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    Link building? I really dont get it is there an easy way

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    • saibose
      saibose last edited by

      Dont use linking scripts. Thats what I would suggest. Try getting contextual backlinks from content sources such as wkipedia. Sadly, there is no short cut to link building, but its what that will give you the mileage. Link building today is useless.

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      • Blargh123
        Blargh123 last edited by

        Link building is work, there isnt quite a get rich quick scheme to game the search engines!  You would be better off contacting webmasters and building your own high value link exchange, if recriprocial links are your thing.  Publish informative blogs, spread link bait!! dont rely on link markets 🙂

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        • Getz.pro
          Getz.pro last edited by

          No easy way, but through time and effort, things do look up as you get more proficient in obtaining links. Social Media might be a quicker way if you very social and well received.

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          • HiveDigitalInc
            HiveDigitalInc last edited by

            Paid, targeted, individually prospected links. Sorry, but it ain't cheap.

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            • Luke22
              Luke22 last edited by

              Well, there is nothing else to add, guys said everything. I just want to add one tool you may use with success... http://soloseo.com/tools/linkSearch.html play with it and you can be shocked with results.

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              • rhutchings
                rhutchings @Luke22 last edited by

                nice tool Luke.  I have never seen that one before.  Takes the whole search query finding one step further.

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                • Luke22
                  Luke22 @rhutchings last edited by

                  Glad you like it! Hope you will enjoy using it. They did really good job creating that tool... I'm sure with time you will like it even more!

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                  • Pavlicko
                    Pavlicko @Luke22 last edited by

                    oldie but a goodie, been using it for years. I also really really like Whitespark Citation finder: http://www.whitespark.ca/local-citation-finder/ for local directory links - critical for ranking local sites. Though they've limited the free access a bit since they first started...

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                    • therealmarkhall
                      therealmarkhall @Luke22 last edited by

                      Nice little tool* *This comment is not personal!

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                      • voitenkos
                        voitenkos last edited by

                        Why not use seomoz Juicy link finder tool and email all of the site owners on the result page? For 10 "No" answers you should get 1 "Yes".

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                        • Gyi
                          Gyi @rhutchings last edited by

                          Solid advice. Spend the majority of time focusing on your content. Spend the rest of your time getting in front of an audience who is ready, willing, able to link to and further publicize it.

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                          • tomcraig86
                            tomcraig86 last edited by

                            Definitely stop using this service! Simple as that.

                            Look to get guest blogs, some profile, comments and forum links, (but concentrate your time in other areas). PR and relationships with high authority sites such as newspapers is an absolute must!

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                            • SoFlaWeb
                              SoFlaWeb @therealmarkhall last edited by

                              LOL

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                              • SoFlaWeb
                                SoFlaWeb last edited by

                                I have not seen Raven Tools mentioned here.

                                I am not affiliated with them in any way (other than a satisified customer). And I acutally use their toolset more for reporting than actually tracking links. But I find it easier to utilize their system (and their toolbar) to add an track links than an excel spread sheet. You can always export to excel if you want to do some more indepth analysis.

                                There is some learning curve to get everthing setup, but the additional features are well worth (just the reporting alone was worth it for me, saves me lots of time every month)

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                                • shandaman
                                  shandaman last edited by

                                  Hey My Friend,

                                  What the others are saying is true there is no easy way. But depending on the competition for the keywords your after it can be easier then some are stating. Just remember slow and steady wins the race.

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                                  • Thos003
                                    Thos003 @SoFlaWeb last edited by

                                    I agree. Being able to track links you've aquired and monitor links you may be working on is a big plus to Raven's tool belt.

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                                    • blackrino
                                      blackrino last edited by

                                      The best thing that I have done so far is article building. Than again they do say now that it's not "good" to share your content across the web and that google will only use the first article. So sometimes I change the article around a little bit. The trick is to actually put GOOD content up! Don't put crap out there that no one wants to read. If you put good stuff out there people will link to you. I have over 10,000 links to my site and most of it is from people reposting my blogs! I also get a lot of traffic from this.

                                      I'm not a big fan of the link farm (you post of mine and I'll post on yours) type deal. I think it's cheesy and it can actually get you in trouble.

                                      About linkmarket, that's a site that does definitely look like it can get you in more trouble than help you. Put it this way, I've got 10,000 links (and a lot of them are high quality) and I didn't pay for one single link. Granted I agree that when you do the article building way there is potential to get some low end links, but it's better than nothing.

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                                      • SteveOllington
                                        SteveOllington last edited by

                                        One of our tactics is to try to be really helpful about stuff on topically relevant forums and blogs. i.e.

                                        1. We have a client who sells a product to combat penetrating damp.
                                        2. We find forums and blogs where people are having problems with penetrating damp.
                                        3. We research a proper answer for them ourselves.
                                        4. We answer their questions and recommend the product via a keyworded anchor text link.

                                        As long as the post or comment we've made is a valuable contribution and provides a solid, well researched answer (so not spam), then the forum mods don't seem to mind the link staying there 🙂

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                                        • eyepaq
                                          eyepaq last edited by

                                          I've used linkmarket for about one year - the results were great at that time (2008). It stared to fade as far as results and I've stop using it since it's on the gray area with a lot of dark tones. In today market / SEO i don't advise using it due to the current in place procedures.  Everything that is working great and gets abused will eventually move fast or slow to the dark edge and cross the border...

                                          Now it's the social network session that is looking good. This will also move across the border and become a so called black tactic soon (as soon as to many people are using this and abuse of those signals).

                                          Just my opinion on this matter.

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                                          • tomcraig86
                                            tomcraig86 @rhutchings last edited by

                                            Amazing answer. Put in the groundwork, and soon you'll be unstoppable!!

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