Link building can be tough at the best of times, so if there are any ways to shorten this process and find some quick wins then I’m always happy to try them out. I thought I would share some methods that can be used to find relevant link targets for your website. This involves […]
I tend to spend a lot of time thinking about how other people arrive at their purchasing decisions online, but I’ve never really scrutinised my own buying habits.
I figured then, it would be interesting to break down the steps of how I arrived at the checkout stage for my last purchase […]
Preface: This post is purely about search rankings — not traffic or conversions or anything — just how Google orders her results.
When I set up this blog, I decided I would try to make it rank for the term ‘link building blog’.
It wasn’t because it had a particularly high search volume […]
I have been blogging about link building and online marketing for approximately one year now.
Whilst my analytics don’t exactly tell the tale of the most successful website on the internet, they certainly don’t tell the whole story.
This snapshot of the last year’s weekly visits tells you pretty much everything you need to know:
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Even with your best disguise, it’s difficult to get away with being an imposter on a forum.
For some, link building with forums is setting up pseudo-profiles and starting conversation threads, perhaps dropping a subtle link to their website if and when the opportunity presents itself.
You might even to be to stick […]
One of the hardest things about link building is managing several spinning plates at the same time.
With so much going on, it’s easy to let opportunities slip off the radar. It might just be from not following opportunities up, not getting feedback or spreading yourself too thinly.
The fact is, getting links live […]
There is not yet a definitive book on link building. There is a nice ebook by Garrett French and Eric Ward is set to publish one in the near future, which you can bet will be good.
This does not mean there aren’t books out there, however, that will indirectly help […]
One widely accepted and unquestioned ‘truth’ in SEO seems to be that being passionate about the subject of link building makes you a good link builder.
Knowing a lot about link building doesn’t make you an effective link builder. It helps, but it only takes you so far.
In fact, I’d say that, […]
It’s been a few weeks since I last posted, which, given everything that’s happened with regards to the ‘over optimisation’ penalties, is a bit unusual.
It’s not that I’ve not got an opinion or any observations on what has happened, it’s more that I’m unsure of my own position yet.
(Also, what do […]
The gift and the curse of SEO is its low barrier to entry.
On one hand, it encourages people with a diverse range of backgrounds into the profession, which contributes to a lot of the creative thought in the industry.
On the other, it paves the road for both advanced beginners and […]
