send over the payments? What payment gateways do they
use?

● Cookie lifetime - How long is the eligible period for you to earn a commission starting
when they first clicked on your affiliate link?

Ideally, you want to recommend great products with high commission rates and long
cookie duration to maximise earnings.

Joining Affiliate Networks

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There are lots of affiliate networks you can join, but the top ones are ShareASale, CJ, and
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can promote as an affiliate.
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Arguably the most important step in this process concerning parasite SEO is identifying your
promotional property. This is where you enter which site you will publish your parasite content
that includes links to the affiliate program from the network.
Identifying the sites here helps you receive your payments without any problems. It also helps
when you apply for programs in the network. If brands have a clear idea of where you’ll promote
their links, you can get more brands to approve your application.

Since you’re unsure which site you will publish the content on, you can leave this blank for now.
But be sure to return to it to include the site once you’ve figured out where you’ll publish your
parasite content.

Getting Approved on Programs from Affiliate Networks

After setting up your profile property, now comes the hardest part of this step: getting your
affiliate application approved by the program.

Granted, there are affiliate programs that automatically approve your registration, allowing you
to promote their links from the get-go.

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chances of getting approved by your programs of choice.
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If the review process is manual, there’s no timetable for the program to approve your
application.
For automated processes, CJ tells if you have low or high approval odds for that program based
on the number of auto-decline rules you pass.

Not failing any of the network’s auto-decline rules means you have the highest chance of getting
accepted into the program. From here, you can immediately get the links to the brand’s products
and promote them immediately.

The approval process for ShareASale is different. Upon applying to a program, a dialogue box
opens asking you for information on how you plan on promoting the links, which sites, and
others.

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While answering this question is optional, it’s in your best interest to be upfront about how you
plan on promoting the brand’s links from the start. Also, use this opportunity to position your
application in the best way possible by telling them that you’ll share their links on authoritative
sites.

That said, don’t apply to programs on ShareASale until you’re sure you can publish the parasite
content on your target sites.
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Once the program approves your application, you can now create affiliate links for the products
you want to promote.

From your affiliate network dashboard, you will have an available set of links to promote the
programs you’ve been accepted in. You can access this on CJ by clicking on Links > Search on
the menu for links you can promote.

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Next, go to Account > Website. This is where you will enter the website where you plan on
publishing the content with the affiliate links.
On the Promotional Property Manager page, click Add Property. Then fill out the form with the
details of the site.

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cons make this network a big no-no in your affiliate marketing initiative.

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Set Up Your (Phantom) Brand

Before reaching out to publication sites, you must consider whether you want to use your
identity or create an entirely new brand or persona for your outreach.

The reason I bring this up is that most of the agencies above don’t have a concrete and
established online identity - Usually because they’re working on behalf of clients, and don’t want
to be liable for something they post on behalf of a client.

A potential reason why you don’t want your parasite pages to trace back to your real identity.

To do this, you need to buy a domain for your dummy brand. I suggest comparing the prices of
the domains from popular registrars like Namecheap, Dynadot, and others.
What’s important here is to secure the domain and create a one-pager site for it. In this case,
Namecheap not only lives up to its name but also has tools to help you roll out a simple website
that we can use to display the brand in a good light.

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When registering for a domain, you must create a brand new email address and generate a
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information to be able to purchase the domain.

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the site. This allows you to keep the brand separate from your other online assets and keep
your footprints clean.
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inserting it into the page.

Also, consider creating a branded email address using your newly purchased domain. This is
important, especially if you’re signing up for affiliate programs later. Having a branded email
address helps speed up the approval process.

Namecheap offers two months of free email hosting ($14.88/year after) to get you started.

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Here’s a simple template I sent out to publications inquiring about their sponsored content
program:

Subject: Sponsorship Content Opportunities

Body: Hello!

I like to get sponsored content published on your site similar to this one [link to one of their
sponsored posts] but about a different topic. Can you send over the information on how I can
proceed with this? Thanks!

