Launch an Affiliate Program to Build Your Links
There are many white hat ways to build relevant inbound links, but there is one method of link building that is almost guaranteed to build you links if you do it the right way. I am talking about building an affiliate program. But you do have to do it the right way. Remember, I always recommend building your offsite search engine optimization efforts (link building) from many different relevant sources over time. Launching an affiliate program can be another excellent way to build your inbound links to your website. So what is the right way? Let's first talk about the wrong way. Don't go to one of the third-party affiliate program sites like Commission Junction. It doesn't matter how good they are at managing CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Do You Approve The Wrong Pingbacks?
A pingback is a notification from another website that your site has been updated. It can happen in a number of ways. You could ping a ping service, which will then notify its subscribers that your blog has been updated. Services like Technorati.com and BlogCatalog usually fall into this category. Another type of pingback is when you link to another blog. That blog owner is notified of your link through a pingback. Still, another type of pingback is when you bookmark your website at one of the many social bookmarking services available online. Those services will pingback to your blog because, after all, they are linking to you. A pingback usually appears in your comments. In WordPress, you'll get a notification in the Admin area of your CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Why Low Quality Links Are Not A Problem
Many new webmasters, when they find out that back links are good and that high quality back links are better, try to figure out what they should do about low quality back links. The answer is, nothing. Back links rarely hurt you even if they're from bad neighborhoods. The search engines know you can't control what other website owners do on their websites. A site that links to you links to you for its own reasons - or its owner's reasons. That's not your problem. Google, and other search engines, will determine whether each link pointing to your site is a good link or not and credit you accordingly. You will not be penalized for bad links to your site, usually. Now, if you link to bad CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Link Buying – An Important Thing To Know
Gab Goldenberg has an interesting post on 101 ways to buy text links. Understand that I don't endorse any of these methods. It is your decision as to whether or not to purchase text links. You know how Google treats those links. Of course, what Google doesn't know wont hurt you. But will you take a chance? In fact, here is exactly what Google has to say about link buying and paid link: http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=66736 The fact is, link building is link building. You can do it the organic way or buy your links and the effect, from a search engine optimization standpoint, is the same. With one proviso: It is done the right way. But buying text links is fraught with its dangers. That doesn't CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Different Ways You Can Build Links
New webmasters get caught up sometimes in the different methods of link building and lose site of the big picture. Perhaps the most common form of link building is directory submissions. Talk to anyone who has done a fair amount of link building and they will almost always recommend link building through directory submissions (really good quality ones, such as Yahoo! Directory, DMOZ or Business.com). However, directory submissions is one only method of link building. In order to build a more diverse portfolio of links you need to branch out from there. The most important thing to remember about link building is diversity. It isn't enough to have high quality links. It isn't enough to have a high quantity of links. You need to build a CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Your Links – High Quality Vs. High Quantity
It seems the big push among search engine optimization folks right now is to sell you on the idea that high quality links are better than high quantity. It depends. What's really important is the aggregate portfolio you build. That is, the highest quantity of high quality links that you can find. Let me try to explain this in simple terms: Question - Which number is higher, 1 + 499 or 200 + 300? If you said they are equal then you'd be right. And this is precisely what the argument over high quality and high quantity is all about. In most cases, SEOs are comparing apples to oranges. But put 5 bad apples on a table and 1 good orange next to it and tell me CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Technorati Gets A Facelift
OK, this one was prophesied some months ago. I forget the prophets name. And, no, it wasn't Nostradamus. But it was foretold that Technorati would get a facelift. Actually, I think it was reported that plans were underway. And now the day has arrived. I think this is good news, actually. It's good for a number of reasons. Technorati itself has a high authority rating. It is the premier place to find good blogs to read on any topic. And unique content for Technorati could mean great links for you and the re-design could bring a much better user experience for all visitor to the new website. And other webmasters. Why? Because Technorati is looking for guest writers. It's a great opportunity to CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
The Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Journal is Written by SEO Expert:
Nick Stamoulis
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