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Link building packages provide strategies to build effective one way contextual links. The Blend SEO professional link building approach is to attract and build a powerful back link profile without wasting resources on ineffective automated programs or short term link acquisitions. Rather the link building strategy you receive will continuously build a strong, organic back link profile.

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How Do Paid Directories Affect SEO & Search Engine Rankings?

Are Paid Directories Worth It for SEO?

Yahoo Paid Directory for SEO

Paid Directories for SEO

Our M.B. SEO link builder was submitting a client website to directories and put together a registration document for paid directory submission so that the client can approve the costs before submission.  The SEO client (whose name has been removed) had these questions:

I am not familiar with site directory registration and optimization and have a question about the [client] document for approval.  Can you tell me why Bing and Google are not included on the directory listing?  Is it because they rely on these other directory/paid engines?

The question reveals the SEO client has some confusion between directories and search engines and how one affects the other.  Also, with the recent news about paid link penalties, other clients have been asking how paid directories are viewed by search engines.

The Difference Between Directories and Search Engines.

An internet directory, like a phone directory, simply provides a listing of websites with some information about each one.  Like a phone book, a user can browse a directory by categories to find different websites. …continue reading this SEO article »

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The Truth About Reciprocal Link Building for SEO

It makes me laugh when I see statements like this:

SEO copy software – The Death of Search Engine Optimization

Reciprocal link building became widespread by webmasters and SEOs in the 90′s and continues today.  Some people do it manually one link at a time, while others use automated programs to search prospects, contact them, check for the back link and publish the reciprocal link.  Some internet marketers sell reciprocal link building software while others sell against it. In some cases it will get you penalized by Google.  But in other cases, you can find websites that dominate their targeted keywords whose backlinks are filled with insestual reciprocal links. You may wonder…

  • “If I trade links with someone who emailed me with a reciprocal link offer, will it hurt or help me?”
  • “Can I use a reciprocal link building program without penalizing my website?”
  • “I think its OK if they link to me, but should I link to them?”

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Expert review of linkbuilding video produced by WordTracker

Did you get an email from WordTracker about a Link Building webinar?  Is it worth your time?

Frequently SEO consultants and SEO tool providers create and circulate videos promoted as how-to or help resource videos.  But a lot of time these videos have little helpful content amidst a lot of marketing.  Want to save some time?  This video by Ken McGaffin, Chief Marketing Officer of WordTracker is over an hour long. Here is my review of the video on linkbuilding, produced by WordTracker.

For starters, the webpage containing the video gives a list of  How-To’s for the hardest parts of linkbuilding.  It makes claims to solve the hardest problems in linkbuilding.  However, on the outset of the video, you are given a list of some pretty elementary topics.

  1. 6 ways link building helps your website.
  2. Why would another site link to yours
  3. How to find quality link prospects
  4. How to determine a quality link?
  5. How to get organic links (backlinks without asking)
  6. Pitfalls of most link building campaigns
  7. How to Plan a blog campaign. 

Keep reading below the video for my in depth review before you watch.

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