It’s a straightforward email that is good enough to generate replies and interest from a
publication. In fact, you don’t need a complicated and long email asking about their sponsored
content since most of them with a default pricing template anyway.
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● How long should the article/s be? Find the ideal word count for the parasite page content
and stick with it.

● Is it okay to add images? If so, what kind of images can I add, i.e., stock photos, actual
photos with products, etc.

● What topics can I publish/not publish on the site?

● Will my articles be permanent or published in a limited amount of time?

● Ask if it’s okay to publish an article that has already been covered by the site (Some site
allow it, while others don’t due to keyword cannibalisation issues. My take is that it’s
always better to publish content that’s unique on the site.)

● How many outbound links are allowed per post?

● Are outbound links nofollow or dofollow? This shouldn’t be an issue since you s
 ● Can I internally link to articles on my site? If so, does it cost extra? How much? Best to
ask if they allow it, but I personally wouldn’t want to include my (and client's) links in the
content.

Some of you might be thinking of including client links inside the content. The idea is you can
sell link placement to various clients for your parasite pages to boost your revenue.

It may sound like a good and foolproof plan, i.e., adding client links help diversify outbound links
on the page. Personally, however, I’d rather stick to just focusing on getting as many affiliate
links on the page instead. I don’t want to mix client links in my parasite SEO campaign, as it
may end up costing both my client and parasite page rankings.

Asking these questions to publication sites (assuming that these haven’t been answered in their
media kit and Advertise With Us page) enables you to set what they should expect from your
parasite page.

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to Rebrandly, you’ll have to upgrade your account to at least $12/month.

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subscription.

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all your affiliate links. So, whenever you want to shorten an affiliate link, click on Add link from
your workspace dashboard and paste the URL you want to shorten. The tool will generate a
slug that you can edit to make it brandable and more memorable.
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I will share with you my process for writing content that has helped my client and niche
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Since we’re already done with keyword research, the next step is to use a content optimisation
tool from the get-go.

There are lots out there to use, but I’m a Frase guy through and though.

Log in to Frase to create a new document. Enter the keyword you plan on optimising for your
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Before I write the piece, I make sure to research the outline. This allows me to establish the
headlines and topics to discuss in the article so I don’t have to switch back and forth between
writing and research.

Frase gives you to option of manually building your outline using headlines from the top 20
results or letting the AI generate it for you.
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Once you have decided on the outline, you can use Frase to generate the draft for you. Choose
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Now, the draft above is to simply show you how my process of creating content using Frase.
The draft is not the content I’ll submit to the publication site.
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content, to which I have people who do this for me.

That said, having completed a 2.5k-word draft above in minutes and with just a few clicks of a
button is crazy impressive.

When including your affiliate links in the article, consider creating branded shortened links
like the agencies I showcased above. By masking the links and their URL parameters, you
give a professional feel to your content, which could lead to more clicks.

Sign up for URL shorteners like Rebrandly, that also let you connect custom-branded domains.

Once you’re done with the article, review it multiple times before submitting it to the publication
site.

Below are things you need to review to ensure that the article is ready for submission:

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page or point to the wrong page. Check and test these links multiple times to ensure
they’re all correct before submitting.
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● Does the article check all the boxes in the editorial guidelines? Equally important,
you want the content to follow how the publication site wants all its sponsored content.
Read their instructions and be sure to provide them with all the information they’ll need
to get your content accepted. For example, they might need images in GDrive, or they
don’t prefer Oxford commas (why, though?). Small details like these can make or break
your article submission.

When it comes to featuring images in the content, make sure to source affiliate product images
according to the terms of the program. You don’t want to just get images off their site and paste
it on the content.

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Not only does it feature the product in the image, but it also lists the product’s benefits and
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image and click on it, which redirect them to the affiliate page.

Link to the Posts Once Published

Assuming that the post is live, you may want to build links to it to further increase its organic
rankings once Google picks it up.

