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Link Building this Week (15.2008)

11 Apr

Sometimes it looks like every blogpost I run into has something to do with link building, while during other weeks it’s hard to find good link building related stuff. This week is just one of those low-on-links-weeks, so it seems (if I missed you or something interesting, please let me know!). I guess everybody’s busy […]

Link Building this Week (14.2008)

4 Apr

Earlier this week, Eric Ward wrote a column on SearchEngineLand about link building best practices. This post got submitted to Sphinn and, for some reason, resulted in quite a few comments. While I do think that there are better posts out there than this week’s column, I also think that there’s waaaay more mediocre stuff […]

9 Reasons Why Automated Link Software Sucks

2 Apr

Just recently, someone asked me what automated link software I would recommend. When I asked him if he meant useful tools like Link Diagnosis, he made clear that he actually was looking for software that sends out a bucket load of unsolicited link request emails with the speed of sound to use for his main […]

Link Building this Week (13.2008)

28 Mar

Although there’s a lot link building related information available, high quality 101 posts with decent tips are for some reason pretty hard to find. This is one of the reasons why I find Adam Audette’s post about the fundamentals of link building is certainly worth mentioning. It provides useful information and tips and is a […]

Does Someone Have a Green Pen?

27 Mar

Last week, I noticed that the PageRank of Wiep.net dropped from 4 to 2. The PR of all internal pages, such as the Link Value Factors, dropped with two points as well, so this is clearly a manual PageRank penalty. After discussing this with several folks, the only reason I can think of why this […]

Link Building this Week (12.2008)

21 Mar

One of the favorite days in the year of every linkbaiter is coming up, so expect to see some great examples of masterbait real soon. Don’t know what I’m talking about? April Fools, of course! I can assure you that Peter van der Graaf and Patrick Altoft aren’t the only ones preparing stuff :) David […]