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    • Ron10
      Ron10 last edited by

      I have a band website and was thinking of making some link bait pages specifically designed to get links from high page rank music colleges and then funnel that page rank to my landing pages on my band site.  I am planning on finding out what these colleges link to and create great information on pages on my site that the high page rank college websites will link to thereby boosting my trust and authority.  How much will the trust and authority boost my site in the search engines?  Because the colleges will be music colleges they should be relevant to my band site.  Does this sound like a good strategy?

      Take care,

      Ron

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      • EGOL
        EGOL last edited by

        I am planning on finding out what these colleges link to and create great information on pages on my site....

        That sounds perfect except for one thing.... you will need better than "great"... you will need "best-on-the-web".  Music professors are really picky about what they link to and there is already a lot of great stuff out there.... so you better sing with enthusiasm and verve.

        **... that the high page rank college websites will link to thereby boosting my trust and authority. **

        People with A Message have a much higher level of success than people who are fishing for high pagerank links.

        What's your Message?  Better yet... What's your Mission?

        How much will the trust and authority boost my site in the search engines?

        The boost will be proportional to the enthusiasm and verve of your performance.

        Does this sound like a good strategy?

        It sounds like a great strategy.  Find out what they are already linking to and produce something that blows it away.  Can you pull it off?

        Professors are sometimes more academic than practical.  Perhaps some interviews with some people who have made a long-time living from their music sharing their experience and offering advice.  If the right questions are asked and answered that might work well.  Maybe, I'd call a couple professors who are already linking out to a lot of music resources and see what they think of the idea.

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        • DaveGerecht
          DaveGerecht last edited by

          Ron,

          Whatever EGOL is saying - just do it!

          He knows his stuff, and after reading his answers here, and my own questions he has answered, you can be sure that he is giving you excellent SEO advice.

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