To determine how many links you need to build for your post, use Ahrefs Keyword Explorer and
type in the keyword you optimised for. Scroll down the results to see the SERP Analysis and
check the number of links and domains of each page.
For “ best edibles for female arousal,” the most referral domains a page in the top 10 results has
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In this case, you want to build similar links along the factors mentioned above. Target eight sites
with DR 10-52 and make sure the link is located in the content body.

You can do this on your own. But hiring someone to do this for you is a much better use of your
time.

I have been very picky when it comes to links because a single bad link spoils the bunch–it
could put all the time and investment you put into your parasite SEO to nothing.
That’s why I partnered with the great people at HighRise Links and its excellent guest post
outreach services.

One thing like about them is how they don’t just choose sites to get your guest posts published
on. They’ll also make sure that the guest post isn’t an orphaned page on the site. They will get
existing pages to link to the article so search spiders can crawl and index the newly published
article.

Not only that, but they’ll also go out of their way to include tier-2 link insertions, share the
content on social to boost social signals and reply to comments. More importantly, they’ll use
premium indexing services and ask the site owner to send the guest post URL for indexing on
Google Search Console.

Doing all these things help Google crawl and index the page much faster, resulting in boosting
your parasite page’s organic rankings.

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have changed networks, which means they’re not using the same links as the ones you used in
your post.

Normally, you must reach out to the publisher and ask to change the links in the content.
However, most publishers will ask for a fee to be able to edit the piece, which could range
between $200-500.

But, if you’re using branded URL shorteners, you can simply edit the link and replace it with the
working version.
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The first two are from free websites where you can create a profile and publish your content in
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much more likely your paid site won’t have a page already on that topic on it and it’ll rank higher
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For the case studies, we created a brand Eco Earth Falls - For those wondering why we went
with that name, it’s actually an anagram of my name, Charles Floate.

We created this simple one-pager website to help legitimise the brand that we’ll be using for our
parasite SEO campaign.

This is also important because publishers normally ask for your details when processing the
payment for your parasite content. This includes your website URL. So having one makes you
look more professional, though the majority of publications couldn’t care less if you’re paying
them hundreds or thousands of dollars.

Given the name, we will be sticking with niches in the eco-friendly and organic space (with a bit
of health in there). This aligns with what the brand is about, as written on the website: “Eco Falls
Earth is a digital wellness brand that promotes eco-friendly living through sustainable practices
and mindfulness.”
When it comes to link building, we used HighRiseLinks to provide us with high-quality backlinks
from authoritative domains. These will help the content be on par with the top-ranking pages for
the search terms we’re optimising for and gives it a much-needed boost to rank faster on
SERPs.

Let’s begin!

Case Study # 1 - Publishing Parasite Content on Medium

Medium is one of the most popular free online publishing platforms. Its popularity is also
matched by its authority, with almost 21 million daily visitors and a DR of 94.

Just as important, the site can rank parasite content in organic search, and has been used time
and time again to do so.

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Combing through its list of ranking keywords is a difficult task. Some of the top-ranking ones that
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contain “best” don’t have affiliate links and are, therefore, no parasite content. I lucked on finding
this keyword through thorough research. But the fact that it exists means it’s possible to rank
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As for the keyword we want to optimise for our parasite content, I chose “best eco-friendly
mattress.”
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The top pages ranking for the term has a number of backlinks. The lowest number of referring
domains on a site is 8 (9th spot), while the highest is 409 (3rd position).
Given this information, “best eco-friendly mattress” is not a very lucrative keyword for parasite
content. However, this should suffice for test purposes since we just want to see the results of
publishing parasite content on free authoritative sites. Plus, we want the content to be aligned

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Most of the programs are available via ShareASale and CJ. The links are provided in the article,
so signing up for each one is a piece of cake.
The real problem here is waiting for the programs to approve your applications. Some of them
immediately accept, while others will take a while before they deny you. There are those that
keep you waiting for their decision, only for them to not provide a decision at all!

That said, the key here is to apply to as many programs as you can! The more programs you
apply to, the higher your chances of approval across these programs.

Next is by outlining and writing the content. In this step, be mindful of the products you will
feature in the content. You want to feature affiliate products on top first and non-affiliates at the
bottom.

