Avoiding Spam When Building Strong Backlinks Part 2
Last we spoke of the dangers of building backlinks through spammy techniques. Here are examples of those dastardly techniques and the proper methods of replacing them when dealing with blogs. Saturday we will discuss the manners of building strong directory references without being spammy. You will need to first download the SEOmoz toolbar for Firefox. This toolbar has a function that shows “No Follow” tags on page links. Using this tool will allow you to determine which blogs are worth commenting and interacting with for links...
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This is the first of three post that will be added over the next few days. There is very little chance that the thoughts will stay completely congruent, but there’s just far more than one post within this topic… While linking structure has always been an important piece of the SEO equation, it seems that a more intuitive linking structure is becoming more and more necessary for modern SEO development. The day of submitting to random directories or commenting on unrelated blogs is long gone. Spam comments and unrelated...
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Many have responded and commented since the last posting on “Map Spamming by Lead Generation Services”. Some of you have asked me to go into further detail about the structure that such a group would have, and why Google doesn’t chop them off at the knees for all of the spam There is no easy answer to this question. The best answer is that Google is getting to big to police itself even though it continues to change tactics. The average location can search the term “Flood Damage” on their map right now and...
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