killer link building strategies - christoph cemper
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Part 3 of 3. Want to learn how to build high-value link targets and how to acquire them? This is becoming more and more important with the recent changes on Google. This session will help you understand the different types of links that are available today to acquire, and share some of the best ways to make sure you get them. We will help you understand the blend of links required to succeed be it government, university or the theories behind the so called “paid link”. Tools tips and tricks will be all shared in this session along with the panellist vast and varied experiences.TRANSCRIPT
Killer Link Building Strategies&
Tools To Use
Christoph C. Cemper
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Motivation
• Give overview of actually USED techniques and tools
• LOTs of outdated information out there
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Link Building Over Time (2004)
OMG, I got banned from Google for pointing a PR8 sitewide link at my 3 days old datafeed site domain!
Lesson learnt: don‘t overdo it
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Killer Link Building Strategy #1
Look at your competitor‘s
links
!
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Look at your competitor‘s links first!
they RANK ABOVE YOUbecause of
THEIR LINKS (and …)
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Competitors are also …
potential link
sources
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Competitors are …
GovernmentsWikipedia
News & MediaIndustry Hubs
…
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Backlink & Anchor Text Analysis
• list backlinks to competitor
• judge quality & strength• go after them!• be EFFICIENT!
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Common Backlink Analysis
• list backlinks of top ranks(= competitors)
• find common ones• judge quality & strength• go after them!
– AKA „hub finder“
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unreachable Authorities & Media
a link on level 2is better than
no link!
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Common Outbound Link Analysis
• list outbound links of top ranking sites(influential sites, news, media)
• find common ones• judge quality & strength• Go after them (b/c you can!)
– AKA „authority finder“
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unreachable Authorities & Media
Level1
Level2
Level3
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15Link Graph source - which engine to
ask?• (mix all these together, then de-dupe, verify!)• Yahoo• Yahoo Deep Crawl (to get more than 1000!)• Google (just in case)• Google Blogsearch (just in case)• Altavista• Exalead• Technorati Backlinks• Alexa Backlinks• Google Webmaster Console (for your own site!)• Yahoo Site Explorer (for your own site!)• Bing Webmaster Console (for your own site!)• And OF COURSE: 3rd party link graphs ($$$, see later)
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Quality & Strength? What To Look at
• (for each link)• Trust Indicators
– .edu links, .gov links, .mil links, .ac.uk links– .de / .fr / .ca / … TLD University Links– News & Media authority links– Niche authority links (which are?)
• Juice Indicator (CEMPER.COM specific)• #of Keywords Ranking Indicators
– SEMrush, Sistrix• Document Age, Change Indicators
– Webarchive– NetCraft
• MozRank vs. PageRank• Traffic Indicators
– SemRush– Sistrix– Compete– Quantcast– Alexa– Admanager
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be EFFICIENT!
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18Quality? What To Look at (step2 -
human)
• Is it relevant?
• Good link neighborhood in and out?
• Is it a trustworthy site?
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BEWARE – Times Change Quick
• What used to work doesn‘t have to anymore!
• Your competitors got away with it
• YOU MAY NOT!
• Definition of „spammy“ changes!
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Choose your link sources carefully!!
OMG it‘s full of SPAMAnd we‘re in the
middle of all these link buyers!
DO NOT GET A LINK HERE!!!
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Advanced Tools on the market
• CBLT– SeoBook– SeoMoz– InternetmarketingNinjas (RIP)– LinkResearchTools.com
• COLT– LinkResearchTools.com
• BATT– SeoMoz– LinkResearchTools.com
• JUICE– LinkResearchTools.com
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3rd Party Link Graphs
• SeoMoz LinkScape• Majestic SEO• Sistrix (german market)• CommonCrawl.org (untested)
• USE THEM ALL!
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What, no page rank?
Matt CuttsSays(SMX Advanced
Seattle 2008)
We return random page rank data if we feel like to – it‘s fun!
• Lesson learnt: don‘t look at PR
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297 Golden Rules of White Hat Link
Building
1. Relevant page & in content links2. Domain trust3. Natural anchor text4. Nofollow5. Juicy Page 6. No Spam!7. Don’t buy links for page rank!
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Natural Anchor Text Distribution
Golden Rules of White Hat Link Building (3)
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Normal users don’t care
about anchor text
Golden Rules of White Hat Link Building (3)
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build
NOFOLLOW
links
Golden Rules of White Hat Link Building (4)
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because you don‘t look at pagerank
(do you?)
Golden Rules of White Hat Link Building (4)
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Juicy Page =
it does rank!
Golden Rules of White Hat Link Building (5)
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DON‘T BUY LINKS
FOR PAGE RANK
Golden Rules of White Hat Link Building (7)
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THANK YOUR FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
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