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LinkMoses Linking Commandments - Part I
By Eric WardMMDCCLIX (10.22.06)
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I - Linkest not to seek favor from false idols*
(*I have it from a trusted authority that Google is not a false idol)

II - Those who link in exchange for gold are link whores*
(*linking when only in exchange for a return link is still marginally slutty)

III - Thou shalt not social link thine own site*
(*nor create fake social media accounts for the same purpose, nor shall thee tag it for Technorati using the word "naked", nor will thee send an email to all employees telling them to digg the corporate homepage, nor ask your children to teach you what MySpace is so you can link drop...ONE EXCEPTION: It is completely acceptable to include on your own content one of these cute little |Socialize buttons.  Go ahead, LinkMoses commands you to click it.

IV - If thou beginest thy link request email "To whometh it may concern", it shall hastily be deleteth

V- Thou shalt not refer to content as link bait, any more than thou shall refer to your site's users as carp

VI - Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's links.*
(*or if thou doest covet them, only the ones from highest trust TLDs, and shame upon thee who volunteers to be webmaster at his child's school just to get access to an .edu or .us based domain)

VII - Thou shalt not use the name Matt Cutts in vain*
(*at least not publically)

VIII - Just because MS LIVE! search is stupideth does not giveth thee permission to link spameth them

IX - If thou has truly reformeth, beg forgiveness via this formeth

X - The link schemer may eat today, but the link farmer eateth from a bountiful table for a lifetime

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. They said it...

2008
“ Eric 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 

2006
“ Eric Ward is THE authority on links” 
—Danny Sullivan, SearchEngineLand.com

2000
“  Those who want the job done right by the best in the business flock to Eric Ward and count themselves lucky that the maestro isn't booked into the next millennium” 
— Jim Sterne, Inc. magazine

1995
“ Thanks for the great work on our launch, Eric. Your efforts and report were excellent”
— Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com
 

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ew-sesew.jpgEric Ward founded the Web's first service for announcing, linking, and building notice for Web content back in 1994.  Over the years his client list has grown to become a who's who of big and small online brands. Ward is best known as the person behind the linking campaigns for Amazon.com Books, Weather.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 speaks at Internet marketing conferences and has written online marketing advice columns for SearchEngineLand, MarketingProfs, ClickZ and Ad Age magazine.  Eric also writes the Link Building Best Practices - Q&A. Eric and his family split time between Knoxville, Tennessee and Seagrove Beach Florida.

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