Q: Regarding link popularity: I just queried google (i.e. link:www.xyz.com) and found some 2,000 links to my site. But, according to Google’s results, many of those links are from within my site. Is this hurting or helping me? A: It’s not hurting you. Internal links count as votes, and as such that can help you, […]
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SEO: Weaving a Web of Links
Links are the currency of the web. Not only do their drive traffic in their own right, but they also are essential to high search engine rankings. Without good inbound links to your web site, your search engine optimization (SEO) efforts won’t get off the ground.
The Secrets of Building Links and Increasing PageRank
Links are the currency of the Web, so it is important to have a plan in place to improve the number and quality of the links to your site from the outside.
How to Build Links and PageRank – Part 2
There is a tactic called Google bombing whereby linking to a site with particular words in the link text can get a site highly ranked for those keywords in the search engines, including Google, Yahoo! and MSN. One of the most famous Google bombs was George W. Bush’s biography page …
SEO Report Card: Link Building Could Improve Strong Site
Candlesandsuch.com is a website run quite frugally by its two main proprietors. For a site that hasnâ??t had a lot of professional help with regard to search engine optimization, it possesses some positive SEO attributes. Thatâ??s not to say there arenâ??t issues, but some of the main facets of good SEO are observed and incorporated.
In this SEO report card originally featured on Practical eCommerce, Netconcepts’ Search Analyst Jeff Muendel takes an in-depth look at how inbound links and sculpting PageRank can help improve the overall site.
Making Blogging and RSS Pay Off
In the intensive session I led during the ACCM in Boston on May 21, the overriding theme was that search engines judge a siteâ??s worth on its inbound links. Translation: No links = no rankings.
Blogs, meanwhile, are great at attracting links from the blogosphere, because bloggers are rather cliquish and mostly tend to link to each other. So youâ??ll earn links as a blog that you wouldnâ??t normally earn otherwise.
DIY SEO
Lead Strategist with Netconcepts, PJ Fusco states that SEO can be summed into a 4-step process: “set some ground rules; get your site right; post some great content; and earn inbound links.” Master these tactics and you are well on your way to building a better site and getting found…
SEO: RSS Feeds Increase Visibility
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is a great way to deliver content into the hands of potential website visitors. It is also a channel for syndicating your content onto others’ websites, which equates to free inbound links. Netconcepts’ founder and president Stephan Spencer shares some crucial tactics for maximizing the SEO benefit of your site’s RSS feeds.
SEO: Tools for Link Building
Last month I discussed links and their importance in search engine optimization. Now let’s get acquainted with some powerful tools to aide us in our link building efforts. Yahoo! Site Explorer (http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com) offers a quick way to review competitors’ and your own inbound links. PageRank Search is…
Case Study: Carter Center
- 2500 new pages in the index
- Blog strategy gains inbound links
- Blogging a huge success