Link baiting has acquired a bad name in some circles because of blatant abuse of the technique and the general distrust of the public, but link bait can actually become a positive way to increase links and traffic to your website or blog. First you have to know who your audience is. If you have [...]
Link Baiting 101 – the Secret to Live Bait
April 28th, 2010Video Rankings – How to Push Up to the Top
February 12th, 2010Videos now show in rankings on Google and other search engines. How do you manage to push your video up the ranks? Many people don’t realize that YouTube remains ahead of Yahoo! in the No. 2 spot behind Google, when it comes to search, according to comScore. Some videos rank well on Google but not [...]
Outsourcing Content
February 2nd, 2010Should you outsource your content needs? If you don’t have the time to populate your site with self written content, then the answer is yes – but only if you can get good content and can afford to pay a freelance writer or an SEO firm with processional writers on staff. Many writers and firms [...]
Using Video Content to Build Links
January 18th, 2010Online videos are everywhere! You can cash in on online videos in more ways than one – by posting them on video share sites and by licensing their use in exchange for a link. The attention you can get from just one great video is amazing, so don’t ignore this wonderful way to get more [...]
When Linking Fails
December 24th, 2009When linking fails, you need to take a good hard look at your strategy to figure out the why. If you had great ideas but simply didn’t follow them far enough to see results, your link building can fail. Doing half a job is the same as doing no job when it comes to results. [...]
Using ‘Hooks’ In Your Content Titles
June 28th, 2008You have beefed up your site, and instituted a blog. You have widgets and gadgets, and a partridge in a pear tree. Now you basically have to keep pushing the link building and the content! Having fresh new content is the number one way to keep pushing yourself under the search engines’ noses. Your title [...]
Building Links with Visual Content
June 3rd, 2008A picture is worth a thousand words, and a video…well, you get the idea. What many webmasters still don’t take into account is what a valuable resource links can be that come into your sites by way of a teaser photo or video. Pictures are easy to get out there and disseminate on the [...]