There are various ways of getting links these days, many of which cause a lot of arguments between competing SEOs. Some SEOs say that the paid links are not as powerful as they used to be 6 months ago, whereas some SEOs say it is still very powerful. Who knows what paid links are? I personally think all these arguments are useless.
Directories
Let’s not forget this used to be one of the most beneficial methods of link building. But does it still work? I believe so, yes. It might not be as powerful as it used to be but it does appear to have a slight effect on rankings. There are thousands of free directories out there which...
Link Research Tools, one of the must-have link research tools for any link builder and marketer (and also one I will be giving a detailed review next week - stay tuned!), has introduced a major update this week.
The updated toolkit spots a new awesome look, an enhanced usability and a few cool new features, including:
New Site Type and Theme values -
see which theme and site type (blog,forum,etc) EACH LINK has
New Missing Links Tool...
For most bloggers, internal linking is a “let’s wing it” process. Think of the recent posts you’ve made, and where they fit, and insert them into the post. This isn’t an efficient process, and more than likely, you’re missing plenty of good opportunities to link out!
The thing is, our brains are generally more preoccupied with things like the post itself to be too concerned over where we can throw...
Using multiple websites (satellite sites) to market products in similar areas is something that many small business owners consider and usually practice. Using these websites to retail separate products can be effective, but what are the advantages of consolidating all of these together?
If your firm for example sells St Lucia holidays from one website and Barbados holidays from another site. These two websites clearly target two different audiences and both have their own...
In the SEO game, people spend a lot of time and effort building backlinks. They bait them. The buy them. The trade them. The phone for them. They offer free samples for them. They offer their bodies for them (Ladies, I am still waiting for this one to happen to me). They even guest blog for them. Clearly links are very, very valuable assets. So what do you do to...
Note from Ann: I'd like this post not to turn into another "PR algorithm" one. Instead, I'd love us to discuss how many of us still use this information and how we do that. So please, share your opinion in the comments!
*The following tip was shared by Eric Gesinski who does Tulsa Website Design and SEO*
One area of SEO that is limited to one search engine but gets plenty of...