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    Link Building Dos & Donts

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    Introduction

    Craig Parker our resident SEO Ex

    comprehensive whitepaper on t

    Craig runs through all the major

    suggestions on what you should

    with the search engines.

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    explanation about your link prof

    This document will explore diffe

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    you sit down to read this docum

    techniques and spending time in

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    same patterns over and over again.

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    people make is rushing off to build 1000s of lin

    tool in your SEO arsenal, not the onlyone. Make

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    e first entry as an example.

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    , you should be able to find help quite easily.

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    Task

    Initial Site Planning

    I have ensure my site uses at le

    I have ensured my site has a ce

    I have identified my niche for k

    I know what platform my site

    I have sorted a server/hosting

    Keywords

    I have conducted basic keywor

    I have chosen 10-20 "golden" t

    I have made sure my target ke

    I have double checked the key

    I have double checked the com

    I have a related domain name

    Onsite Work

    I have used my keyword resear

    I have signed up for webmaste

    I have ensured my site is acces

    I have used robots and htacces

    If my site is a rebuild or move,

    I have ensure header tags have

    I have ensure the alt attribute

    I have implemented affiliate co

    I have generated relevant site

    I have correctly marked up any

    I have ensured my golden key

    I have SEO/keyword friendly ur

    I have some unique content re

    Post Indexing

    I have checked my site for cano

    I have a backup in case things g

    I have a content schedule abou

    I have made sure there is no hi

    All my titles, meta data and he

    I have ensure I have not straye

    Link

    ast one revenue model

    ntral theme

    eyword research

    ill be on and why (static/Wordpress etc)

    research

    rget keywords

    words are related

    ords have search volume

    petitors are realistic competition

    nd/or site name

    ch to fill in head data

    and analytics services

    ible

    s to control spidering

    ld urls have been taken into account

    been used correctly

    as been completed on images

    des/links/banners

    aps (text/news/mobile/video)

    available data (rDFA/Microformats)

    ords are used throughout my sites content

    ls

    dy based on my golden keywords

    nical issues (such as domain and category pages

    o wrong

    t when to add new content to the site

    den text or broken divs etc.

    ders are unique to their own pages

    too far from my sites central theme

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    Beginning Link Building

    OK so you have done everything

    wilderness, here are a few gene

    Do

    Start steady, work up to those fi

    over a few weeks or a month

    Put a small amount of time asid

    week to add new links

    Stick to your golden keywords a

    niche

    Use anchor text keywords wher

    Use nofollow links, they are part

    profile

    Use small amounts of social me

    Vary link targets inside specific p

    Use internal link building to ben

    Strike a balance between root a

    tend to aim for 1 in 3 links to de

    Create a separate email address

    link campaigns.

    A Few Notes to Start...

    A note on auto submitters and

    or websites, generally I do not r

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    same pattern each time

    There is no doubt that t

    remember this natural l

    2) If the software was so gust use it to magically S

    affiliate commissions? S

    the top in any niche, its

    edging forward.

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    on your checklist, now its time to move into th

    al dos and donts that apply to link building in

    Dont

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    launched

    each day or Spend 12 hours Monday buil

    it 30 days before trying again

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    text because they are high tr

    ver possible Use the exact same anchor t

    of a natural Target 100 dofollow blogs in

    the same text

    ia to interact Spam every article and link t

    Facebook

    ages Link to your homepage 15 ti

    post

    efit you too Go overboard or try to contr

    nofollows

    d deep links, I

    ep pages

    Build 50,000 links to index.p

    of your site

    for managing Use this as an excuse to crea

    spam without consequence,

    etc.

    oftware: A lot of affiliates ask me about auto su

    commend using them. There are a number of r

    t works on patterns, recognising them, classifyin

    opriately. If you use an auto submitter you are c

    and the exact same pattern as everyone else usi

    is could be easily detected, if you take no other

    ink profile rarely have predictable patterns.

    od it brought guaranteed results how come the

    EO a bunch of their sites to the top and make lot

    EO is a dynamic field there is no one technique t

    about balancing techniques monitoring results

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    link building

    eneral.

    the day your site is

    ding links then leave

    eywords as anchor

    affic

    xt every single time

    the same hour with

    Twitter and

    es in one article or

    l PR flow with

    p and 0 to the rest

    te a false alias and

    try to avoid Hotmail

    bmission software

    asons for this.

    g them and

    reating the exact

    ng that submitter.

    advice from me

    programmer didnt

    s of their own

    hat can get you to

    nd constantly

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    3) Your IP will likely be banyoull be spamming can

    a real spanner in the wo

    when this info will get t

    Open ID or similar syste

    Ultimately auto submission does

    keywords, target website etc th

    with it and 90% of the time you

    amounts.

