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The Mother of All Linkbaits

18 Aug

A linkbait doesn’t need thousands of links to be successful, a few dozen high quality links can be more than enough. Of course, a mix of quantity and quality would be the ideal situation, but that’s pretty hard to accomplish. Today, an article in a newspaper pointed out a piece of research that -although it […]

Link Building this Week (33.2008)

15 Aug

Sorry, short post this week :) Tom Critchlow mentions a link building technique that is easy to use AND can be very effective Matt McGee shows what a small link building push can accomplish Micheal Gray teached advanced link building and explained why PageRank will never die Eric Sopp lists three reasons why links from […]

Wiep.net Redesign

14 Aug

When I started this blog little over a year ago, I set only little expectations. No specific targets but having fun writing about SEO and link building and improving my (English) writing skills. Although my writing skills remain far from perfect (I’d give myself a “that’ll do”), they certainly have improved and I’m still having […]

Link Building this Week (32.2008)

8 Aug

Thomas Schmitz made an interesting list of everything you wanted to know about inbound and external links. He not only explains why links (and which links) are important, but he also threw in a few nice examples that turned his post into a solid introduction to links. And also: Pete Wailes compiled the ultimate guide […]

Using Spam in Your Advantage

8 Aug

Most people see spam as nothing but annoying. However, like I’ve mentioned before, there are lots of things you can use spam for. You’ll receive spam no matter what you do, so why not use it in your advantage? You’ve probably received the CNN Daily Top 10 email just as often as I did. Lots […]

Link Building is…

7 Aug

…yes, so what is link building actually? Lee Odden wrote an interesting post about link building vs. content promotion. In this post, he explains why he thinks that ‘unsolicited link acquisition based on content’, perhaps with a little bit of “traditional” link building, will lead to search engine traffic. He is absolutely right, but it […]