Managing Link Weight and Building Link Insurance!

in Link Building by Jeffrey_Smith 30 Comments

I Just wanted to share a quick SEO strategy for balancing link weight. Have you ever used a tiered link strategy? Although there may be other names for it, personally, I call this link insurance (insurance in the sense that just in case you need it). Since the value of links is all based on Read More

Should You Obfuscate Your Backlinks?

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Aside from enjoying using the word “obfuscate” in a sentence, the meaning is clear for SEO when considering link building. Obfuscating links for the purpose of optimization simply means adding variety and switching things up (with your links) to avoid a pattern. Should You Obfuscate Your Links? In this context, the pattern is anchor text Read More

Stop Building Worthless Links!

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While link building is an important for SEO, the million dollar question is, are your building the right type of links for your website? The truth is, not all links are good for your website and not all links are created equal. Depending on (1) your website (2) the keywords (3) your competition and (4) Read More

Link Building Tips For Twitter

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Twitter is one of the best places to network and connect with other users, especially key players, in your niche. With a little work and consistency, you can help build your rankings and increase your reach across the Web. It’s very unlikely that you will get a response from each prospect, so be sure to Read More

Fuel SEO Results with High-Powered Links!

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Need some high octane SEO backlinks to kick your rankings into high-gear and leave competitors in the dust? Then check out our special link building offer… Fuel SEO Results with High Powered Links For a limited time (drum roll please) SEO Design Solutions is throwing in $250 in free links from our private stash of Read More

Link Building Tips to Prevent Google Penalties

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Here is a simple, but effective SEO tip that leverages the power of related search for link building campaigns. It’s no secret that Google’s search engine algorithms are programmed to identify and potentially penalize overtly excessive or frequent occurrences of inbound anchor text that appear “unnaturally” or en mass.   Simple But Effective Link Building Read More

Link Building Tips and Types

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Building links for SEO is part of the process, but not the entire process for acquiring a competitive keyword in search engines. Below are “links” (no tens inpunded)  to informative posts from the past on the topic from SEO Design Solutions. Types of Links There are different types of links that have different functions. Some Read More

Link Building Strategies for Search Engine Optimization

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Today’s SEO tip is a link building strategy based on how to promote keyword stemming (ranking a page for multiple keywords). SEO Link Building Strategies Specifically this tactic pertains to anchor text selection and execution. Keep in mind, Google ranks pages not websites, hence the more authoritative a page is (based on other internal pages Read More

Links Alone are Not Enough

in Link Building by Jeffrey_Smith 11 Comments

A few years ago link building was the rave of the day and probably the single most used and abused SEO strategy – people were swapping links, buying links, selling links, and breathing links. Is link building the sole factor that the search engines take into account? And for good reason – the majority of Read More

SEO Link Building: Link Volume, Velocity and Diversity

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Let’s talk about links. Information retrieval and SEO have a sympathetic relationship, however, built within the fabric of search engine algorithms are specific filters (such as null sets) that when they observe a high frequency of a specific metric have a tendency to dampen or normalize its influence – particularly pertaining to links. This is Read More

Link Building: SEO Link Types and Tactics

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Is there a magic SEO bullet for link building or building the proper quality, theme, volume or type of links? Not necessarily, but having a solid strategy and series of tactics at your disposal never hurts when applying the “think before you link” motto. Link Building: SEO Link Types and Tactics Whoever said links are Read More

Link Building: The Definitive SEO Guide

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When building links you can think or qualitative or quantitative metrics to measure impact. The purpose of this post is to (a) identify the various types of links (b) calculate their impact on search engine rankings and (c) provide an overview of the link metrics to create a protocol for SEO best practices. Link Building Read More