    A note on black and white hat t

    myths, depending on your persp

    general) strategy can be white h

    basic rule set but even many of

    We all want to make money onli

    its better SEO but because its t

    but so can playing by the rules, i

    webmasters how you would like

    turned.

    A note on Link Profiles: Link pro

    of the most important aspects o

    to a site (especially from launch)

    and stronger as time goes on, p

    systematically on the 3rd week o

    It easy to illustrate this point wit

    discovered throughout on year,

    Link

    ned from a bunch of services, just like Google m

    detect your behaviour and ultimately ban your I

    rks for when you want to do some real marketin

    Google and what they could do with it, especia

    s

    have its place in SEO but its so conditional and

    t you really shouldnt use it unless youre sure t

    can achieve just as much with manual submissio

    echniques: Black and white hat is one of the mo

    ective and approach almost any SEO (or indeed

    at or black hat, there are the Google Webmaste

    hese are shades of grey.

    ne but you should always respect other peoples

    he right thing to do. Using aggressive or underh

    ts a personal judgement but I recommend you

    to be treated yourself, you never know when th

    files are the building of links to your website ov

    f link building and one of the most ignored. Whe

    its important to build a steadily rising link grap

    aks and troughs are fine to occur every now an

    f every month.

    h an actual graph, imagine the figures are cumu

    the axis of the bottom is the week in the year.

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    any of the websites

    . This is going to be

    g. You never know

    lly with current

    specific to industry,

    e site can cope

    n even in smaller

    st prevalent SEO

    marketing in

    Guidelines as a

    work, not because

    nd tactics can work

    lways treat others

    e tables will be

    r time; they are one

    n doing link building

    that gets strong

    again but not

    ative links

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    If you build poor quality links frodown and also look bad, always

    link profile.

    A Note on Keyword Volumes &

    volumes these days, mostly bec

    sure to keep this in mind, track t

    it really is worth your effort. Ear

    much lower inbound traffic than

    impression to CTR (visible in We

    With the constant SERP changes

    impressions and clickthroughs amonitor your target keywords p

    point in ranking 1st for a keywor

    Link

    m sites that delete them over time your link graaim to build stable, sustainable links to ensure t

    Adjustment: Unfortunately no tool accurately r

    use its such a difficult task. When you do your

    he traffic increases as the keyword is moving up

    ly indicates that it may be time to give up on a k

    predicted, terrible bounce rates, low pages per

    bmaster Tools now).

    (the most recent being the aggressive intrusion

    re almost always in flux, use webmaster tools anerformance and make adjustments to your cam

    if 90% of the traffic bounces off.

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    ph will go up ande stability of your

    ports keyword

    eyword research be

    and try to predict if

    yword include

    visit or low

    of places results)

    d analytics toaign, there is little

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    Link Building Method

    You are probably already aware

    to take a look at each of them n

    Directory Link Building

    An old technique that many peo

    Directory submission has certain

    your SEO toolbox.

    Do

    Work Golden Keywords into thepossible

    Create 5 or so varied sets of title

    and keyword sets and rotate th

    Carefully select niche, related a

    directories to submit to

    Check competitor backlinks for

    are helping them

    Consider paying for cheaper nic

    directories, especially for a few

    Look into blog, recipe, product,other vertical directories if it ap

    niche/website

    Submit to directories that only a

    Directory link building can be a

    with control and balance in min

    different directories and really f

    you have to shell out a few dolla

    The absolute last thing to do is s

    the sites you are leaving links on

    because reciprocal linking is spe

    scamming links from webmaste

    Link

    of most of the standard SEO link building techni

    w and run through some basic dos and donts.

