Comments on: Link Building, Do It Right or Don’t Do It At All

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:26:59 +0000

HI Freelance,

Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts!

Take Care,
Nick

By: Freelance Web Programmer

Freelance Web Programmer — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:05:42 +0000

Hi Nick,

It is nice to see that the world has yet to figure out the ever moving target that is “Google”! It is equally nice to see that opinions vary from night to day.

I, myself, do not agree 100% with what you say, but your perspective is no less valuable. Our collective experience is at one time or another spot on… but again, the mechanism is constantly changing… and the game continues!

Thank you for the great read!

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:33:23 +0000

Hi Barbara,
Thanks for your kind words and sharing your thoughts…SEO and link building is a continuous learning process for businesses and people at all levels…thanks again for reading!

By: Barbara Bruce

Barbara Bruce — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:51:33 +0000

Thanks for your encouraging article! Speaking from personal experience, when I first started trying to get links I had no idea that there were “good links” and “not so good links”. And I was swamped with offers from many companies wanting to get me all those links! When you don’t know any better, you are vulnerable and gullible. So I appreciate your teaching approach in all of your articles!! You/they are invaluable!

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:27:41 +0000

Hi Ken,
It is always amazing to me, how people tend to sometimes think that quantity is king, but the reality is that quality will always win!

Thanks for reading and your comment, I do appreciate it!

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:00:14 +0000

Hi Nick!
I agree with you that quality is better than quantity holds true with backlinks. (Not only do I enjoy reading your helpful, interesting articles, but when I comment on one of your articles, I get a quality, industry-related link!)
I have also read several posts about clients who have paid for link building and then regretted it when their website ranking went down instead of up!
Appreciate that you share your insights and experiences. Take care.

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:33:36 +0000

Hi Ed,
Thanks for reading and your question.

I am not familiar with BacklinkWatch, I typically use Google Webmaster tools for link analysis, but some times the free blogging platforms such as Blogspot and WordPress (non-hosting version) tend to not have followed or provide good authority links that show up in reporting. That said, I would recommend trying to look at the data in Google webmaster tools to see if you find any additional accurate data.

By: Ed Reaves

Ed Reaves — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:53:58 +0000

I have been writing blogs on WordPress and Blogspot for about two months now. Using BacklinkWatch, I am still not getting any inbound links from those blogs to my site even though I created Anchor Text with my keywords pointing back to my site. These should be two well respected blogs. Any idea why these links are not being picked up by the search engines? I am getting inbound links from Yahoo local and other sites but not from any of the blog sites.

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:03:44 +0000

Hi Annie,
Offering value (content) and with your link building efforts is certainly the name of the game. Thanks for reading and your comment!

By: Annie Infinite

Annie Infinite — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:11:55 +0000

Quality has always had it all over quantity – every time, the plus is also the authenticity of your approach, not trying to scam the search engines which is becoming harder and harder, and at the same time offering good value to your readers.

By: MakeBuzz

MakeBuzz — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:11:10 +0000

Good points! I definitely agree with taking a quality approach to link building projects. To take your conversation a step forward, I would suggest that companies/brands/entrepreneurs utilize their existing relationships and try to solicit inbound links from related, qualified and (ideally) authoritative sites. The value of these links is exponentially higher than any paid-per-link service, and is a secure long term strategy. Often times the only barrier is the online team’s ability to communicate the strategies value to C-Level management. blog.makebuzz.com

By: Search Engine Optimisation Consultant

Search Engine Optimisation Consultant — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:11:51 +0000

Well,wouldn’t go that far as to say do it right or don’t do it at all. But you do have a point as well, link building is not that easy..