I just read about link laundering over here... http://www.bluehatseo.com/blue-hat-technique-16-link-laundering-sites/ I've been thinking about doing this. Do you guys think the returns (amount of links) equals the amount of investment (time spent) to develop links?
Certainly seems interesting. I figure the time spent setting up the laundering site would be well worth it in the long run!
Sounds great. Here is what I would do: Ride the Directory Wave Build a directory link build (buy links, articles, directory submissions) the homepage link build (probably with articles) for first level subpages (makes the whole directory strong, passes more PageRank etc.) require a backlink to a site of my choice for acceptance. once i reached 10 quality submissions/category/day, I would begin making the "backlink of my choice" available for sponsor (10 links/day*30 days I think you could get $100/month/category) I would buy that for $100/month The most important part of this would be link building the subpages.
aaah. thanks mtb167. just seems like a lot of time spent, but it seems more and more like nothing's easy in seo!
What directory wave? Directories are sooooo (can't figure out how many Oo's to put in) yesterday. A new directory certainly can't expect to become really good, get a decent PR and stuff like that easily. And with search engines (MSN on top) banning sites for having to many reciprocal links, the whole idea becomes risky. Personally I think that post was very interesting, but in a later post the author made it clear that this is an old technique, that he doesn't use much anymore. Very 'old school' he told us.
The directory wave is over for SEOs that know what they're doing, but not the thousands trying to enter it everyday. TO newbies, there's nothing better than a directory. And remember, these links aren't reciprocal. Throw them on a seperate class C IP and there is no way that google can penalize you. Also, if you vary the sites that will receive backlinks with every page hit, its not going to be trackable either. Just stay below the radar, get your link on a bunch of different directory lists and don't optimize your directory for words that will get you caught.
mtb167.... I'm somewhat new to the link building strategies. I've dugg through some of the threads here but haven't found anything great on directories. Do you have any good blog posts that you've or other people have written about directories and setting them up, and why you should set them up?