Apparently it is here to stay: the power of the inbound link. Google values the inbound link in a powerful way. It's a vote for your site, and without the votes, you don't get that Googletrust and you don't get that ranking. Getting the right mix of links is crucial, and how to even get these links is a mystery to most, and a pain in the rear to the rest of us. But with the right effort and knowledge, you can create a logical mix of inbound links that will indicate to search engines that your site is valuable.
But first to point out the obvious, without a decent, valuable site, your link building will be wasted. Search engines try and mostly do reward sites that are relevant to search terms, useful to visitors. So gaming the system without trying to truly have a worthwhile site will not work. It may work for a short time, but for longevity, you are still wise to focus on what the visitor wants and needs.
However, in this day and age you absolutely cannot ignore the massive amount of SEO work that must be done if you want to show up in search. Unless your site just naturally refills itself with content every few days, unless you are a rockstar in your industry and people just link to you all the time for fun, then you will have to manipulate your site to be what the search engines want too. And for most of us, it is just not all that natural to keep writing articles, more and more paragraphs of words. At some point it is just sheer nonsense, continuously adding content whether the visitor needs it or not. But alas, it must be done.
It is reality that the incoming links are an integral part of this manipulation of your campaign for the search engines. Your link building campain will include the natural links that occur by chance (or by link baiting, adding lots of content and press releases and viral marketing). And you should balance this with a large volume of small links and a handful of heavy duty links from higher PR pages, or from some EDU links or GOV links. The sites ranking high in results have plenty of links, most likely a portion of them are paid links, it is just reality.
Keep your link campaign well rounded, with a mix of inbound links from pages with high page rank, and even below yours. Vary the anchor text for your links. Also point links to internal relevant pages in addition to your home page. Take your time, space out your new incoming links. The crawlers will detect an unnatural spike. This is especially important for new sites. Links in content are still absolutely the best, seek these out in every creative way possible. Avoid bad neighborhoods where there are lots of spammy paid links to questionable sites.
Sounds like a lot of work? The best link building is just plain time consuming, there is no way around it, and more and more companies are hiring it out in some fashion. - 15634
But first to point out the obvious, without a decent, valuable site, your link building will be wasted. Search engines try and mostly do reward sites that are relevant to search terms, useful to visitors. So gaming the system without trying to truly have a worthwhile site will not work. It may work for a short time, but for longevity, you are still wise to focus on what the visitor wants and needs.
However, in this day and age you absolutely cannot ignore the massive amount of SEO work that must be done if you want to show up in search. Unless your site just naturally refills itself with content every few days, unless you are a rockstar in your industry and people just link to you all the time for fun, then you will have to manipulate your site to be what the search engines want too. And for most of us, it is just not all that natural to keep writing articles, more and more paragraphs of words. At some point it is just sheer nonsense, continuously adding content whether the visitor needs it or not. But alas, it must be done.
It is reality that the incoming links are an integral part of this manipulation of your campaign for the search engines. Your link building campain will include the natural links that occur by chance (or by link baiting, adding lots of content and press releases and viral marketing). And you should balance this with a large volume of small links and a handful of heavy duty links from higher PR pages, or from some EDU links or GOV links. The sites ranking high in results have plenty of links, most likely a portion of them are paid links, it is just reality.
Keep your link campaign well rounded, with a mix of inbound links from pages with high page rank, and even below yours. Vary the anchor text for your links. Also point links to internal relevant pages in addition to your home page. Take your time, space out your new incoming links. The crawlers will detect an unnatural spike. This is especially important for new sites. Links in content are still absolutely the best, seek these out in every creative way possible. Avoid bad neighborhoods where there are lots of spammy paid links to questionable sites.
Sounds like a lot of work? The best link building is just plain time consuming, there is no way around it, and more and more companies are hiring it out in some fashion. - 15634
