I've got a big question for all you people looking to build backlinks to your websites! If there was an ebook that: Told you how to build PR1-PR7 backlinks Told you how to find .GOV and .EDU backlinks Told you how to find backlinks that relate directly to you given niche Would you buy it? And if so... how much would you be willing to pay for it??? The ebook wouldn't be one of those 'build 100,000 backlinks in 24hrs' but would actually provide some key techniques that could be used over and over again to gradually build quality backlinks both from relational niche websites and from authority sites with .GOV and .EDU extensions. How much would you page for 10 targeted, do-follow links? What if you could find links like these yourself - what would that knowledge be worth??? Would love to hear some peoples views and ideas on this and if you feel inclined, make your vote on the poll above!!!
No, because I have this link building resource, which is free. I also know that the search engines don't give extra weight to .edu and .gov links so I don't need to go out of my way to get them unless they were directly related to the site I was working on (and they'd find the resources extremely useful for their users).
To me it's not so much finding the places to build the links it's finding the time to build the links... :/
A very interesting list of resources Dan, thanks for that. Ultimately though, what do those resources teach you? Essentially its all basic information and doesn't actually tell you any technique that people don't already know about publically anyways! Tips such as Use your spell check. People will more likely link to correctly spelled articles than to content that’s full of grammatical errors and Write guest posts for relevant websites in your niche. You could also write posts about your industry for websites that are slightly related to your niche. are hardly revolutionary - these articles are all much of a muchness, talking about link building strategies but ultimately completely failing to actually tell you something worth while that will help you actually build some good backlinks lol I completely agree with that statement lol - half the battle is finding the links, the other half is having the time to do so!!!
The point of those articles is to get the reader to think for themselves, not spoon-feed them information so they become dependent upon the author for more. And if you think that information is "basic", take a look at the services section of BST here one of these days. Be careful if you do, because you'll need a HAZMAT suit to protect yourself from all the "Angela's Links" "link wheel" and other spam that's being touted as "quality" links in there.
The ebook would have to be a lot more specific about what it's going to offer me. 1. PR1 - PR7 backlinks - is this the PR of the page itself or just the site? Not all PR7 backlinks are the same - some have been spammed so badly they are hardly worth anything at all. 2. .GOV and .EDU backlinks - this wouldn't appeal to me because the domain extension tells me nothing about the type of link I will be getting. 3. Backlinks that relate to my niche - what I want is a backlink with good PR that is relevant to my niche (don't we all?). I'm not sure if this is something that an ebook can give me, but rather someone with the relevant skills to find and build these links. If the ebook can somehow provide information that is not freely available elsewhere then it will be very valuable.
So it's an eBook that tells you how to build .gov and .edu links that are no more relevant than any other TLD and tells you how to use NoFollow Diver or something equally as bad? No , I wouldn't buy this eBook or even download for free.
Quite a bit if your reading comprehension is up to speed actually. Folks just don't want to have to work to be relevant in the serps. It's a huge problem really. I will randomly pick one via county fair dart throw http://www.seomoz.org/blog/a-linkbuilding-method-so-effective-i-cant-believe-its-not-blackhat If that is random, public knowledge, then you can spank me and call me Sally. It also written to serve as an example as to how to approach thinking about finding viable links. It is not meant to be a one size fits all answer to rank some crap site at the top of the heap. Seriously, if you cant conjure up some other clever "googleness" after reading that, then you should hire someone to do said work for you. Random public knowledge, much to my dismay, would be that link wheels and directory submissions actually accomplish something. Have you been in the services section lately? There are thousands of dollars being spent daily by new webmasters because they are led to believe there is a quick and easy way to make an assload of cash or rank their site first on Google. It should be a criminal offense. Do we really need to tell folks to get off their ass and send a nice personal email to people or do a bit of networking? Furthermore, anyone who thinks .edu links serve any sort of substantive purpose on their face is equally as confused. It is however public knowledge that they don't so.....NO ebook unless someone is trying to prey on the clueless. I'm just sayin' Nigel
Hey Dan, thats a great resource list you have there, thanks for pointing it out. Not sure if I would pay or not for info on link building.
TBH, there should be an option for "I wouldn't pay anything for it" because all of that info can be found by spending some quality time reading through DP.