Archive for the ‘Building Backlinks’ Category
So today I make it to the site to moderate any comments, and just to perform some updates and the such, and low and behold what do you think I find? Hmmm, about 600 or so registered users, hundreds of gibberish articles awaiting approval, and over 700 post tags! I mean, come on already! Why are you so fucking stupid? Do you even think about what your trying to do, or do you just make aimless attempts to pollute each and every site that comes across your browsing path?
Go away!
You spammers will never get into this site anymore, ever, ever, ever!
I’m going to keep this post short.
Today was the day I dedicated to arduously moderating the more than 400 comments in the comment queue of Backlinks For SEO. Yes, I visit each and every URL submitted. Yes, I analyze each and every site for page rank and/or the number of pages indexed. Yes, this takes hours of my time, but I do it to ensure that this backlink resource is a worthwhile investment for everyone. Just like the old saying, “one bad apple spoils the bunch,” so too is the principle that one backlink associated to porn or gambling can have a bad impact on the reputation of this site, as well as every site that links to or from it. But that’s not what I wish to discuss. Actually I wish to discuss the importance of building backlinks that look natural to the search engines.
There’s a plethora of information out there about building backlinks that look natural, but I’m going to dissect it into one tiny segment: “Pages You Link To”
Link To Internal Pages:
I couldn’t help but to realize that many visitors who submit comment here at this site only fashion the backlink to the landing page of their site. In most cases many of the sites I visit have numerous pages, yet there’s only a link to the landing page. Why? Are the other pages not worth the time to visit? I would certainly hope not! Is it just a matter of being lazy? Probably not… Most importantly, what do you think it looks like from the viewpoint of the Google search engine — or the Google employee who happens to randomly review your site — when all of the backlinks to your website are directed at only the landing page? Got you thinking? Good! Because I’m willing to bet that you agree with me that this doesn’t look very natural. Not to mention the fact that neglecting to promote the entirety of any website is likely detrimental to a sites SEO. Just a thought…
Anchor Text:
Another matter is the text or anchor text that you use when creating the actual backlink. Do you always use the same anchor or keyword? Does that seem natural to you? Probably not. But some times we just use the same term anyway — hoping and impatiently awaiting for our site to rank for the term. Did you ever take into consideration that on many sites the text for a URL is “Visit Website” or “Website”?
In the least I would recommend a random anchor backlink of this type. Perhaps 1 out of every 10 backlinks would be the best proportion; though I’ve heard as high as 20%… Nevertheless, break up the monotonous anchored backlinks directed toward your website or blog they look more natural.
So there you go. Chew on this information a little bit and analyze it. Most importantly, start getting some backlinks to ALL of the internal pages on your website to make the link-building process more natural!
Here are some excellent backlink resources to help and get you on your way:
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http://www.websiteoutlook.com/
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http://www.alexa.com/
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http://www.cubestat.com/
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http://www.quantcast.com/
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http://www.aboutdomain.org/
