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Wiep gives us his definition of what actually constitutes link building. read more »
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Wiep - The most important factors of a successful campaign, however, are planning and dedication. If you can manage to think one step ahead, you’ll manage to stay ahead of your competition as well. And sure, you might have success with something tha read more »
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A reference sheet for those doing email marketing campaigns. It's primarily aimed at newsletters, but can also be applied to sales messages, transactional emails, or even discussion lists. read more »
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Some link strategy related questions are pretty hard to answer, although you know what the outcome should be. I'm trying to collect some opinions here, so if you have something to share, please do. read more »
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How to teach prospects and clients the principles of SEO? It's a whole different ballgame than talking to your fellow-SEOs. read more »
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I’ve seen several SEO job interview related posts pass by, but I haven’t seen a link building related one yet. If you’re looking for a somewhat experienced link builder (I’m not talking about hiring a newbie that you’ll be training intensively here) read more »
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There’s no doubt that creating a valuable piece of content is a great way -and maybe even the best way- to attract links. However, when I mention link baiting (or link targeted content), I often get reactions like ‘it sounds nice, but link baiting p read more »
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Google Website Optimizer is becoming quite popular, especially because it is free. However, there still are a lot of misconceptions when it comes to using the Website Optimizer. This post describes the 5 most common ones. read more »
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Lots of companies will happily accept link building opportunities for just about any crappy website, because they only see the quick, short buck. For this group of companies, I’ll be diving into the art of getting links for crappy websites today. read more »
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These Nielsen numbers show which verticals are spending the most on sponsored search, including a category for Image/Text Links. read more »
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In the absence of any official ways to make money on these sites, people are looking towards external sources for income. Why do we participate on social news sites? read more »
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Exciting news ... Wiep is now the very proud father of a happy and healthy baby boy named Liam. Congratulations Wiep! Exciting times! read more »
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If I’m not linking to your website, and you think I should, you have to explain why. This sounds stupidly simple, but this principle is the foundation of every link request. If you manage to do this correctly, you might end up with a link. read more »
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7 Link building and SEO professionals have shared their thoughts about nearly 40 different factors that might (or might not) influence the value that search engines can assign to a link. These opinions have been bundled into one document: The Link V read more »
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Got sucky designing skills, just like me? Read these 10+1 tips for choosing a WordPress theme and you'll end up with a great free, premium or perhaps even custom theme. read more »
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A lot of large content sites create user-friendly portals for very popular content. You don’t have to wait to see which content is popular. You have the option of deciding which content will become popular. read more »
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With the right touch, keyword research can provide insight into our values, our culture, what we like, what we dislike and the ‘human condition’ as a whole. read more »
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No rocket science here, but nice examples with workable solutions. read more »
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The official Google Webmaster Central blog has a post by Matt Cutts and Maile Ohye named Information about buying and selling links that pass PageRank and Matt Cutts himself wrote his own post with extreme examples of paid links named Selling links read more »
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... Yesterday, when I was doing some research on Digg, I spotted a page that I had seen before and wanted to check it out once more. This page in question managed to get to the front page about three months ago, but when I tried to visit it today th read more »
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Although I am completely FOR generating content that will get linked to naturally, often time this is easier said than done. If you’re not a link baiting aficionado or if you’re limited by what you’re authorized to do, then you’ll need to get links read more »
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Even though the growth of online shopping is outpacing brick-and-mortar shopping, we can still learn a lot from in person retail environments. Mall owners and retail store operators are very good at what they do–which is to get lots and lots of peop read more »
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Google News is a great way of finding the latest news stories related to your industry. Being included in Google News means you can write about a story an instantly start receiving targeted traffic from people who are actively interested in what you read more »
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Many businesses, especially small businesses, may not have the financial resources to create a glossy custom magazine program, but all companies can initiate a low-cost, effective online content marketing program today. read more »
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Obtaining links to a “regular shopping website” is probably one of the easiest things to do, if you manage to get your processes right. read more »
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