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The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective Link Builders

Went Hot: September 4, 2007 - 9:33 am
Posted By: SimonHeseltine 670 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Link Building

Debra Mastaler's latest column on link building, where she talks about seven habits that can help you to become a highly effective link builder.

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from planetc1 670 days ago #

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Great post.

One of the hurdles I faced is there are few "key bloggers" in my niche. I moved laterally to supply content for those blogging about industries with similar needs and/or situations. It's a slow start but things are picking up.

from billslawski 670 days ago #

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Some very nice suggestions in there.

I still need to read Stephen Covey's book, but nice use of the metaphor.

from tammydickinson 670 days ago #

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There are some real gems in this article!

I like the ideas, the relation to a great book ;), and utilizing things that most internet marketers and bloggers just plain forget are out there in the sea of linking for traffic.

This is definitely an article I will pass along to my readers! Thanks!

from bigoak 670 days ago #

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A quote from the post :"Don't send your content away to an article directory, build a library on your site and stock it with your articles."

I still struggle with this for our clients. Reading it here only makes me wonder more. Is it better to keep the article on your site or get links with it or try both?

from graywolf 670 days ago #

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IMHO, keep the grade A stuff for yourself. Take the B stuff and give away partial articles with deep links to whole articles, give away some C stuff every month.

from Jill 670 days ago #

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Good article as usual from Debra!

from debram 670 days ago #

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"Is it better to keep the article on your site or get links with it or try both?"

Shel, I think Michael answered it best here. The idea behind loading a site with the best content means you'll attract the elements you need to grow both your algorithmic and professional reputation.

And I've never gotten much mileage out of the directories. I find a lot of people reprinting articles without giving credit OR I find snippets of the article plastered on people's blogs as original. Either way it's not helping me.

Thank you all for the kind comments.