Why are Links So Important?

Posted on 01. Jun, 2011 by in link building, Search Engine Optimization, SEO

It can seem in the world of SEO that all that is focused on is getting links. While this may be true to a point this is not the main focus of SEO. The real reason that getting links is so important is to improve site authority. Imagine you are looking at a new pair [...]

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The Marriage of PR & SEO

Posted on 20. Mar, 2009 by in Press Releaases, Search Engine Optimization, Space Monkee

PRWeb referenced a DMNews article saying that 99.5% of Press Releases aren’t optimized for the web. More and more journalists and others are going online to find news, 73% to be exact according to a May 2008 study from the Pew Internet Trust & American Life Project. SEO is designed to get your news in [...]

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Contacting Bloggers and Guest Posting

Posted on 14. Nov, 2008 by in Blogging, Search Engine Optimization

Links are the foundation for a good SEO campaign and so it is important to be willing to work for them. Search Engines want to know that your site is worth something to someone else and one of the ways they track that is how many incoming links you have to your site. A creative [...]

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How To Get Links From Directory Submissions

Posted on 14. Nov, 2008 by in Directory Submissions, Search Engine Optimization

If you are link building to your website there are hundreds of easy links that you can obtain with very little effort on your part.  Have you ever heard of directory submissions?  There are two different types of directories you can submit your website to, paid and non paid. Most directories on the internet are [...]

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Internal Linking Structure

Posted on 13. Nov, 2008 by in Search Engine Optimization

A good philosophy to run a site by is ‘If you want to be ranked by Google make it easy for Google to know who you are and what you are about’. One of the major ways in SEO to do this is to optimize the links within your own personal site. There are 3 [...]

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What Defines A Quality Backlink?

Posted on 12. Nov, 2008 by in Search Engine Optimization

One topic that is usually misunderstood by many individuals trying to do SEO on their website is that of quality backlinks.  In the SEO industry all of the guru’s have stated their opinions on what defines a quality backlink.  It comes down to five major factors.  I will discuss each of these below. Anchor Text [...]

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