Fifty Percent of Blog Owners Willing to Sell Links – Case Study
SearchEngineWatch did a study on what started out as an attempt at outreach for whitehat link building. The implications of their research quickly turned to blackhat advantages. SEW clearly isn’t going to promote the blackhat...
Whitehat Link Building – Outreach Strategies
Outreaching to webmasters in your niche to gain links to your content is one of the most solid and legitimate methods of whitehat link building. Many people shy away from it, because it involves interpersonal communication skills and,...
Using Google Alerts for Backlinks and Traffic
High quality, relevant backlinks from comments is still a desirable, whitehat link tactic. It is highly desirable to take note of all the various top websites in your niche in order to regularly comment on their posts. If you’ve...
Google Takes New Steps in Penalizing Received Links from Freebie Gifts
On March 11, 2016 – Google came out with a “Best practices for bloggers reviewing free products they receive from companies”. Basically, they want the links you create from receiving free links to not count. This isn’t...
How to do Press Releases for SEO Benefit in 2016
A friend asked my opinion on press releases for SEO purposes, and I thought I’d jot down my response to him for the benefit of all to read. First, let’s talk about the direct backlinks you can receive by sending out a press...
High Quality, Efficient and Effective Guest Blog Posting
Let’s talk about how to guest blog post, both efficiently and effectively. When I say efficient, you may think that I’m going to reveal tips on how to jump right out and start guest blog posting right now — but that...
Links for Cookies – Top 10 Flavors – Part 2 of 2
This is page 2 of “Links for Cookies”, an article that describes how to gain whitehat links by offering treats for leaders in your niche. We continue the top 10 list below. #5 – Niche-Specific Directory You Control...
Links for Cookies – Top 10 Flavors – Part 1 of 2
I have a cookie that you really want. It’s a yummy, chocolate chip cookie. I’ll give it to you, for a link. This isn’t buying links, because the last I checked — cookies aren’t money. A cookie can be better...
How to Build Links with Infographics – Lists of Infographic Submission Sites
I think we’ve all heard of using Infographics for building links. If you’ve never done this before, you may consider it a little like I did — sure, Infographics may do well, but it’s a lot of work to build one....
Do Nofollow Links Matter? Do they Pass Any Value?
Long story short, yes no-follow links pass great signals to your site, and they are worthwhile to build. If you want to just take my word for it, go off and start building your no-follow links with a smile on your face, knowing they’re...