Very interesting debate with Wil Reynolds and Brett Snyder from Seer Interactive, an SEO agency in Philadelphia (if you want the points you have to give the right anchor text as well as the link ;) I have this conversation with clients all the time. Both sides have merits and I think it comes down [...]
Link Building is like Planting Potatoes, Simple, Boring and Hardwork
January 6, 2011 By 4 Comments
Link building is Like planting potatoes Although in the past I have been known more for my link baiting skills, for the past 6 months I have been hunkered down and concentrating more on less prosaic building of links. The down and dirty stuff that does not glisten in the sunlight like a finely crafted [...]
Another one of those boring, “What the hell am I going to do in 2011″ SEO blog posts
January 4, 2011 By 3 Comments
I feel like I have been living in a cave the past few months. Gone are the times when I attacked writing on this blog like a starved rat trying to get into a bin liner full of last nights kebabs. I have been busy link building for clients. I’ve developed a few techniques that [...]
The Most Important Question When Linkbuilding
September 26, 2009 By
I’m always surprised when people set aside a period of time to build links to their website. Link building is far too important not to spend at least 24 hours a day doing it. No, I don’t mean sticking match sticks under your eyes and putting a pot of Columbian jumping beans on the hotplate. [...]
Getting Links is like Getting Your Flatmates to go Down the Shops for a Packet of Hobnobs
August 28, 2008 By 7 Comments
Have you ever shared a house or a flat with someone? You are all sitting around the telly watching repeats of Coast and you ask one of your flat mates to nip down the shops and buy a packet of Hobnobs. There is as much chance of your slovenly flat mate putting on his shoes [...]
What reason does this linkbait give for people to link to it
August 24, 2008 By 4 Comments
An interesting nugget from the forums of Linkbaitcoaching.com “What reason does this linkbait give for people to link to it.” Too often I see visitor bait being created. So you got on the front page of digg, give yourself a gold medal and stick it on your ass. Who are you targeting your linkbait to? [...]
Linkbuilding for Dummies
August 6, 2008 By 4 Comments
Linkbait is the honey. Linkers are the bees. The honey does not solicit the bees, it just is what it is. “Long term, promotion of content that attracts relevant links from those empowered to publish will win. The act of linking is performed, unsolicited, by individual publishers.” bold added Great post by Lee Odden Further [...]
Linkbuilding Using Fiction
May 25, 2008 By 23 Comments
This story has been moved and can now be viewed in the private members forum at Linkbait Coaching
