30 Nov 2007 at 15:29 by Joshua J. Steimle
It's one thing to understand why building links is important, and quite another to figure out how to do it effectively. I've found there are three primary ways to build links:
1. Create your own links
2. Recruit links
3. Buy links
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30 Nov 2007 at 15:03 by Joshua J. Steimle
Incoming links, also call backlinks, inbound links, or “links from other sites”, are one of the primary means by which Google (and many other search engines) ranks websites. There are four ways in which incoming links can affect your website. If you're not interested in why linkbuilding is important but rather how to build links then take a gander here.
1. Link Quantity. First of all, Google assumes the more incoming links a website has, the more important it is and therefore it should get ranked higher.
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10 Oct 2007 at 14:30 by Joshua J. Steimle
The following is a listing of paid directories you can use to quickly add some quality inbound links. If you've got any to add just post some comments.
Yahoo! Directory - Although it's out of alphabetical order I'm going to put the Yahoo! directory first in line because it's probably the most important directory to be listed in.
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12 Apr 2007 at 18:30 by Joshua J. Steimle
I manage a skateboard blog and like all my websites I commonly perform experiments with it in the name of learning something new about search engine optimization. Other times, I do something that turns into a lesson on SEO without that being the intention.
Recently, I decided to give away $1,000 on my skateboard blog to the skater who could duplicate the video segment a certain professional skateboarder created about 12 years ago. I wasn't really thinking about the attention this post on my blog would garner, and I've been surprised by the results from an SEO standpoint.
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23 Mar 2007 at 11:47 by Eric Morgan
I am sure anyone involved with SEO has either bought text links or has at least considered doing it before. There are many methods of buying links online and some methods are more safe than others. Find out how to buy links safely and which methods to stay away from.
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22 Jan 2007 at 19:04 by Joshua J. Steimle
About 583 visitors so far. On December 13th, 2006 I happened to post on my blog about Best Buy's results-only work environment. On January 18th, 2007 Tony Long, the fightin' Luddite!, saw fit to link to my post via his article When Less is More.
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