Link Building this Month (08.2009)

Just like last month, I came across a few interesting articles that might be good reading material for those who try to obtain links through sending out press releases.

One of the best articles I’ve read in a while is Ken McGaffins list with 10 reasons why journalists may write about your site. Only link marketers who fully understand why people link to other sites in their niche can be optimally successful. Also, knowing the basics and trying to avoid PR mistakes and pitch no-nos can help as well :)

You probably haven’t missed SEOmoz launching their updated Search Engine Ranking Factors document, which they have expanded with a link building section as well now. The Search Engine Ranking Factors definitely are a good read – if you’re looking for more info on link value and valuating links, you can either read David Snyder or Jon Henshaws latest article.

And also:

• Advanced article marketing – Jannifer Mattern
• My favorite link building lie – Eric Ward
• Five approached to creating a link building strategy – Angela Moore
• Link building through social media; is it that difficult? – Ravi Venkatesan
• Finding sites to buy links on with a little help from Google – Marcus Tandler
• How a search engine might analyze the linking structure of a web site – Bill Slawski
• Link building for small ecommerce sites – Rob Ousbey
• Natural Link Building : Create an Online Presence and Linkable Brand – Loren Baker
• 230 Link bait ideas – Thomas M. Schmitz
• How to get dofollow links from Wikipedia articles – Tom Demers
• A case study: Using contests to build links – Debra Mastaler
• 3 Ways to measure link investment risk – Michael Martinez
• Why reciprocal links will always be viable – Eric Ward

 Natural Link Building : Create an Online Presence and Linkable Brand