    ple would claim is dead in SEO but this is simp

    ly evolved since the early days of SEO but its sti

    Dont

    Site Title where Put all 20 golden keywords i

    s, descriptions

    m/mix them up

    Use auto submitters to thro

    the same description to dire

    d powerful Drop links on free-links-bom

    cake.net which currently ha

    reviews

    irectories which Assume that Google will spi

    away

    e or powerful

    arly deep links

    Submit to 10,000 directories

    eview, RSS orlies to your

    Create crappy blog pages orfeeds just to get in them

    llow URL links Worry, if you chose a good d

    valuable too

    owerful technique but it needs to be done right

    , ensure you are writing varied descriptions and

    cus on those competitor and niche directories

    rs.

    ubmit 1000s and 1000s of links to poor quality

    and always avoid directories that force you to r

    cifically bad but more often than not because th

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    ly not true.

    ll a useful tool in

    the title

    1000s of copies of

    ctories

    bay-horizon-

    15,000 pending

    er the links right

    for $100

    non maintained

    omain these are

    , approach the task

    titles for the

    t the start, even if

    directories, examine

    eciprocal link, not

    ese directories are

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    Social Bookmarking

    Social bookmarking is the proce

    specific content on your site, ge

    content so you may need to spelink benefit.

    Do

    Use social bookmarking to prom

    content on your site

    Get in your deep links, post new

    posts you are proud of to SB site

    Get the links even if they are no

    Use SB to help new content get

    Submit to social bookmarking in

    maybe two or three times a mo

    different SB sites each time

    Write a range of titles and descr

    with directories

    Expect that not all your links will

    Use informative titles with 1 or

    keywords inUse enticing titles (such as top 5

    niche)

    Social bookmarking can result in

    and indexing exposure.

    Never go headstrong into social

    you think so, work to create so

    submit that. At the very least cr

    guidelines (i.e. list articles, how

    Link

    s of using sites like Digg, StumbleUpon and man

    erally they require other users to work with yo

    nd some time making friends if you want to see

    Dont

    ote interesting Show everyone your terms a

    articles and blog

    s.

    Submit your home page

    ollow Assume they are a waste of

    that attribute

    indexed Post to the same sites every

    article

    short burst

    th using

    Spam Digg.com 5 times a da

    iptions just like Crack that auto-submitter o

    links

    make Instantly repost them 10 tim

    against competition

    golden Cram 15 keywords into a 15

    products in my Set the title to Keyword 1 b

    tons of link power and traffic but mostly its jus

    bookmarking assuming you deserve to be first p

    ething different and/or original (expect that to

    ate some unique content along the usual social

    o articles, and make sure they have pictures an

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    y more to promote

    in promoting

    more than the basic

    nd conditions page

    ime just because of

    day with a new

    with links

    t for 10,000 quick

    es or go voting

    character title

    Brian

    for the easy links

    age of Digg because

    e hard work) and

    bookmark

    are easy to read).

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    Article Submission

    Article submission is the process

    related to your niche and submi

    this case we are focusing mainly

    Do

    Use article submission to broad

    potential and capture additional

    Use lots of different article direc

    specialising in niche related or e

    powerful ones

    Ensure you at least vary the arti

    if not have new content all togeChop and change anchor text be

    directories

    Mix up deep links and root links

    effect

    Use very powerful portals like G

    to build up reputation

    Use MoreNiche resources comb

    spinners or your own rewriting s

    Write article variations for on an

    Ensure you select appropriate c

    Read and understand each direc

    links and be sure to stick by the

    Just like directory submission, a

    quantity. Start with your niche a

    these, expand your campaign as

    As articles take a while to both

    consider article submission as a

    campaign with the target of ma

    Its also a good idea to keep trac

    regularly and prioritising these f

    Link

    of writing medium length (400-1000 word) arti

    tting them to various online article directories fo

    on the links prospect.

    Dont

    n ranking

    traffic

    Use it to outrank your own si

    you submit

    tories,

    specially

    Submit it 10,000 articles dire

    day

    le between sites

    her

    Use auto submitters to drop

    very directorytween Forget to use anchors or sue

    time

    for maximum Link 3 times to your homepa

    ather and Ezine Bully or spam a community,

    earned

    ined with article

    kills

    Just copy and paste the reso

    will have already been done

    d offsite Put the same article on your

    submit it to directories.

    tegories Waste a submission by putti

    inappropriate category

    tories rules on Use auto submitters or not p

    end up with a banned article

    ticle submission is about find a balance betwee

    nd high powered directories and put time into c

    the weeks go on to some of the smaller directo

    repare, submit and be approved and spidered y

    long term task, as such its good to start it early i

    two sessions per month.

    k of what directories are approving your articles

    or future submissions.

