Another One of My Favorite Link Building Videos
I seen this video over 4 years ago on WebProNews. One of my favorite quotes found in this video has been engraved into my head since…
“Without Links, nobody finds you. Regardless if the engines are helping you, or not. If Google vanishes tomorrow, you still better have links.”
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Read MoreMy Favorite Link Building Video EVER! [Motivation vs. Inspiration]
This link building video reminds me of the time when the definitions of inspiration and motivation were clearly defined to me. This is how they differ..
Motivation is what moves you, requires actions/movement. While inspiration is a feeling, and feelings come and go. Motivation stays with you because it’s a decision just as much as it is a feeling. We cannot achieve anything with inspiration alone. Inspiration is nothing if it doesn’t spark motivation. Motivated people set out to achieve their goals by taking action.
Motivation/Movement/Motive/Motion/:
- Desire so strong that you actually act on it
- Sense that we have to do something and therefore we do it
- Feeling of energy channeled into the pursuit of a goal
Anyway, watch this video and you’ll see what I’m leading up to..
Link Building Experts in 2009 – F*ck inspiration – Get Links!
YouTube Video Description
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Live recording from Extreme SEO Panel at A4Uexpo Europe 2009 in Amsterdam on 28/29.4.2009
Quote on a tough link building question by famous SEOs Joost De Valk, Bob Rains, Marcus Tandler aka Mediadonis, Dixon Jones and Dave Naylor:
Joost de Valk: “we could talk about SEO ALL day and it comes down to one thing…”
Delegate: “how do you get inspiration?”
Marcus: “F*CK Inspiration – Get Links!”
Definitions of inspiration on the Web:
- arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity
- a product of your creative thinking and work; “he had little respect for the inspirations of other artists”; “after years of work his brainchild was a tangible reality”
- a sudden intuition as part of solving a problem
- divine guidance: (theology) a special influence of a divinity on the minds of human beings; “they believe that the books of Scripture were written under divine guidance”
- arousing to a particular emotion or action
- inhalation: the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
Sounds like inspiration is a bunch of thoughts, talk and ideas.
Definitions of motivation on the Web:
- the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and …
- the condition of being motivated; “his motivation was at a high level”
- the act of motivating; providing incentive
- Motivation is the internal condition that activates behavior and gives it direction; and energizes and directs goal-oriented behavior.
Again, F*ck Inspiration, Get Links!
Disclaimer: this video gets 100% of my support even though I don’t encourage bad language.
Link Building Expert Tips – Backlink Reporting
Before starting a link building campaign, record how many links you have according to Google, Yahoo! and any other backlink checker you can count on. Record how many links are pointing to your competitors as well. There are several reasons why you want to do this…
- Sets a benchmark; either to have more links than you had before by a certain time or to see if you can get more links than your competitors.
- You can gauge yourself compared to your competition. You can get an idea on how many links you really need to compete for various terms.
- If incorporating title tags (given by Yahoo! to export), you can see just how relevant the linking sites must be compared to your competition
- If incorporating other metrics like anchor text, you can see just how many links saying your targeted keyword, you’re going to need.
- If presenting to someone, you can show proof that link weight is what they need to even have a chance in the search engine popularity contest.
- If reporting to a client your link building service progression, you can show how many links (recognized) you’ve acquired over any given time.
- Main Reason – To see why you’re not #1
As I have stressed before anchor text is HUGE and topical relevance & strength of that page containing the anchor text determines how huge that anchor really is.
However, back to backlink counting…
Record all the URL’s pointing back to your site and its competitors. If you use a search engine like yahoo site explorer and search link:yourwebsite.com, you can see total backlink count and titles of the page linking to any website you check. If you’re using backlink tools like the backlinkwatch or webconf’s back link anchor text analysis tool you can see the anchor text of the links as well. If you can mix excel, yahoo & backlinkwatch together, you can find some really powerful link building data.
Why is this important?
It’s easier to track your efforts and understand why things work in an organized format in order to take the most efficient route to the top of the search engines for any given keyword.
I’m in the process of creating a free SEO backlink tool that will analyze backlinks and a few backlink attributes (title, PR, URL, etc) that will give you the ability to export to csv. But, that’s free time, experiment work that I’ve found myself to have less and less time doing.
Here’s a link building video given to some of my friends/clients to help them understand a back link benchmark report I use when I put on my link building expert service hat, and to give you as well a better idea of recording backlinks and their anchor texts.
Some SEO link building fun to consider
See how many links are pointing to your top 10 competitors. Then record the ages of your competitor’s domains. You can either see have many links they’ve acquired monthly on average by dividing total backlinks by total months online, or you can measure it exponentially. Like month 1 they obtained 20, month 2 they obtained 30 or 40, month 3 they got 40 or 80. Using the right formulas will unlock just how fast you really can “naturally” build links.