Also, dedicate more paragraphs explaining the benefits of the affiliate products to convince
people to buy them. At the same time, don’t discredit the other products just because you’re not
part of their affiliate program (if they have one). Just make sure that the content is balanced and
well-written.

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Case Study # 2 - Publishing Parasite Content on Vocal Media
Vocal Media is a site that’s similar to Medium. Their MO is to provide users a platform to publish
their content and build their audience. The site attracts 653K daily visitors and has a DR 79.
Also, it has parasite content that ranks on Google search.

While not the kind of niche you want to associate yourself with (unless you’re trying to rank for
the same niche), this still proves that the site is able to rank for this content type.

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create a supporting article that links to the parasite content published on Medium. This
kills two birds with one stone: ranking the parasite content AND linking to your other parasite
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The top-ranking pages don’t have established link profiles. The highest referring domains from
the top ten is 14 (not counting the site with 409 RDs since it’s an outlier). This makes the
keyword much easier to rank for than “best eco-friendly mattresses.”
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content. But since this topic falls under the mattress category, we already have programs we

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Having a branded domain for the URL shortener that aligns with the topic makes the content
look more professional. This could also lead to potentially higher clicks compared to just using
the affiliate URL provided by the program.

When you’re ready to publish the content on Vocal Media, you may have to wait for a few hours
as the site reviews your content before making it go live. But if you did everything by the book
and produced a well-written piece, you should be able to get it up in a few minutes.

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brainstormed topic ideas for the article. Unlike in the previous case studies, we wanted to focus
on shopping the article around to potential publishers.

Also, we branched out a bit from eco-friendly and organic topics to maximise this opportunity
since it’s paid. That means we want a keyword that receives lots of searches and has a low KD.

For this example, we decided on “best nursing shoes for plantar fasciitis.”
The specific nature of the query is appealing as it will allow us to create more targeted content.

Also, the top ten pages ranking for the term don’t have lots of referring domain. The highest has
123 RDs, but it’s more of an exception than the rules because the others range from 0 to 20.
That means we can definitely get the content ranking on the first, assuming if we also get the
link building right.

The next steps are finding affiliate programs to join and promote in the content. We searched
affiliate networks for these and joined them. But before doing so, make sure that the site actually
sells nursing shoes. A quick search on their online store should show you these.

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you, which is fine, so cast a wide net by applying to as many programs that you can that sell
nursing shoes.

From here, get the affiliate links for the products you want to promote and mask them using a
URL shortener. We used Short.io for this one and registered a separate domain for it since it’s
not about mattresses.

This time, the domain is letsgotothissite.com:

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is simple, so you shouldn’t have any problems with this one. The only time we will be changing
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content since it’s not aligned with our brand and the topic we want to tackle. You can do this by
going to the Organic keywords page of the site, clicking on the Keyword drop-down menu, and
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typing “onlyfans,” “cam site,” “sex,” and its variations. You can also “casino” and “gambling” in
there for good measure. Then click on “Any value” to show you pages on the site that contain
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From $2,000/article to $2,000 for two articles? Not bad, all things considered!

Here is the published URL:

https://www.10news.com/brand-spotlight/11-best-nursing-shoes-for-plantar-fasciitis
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We’re already position #12 for our main keyword, and the links from HighRise will only continue
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Thank You & Conclusion

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Hopefully, that answered every question you could possibly have around parasite SEO, and
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you’re able to start combing through my database and finding opportunities of your own!
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As I said in the sales lander of this course, I aimed to teach you in a way that allowed you to
adapt any of the steps to your own style of SEO and I hope you’ve spotted instances where
you’ll be able to add your own unique twist to this, as those that do will succeed far more than
copying the exact methodology.

Parasite SEO will only becoming more important as Google starts favouring these authority sites
as trusted sources, and various AI’s start sourcing them in the summaries they give to users.

And if you have any follow-up questions or want to book some time with me, drop me an email -

[email protected] I am pretty responsive to all communications.