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follows the right link building approach. He's interested in links that
are given based on merit,
and those are the links that stand the test of time Matt Cutts, Google |
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Eric
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are given based on merit,
and those are the links that stand the test of time Matt Cutts, Google |
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You probably have an email from a client asking why their site isn't on the Digg homepage, or why nobody is socially bookmarking them over at Reddit or Ma.gnolia. For the love of LinkMoses they haven't even been StumbledUpon once! In response, you download some toolbars and bookmarklets, you open accounts at a few of those services and then you got busy seeding your client's URLs far and wide. I'll save the ethical discussion of whether it is appropriate to open social bookmarking accounts for purely marketing reasons, and for now see Social Link Spam and Cigarette Butts, which I wrote last year...read the full column at SearchEngineLand Link well my friend
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| About the Author |
 Eric
Ward founded the Web's first services for announcing, linking, and
building buzz for Web sites, called NetPOST,
in 1994, and in 1995 he launched the URLwire
Site Announcement Network, which today has millions of readers
and remains the only service devoted 100% to announcing useful web content.
Eric is best known as the person behind the first linking campaigns for
Amazon.com,
Rodney.com,
and PBS.org. His services won the 1995
Award For Internet Marketing Excellence, and he was selected as one
of the Web's 100 most influential people by Websight Magazine in
1997. Eric is a 4-star speaker at Jupiter's Search Engine Strategies conferences,
and he publishes a monthly how-to newsletter called THE
WARD REPORT: Link Building and Content Publicity Tactics.
Eric writes several online marketing columns including LinkWeek
for SearchEngineLand.com,
and previously wrote for ClickZ.com
and Ad Age magazine. Eric, wife
Melissa and four year old Noah
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EricWard.com Content Publicity & Link Building Strategies since 1994 
I help content sites attract and obtain online publicity, topically
relevant links, trusted
links, and quality
editorial links
I create linking strategies
and conduct link training
sessions
I help people understand the nuances of linking that enable their sites
to thrive
100% white-hat tactics honed since 1994
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