"Diverse" Links from same IP address worth the work?

[ie4mac]

Hi folks,

This is my first posting, so please be nice with me

I have completed an all-new website (www.buy-hosting.net) , however the domain is bought and already exists since 2 years, but has no inbound links though. Now I start building links.

I have some clients of my web design business, I could bring in links to my new site on their sites from different domains, some established and years old. However, they all are hosted at the same IP address. Is it a good idea for link diversity to post links on their site to my new one? I remember a thing, that only 1 link will be counted, originating from the same IP address. Is this worth the work of asking clients, posting links, etc.? Or is it even dangerous to my new site?

Also, any other ideas about how to start link building are welcome. Is there a comprahensive list, something like a "startes guide with practical ideas" to link building?

Thank you and kind regards

[DiamondJewelryEmpire]

Here is a couple of link building strategies for you.

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/5-rare-valuable-link-building-tactics

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/link-building-101-the-almost-complete-link-guide

Regarding same IP, are those domain registered under one person?

[ie4mac]

Hi TraxNYC,

Thank you for the links.

some of these domains are registered to the same person, most others are not. They are only at the same dedicated server on the same IP address.

[Andy.Drinkwater]

Before even looking at link building, I would take some time to sort your site out as it is a huge link fest in there!

And no, you dont want to be getting links back from the same class IP. Google is wise to this trick.

Regards,

Andy

[ie4mac]

Dear Andy,

you write: "Before even looking at link building, I would take some time to sort your site out as it is a huge link fest in there!"

I don't really understand, what you mean with that. Could you please specify your comment or tell it in other words? What exactly would you do about my site and why?

Thank you

[Andy.Drinkwater]

Of course.

If you look at your page, there are so many occurrences of the same links both at the left and the bottom, then you have the same words written multiple times "Buy" & "Hosting".

This will do you no favours at all. You would be much better off just titling these "Joomla", etc., without the additional words in there. The page looks spammy and I suspect that if Google comes across it, this will end up being a mark down for you.

Regards,

Andy

[ie4mac]

Thank you Andy, your input is greatly appreciated.

Do you think, it would be enough to but away the links at the bottom completely and leave the links on the left like "Buy Joomla hosting", or would you also change these to only "Joomla". I mean, there is no "Joomla" behind the link, isn't that a wrong description?

Thanks

[Andy.Drinkwater]

If I were to build that page, I would remove all occurance of heavily repeated words and phrases. As Google themselves say, they know pretty quickly what you have to offer, you don't need to keep telling them.

This is what is called "keyword stuffing" and is classed as a black hat (unethical) technique used to try and trick the search engines into giving you a better rank.

I would have a primary heading "Choose Your Hosting Plan", or something like that, then those links down the left, I woud change just to the package on offer "Joomla", "Wordpress" etc.

If there is no Joomla behind the link (on the following page) then Google will not like this either as they will expect to see this, so maybe add some content on those pages to do with the hosting on offer.

I hope this helps.

Regards,

Andy

[ie4mac]

Thank you,

I will work on that and post here in 2 hours or so again.

Kind regards

[ie4mac]

Dear Andy,

I changed the bottom links and the links on the left. If you see anything else, that could be helpful, I will greatly appreciate your opinion.

Kind regards

[Andy.Drinkwater]

That has changed the whole appearance of the page

It looks less spammy, is less spammy and as such, you will find people feeling that when they visit. Altogether more professional!

Just make sure all other aspects are in order, Page Titles, Meta Descriptions, Alt Tags, etc., then write more content for the site that is all to do with the various hosting packages then link those hosting packages to their own niche articles.

Its a bit of work but you will reap the rewards!

Regards,

Andy

[ie4mac]

Thank you Andy, I feel it was a good change as you say. I do not intend to spam with that site at all. In fact, I worked on it now for 5 months, programming, writing honest reviews, ect. The idea "I make everyone know that it's all about hosting" was overdone by me.

Kind regards

[Andy.Drinkwater]

And you will benefit from that in the long run. Keep up the good work and drop me a message if you need any other help. Regards, Andy