Also, check out my most recent ezinearticle expert article: Link Building Tips for Obtaining Relevant Backlinks
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Read MoreBack Link Building Checklist/Cheatsheet/Guide ’07/’08
I was cleaning out some files on my computer and came across my (old) link building checklist that I used late last year and for much of this year. I currently use a revised version, but I figured it couldn’t hurt to publish this versus deleting it from my computer. It’s not meant to be published. These are just notes. It’s pretty random, but I guess so is the rest of my blog.
PageRank, Trust Rank, Inbound Link Quality:
- How will you acquire Page Rank?
- What is trust rank? How will you acquire trust rank?
- Can you figure out the PR totals of all the pages linking to you?
- Can you figure out the total traffic (Alexa rank) of the sites linking to you?
- What kind of sites are linking to you?
- Search Operator: Link:site.com -site.com
Different Domain Links:
- Incoming links from different domains?
- How many links do you have in MSN, Yahoo & Google?
- How many different types of domains?
Links from differing class C IP address:
- Make sure own websites linking are on a different server.
Percentage of deep links:
- How to check how many links are pointing to other pages on your site.
- Any software recommendation for this one would be awesome. Site Explorer & Web CEO can only do so much.
Directory Submit:
- Submit to directories before submitting to search engines. So site has relevance before getting crawled by spiders.
- Submit to search engines. Not recommended by SEO’s but recommended by the Search Engines. Your choice.
- Yahoo!Directory & DMOZ are as always a must!
Blogs, WordPress & BlogSpot Links:
- Find Blogspots with high PR’s.
- Find WordPress blogs with high PR’s.
- Get on Blogrolls – Whose Blog?
- Get mentioned by blog with high amount of RSS readers.
- Links from blogs with similar titles and content.
- Blog Commenting, MyBlogLog Following
Sitemaps:
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Can be a content rich page with keyword-rich links pointing to rightful pages within own site.
Webring:
- Linking with other sites in community/industry.
- Usually large link exchange or require banner on site.
Link Exchange:
- Create link exchange page and find links… email. Still works!
- Something like linkmetro.com InfoWizards FreeRelevantLinks.com rankready.com Linkmarket.com. Good way to find willing link exchangers and to start link building.
- Check to make sure links are reciprocated. SEO Tools
- Create a “link to us page” and if possible an automated script to allow fast link building.
- Sending trackbacks (for blogs)
Ways to Find Links:
Relevant Links:
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Placing your link on pages with matching page titles and proper title and description usage.
PDF eBook Directory:
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Submit pdf to ebook directories and give to people for PR, branding and linking building.
Anchor Text Tunneling:
- Create page with link partners info with a link pointing to his site. & Vise Versa.
- Link tunneling through giant sites.
Article directories:
- Write keyword-rich article with keyword-rich link pointing back to site and submit to all article directories. (Especially EzineArticles).
- Submit to Yahoo News (Must have amazing Press Release).
Signature Links:
- Join Forums and comment good and valuable information with sig-link back to site. If you have a blog, you could answer the question on it and mention it in the forum using your back link as a reference.
- Link in Email Signatures for bookmark/other stats.
Wiki Links:
- Add links to wikis and other education and dictionary sites.
Deep Linking:
- Make sure every page has at least 1 Google indexed inlink and try to build page rank from bottom up.
- Deep, deep linking (inbound and internally)
Surrounding Content:
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Check the title tags, META’s and surrounding text of links pointing to site. The more relevant, the better.
Local Links & Local Business Listings:
- Links from other websites registered in the same area code, zip code, city, county, state, etc.
- Local Business Listings List
30 Minute Backlinks:
- Create Software, submit software to software directories with links to your site.
- 30 Minute Backlinks Review
Web 2.0 Tagging:
- Every tag creates a page with a link back to page tagged. (Internal)
LINKS:
- Are any links buried too deeply in your site, not linked to from a primary page?
- All pages/links must be at most 3 pages away from home page.
Enter Site to Win Awards:
- momsnetwork.com/aemporium.shtml awardsites.com websiteawards.xe.net projectcool.com/sightings netguide.com coolsiteoftheday.com http://www.incrediblyuseful.com/
Banner & Logo Links:
- Create a banner or submit your logo to directories in exchange for links.
- Or purchase placement. clicksor, banner exchanges, blogs, Adbrite, etc.
Templates css galleries:
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Create a CSS stylesheet or wordpress theme. Author it your company and submit it to directories.
Query Topic Links:
- Anchor text links with query (targeted) words from sites about query topic.
Target smaller sites willing to link to you for content in the early stages. They are easier to get links from. But aim for big authority sites and NO linking to weak sites.
.edu, .gov, and city services are the best links…
I’m in the process of creating a link building manual/checklist that I plan to release at turn of the year. So far it’s 49 pages long and I’m not even halfway. I’m pretty sure I am going to sell it through Clickbank. But, it’d be free for all my subscribers, twitter followers and friend feeders.
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