Monthly Archives: March 2010

Site Finder From Raven SEO Tools

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March 18  |  Link Building Tools  |   Ryan Clark

 

Here’s another cool feature displayed out on video for your low attention span folks like myself. I cannot stress the importance of management in any long term or large linking campaigns. There are few tools out there for this, and I’ve yet to see something public that matches Raven’s setup. This will give you a clear idea of how you can track links, find new link targets based on a quality score and then keep that data for future analysis in your Raven site profile. To see more features of of this awesome software check out my Raven SEO Link Building Management page.

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Business.com Coupons

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March 15  |  Link Directories  |   Ryan Clark

Business.com Coupons:

RTD50 gets you $50 off the regular price of a yearly inclusion in into the Business.com Directory.

DIBUY3 will get you a 3 for 1 directory listing discount if you have a few sites to get in here at once.


Business.com Directory
I’ve been meaning to get some more resources and information up for the Business.com Directory that will save you money. I’ve scoured the web to create a list of the latest working Business.com coupons that provide some sort of ease on your wallet this year. For those of you that know the value of these links read on, and the rest of you can hear me out as to why I get all my clients listed here.

When determining if a website is a good link acquisition I take a look at a few factors to keep up the quality level. These should already be stored in your brain’s database, so if not I’ll put them out there for the folks new to all this link confusion. I use a little well know tool called SEO Quake to handle my ninja-like quality scoring factors, mainly because it’s free, quick and easy. I know PageRank is a hard quality factor these days, but there is still room for measure. I like to take anything with a PageRank of 4 or higher with some serious consideration.

Ok, so we know that PageRank isn’t the end all here. I specifically take a look at few different factors when it comes to wanting a link from a target website. My factors are age, indexing, link profile and relativity to your own niche and or business. A domain with some sort of credible history of being indexed and a legit site goes a long way towards making my brain feel at ease. Everyone who reads this blog should know by now to be peering into their links at least with the SEO Quake toolbar. I ran them through Link Diagnosis for everyone to have a look at because this is a site that has a lot of link authority.  Keep in mind this Business.com link profile isn’t their entire set, but a good indication that they pack a powerful link punch.

The next factor in the equation is the Alexa rank and how well indexed the site is. With over 65,000 categories boasted in the above picture, I see that they have over 66,000 indexed pages in Google. Just to sweeten the deal they have over 133,000 index in Bing, and Yahoo with just over 347,000 indexed pages. You never have to worry about your link going out of the SERPs, so it is money well spent. Passing the quality inspection required to get into the Business.com directory means that the results are trusted. They have built their entire business on quality so naturally the link authority followed.

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Wil Reynolds Speaking At The Capterra Conference

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March 8  |  Link Building  |   Ryan Clark

I’m a huge fan of Wil Reynold’s work both on and off camera which hopefully doesn’t sound as weird out loud as it does typing it… Wil always has something new and unique to say which is why I’m reposting this video here to you folks even though he’s already blogged about it. This is a short six minute video that has more link building tips in it for businesses than most blogs I’ve seen on the topic. I won’t spoil the juicy morsels of information shared in here so you’ll just have to watch it yourself. I don’t know how Wil had the time to get so damn good at public speaking, perhaps I need to get out of my link building dungeon a little more!

 

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