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CASE STUDY 001 / CHAPTER 07

Backlink profile

An examination of Spider Juice Technologies backlinks, repeated client-site footer credits, and the limits of shared-hosting evidence.

08The Client Site Behind 70% of the Links

One realtor’s site, run from the same account.

1,171 of Spider Juice’s 1,671 backlinks come from a single domain, beachcitiesonline.com — a South Bay realtor’s site that carries the footer credit Carol Gilles Realtor · A Spider Juice Technologies project on every page. Public registration, DNS and hosting records show how closely the two sites are tied.

Signalbeachcitiesonline.comspiderjuicetechnologies.comMatch
DNS zone admin (SOA)tim@ascendedweb.comtim@ascendedweb.comIdentical
Nameserversns27 / ns28.websitewelcome.comns27 / ns28.websitewelcome.comIdentical
Hosting IP192.185.163.19192.185.163.213Same /24 block
HostHostGator (Unified Layer)HostGator (Unified Layer)Same
Custom pluginwp-sjt-schema v1.0.0“SJT” = Spider Juice Technologies
Registrar · privacyGoDaddy · Domains By ProxyGoDaddy · Domains By ProxySame
RegisteredJan 2002Apr 2003
StackWordPress 7.1.2 · DiviWordPress 7.1.2 · DiviSame (weak signal)
Google AnalyticsG-YDNCN5L9XTG-MMFNSLHM5XDifferent
Footer link1,171 pages · dofollow · to homepage

Matching nameservers and SOA contacts are consistent with shared hosting or administration; they do not by themselves prove a common server or account. The custom wp-sjt-schema plugin shows Spider Juice installed its own code on the client’s site.

What does not connect

Separate Google Analytics properties and different author accounts: two distinct WordPress installs. Ascended Web, the domain in the SOA contact, is an OC & LA web-design firm (714 number, no named staff); whether its “tim” is Spider Juice’s founder or a reseller hosting both could not be confirmed. Spider Juice’s IP reverse-resolves to vertexmarketingagency.com, an unrelated pay-per-lead firm now on Cloudflare — a stale DNS entry, not a connection.

Why it matters

Sitewide footer links should not be interpreted as independent editorial endorsements. The available evidence does not establish how Google weights these particular links. Remove this one managed property and most of Spider Juice’s apparent link volume disappears. The practice is common for web designers and is not improper in itself — the point is that the profile is far thinner than its raw backlink count suggests.

Sources: WHOIS, live DNS (NS, A, SOA, SPF, PTR), TLS certificates, page source of both sites, DataForSEO backlink index — queried 22–23 September 2026.

ABOUT THIS EDITION

Published by Unhinged SEO. Adapted from the supplied report dated September 22, 2026, with exhibits captured September 23. Findings describe that historical snapshot; rankings, reviews and websites can change. An independent, unsolicited case study, not a client engagement or an affiliation with Spider Juice Technologies.

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