Learn Internet Marketing > Weekly Tips > SSWT 5/02/06
 

 
In last week's issue, I gave you three great resources: $10 Logos, a Free Blog Submissi0n to a quality Directory, and a 'hub-finding' tool. You can find all of that archived on the main site at: http://www.selfstartersweeklytips.com/archives/042506.htm

As promised, we'll take a closer look at that hub-finding tool that I gave you the link to.

Here it is again: http://www.webuildpages.com/tools/common-backlinks/

 
Let me start by saying this: Link Building as we've known it is going to have to change. Getting "inbound links" isn't the be-all-end-all of SEO anymore... or at least won't be for long.

That's not to say that good quality links shouldnt be sought after - because they *should*. But all of this link submission, link requests, links pages, submitting to directories by the hundreds, etc - it's just not adding value to the web.

That's good news, isnt it? Because let's be honest - all of these 'link exchange emails' are just a huge waste of our time for the most part.

 
Back to the tool at the link above...

Enter in 10 of your competitors (or your site, and 9 of your competitors) and then press "Go". It then returns a list of sites that link to 2 or more of your competitors. These are sites you might want to contact to request links from - this is part of the 'neighborhood' you want to be in. source

 
In the linking world, there are "neighborhoods" and "hubs". Just like society judges you by the company that you keep, major search engines judge your web pages by the company that they keep... or the pages that they link to and get links from.

Instead of repeating information, I'm going to send you straight to the source - where I've been learning more about Quality Link Building myself. First, if you havent read this yet, you want to check out this article on Co-Citation by Jim Boykin:

Understanding Co-Citation and How it Affects You

 
There's another good article titled "What's in your link quality?" by Michael Martinez that you can find here: http://www.seomoz.org/blogdetail.php?ID=953

 
Inbound Links are not JUST a way to get better search engine rankings. They are also a great way to get targ'eted traffic to your web pages from other related sites. If you shift your focus in this direction while you are 'link building', and work towards gaining quality links in to your website (which includes your internal pages, not just your main page), then you will notice a nice increase in quality traffic... as well as better search engine rankings.

More Traffic, More Sales, Higher ROI...
That's what we're aiming for, right? ;-)

 

How To Build Inbound Links and
Long-Term Traffic To Your Website

I just read a great Link/Traffic Building guide by Paul Short this morning. The timing was great! It is a step by step guide to gaining new traffic to your sites, getting new sites established in the major search engines, and "future-proofing" your Link Strategy (to avoid getting 'hit' by future search engine updates).

Like I said, the timing was great knowing that I was going to email you on this very topic today. Unfortunately I found out that Paul is not yet making this guide available to the public.

BUT, I did talk him into letting you guys get a copy :-)

 
Here's the page Paul set up:
http://www.exseo.com/guide.html

 
From the guide: "Link building techniques that worked a few years ago simply dont work as well anymore. In fact, many of them can get your sites booted out of the search engines..."

 
Again, this product is not yet available publicly on any of Paul's websites, so you are the first to get your hands on his NEW link building report. I pulled some serious strings (um, I begged) to get him to make this available for you.

The price is $24.95 (for now, and only for you). In the process of going public with this product, Paul is creating video tutorials and adding even more Link Building tips to the guide. Obviously this product will sell for a higher price when he officially launches it...

BUT if you grab your copy today, you will get all of those updates for *FREE* :-)

Again, here is the link that Paul set up for you:
--> http://www.exseo.com/guide.html

If you want to pay at least 50% more, and WAIT to get this timely information, then be my guest. But if you ask me, NOW is the time to jump on this, get ahead of your competition, and start working towards an increase in site traffic and earnings!

UPDATE: I should have mentioned that the link to Paul's guide (above) is a time sensitive one. Obviously he will have to remove that page once he officially makes the guide available...

 

Enjoy!

p.s. If you havent been by my Internet Marketing Blog in the last few days, you'll probably find these recent additions of great interest:

Adding Value to the Web

A New Look at Link-Building

Adsense - Getting Paid Per Impression