May 05 2009

2 Ways to Compare Link Power of Two or More Sites

There are many possible cases when you would like to compare the link power of two or more pages or sites: You may want to compare two or more of your competitors to identify the strongest / weakest one; You may want to compare the site link power and its rankings (remember, the quantity of links is not all: site age, link quality and other factors come into play); You may want to compare your site with a similar one to find out who is faster to grow, etc. Here are 2 simple (and quick!) ways to compare the link power of two sites: Majestic SEO has a nice free tool comparing the link power of two (for unregistered users) or 5 (for registered users) domains. The comparison...

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Make the Most of Related: Google Search Operator

Per my experience, RELATED: is one of those Google advanced operators that are understood by only few people and thus are rarely used. However it is very useful and I for one use it no less than a couple of times a week. Therefore I decided to share how to use this Google search operator: Red Flag Use it to find (bad) link neighbors: RELATED: operator shows any page co-citation: i.e. what other resources are linked to from...

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Secure Your Company Name Across Social Profiles & Build Links

Social media sites for the most part offer all of their users a profile name and profile page. Take Twitter for example, on Twitter my profile name is @lorenbaker, and my Twitter profile ranks fairly well in Google for my name; Loren Baker. I have a fairly unique name, and there are not very many Loren Baker's out there, so I usually don't have a difficult time securing my profile name across social media...

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How to Find Relevant Forum Discussions

With the ever growing popularity of blogs and social voting / bookmarking sites, you may wonder if good old 'web 1.0' forums are still worth the effort. My immediate definite answer is "Yes" and here are my points: Forums are still a good source of niche news and useful tips: look at WebmasterWorld forums - its Google section is my daily inspiration. Many forums still "follow" the links - and even if they don't, a...

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Build Links and Connections by Going Local on Twitter

Going local is the most effective way to build links. People are most likely to be interested to cover local event or start-up and link back. Thus, when starting a new link building campaign, make sure you've made the most of your local blogs, forums and newspapers. Twitter is a great tool to find folks covering local events. By going local on Twitter you will both build long-lasting relationships with local bloggers and journalists and get...

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Distribute Your Company News For Free

News is a great way to build links and awareness. If you've got some interesting news related to your business to share, you can create a press release using paid services like PRweb or you can do it on cheap or even for free (note: the first option doesn't actually substitute the latter one as you can do both or either of them depending on your money and time resources). While how to that...

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Track and Get Links From Those Who Copy Your Content

Have you ever seen exact copies of your content on other sites with no link back to the original? If you have a blog with no more than 200 visits a day, your answer is most likely to be "yes" (or you just never noticed it). Going after each thief demanding to remove the stolen content is both time-consuming and depressing. Why not try to force them to link back? Tracer (tip credit to

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Build Links with Instructional Content

I have already posted a couple of articles on how instructional content may help in your promotion. A good well-compiled and to-the-point tutorial may be a much better viral piece than any sensational article you may come up with. People willingly search, bookmark and share guides, tutorials and how-tos. And even if links don't come on their own, you can find plenty of opportunities to build them. So, my first tip: create instructional...

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Position Your Site as Your Industry Resource : Build Links & Trust

After launching Daily SEO Tip, I wrote an article about how to turn your site into a link magnet, which makes it easier to not only attract links - but also will boost the response return on your push oriented link building strategies. Today I would like to follow up with a very simple networking tip, and apply it to SEO and link building. Whether your website is a business oriented site or a vertical...

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Build Links and Brand with Twitter Maddness

Ok, I've promised to myself to stop writing about Twitter-stuff: the Internet is full of it already. But I stumble across so many Twitter apps, Twitter tips and Twitter tricks that I can't help blogging about it. So while the world is going crazy about Twitter, we learn to drive benefit from that: Participate in multiple Twitter-related projects, example: HistoricalTweets.com is a fun site that "proves" it that Twitter has existed for ages by...

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