Comments on: Calling All Link Building Success Stories!

By: Nathan O'Leary

Nathan O'Leary — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:16:10 +0000

It is amazing to me when I hear about link building shops that don’t ask for the links like you did on that one site. They only go after links they can leave as a comment or submit the link to a directory. You took it to the next level and just asked. You ended up with an entire page of links and content on a very relevant site. Congrats! I find just asking and providing value to the person you ask, goes a long way and keeps your clients happy.

By: Cupid

Cupid — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 04:38:34 +0000

SEO is time intensive and not a lot of fun, but something we have to do to find some success. I have found that reaching out to site owners with related content can go a long way in terms of getting good back links.

By: Christian

Christian — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:11:05 +0000

I have two little stories, I hope I’m not giving out too much, nothing amazing but might light that light bulb above the head for someone.

1. When building links to a website dedicated to music education I was trying to find links from relevant sites and authority sites (duh). I visited a website of a world famous dj and he had a links page and I just requested a link on basis of it being useful to any starting dj (as the site was about music education) and I got it!

2. When optimising a page for an eco friendly shop, with ethical clothing etc etc. I found a website of an organisation that protects animals and I requested a link from a relevant page, in the end I just got a link from the links page, but still, got it for free and from a good domain.

So, nothing great, but it gives you a clue how much easier it is to optimise a website and request links when you have a good “hook”.
Much harder to promote websites without great content or genuine value to a visitor (ie. just another small business with same/similar services that lots of other businesses provide as well).

I think this is where the good measure of link building vs content is, as you mentioned on your interview that I’ve just read.
If you can spend just 20% of the budget of a client on developing a part of their website that will provide genuinely useful content, it is money very well spend!

By: Christian

Christian — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:11:00 +0000

I have two little stories, I hope I’m not giving out too much, nothing amazing but might light that light bulb above the head for someone.

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:22:13 +0000

Paul,

I have had some success with content distribution. I create blog post and after few weeks of adding the post to my blog I contact third party blog and share content with them. This has allowed me to get some links.

Would definitely like to get your take on the link building.

Thanks
Sam