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    les on subjects

    r links or traffic. In

    tes, think before

    ctories in the same

    the same article one

    the same one every

    ge in one paragraph

    espect has to be

    rce up, its lazy and

    site/blog then

    g it in a totally

    ay attention and

    or user account.

    quality and

    eating content for

    ies.

    ou definitely need to

    n your SEO

    quickly and/or

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    Blog & Forum Submissi

    Blog and forum submissions are

    on relevant posts or joining in p

    sites, it should be handled caref

    Do

    Use search operators and Googl

    identify targets in your niche

    Pay attention to localisation and

    traffic/customers

    Comment on blogs with your o

    name

    Read posts and reply with a vali

    Engage with bloggers and forum

    potential future link avenues.

    Use multiple forums with differ

    post when you can but consider

    Blog and forum commenting ca

    as well pointless if your comme

    submission may initially seem q

    A critical way of thinking about i

    I can get a link if I contribute s

    And not,

    I deserve a linkfor joining in t

    Remember you dont deserve a

    Agree, always read what they

    illustrate an example of how so

    Additionally if youre a blog or f

    respect, not every comment is s

    and maybe earn a link back if yo

    Link

    ns

    a slightly different form of link building that inv

    pular forum discussion in order to gain links fro

    lly but is still a perfectly good way to obtain lin

    Dont

    e blog search to Use lists of forums unrelated

    niche

    potential Push links onto forums and u

    know you

    n or brand Stuff name fields with keywo

    interaction Post generic great idea poslook like a spammer

    staff to create Upset everyone right away le

    slagging other members/con

    nt signatures,

    time vs payoff

    Keep changing sig links or po

    thread

    bring some great SEO results but they can also

    ts never go live or your threads are deleted. Blo

    ite different but the way you approach them as

    t is this;

    mething to this discussion

    is discussion

    link from someones blog or forum just because

    ere talking about, maybe offer a (polite) alterna

    ething they discuss did/did not work for you.

    rum administrator treat commenters and cont

    pam and you are much more likely to open com

    u give people a chance.

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    lves commenting

    m powerful niche

    s.

    to your theme or

    sers before people

    rds

    ts that make you

    aving links and

    ributors off.

    t 300 times in one

    be time consuming

    g and forum

    an SEO is the same.

    you posted I

    te perspective or

    ibutors with

    unication channel

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    Profile Link Building

    Profile link building involves the

    biographical data such as profile

    that lost a lot of power recently

    Do

    Whenever you genuinely make

    somewhere ensure you fill in rel

    and place a link where you can

    Know that overdoing profile link

    easily get you banned or penalis

    Realise that you need to conside

    separately

    Small selection of the huge rang

    Keep an eye out for the dofollo

    Try to get keyword urls if you w

    rank

    Use keywords in your bio, link it

    ensure it reads well.

    Remember many forums have p

    Tailor bios to fit the theme of th

    Fill in as many fields as possible

    Profile link building can be of us

    than any other technique this is

    unnatural to have exactly the sa

    for this.

    As with many forms of link build

    Facebook, Twitter and a few nic

    time looking for the most releva

    time interacting but I recommen

    natural.

    Always remember that some of

    dont want to close out the SER

    Link

    uses of membership sites across the web and m

    s when you create an account to gain a link bac

    but still holds some value when used correctly.

    Dont

    n account

    evant bio data

    Go around changing them ea

    new website.

    building can

    ed

    Over do it!

    r each site Get banned because you did

    remember it could cause proSEO

    e of social sites Submit to the same sites ove

    the same pattern.

    ones Avoid leaving a link just beca

    nt the profile to Spam 50 keywords in the acc

    to your site but Make your bio a list of 50 ke

    rofile pages too Create multiple accounts jus

    e site Paste the same bio into 150

    Just add a bio and never thin

    but you really need to be careful in technique

    really one in which you need to avoid auto sub

    me profile on a 1000 services and I have seen pe

    ing a good idea is to grow it with your site, start

    e relative ones and as time goes on create mor

    nt ones you can find and expanding out. You do

    d you do give each site a little love, just so your

    the bigger social networking sites have a lot of r

    s for smaller keywords with profiles instead of y

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    anipulating

    , its a technique

    ch time you get a

    t read the rules,

    blems for future

    r and over again in

    use its nofollow

    ount/prolife name

    words

    for the links

    ites

    k about it again

    nd volume, more

    itters, its incredibly

    ople get penalised

    of small with

    and more, each

    t have to spend

    profile looks more

    nking potential, you

    our site!

