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Building Links is like building with Legos
Consider this: Your child gets a huge set of Legos that when put together resembles a Castle. If you, an adult male or female, were told to put the set together and your business would improve (more potential customers would find your website which statistically means more sales) but . . . there were no instructions included, how long would it take you to put the castle together? Do you think you could do it? Would you take one look at the daunting heap and shake your head as you walk away thinking to yourself, “There is no possible way, so why waste my time trying?” Would you give up without even trying!?!
Do you remember how good it felt just to have a website? Did you build it yourself or pay someone to do it for you? It really doesnt matter. What matters now is that no one is visiting your website. Why? How do you go about letting potential customers know you are online and ready to do business?
Statistics show that 90% of individuals begin their online time by searching on search engines. They start by inputting a word or phrase to start a search. These search words are called “keywords”. Keywords are a good place for new website owners to start the optimization of their site. Research what keywords potential customers use to find a business like yours. Make a list of all the keywords you can find that pertain to your business. It is these keywords that you will do some culling to rid the list of those that are the most common. You know the ones that get mega amounts of searches. Narrow them down by going to Google and type in “Adwords keyword tool” and click on the link. In the space under “Enter one keyword or phrase per line” type in a keyword you have identified and click “Get Keyword Ideas.” You will want to look at the column that shows the search volume. You want those keywords that are getting volume under say 15,000. Its these keywords that you want to try to dominate on the major search engines to try to improve your page rank.
It is a known fact that online searchers dont usually search beyond the third page for a given keyword. There are only ten listings per page that come up when a search is done using a keyword or keyword phrase. Only 10! This translates into only 30 listings ever being viewed by online searchers. There are potentially hundreds, even thousands of listings that could and do show up for a search term. Do you see why it is so important to rank highly on top search engines such as Google, Yahoo! and Bing to name just a few.
What does it all mean in terms of your website? It means you have to either hire a company to try to improve your rank on the major search engines or you have to try to learn how to put it all together on your own. So . . . take another look at that heaping, daunting pile of Legos. Now decide how badly you want or need those customers or should you shake your head and walk away? Will you give up without even trying?
Building Links is like building with Legos
Consider this: Your child gets a huge set of Legos that when put together resembles a Castle. If you, an adult male or female, were told to put the set together and your business would improve (more potential customers would find your website which statistically means more sales) but . . . there were no instructions included, how long would it take you to put the castle together? Do you think you could do it? Would you take one look at the daunting heap and shake your head as you walk away thinking to yourself, “There is no possible way, so why waste my time trying?” Would you give up without even trying!?!
Do you remember how good it felt just to have a website? Did you build it yourself or pay someone to do it for you? It really doesnt matter. What matters now is that no one is visiting your website. Why? How do you go about letting potential customers know you are online and ready to do business?
Statistics show that 90% of individuals begin their online time by searching on search engines. They start by inputting a word or phrase to start a search. These search words are called “keywords”. Keywords are a good place for new website owners to start the optimization of their site. Research what keywords potential customers use to find a business like yours. Make a list of all the keywords you can find that pertain to your business. It is these keywords that you will do some culling to rid the list of those that are the most common. You know the ones that get mega amounts of searches. Narrow them down by going to Google and type in “Adwords keyword tool” and click on the link. In the space under “Enter one keyword or phrase per line” type in a keyword you have identified and click “Get Keyword Ideas.” You will want to look at the column that shows the search volume. You want those keywords that are getting volume under say 15,000. Its these keywords that you want to try to dominate on the major search engines to try to improve your page rank.
It is a known fact that online searchers dont usually search beyond the third page for a given keyword. There are only ten listings per page that come up when a search is done using a keyword or keyword phrase. Only 10! This translates into only 30 listings ever being viewed by online searchers. There are potentially hundreds, even thousands of listings that could and do show up for a search term. Do you see why it is so important to rank highly on top search engines such as Google, Yahoo! and Bing to name just a few.
What does it all mean in terms of your website? It means you have to either hire a company to try to improve your rank on the major search engines or you have to try to learn how to put it all together on your own. So . . . take another look at that heaping, daunting pile of Legos. Now decide how badly you want or need those customers or should you shake your head and walk away? Will you give up without even trying?
A Realistic Guide to Link Building
Whether its the large corporations or small business establishments, search engines play a very crucial role in their growth and hence in their promotion efforts. The most popular way of finding websites is through search engines; you will get more visitors if your site shows up frequently on the search engines.
The major determining factor which determines how your site ranks is link popularity, which is basically ascertained by the quantity and also quality of links to your site. Link building, which is the technique for increasing the number of links to your site, is controversially among the most challenging SEO tasks. However, you need an extensive set of back-links to outrank your competitors.
Although link building process may look disheartening initially, it can get unexpectedly exciting along the line. There is no best-proven strategy yet, when it comes to link building and the entire SEO system. There has been a continuous evolvement in the art of link building, and everyone has a slightly different way of accomplishing the task.
Here are 3 techniques concerning link building which every business ought to adapt.
- Acquire Ideas From Your Competitors
Analyzing what your competitors are doing is one of the most important ways to start or redirect your link
building effort. The target is to discover, assess, and access the websites that link to your top competitors.
You can achieve this in several ways, but the easiest is using free resources on the net. You can find large
number of back link providers on the internet; they provide the anchor texts and URLs of tons of Backlinks from
competitors. It may be laborious to go through the links to find quality ones, but the end result is worth the
effort. The logic is to get the authority sites among the URLs to link to your own site. Another good tool we
have used is SEO Spyglass. - Generate Useful Content Write Valuable Articles
The proven way to obtain just the exact back links and the best optimized anchor text you desire is via article
and blog posts. But authority links do not come on a platter of gold, it costs you greatly. Also, the strategy
of using articles to build links, naturally requires much effort and lots of time. The main objective is to
create articles that feature relevant information with links – back to your website. You also need to publish
the articles on article directories or relevant websites; the former is a great way to generate back links.Each article directory has its posting rules, it is important you adhere to those rules. Generally, they will provide at least an authors resource section where you can leave your URLs.
- Employ Directories
You can also generate faster back links through directories and thus achieve quick results on the search
engines. However, websites submission to directories is constantly a controversial matter in the SEO circles,
and abuse of this technique is punishable by search engines. Notwithstanding, following the correct guidelines
for directories submission can yield rewarding SEO results.There are numerous high volume directories that you can submit your WebPages to – at no cost. The best way to
avoid search engine penalization when using this technique is to submit only to directories that feature
categories related to your site.
The techniques mentioned above provide excellent opportunities to substantially enhance online visibility of your business. However, successful link building campaign is achieved on the platform of variety.