Ar_home_b_search
 



linking: R.I.P. - Reciprocal Linking - Deceased 1999-2006 - 11/30/06 01:24 PM

Is anyone as sick as I am of receiving reciprocal linking requests in the form of spam emails?  I read a fantastic article by Mike Banks Valentine of SearchEngineOptimism.com.  Yes the article is a bit controversial, but that's what makes it a fun read!  The title is: "Reciprocal Linking is Dead"
Here are some excerpts that I thought were excellent:
"I will link, but I will not "swap links" with anyone now. I require content in the form of articles, press releases and news, quotes, testimonials or some form of content."
"What was it that ruined strict reciprocal links for … (9 comments)

linking: Hittail.com: a Revolution in SEO - 10/16/06 07:17 PM
I found a great site recently... forgive me if you already knew of it's existence.  I was absolutely thrilled when I found it.  There are many services out there that can assist you with finding niche keywords.  The purpose in finding niche keywords is to weed out the competition from the more popular keywords, and rank high for very specific targeted keywords because of lack of competition.  For example: you may commonly target your website for the keyword: Dallas real estate.  Well, you may discover that your site ranks very poorly for this keyword because of the extreme amount of competition.  … (13 comments)

linking: What is Page Rank, and Will it Effect My Website Ranking? - 09/25/06 11:40 AM
Through some of my other SEO posts, I've had quite a few questions about Google's page Rank (PR). What is it? How does it work? Why don't I have any? Does it affect my site's ranking?, etc.What is it?: In short, PR is a system that Google uses to weigh the importance of a website. It is based almost entirely on incoming links, and the importance of those links. Each website is given a "rank", 0-10. The easiest way to see your rank and the rank of others is to install a toolbar on your browser. You can download them here: … (8 comments)

linking: Healthy Website Linking Practices - 09/13/06 09:07 AM
Everyone that has an active website tends to get spam from other webmasters that want to trade links with you. This is especially prolific in the real estate industry as there are a plethora of individual real estate websites. Here is one email I just received recently: Hi there,My name is The Universal Hosting and I am the owner of http://www.theuniversalhosting.com.We are very interested in exchanging links with your website at http://www.Hismove.com. Exchanging links will increase search engine rankings and website popularity.If you are interested in exchanging links, please add the following details to your website and click the approve link … (6 comments)

 

Justin Smith | SEO, SMO & Blogging Consultant

Castle Rock, CO

More about me…

Searching Solutions

Office Phone: (303) 800-4094

Cell Phone: (720) 670-0742

Email Me



Links

Archives

RSS 2.0 Feed for this blog