Link Building

Vertical Measures Does Link Building

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January 26  |  Uncategorized  |   Ryan Clark

Since I’ve been really busy I thought it would be a great time to write about another link building company that can get the job done right. I like to remind everyone that I choose these companies on my own and they’re in no way paid for buy money, gifts or exotic vacations. It’s hard to find a good team of link builders that go above and beyond the basic work you’d expect from most consultants on the web. I urge you folks to get in touch with Vertical Measures if you’re looking to get quality link building backed by people who know what they’re doing.


Vertical Measures has a few different options for link building to fit your projects needs, mainly they work on providing a diverse link profile that will stand the test of time. If you’re looking to get a new website off the ground they provide a solid set of directory submissions to both free and paid/review directories. Combine that with their article marketing and press release services and you’re on your way to a successful start on your link profile.

If you’re looking to get a indepth and powerful link profile built for your website I suggest contacting them about their custom link building. If you’re in a competitive niche there is no substitute for a thorough and on going campaign to not only get you to the top, but keep you from dropping off the map in the long run. If you have a great site with informative and unique content, then they can build authoritative one way links.

Vertical Measures is not just a link building company and offers a wide range of services. I’ve started branching out and including social media marketing into my campaigns, and they’ve already been doing it. I believe it is most effective to do this with a link building campaign to leverage exposure while your link profile builds up. Their team is equipped to handle it all and I have nothing left to say except get in touch with them to see what they can do for you.

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Link Building Reading To Keep You Going

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January 23  |  Link Building  |   Ryan Clark

Well you may have noticed that this week has a been a little slow with updates except for my lengthy Video Marketing & SEO post, and I apologize to you folks. I thought I would make this quick post with some links to a few great posts that have been out recently within the blogosphere. I would also like you folks to participate by leaving links to some great content in the comments here because I know I won’t be able to get everything in here. Since I’ve launched my link building services I’ve had non stop clients coming in so it has sadly slowed down my posting abilities.

Link Voodoo is almost launching version 1.1 which is the addition to our backlink analyzer. Like I stated in the last update we were having some issues getting the data back and forth from the server to the browser, but we’ve got it working without a browser plugin and it’s almost ready! We will be needing a few good beta testers before it goes fully public so contact me if you’re interested. We’re looking for SEO consultants and other link builders who do a lot of analyzing to apply because we need to try and break her.

I’ll be offering Video SEO services to go along with my link building consulting, so get in touch if you’re interested in being my test subject at a discounted rate. This will include either half assed movie content made by my team, or you can hire out to have a video made for me to do my magic on. This services is great for affiliate marketers as well companies looking to let customers put a face or gimmick to your name.

Link Building Must Reads:

1) Collin Lahay – Increase Website Traffic With Forum Marketing

2) Ann Smarty – Clean Up Your Link Profile Before Starting A New Link Building Campaign

3) Michael Martinez – The Microsite Mistake – Mistaking Microsites for Mistakes

I just discovered Michael Martinez’s blog called SEO Theory and I would highly recommend it to everyone after reading his work. Michael writes really well and I learned a lot in the short time I’ve spent reading already.

4) Derek Edmond – 30 Old Ways To Gain New Links in 2009

5) Eric Ward – When Link Rehabilitation Is A Viable Option

6) Dev Basu – The Perfect Link Request

7) Ann Smarty – 5 Link Building Tactics You Probably Don’t Use But Should

So like I stated above I want you folks to link in the comments to other great posts that should be read that I missed. I’ll be working my ass off this weekend on my clients so it won’t be until next week I get to writing a few more good posts. I have 74 drafts on link building methods I need to catch up on, so I do have ideas! I’m also looking for a few good guest bloggers anytime, so get in touch!

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Link Building Chart That Makes For Easy Explanation

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January 16  |  Link Building  |   Ryan Clark

I know there are a lot of people out there that “get” internet marketing these days. But as a link builder, do you still run into people who have a hard time understanding what it is you “do?” Ever gotten a laugh and a “what is that” when you tell people you’re a link builder?

No? Hmm… must just be me then.

Since we are link builders, we know the process isn’t that hard to understand. But making the whole process easier to grasp for all those people new to this form of Ninjitsu can be difficult. This past March, my internet marketing company put together a trusty chart to make the whole process easy to understand.

