By Sam Langdon on May 31, 2011
I thought this was a particularly pertinent post from Randfish at SEOmoz about the right way to get links to your website: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/dont-ask-sites-for-links-find-people-and-connect The crux of it is: don’t write to anonymous website contact email addresses asking for links; instead join the community (participating with relevant comments on blogs/social media sites that don’t just publicise [...]
Posted in Link Building, Social Media | Tagged Begging for Links, Link Building
By Sam Langdon on May 2, 2010
This week I visited London’s Internet World show, mostly in the name of keeping tabs on the latest commercial web related offerings and to sit in on a couple of interesting keynote seminars from Google and Unilever. Whilst I was there, I caught a seminar from Patrick Altoft of Internet Marketing specialists Branded3 (also proprietor [...]
Posted in Link Building | Tagged Link Building, seomoz open site explorer
By Sam Langdon on March 28, 2010
If you’re new to WordPress, or just looking for some tips on great plugins you haven’t yet come across to help with your SEO, this list is for you… All in One Packs These are handy if you’re new to WordPress and don’t have time to faff, but if you’ve already got plugins in place, [...]
Posted in Content, Link Building, Social Media, Tools | Tagged wordpress plugin
By Sam Langdon on March 7, 2010
Matt Cutts recently posted a Google Webmaster video containing some useful link building tips. Whilst there’s nothing particularly revolutionary, it nicely articulates a number of useful basics in a sub 8-minute video. Of course these are ‘Google approved’ and it’s good to hear it from the proverbial horse’s mouth. Here’s a summary of the key [...]
Posted in Link Building | Tagged Link Building, matt cutts
By Sam Langdon on February 27, 2010
In a Google Webmaster Central video from Matt Cutts this week, the topic of nofollow links in blog comments is discussed. There are 2 important conclusions: If you have a blog, you should nofollow links. The reason being that spammers adding untoward links can earn you a poor reputation in the eyes of Google. Of [...]
Posted in Content, Link Building | Tagged google, matt cutts, nofollow
By Sam Langdon on February 21, 2010
Note – I originally attempted to publish this article on SEOmoz, but there was a ‘conflict of interest’ as they weren’t willing to out other SEO websites’ possibly unethical practices. I found the recent release of SEOmoz’s Open Site Explorer extremely useful. It’s particularly good at comparing sites quickly and listing inbound links in descending [...]
Posted in Link Building, Tools | Tagged black hat, Link Building, seomoz open site explorer
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