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Learn Linkbuilding Fundamentals

h3sean
in Linkbuilding
So it's me again

Once more I find users here in SEO Forums wanting to learn about the fundamentals of linkbuilding - so I made a resource about it.

The entry explains linkbuilding from 'how important links are' to 'how to gauge if the website is a good site to get backlinks from' to 'ways to build your links'

This is based on my experience and research as an SEO specialist in the Philippines. I'm not the best, but I hope this resource helps. Especially to new SEO practitioners out there.

The resource can be found here:

http://seo-hacker.com/linkbuilding-fundamentals/
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  • Abhinandangarg
    I have read your article it is on my knowledge already. I have one Q after reading what is Guerilla Blogging
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  • h3sean
    Glad you know it.
    It's commenting on dofollow blogs - leaving your backlink in the website section of the comments form :)
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  • elmerkit
    You are really a great man to share your knowledge to others keep it up.
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  • diannewhite
    I've read your article, Sean. Good job on sharing the fundamentals on linkbuilding. Linkbuilding may be the slowest process in gathering links but it is really necessary. I particularly like commenting on blogs. Not only do I create backlinks, I learn something new every time I read the blogs. And I see to it that I do meaningful comments so as not to be branded as spam.
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  • h3sean
    said:

    You are really a great man to share your knowledge to others keep it up.


    Thank you for your very kind words Elmer :)

    It's my privilege and pleasure to share these with other SEO practitioners out there -especially the starting ones
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  • h3sean
    said:

    I've read your article, Sean. Good job on sharing the fundamentals on linkbuilding. Linkbuilding may be the slowest process in gathering links but it is really necessary. I particularly like commenting on blogs. Not only do I create backlinks, I learn something new every time I read the blogs. And I see to it that I do meaningful comments so as not to be branded as spam.


    Yeap! Blog commenting (or in other words, Guerilla Blogging) is one of the best ways to build backlinks. You have to make sure that it's a dofollow blog. Read the article and comment as a reader and not as an SEO practitioner. Great insight Dianne!

    And thanks for reading up my article :) I hope you got something out of it even if you're already ahead in SEO
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  • diannewhite
    said:

    Yeap! Blog commenting (or in other words, Guerilla Blogging) is one of the best ways to build backlinks. You have to make sure that it's a dofollow blog. Read the article and comment as a reader and not as an SEO practitioner. Great insight Dianne!

    And thanks for reading up my article I hope you got something out of it even if you're already ahead in SEO

    Of course, I always get something out of your blog. It's a good help having a refresher on SEO basics and fundamentals.

    My take on the no follow controversy is it will still bring you traffic even though Google won't score it for a site's page ranking. And there may come a time that these no follow blogs may become dofollow. So I still consider both when it comes to blog commenting. Meaningful comments beget authority and it will help you build reputation.

    And blog commenting is different from Guerilla blogging, afaik. All agreed.
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  • Qurayshi
    Hii
    I can also surely give you a very comprehensive way of learning Link Building at http://bit.ly/aXZoeQ
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    # If your website is link worthy within your industry, you may want to use PPC for link building. With PPC, relevant traffic will come to your website, and regardless of the channel, if they like your website, they will link to you. If you manage things well, this ploy will prove to be much more economical and natural than a conventional link building method.
    # Make sure that you don't have any grammatical or spelling mistake on your website, especially if you want industry leaders and authoritative people like librarians to link to your site. This is where having a quality content writer will pay, as committing such mistakes will deprive you from fetching some otherwise possible 5 star links.
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  • h3sean
    said:

    Of course, I always get something out of your blog. It's a good help having a refresher on SEO basics and fundamentals.

    My take on the no follow controversy is it will still bring you traffic even though Google won't score it for a site's page ranking. And there may come a time that these no follow blogs may become dofollow. So I still consider both when it comes to blog commenting. Meaningful comments beget authority and it will help you build reputation.

