Somewhat like money, getting people to come to your new online identity doesn’t grow on trees. Because of that obvious conclusion, cultivating a crop of new customers is not like picking the low-hanging fruit. The important thing to remember is … Continue reading
Category Archives: Link Building
How and Why You Should Outsource Digital Marketing
The vast majority of businesses have fully embraced the potential of the internet as a channel for new customers, and customer retention, and a smaller majority have come around to social media as well. Small businesses certainly can do digital … Continue reading
The Future of Links as a Ranking Signal
Austin, Texas – http://www.localsurgemedia.net The head of the Google spam team, Matt Cutts, has said that links will remain an important ranking signal for the foreseeable future. Links are so important to search engine optimization that, to many people, they … Continue reading
27 Hardcore Link Building Techniques
Austin, Texas – http://www.localsurgemedia.net We’ve all seen our share of lists with link building techniques. This list is meant for those with a lot of ambition, who are willing to put in a lot of time or money to … Continue reading
Link Building and the Science of Persuasion
Austin, Texas – http://www.localsurgemedia.net Search engine optimization is often more about things that you can’t control directly than things you can. There is no better example of this than link building. While it’s true that there are ways to build … Continue reading
Don’t Let Negative SEO Fears Discourage Linking
In pretty much the strangest example of an SEO misconception, a lawyer recently threatened to sue the webmaster of a blog called Big Pink Cookie. Her crime? Linking to one of the lawyer’s clients. What!? The lawyer claimed that … Continue reading
Link Building is Easy When You Start With Content
Austin, Texas – http://www.localsurgemedia.net In a backlash against shady SEO techniques that use automation and spam, many of the biggest names in the industry have proclaimed that link building is supposed to be hard. On a certain level, they are … Continue reading
Why You Need Links that Bring Traffic
Austin, Texas – http://www.localsurgemedia.net There is a vocal minority in the SEO community who believe that optimization is all about building links, regardless of where the links come from or how they are obtained. Some call this the “black hat” … Continue reading
Using Flickr Photographers to Build Links
Austin, Texas – http://www.localsurgemedia.net If the success of Pinterest has reminded us of anything, it’s the growing importance of visual content on the web. In a very short number of years, social networking has gone from blogging, to commenting, to … Continue reading
How to Get Guest Posts, Step by Step
Austin, Texas – http://www.localsurgemedia.net Formulas can be troublesome. Any easily executable series of instructions eventually gets abused until it loses it’s value. At the same time, beginning SEOs need concrete instructions in order to get started. The following is a … Continue reading