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Paid Links vs. Directory Submission Services
I am now offering a manual directory submission service. Check out the link for more details – submissions to up to 2000 directories plus deep link submission of internal pages to high page rank directories. Up to 50 titles/50 descriptions for ...
SEO Tools: Bookmarking Sites with SocialMarker
Heard of SocialMarker? If you haven’t, it’s one of the best link building tools available - really amazing that it’s still free. There are other free ways to share posts on viral networks, like Shareaholic, but SocialMarker is far better th...
The Page Rank of edu and gov Links
SEO is rife with a lot of myths, and one of the king of these is that edu and gov links send better link juice than .coms and everything else. Perhaps “myth” is taking it to far because no one is really sure how exactly Google measures page rank...
Digg’s Effect on Page Rank
I’ve been reading posts lately about how to be successful with Digg, such as how to write title that will catch people’s attention. Most of these articles are aimed at making it to the front page of Digg. What these posts often don’t co...
The Age of a URL and SEO
Recently, I discovered that this blog’s URL goes back to 2006 when it was first registered. Actually, I realized this right away, as references to the old site show up in Google results. But I finally got around to checking the Wayback Machine ...
Are Unrelated Inbound Links a Problem?
Question: A site links to mine that’s in another category. If my site is about sports and the linking site is a flower shop, will this hurt my authority in a niche because it comes from the site in an unrelated topic? Answer: No, it won’t. In...
The Page Rank of Social Network and Forum Profiles
Question: Is it useful to set up a thousand different social networking profiles that you never touch, just because each allows you to make a profile page that creates a backlink to your site? Answer: There are many answers to this question. The sh...
Using Nofollow and Dofollow Tags
Nofollow tags are getting increased attention among web marketers. Many budding entrepreneurs who might have spent hours marketing a site through comments may pull out there hair thinking, “You mean those comment links are worthless?” Well, y...
Are Link Exchanges Outdated?
There’s a myth going around in SEO circles: that link exchanges are an outdated form of marketing. I want to tell you that’s not true. Link exchanges should still be part of your overall optimization plan. That said, there are good and bad ...