    And blog commenting is different from Guerilla blogging, afaik. All agreed.


    Hey Dianne!

    Thanks! Thank you for your kind words and encouragement :)
    And you're right - commenting on nofollow blogs also pay off in the sense of related traffic and authority. If page rank don't matter much to you then it won't be a problem to comment on nofollow blogs :)

    Also, maybe you can share with me how guerilla blogging is different from blog commenting? :) I'm not someone who claims that I know-it-all. Thank you for correcting me on that
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  • h3sean
    @Qurayshi

    Thank you for sharing your resource. I'm sure people would find it useful
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  • Nicholas
    i read your article.. its great man i enjoyed reading that your knowledge is great..thanks man
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  • h3sean
    It's my pleasure and privilege to share Nicholas :) thanks for dropping by
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  • Kellyonline
    You can submit your site to web directories and you can also exchange links with similar websites as part of link building.
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  • diannewhite
    said:

    Also, maybe you can share with me how guerrilla blogging is different from blog commenting? I'm not someone who claims that I know-it-all. Thank you for correcting me on that

    From what I understand, blog commenting = giving your reaction to a blog post. Guerrilla blogging = creating a blog post. That blog does not focus on a certain topic or it will be a niche blog.
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  • h3sean
    I see :)

    I might be mistaken. Thanks for this correction Dianne!

    By the way, have you noticed some sites recently at the development of Google Caffeine - they plagarize internet marketing and SEO articles in the internet like crazy? Maybe they're abusing the new features of Caffeine... I noticed some of my articles were plagarized in the past few weeks.
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  • mecatronx
    There's a higher threshold concerning duplicate content in Caffeine for some reason. They claim that at this point completely original content on all websites is hard to find. However, at some point copycats will be put in their place :) The main issue is that focusing on disseminating information is the first criteria of building Caffeine, with fresh and relevant results, something the competition (Bing) seems to have grasped a little better. Trying to implement that with no snags into a very complex algorithm is very hard. That's why there's a certain relaxation concerning duplication. This can be a good thing in getting your word out, and bad for getting people to know it's YOUR word. Combined with the (in my mind) abusive introduction of personalized search, there's a whole new ballgame.
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  • h3sean
    said:

    This can be a good thing in getting your word out, and bad for getting people to know it's YOUR word.

    Exactly.

    Great point mecatronx... Made me think.
    Right now. This definitely sucks. Hope Google creates a workaround for this issue. I'm sure there are more problems to come our way too.

    Personalized search has been there for quite a while hasn't it? How's it related to this issue? Enlighten me please.
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  • mecatronx
    Actually personalized search has seen a MAJOR change in the last few months, more exactly in the last 2 months of 2009. Up until then, personalized search was reserved for customers of a Google service, such as Gmail. Soon after, personalized search was spread to everyone, registered or not.
    Of course it relates to the issue, as it modifies SERP's, based on past interest and preferences of a Google user. Imagine I'm an avid user of the CNN website. A news appears on BBC regarding an issue I'm interested in. A story that BBC has dug out, using it's own reporters, resources, etc. CNN shamelessly copies it, and passes it as it's own. Now, when it's time to search for the story, my first link in SERP will not be BBC, the original story owner, but CNN, cause I visit it more frequently. Now apply this to smaller scale issues and websites, see what comes up :)
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  • h3sean
    Ohh I see. Interesting point. I'm impressed. Although I cannot see it as far as today is concerned how we can manipulate that fact as SEO practitioners... Because personalized search vary from user to user and as SEO practitioners, we can barely do anything about it, can we?
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  • mecatronx
    We can, up to a point. There are techniques, some white hat, some black hat :) However, both options involve giving up some content for the greater good :)
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  • h3sean
    I see :) Good to know
    Though I think that'd be pretty tough to do. Better to focus on other stuff than worry about personalized search of users.

    Thanks Mecatronx! You're a big help to this community!
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