link building reporting

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The problem with link building

It’s not about the links.

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Searches  content  behind  links!  

Page  with    outbound  links  

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Searches  the  content  behind  the  links  

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Nega%ve  ROI  to  start  

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A  long  payback  

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More  immediate  posi%ve  ROI  

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Low  upfront  cost  

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Content  wins  long  term  

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Value  decays  over  %me  

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Content  wins  earlier  

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Sharp  drop  in  value  

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Content  wins  big  long-­‐term  

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Paid  link  ROI  goes  to  crap  

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Take  a  closer  look  

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Paid  s%ll  exceeds  content  

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Cost  s%ll  lower  

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Not  a  “bad”  investment  

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Rapid  growth  early  

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Investment  hits  posi%ve  ROI  earlier  

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Content  tac%cs  survive  

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Most pages on site

Doesn’t really share anchors with rest of site

What Is This?

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They acquired a pre-owned domain and 301

redirected to a subpage.

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