I’m an employee, so obviously I have one on my wall. The chart is a great visual aide for explaining all the different ways to get links across the internet. Not to mention the design – a very “Nifty 50’s” feel (like a diner menu – greasy fingerprints not included)! Without giving too much away, our link building menu features the following “a la carte” options for getting links:

  • Link Bait
  • Social Communities
  • Paid/Trade Links
  • Cherry Picking Links
  • Content Submissions

The chart also features some downloadable programs and specific web sites for getting started with link building (you can download the chart there, also). In case you’re interested in taking a quick peek at the chart, you can check it out and download it – free – in PDF format. LinkBuildr isn’t the only site that has given this chart the “thumbs up” either – it’s been featured on SEO Book and the SEO 101 podcast, too. A little known link builder by the name of Stuntdubl also had some positive praise for it.

While not new to the practice of SEO when I started at ProspectMX, I definitely had a lot to learn about link building. I found the chart to be easy to understand then, and I still refer to it every now and then when my brain starts to get stale in one area. It’s never bad to have a reminder right in front of you!

Thanks to Ryan for allowing me to hop on his site and take a second to mention our chart. If you download it and find it useful, feel free to use it to explain to your mom or household pet how you do your job. The chart also works in meetings with C-levels that initially think link building involves little more than having their little princess point a link to daddy’s website from her Facebook profile.

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Jonathan Bentz is a link builder for ProspectMX, an internet marketing company in Pennsylvania. If you’re hip to Twitter and enjoy mindless ramblings about fantasy baseball and internet marketing, feel free to follow me – @jonathanbentz. Chances are good I might follow you back.

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Paid Links – The Best Way To Rank In The Top 10

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January 13  |  Paid Links  |   Ryan Clark

Now you might be double taking at the title because most of you who read this blog know I am not in favor of paid links. Now with that being said, why the hell am I talking about them? Well for the past couple of months I’ve been taking on a lot of clients which involves me to research their competitors backlink profiles. I’ve also taken on a few clients who were competing for some very dominated keywords, and from what I’ve learned is that paid links are still king.

Over the past week I’ve been working in a niche for a client that is tough to break into and we’re starting down a long road of link building. I won’t name the niche at all out of respect for my client, and I don’t want to out anyone for paid links because that’s not my agenda here. From what I have seen it is safe to say Google is not able to keep up at all with paid links, and perhaps they are only targeting sites that are listed in paid link networks. Besides the obvious it seems the best way is to go underground and contact these sites one on one.

From what I can tell, within some of these competitive niches the sites buying links usually are very in quality in regards to content and design. So I’ll admit the sites, even though paying for hundreds of links, should most likely still be ranking where they are. So will these sites eventually get the ban hammer dropped upon them? I’m starting to think most likely not, but I’m going to be keeping my eye on a few sites to see within the next year what happens. I’m also wondering if these sites were buying links years ago and because they’re all decently old, are they getting a get out of jail free pass?

I took a good amount of time looking at the advertising pages that some of the link sellers had open to the public. Most of them did not seem to fear the big G at all and openly set prices to text links. On top of that a lot of these sites had a solid PageRank of 5-7, and again it brings me back to wondering just how solid an old domain can be. So with all that being said, what are your thoughts on paid links(sorry to beat a dead horse, but she’s still breathing a little)?

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Link Building With TradeVibes.com

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January 13  |  Link Building, Social Media Sites  |   Ryan Clark

Trade Vibes is a semi new site for all things startups and from what I’ve seen to compared sites is that it takes the cake. There are a lot of great startup sites out there but Trade Vibes has won my heart over with their features and best of all, the company profiles which are content rich. The site saw some good growth in 2008 and with the help of their users, they managed to compile over 10,000 company profiles. This is pretty damn impressive especially when you check out the profiles.

Now Trade Vibes is a great resource to build one way do follow links for your startup, and I mean for your startup only. Please do not try and spam this resource, and only use it for what the site is intended for. Your profile will growth with Google and in time it will be a valuable link, so make sure to fill your profile with as much relevant information to your startup as possible. Within your profile it also lists important people within the company and provides a user profile which also is a great place to get a link to your startup. Besides getting links this site is great for attracting investors and connecting with like minded people in your industry.

