Directories – Good or Bad?

There are so many directories.  Most of these suck!  Many of these provide zero value to the web.  Why would someone use one?  There are no signals of quality. Look at Yahoo, DMOZ, etc.  These were once strong.  Now, Yahoo’s directory is invisible to the user.  The collaborative model at DMOZ was a fine vision, […]

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Are Link Building Queries Important?

I often get this question.  Are link building queries important.  The simple answer is … Yes!!!  Link building queries are the most important thing you need to know as a link builder. As a link builder it is your responsibility to learn every advanced search parameter and know how to combine them together to extract […]

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Link Removal Tools

Google has gotten really picky about inbound link quality.  These are recognized by google and published in Webmaster tools as “unnatural links”.  We have moved 180 degrees,  once there we companies that only focus on adding links of varying quality.  Now there are organizations and third party tools that will assist with the link cleanup […]

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Is guest blogging a waste of time?

Guest blogging is not a waste of time, however, the caliber and credibility of the site hosting your guest blog is key to the value.  Run a backlink profile of the site that you wish to submit a guest blog.  If they have spammy backlinks, do you really want to work with them?  Look at […]

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I hear reciprocal links are OK. Is this true?

Reciprocal links were once the thing to do at the turn of the century.  Many feel a reciprocal link negates the value.  This does not seem to be the case.  One cannot say all reciprocal links are bad.  For example if the New York Times interviewed me and linked to this site, I most certainly […]

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