tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490979117987289601Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:22:52 +0000http://www.ericward.com/bestpractices/noreply@blogger.com (Eric)Blogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490979117987289601.post-2823702896708306500Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:27:00 +00002008-07-22T01:22:52.449-04:00alllifefamilyIt's been an eventful Spring and Summer. In April my father David Ward passed away, in a miserable sort of slow-motion way, and on his birthday of course. Dad had a great life, considering it ended (and started) terribly. He was from Duluth MN, and had polio as a child. He finished high school from his hospital bed, then found the means to flee the frigid Duluthian tundra and make his way to http://www.ericward.com/bestpractices/2008/07/wow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490979117987289601.post-2402158515177252548Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:00:00 +00002008-04-29T15:01:16.789-04:00allanchor textpaid linksdmozyahoodirectoriesBy Eric Ward Regular readers know I've been building links since the launch of TheTitanicJustSank.com, or close to it. This wasn't by design. I just had the bad/good luck to lose my advertising job at the right time; Early nineties. I needed something new to do, I went to grad school, and the Internet fell into my lap. The full story of the early years of ericward.com is yet to be written, buthttp://www.ericward.com/bestpractices/2008/04/farewell-linkmoses-hello-link-building.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490979117987289601.post-7501420046668892616Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:38:00 +00002008-04-11T22:00:49.519-04:00anchor textI've contributed to several Link Value Factors type articles, including SEOmoz's and Wiep's, and was glad to be included by Rae Hoffman in her awesome Link Development Experts Group Interview. I always have a tough time providing the kinds of answers that would be useful without being so long as to put people to sleep. I can't sum up my own best practices for something like link anchor text in http://www.ericward.com/bestpractices/2008/04/update1-anchor-text-best-practices.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490979117987289601.post-6169528777052644946Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:32:00 +00002008-04-11T09:59:35.136-04:00paid linksyahoosponsored linksdirectoriesIf your site is listed in the Yahoo directory, and you didn't pay for it or you got in back before they charged the review fee, then IMO you leave it alone. Make no changes and enjoy the free ride. I have two Yahoo directory links for two of my sites, both grandfathered because they are ancient. If I was asked by Yahoo to start paying for those two, I'd probably drop them both. On the other http://www.ericward.com/bestpractices/2008/04/what-are-yahoo-paid-link-best-practices.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490979117987289601.post-3373514327365654000Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:07:00 +00002008-04-11T16:00:15.851-04:00anchor textdmozyahoodirectoriesIt will depend on whether you mean directories like Yahoo or directories like the hundreds listed around the web that nobody ever heard of and nobody ever uses? Seriously, when was the last time someone looking for a new bicycle started their search at link-a-pa-looza.biz? How about never? The best practices for directory link building depend on several factors all driven by the site you are http://www.ericward.com/bestpractices/2008/04/what-are-your-best-practices-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490979117987289601.post-197246832483926469Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:35:00 +00002008-04-02T21:43:38.041-04:00allLink Building and content publicity takes place in many ways and in many venues. For example, it's in vogue right now to talk about "link bait", and link bait itself has evolved to the point where some people have strong feelings about best practices just for link bait. Link bait best practices will be different than backlink analysis best practices, which will be different from social media linkhttp://www.ericward.com/bestpractices/2008/04/link-buildng-best-practice-labels-tags.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490979117987289601.post-1592364127196810281Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:55:00 +00002008-04-11T09:53:53.415-04:00allFirst Post - April 2, 2008, by Eric Ward To ask a question, use the POST A COMMENT link at the very bottom of this or any post. Post as anonymous, and ask me anything you want about link building or content publicity. I moderate these questions so you wont have to read 8 million questions about how to rank first at Google for viagra. I'll take your questions and turn them into posts where I http://www.ericward.com/bestpractices/2008/04/test.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Eric)