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The Pitfalls of SEO – SEO Simplified

pittfall — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:38:57 +0000

Sometimes it is easy to get lost in the details of SEO. This is a simple game. You throw the ball. You hit the ball. You catch the ball. You got it? - Bull Durham Don’t get me wrong, SEO does require some advanced techniques to compete in most of the top areas, but it does boil down [...]

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The Pitfalls of SEO – SEO Simplified

Link Building Tips – Google Alerts

pittfall — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:09:47 +0000

Link building is one of the most important and most difficult tasks in SEO. The most difficult thing to do is to get others to talk about your site and publish a link to your site, hopefully with anchor text, or alt element for image links, that contains a keyword that is important to your [...]

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Link Building Tips – Google Alerts

Link Building 2.0 – Link Development in Web 2.0

pittfall — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:35:35 +0000

Link building has changed, specifically around the concept of Web 2.0. Here is the definition from SEW: Web 2.0: A term that refers to a supposed second generation of Internet-based services. These usually include tools that let people collaborate and share information online, such as social networking sites, wikis, communication tools, and folksonomies. Web 2.0 has had a profound [...]

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Link Building 2.0 – Link Development in Web 2.0

Baiting the Waters for Link Success

pittfall — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:01:12 +0000

Linkbaiting, like many forms of link development and viral marketing, is a double edged sword. It can dramatically influence you inbound link profile (IBLP) for the benefit or detriment of your organic search performance. Being too effective in non-influential spaces can clutter your link profile and not reach your ultimate goal of conversions. Linkbaiting, like [...]

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Baiting the Waters for Link Success

How to Win Links and Influence Webmasters

pittfall — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:14:52 +0000

Direct requests for inbound links are a valuable way to build quality links to your website, however, the effectiveness of requesting links is directly linked (no pun intended) to the delivery of the request. For those who are looking for an automated means or a template that works can stop reading, because to put it [...]

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How to Win Links and Influence Webmasters

Link Building Via Content Development

pittfall — Tue, 19 May 2009 03:41:07 +0000

Maybe you have heard some of the cliches about content: If you build it they will come! Content is King! Really? Yes, it is true. However, what most of the people that use these and other cliches about content development and link acquisition fail to share the details about what content development can directly impact link building. Great content [...]

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Link Building Via Content Development

Directory Submissions for Success

pittfall — Tue, 12 May 2009 03:31:54 +0000

Welcome to the third post in my latest series, Holistic Link Building 101. When it comes to building a website for SEO success, link development is an extremely important part of an effective online marketing strategy. Two important questions about link development regarding directory submissions: 1. Are directory submissions still a relevant tactic and worth [...]

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Directory Submissions for Success

Holistic Link Building Defined

pittfall — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:55:35 +0000

In my last post, Holistic Link Building 101, the beginning of a series of post was embarked upon and the topic is very subjective. When it comes to building a website for SEO success, however, link building or development is an extremely important part of an effective online marketing strategy. Like other SEO tactics, holistic [...]

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Holistic Link Building Defined

Holistic Link Building 101

pittfall — Sat, 02 May 2009 15:52:13 +0000

Link building is one of the most challenging aspects of SEO and it doesn’t appear that some people really get it, but that is no different than most SEO concepts. A lot of people find a nugget of SEO wisdom, apply thought, reason and ride it like a horse until it can easily become apparent [...]

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Holistic Link Building 101

Link Reputation

pittfall — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 18:15:11 +0000

In a recent post on Link Week, Eric Ward spoke of link reputation and what it says about you, your site and the value you pass to those you link to. When building a link relationship it is not about quantity, rather quality. With this being said, posting a link to another website can be like [...]

Google Gives Webmasters a Better View of Inbound Links

pittfall — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 02:35:29 +0000

In a few posts today Google announced that they are giving webmasters more information to monitor your inbound links: We want to provide as much information as we can to help webmasters understand how their sites perform and how to improve their results. And we want to get input from the site owners, who after know [...]

Golden Rules of Linking

pittfall — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 16:23:00 +0000

Golden Rules of Linking Links into your website (inbound links) See “Filthy Linking Rich”, are the most important aspect of SEO behind quality content. See Content is King Rule 1 - Get links from web pages that are read by the audience you want Rule 2 - Buy links if visitors that come solely from the link will justify [...]

Linking Strategies

pittfall — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 23:34:00 +0000

Linking Strategies Wow, What a great resource… are you looking for quality links? Then you will need to listen to the experts, Eric Ward and friends (Edwin Hayward). Edwin Hayward offers some great information that are important when beginning a link building strategy. Here are some important components: 1. Introduction to Linking 2. Generate Incoming Links 3. Sources of Links 4. Prepare your [...]