Comments on: Secrets of Link Building

By: Solutions Monkey

Solutions Monkey — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 01:01:54 +0000

I disagree with the idea there are no secrets or that secrets only make up 5% of everything. Except I wouldn’t call them secrets, they are more of an acquired knowledge thing, its not hidden stuff only a handful of people know about. The thing about it is if you don’t know what you should focus on or what is a waste of time, that can lead to a failed link building campaign. Its critical for you to atleast know what kind of game you are playing before you try to win at it :)

By: Damien

Damien — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 09:39:53 +0000

Great post, I have subscribed to your RSS for years now and always welcome the humour and dose of reality in your posts Lyndon.

It feels as though aspects of what we do each day as in-house or agency-side SEOs, like link building or developing true quality content, appeals to those who are looking for minimal effort / high reward payouts for the investment of a tenner in an eBook of ‘secrets’. Better labeled as methodology for the most part.

Link building can be tedious, but those true veins of gold as you say remain our trade secrets.

Damien

By: Jonathan Smith

Jonathan Smith — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:51:31 +0000

I’m afraid that hard work is the key. The shortcuts make be attractive and may even work in the short term, but they are too risky to expose to your valuable clients.

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:51:33 +0000

While different companies and agencies may take different approaches to link building one thing is certain. It takes a lot of time and effort. Like any other marketing plan it’s important to implement a strategy and stick to it. Don’t build your links too fast, that can look like spam to the search engines.

By: Black Hat Domainer

Black Hat Domainer — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:21:08 +0000

But… the other 5% rock!

By: Hugo Guzman

Hugo Guzman — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:58:35 +0000

That’s awesome! Thanks for making my day with that humorous little experiment.

By: John Callaghan

John Callaghan — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:21:00 +0000

I agree, link building is boring, very boring and “link building secrets” simply exist to make it a little more interesting and mysterious. Much like any other SEO activity.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:29:05 +0000

I have been doing a Google Alert experiment for “Link building Secrets” since April 2010. 168 Articles to date with same old info #NotSoSecrectSecrets

By: Ros Phillips

Ros Phillips — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:45:02 +0000

“call a spade a spade” Love it! I agree with you and that keeps me plugging away… but I still dream of finding that ‘magic’ and that makes me read articles titled “Secrets of Link Building!”

By: C.BENOIT / Tyseo

C.BENOIT / Tyseo — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 06:37:04 +0000

In SEO, strategy is basic and everyone know it : great content + many links. What make the difference is the tactics to achieve this strategy : how to craft content, how to find the best links, how find the best keywords and so on…

By: Jim Spencer

Jim Spencer — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:03:56 +0000

The search for the silver bullet gets translated into every industry. And usually there is a cadre of folks in each industry awake enough to call a spade a spade. Glad you have a full deck. ;-)

By: DEP Ecommerce Consultants

DEP Ecommerce Consultants — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:45:00 +0000

Excellent stuff Lyndon. We just had a meeting with a prospect that said basically this. Every time he asks someone how it’s done the SEO company in question glazes over and speaks so technical that it makes no sense.

We informed him that there is no hidden secret about link building. It just involves a lot of hard work and creativity. You are right the inform is there you just need to know where to look and apply it using a lot patience.

By: Hugo Guzman

Hugo Guzman — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:39:22 +0000

Right on, Lyndon! Right on!