Posts Tagged: backlinks

Link Building — 12 Comments
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Feb 10

16 Free Link Building Tools & Tips for Strategic Linking

This is a guest post provided by AAA Linking, a link building service company & linking resource.

Here is a list of great link building tools & tips to help you discover and obtain relevant backlinks.

#1 Backlink Watch - One of my favorite link building tools. It’s a very simple way to check a website’s backlink URL’s, anchor text and total OBL’s (outbound links) on the same page as that link.

  • Quick Tip – If a website is ranking for a particular keyword, you can punch that site into backlink watch, and skim the outputs for all anchor text links saying that particular keyword to get a good idea of what type of sites and which sites are giving them links saying their/your desired terms.

#2 Analyze Backlinks - Another gold mine for exploring a competitor’s backlinks. This one provides more valuable options that allow you to filter out same domain URL’s and to search for factors such as target keyword mentions surrounding the links.

  • Quick Tip – Same as the tip for Backlink Watch, but add the factor of looking for that keyword on the page as well. Because surrounding content of links can sometimes be just a valuable as the link itself.

#3 Bad Neighborhood Text Link Tool – Great way to see what type of links a website accumulates, whether it be yours or a potential link partner.

  • Quick Tip – If a potential partner wants to exchange links with you, check and see if all their backlinks are legit. Because, yes, guilty by association is a search engine ranking factor.

#4 SoloSEO Link Search Tool – Quite possibly the easiest way online to find relevant backlinks that are fairly easy to obtain.

  • Quick Tips – My favorites are “list * keyword * sites”, “recommended links” keyword”, “favorite links” keyword”, “favorite sites” keyword”, intitle:post keyword, keyword guest writer, keyword guest blog post writer, keyword submit content, keyword submit article, keyword submit post, keyword add article, keyword “suggest * url”, keyword “suggest * site”

#5 Link Appeal Tool -  Is a link from your website really worth it? Find out with this tool how valuable your website is based on several factors.

  • Quick Tip – Aim to get links from sites with higher value than yours.

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3
Feb 10

My 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/:

  1. Desire so strong that you actually act on it
  2. Sense that we have to do something and therefore we do it
  3. Feeling of energy channeled into the pursuit of a goal

“Life is what happens when you are making other plans” -John Lennon

Anyway, watch this video and you’ll see what I’m leading up to..

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Link Building — 52 Comments
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May 09

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

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Nov 08

Back 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.

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Sep 08

A Few Backlink Factors I Tend to Think About

We all can agree that it’s not who has the most links that wins the race, it’s who has best variety of links. Who gave you those links, when did they give you those links and what do those links say about you are factors that really matter when building links to your site.

Who:  The link provider should be authority and top ranking sites (.govs, .edu, alexa top 50’s, etc.)

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