There is certainly no dearth of SEO companies and link farms crying themselves hoarse trying to elucidate the importance of the backlinks to the novice website owners. Although most experts suggest that link building should form an integral part of page rank improvement efforts, the million dollar question remains do backlinks still hold the same [...]

All too common today are obvious attempts to create buzz on the internet that went over like a fart in church. The problem with a lot of these attempts is that they were simply too obtuse, dry, weird, and overall not innovative or informative enough to grab the attention of the masses. These failed Linkbait [...]

When you think about links, it seems fairly simple what a natural link would be.  A natural link is exactly as it sounds, one that happens naturally without any outside influence are artificial assistance.  A natural link is one that we do not buy, ask for or personally generate.  They simply occur naturally, because someone [...]

Link bait might be good for online publishers that want to boost their traffic levels but is it really doing anything for their bottom lines? Not really.  Though that depends on the subject.  Others get more attention, more traffic and thus more time investment from users. At the top of the list you’ll find the [...]

There are so many blogs on the internet it is a wonder that there is any other kind of page left at all. I mean, if they have their own search category on Google right next to “music” and “videos” it has to be a pretty good portion of the overall number of pages. Even [...]

Google recently published an official statement covering the quality of back links and how they affect your website rank.  Google wants to make sure people understand their viewport on getting a hold of quality links (among other things – they tend to be a little outspoken) So if you’re looking to build the quality instead [...]

It’s well known that links are at the heart of improving rank.  Link building is a major search engine optimization technique because the more one-way, valuable links a web site has the greater the chance of that page performing in the SERPs. Links are of course important because they help other people actually locate your [...]

For years now link building has been a major factor in the SEO industry.  Google changed the cadence at which we march with its PageRank algorithms and all other search engines have fallen into line like good little soldiers. It’s obvious why – trusted links show as a vote of confidence and trust.  Sadly, not [...]

For starters let me say that I’m picky as all get out and I don’t entertain requests for links.  That’s the nature of the business and I’m stingy with my link juice.  I don’t like to share.  If I were in the mindset to share any of what I’ve quickly developed however, I would continue [...]

Link Partnership – Negotiation As an online business, you have painstakingly established what your Unique Selling Point (USP) is after a grueling amount of research.  Now that your hair has shifted two shades closer to gray, you’ve identified what it is that sets you apart from all your competition; what makes you harder, better, faster, [...]