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Check Backlinks With Link Voodoo

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January 12  |  Link Building Tools, News  |   Ryan Clark

Happy Monday everyone….We’ve been working hard at getting the backlink analyzer function working on Link Voodoo and it should be rolled out very very soon. We’ve been taking into consideration all the features we’d want in this free tool and hopefully haven’t left anything out. We’re hoping to get some feedback from you folks before we roll it out and I have provided a screenshot below which should give you a better understanding of what we have in the works. We’re aiming to make it the most elaborate and informational backlink analyzer on the web which isn’t an easy task because there are a few really great tools already out there.

So it covers the usual goodies and you won’t be able to check the backlinks for individual pages until the Pro Tools roll out. If you are not signed up for a free account with Link Voodoo you will only be able to check the top 10 links, but with a free account you will be able to check all of them with full stats. Those stats include anchor text, Alexa ranking, Google PageRank, no/do follow, and the trust score of the site. You will also be able to download the results in a .csv file or in a nice sexy printable/emailable report for your client or boss. We decided to limit non signed up users only because the server costs involved in hosting a free tool like this. So please take a look at the screenshot and let me know what you’d like to see in the backlink analyzer that we don’t already have in or planned.

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Link Builders On Twitter

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January 11  |  Link Building  |   Ryan Clark

I wanted to do a quick post on as many link building consulants and professionals I could find and link to their Twitter accounts. The SEO crowd seems to have taken ahold of Twitter and you shouldn’t have much trouble finding every big name on there. I will encourage anyone I missed to pipe in in my comments or contact me to snag a spot on this list. The folks listed below are not in any specific order and are all people who I admire within this industry. If you are at all serious about quality link building then these are the folks to be listening to.

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OnlyWire Social Bookmarking Tool

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January 10  |  Link Building Tools  |   Ryan Clark

Onlywire has been a favorite bookmarking tool of mine and I’ve been meaning to to an updated post for a while now. Before I start I like to mention that this is in no way paid for and out of the respect and thanks I have for the use I’ve got out of this tool. OnlyWire has come a long way since its first version and with the latest update to 2.0 it keeps itself ahead of every other tool like it on the market, both free and paid.

OnlyWire is the only publicly available social bookmarking tool that submits to a handful of sites at the click of a button. Most of the others like Social Poster and Social Marker, require you to still load the sites and go through the submission process. The software submits to the usual suspects of the top social bookmarking sites available, so you’re getting your sites onto the places that matter instead of a host of low quality bookmarking sites. Onlywire requires you to store your account information with them, but it is built on a very secure platform that was designed to make sure your information stays private.

Of course they have got almost every base covered when it comes to browser bookmarklets which are ready and available. This is perhaps the easiest way to use OnlyWire’s bookmarking platform and only takes a few seconds to send your link to the 25+ bookmarks they offer. Remember to update your user information for each bookmarking site within your OnlyWire account, and make sure to check periodically that your account is still active. The browsers that are supported are of course Internet Explorer, Firefox and the new Google Chrome. They’ve also been generous enough to make bookmarklets for Safari and Opera which just goes to show how in tune they are with the open source community.

OnlyWire is available for free under certain conditions as well you can pay a very small fee to avoid the requirements of the free use. If you have a website you can easily use OnlyWire for free but applying the bookmark button onto your website. If you have a blog that is running on the WordPress platform there is a plugin you can use which takes care of everything for you. You can see mine in action by scrolling down to the bottom of this post, right under the massive list of bookmarking chiclets I have listed. The pricing is very affordable with a monthly cost of $2.99 or if you pay the $24.99 yearly price you can save %30. This is very affordable and fair because the server usage it must cost them can get up there and we wouldn’t have this great tool otherwise.

The last feature up is possibly my second favorite part of the tool, and if you’re a programmer you’ll love it too. They offer their API so you can configure it to automatically submit your new pages and posts on the fly without having to do any extra work. The API is limited to 5 posts per day, but I imagine they would take payment to allow more. If anyone from OnlyWire reads this feel free to elaborate on that in the comments. The API commands are pretty straight forward and you shouldn’t have too much of a problem implementing it within your website.

I hope you folks enjoy the tool and get some great use out of it. I encourage you to leave some comments on what you think of OnlyWire, good or bad. I would love to hear from some of the staff as well with any tips, comments or insight on what they have planned next for this amazing tool. I personally would love to see a few more sites added in but I know how much of a pain it can be getting auto submitting working with certain sites. I tried in the past to program my own tool just like this but ended up with a big fat FAIL!

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