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    Competitor Analysis

    Competitor link analysis is an es

    competitors are getting their ra

    lot of advantages. There are nuSEOBook Toolbar, SEMRush and

    splash out Majestic SEO has the

    Do

    Use a range of tools to obtain b

    trawl the results

    Pull out specific directories/artic

    other link building efforts

    Compare multiple competitors athat all sites have

    Building links from your compet

    tasks, it can be time consuming

    you manage to gain a lot of thei

    Specifically use this tactic for na

    new directories and article sites.

    new links your competitors hav

    Link

    ential part of any link building campaign, the cu

    king edge from somewhere so finding and steal

    erous tools to help you evaluate the competitioSEOmozs Linkscape/Open Site Explorer but if y

    best backlink technology.

    Dont

    cklink data to Expect Googles link operato

    information you need

    le sites etc for Stray too far from your nich

    competitors overlap into se

    nd target links Expect to be able to get evebest

    itors backlink profiles can be one of the more te

    but is really worth it and can cause leapfrog ef

    important links.

    rowing down potential sites to contact for link b

    Its worth spending a little time each month on

    gained as quickly as possible.

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    rrently ranking

    ing it can bring in a

    n including theu can afford to

    r to give you all the

    , sometimes

    arate niches to you

    y one, just do your

    ious link building

    ects in the SERPs if

    uilding or to find

    this task, catching

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    Link Requests, Guest Bl

    One of the older forms of link b

    owners and requesting that the

    amount of abuse many webmas

    however as long as you take car

    Guest blogging is almost identic

    to place on their blog.

    Reciprocal lining is exchanging li

    Do

    Be polite, you are requesting soelses time and resource.

    Explain why they should link to

    offer something in return or ma

    somewhere else.

    Ensure you correctly research th

    will give you a link if youve not

    their site properly.

    Prepare a range of people to em

    work your way down the list

    Provide them with all the resour

    need, contact details, HTML codanchor text and potential image

    Create a few guest blog posts an

    alternate link request strategy

    Use some reciprocal link exchan

    industry relevant, in content lin

    Even though it has been overdo

    this way, if youre looking for a

    search or checking your compet

    If you opt for the guest blogger

    little time on a blog search or Te

    Another way to find potential lin

    however often end up being ab

    the merits and dangers of recipr

    lies somewhere in the middle of

    Use reciprocal link opportunitie

    other links, trade articles or pos

    much more likely to benefit bot

    Link

    gging & Reciprocal Linking

    ilding, link requests are quite simply contacting

    take a look at your site and hopefully link back.

    ter have become desensitised to this link buildin

    e you can gain powerful backlinks.

    l bar the fact you provide a set piece of content

    nks between webmasters.

    Dont

    e of someone Demand a link. Ever.

    ou, can you

    be a link from

    Try to trick the other webma

    webmasters at least know th

    the value of a link.

    e site; no one

    ven looked at

    Get their names/site name/n

    email, they are highly likely t

    ail and slowly Email the same person 30 ti

    to upset them

    ces they may

    e with suggestedfor an article

    Email them anonymously fro

    Mail account so you can hide

    d use this as an Send 100 webmasters the sa

    article

    ges to gain

    s

    Recip link with people who j

    100 other reciprocal links.

    e by spammy companies you can still find some

    ay to find some potential webmaster contacts t

    itors backlinks.

    oute then sites like MyBlogGuest can be useful

    chnorati can yield similar results.

    k partners is via webmaster forums and other c

    ut reciprocal links. A hundred thousand articles

    ocal links so I wont go into too much detail, the

    good and bad.

    but dont exchange with spammy sites for a lin

    s and use internal links to pass value, its much l

    of you.

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    Due to the sheer

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    for the webmaster

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