This applies to Canadian websites only and I hold it up there as the Holy Grail of links to get for a .ca website besides dmoz, and it is the Yahoo Directory for Canada. They only accept quality websites and it can be tough at times getting listed within the directory. I’ve had a successful listing for a few clients and only one of my personal websites. The Canadian Yahoo Directory is a pr5 directory and the submission process is so easy it’s well worth the time. You can submit here.
Yahoo Directory Canada Is Free!
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August 14 | Link Building | Ryan Clark
Sniffing Out Competitors Back Links For Your Gain
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August 14 | Link Building | Ryan Clark
I follow a lot of great affiliate marketing and link building blogs on the web and come to admire a lot of smart people out there. One of my favorites is Colin LaHay’s “Mixed Market Arts” because his blog is one of the few that has actually taught and old dog new tricks. His Link Building Cookbook is the best laid out blog post on the subject of getting links in 2008. His blog is a perfect example of someone who I regularly check to see where his top back links are coming from, and what new ones he’s acquired. A quick glance shows that his pet project RSS Hugger is providing his site with some great link juice. If you haven’t signed up for RSS Hugger I suggest you do so for free here.
I believe in doing this for every campaign because you can not only get the same links your competitors have, but you can also determine what they’re doing thats been successful within that niche. This is all assuming within the top 3 ranking sites in the niche you’re after.
Lets say for example you’re marketing a site targeting “Las Vegas Car Rentals”. I’m going to post the results I get from my browser here in Vancouver Canada, so they will be a little different when you search…this is fine though because I can still get my point across.
Dream Car Rentals has built a good amount of back links over time and as you all will be able to tell, would take some time to overcome. From the first 20 back links I snooped out on Dream Car Rentals I could obtain links from %40 of them because they were a few obvious social bookmarking sites and car rental directories. I can also see a few links they’ve paid for within the mix.
Another aspect to look at is how the top bloggers are using link bait to get an ungodly amount of one-way links to their site. Hate him or love him, Shoemoney.com is a great domain to examine in detail because there are few people who can attract links like him. I’ve learned a lot from gaming both Shoemoney.com and SEOMOZ.org in regards to link baiting.
Tagged internet marketing, Link Building, mixed market arts, seo, seomoz, shoemoney
Link Plug For A Podcast Plug..Who’s Tried This?
August 14 | Link Building | Ryan Clark
I briefly mentioned before that I’ve been experimenting with getting my blogs, or clients blogs mentioned in Podcasts related to my niche that I was promoting. The Podcasting community is still growing every day and most likely there is a Podcast related to your niche out there already. All it takes is a simple email or skype call away to get intouch with that “Podmaster”, and you could easily be setting yourself up with a chance to get some new readers to your blog.
This could work out to be very benificial if you’re selling a product within that niche. If you make a great target audience match up the potential to make sales goes up greatly, especially compared to a tired “web/banner ad” washed webosphere.
A great example of a perfect match up would be when Audible.com ran ads on Leo Laporte’s This Week In Tech(TWiT) podcast. I myself subscribe to well over 100 podcasts, love books and barely leave home without my iPod. I tried out Audible.com after hearing a few shows and have since then stocked up my iPod with audio books which are a great listen anywhere.
So you can hit up one of the many Podcast Directories on the web and find a show related to your site and get intouch with other businesses out there. Please feel free to leave your thoughts or rants in the comments, as well as advertise any website to Podcast trades you have to offer.
Tagged podcast marketing
Link Building With Infobarrel.com
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August 14 | Social Media Sites | Ryan Clark
InfoBarrel.com has recently launched into the world of making money online and article writing. If you’re looking for a new place to get out original, quality content to the masses then this is the place for you. It’s free to sign up and as I like to usually mention to not spam this service, but rather put something great and unique up. The Infobarrel system has measure in place to keep quality control in order which is a key feature a lot of the other social media sites are lacking.
To put it in less words, Infobarrel.com is a Shared Revenue Social Media Community. We are creating a venue for writers, media producers and other content developers to publish their material and create an extra revenue source. Not only do we want to help content producers, but we also want to attract visitors from all around the world with information that provides value to their daily lives. Whether the value is created through a simple how-to tie a tie article, a salad recipe or instructions on how to make an amazing cocktail, it is our goal to be your information destination.
Niche Link Building List For Real Estate
August 14 | Niche Link Building | Ryan Clark
This is the first in many posts to come outlining a link building guide for the given niche. I will try and cover everything from fourms, social bookmarking, social networking, web directories and much more. This post is focused on the Real Estate niche and I hope you find it helpful in your link building efforts. Please leave me a comment because it’s do follow!
Real Estate Article Sites:
pr6 www.goarticles.com->Real Estate – Submit Here
pr6 www.ezinearticles.com->Real Estate – Submit Here
pr6 www.buzzle.com->Business & Finance->Real Estate – Submit Here
pr4 www.escapehomes.com – > Submit Here
pr2 www.realestateproarticles.com – Submit Here
*new* www.real-estate-article-directory.com – Submit Here
pr2 www.realestatepropertyarticles.com – Submit Here
Real Estate Forums:
pr5 www.biggerpockets.com – Sign Up Here
pr2 www.creforum.net – Sign Up Here
pr4 www.escapehomes.com – Sign Up Here
pr4 www.realestatediscuss.com – Sign Up Here
pr3 www.realestateforum.com – Sign Up Here
pr5 www.realestatewebmasters.com – Sign Up Here
pr4 www.worldpropertylinks.com – Sign Up Here
pr4 www.realestatetalks.com – Sign Up Here
Do Follow Real Estate Blogs(Don’t Abuse Do Follow Please)
Link Building & Marketing A Podcast
August 14 | Link Building | Ryan Clark
Well I’ve been offering Podcast marketing for my clients lately and I’m having a lot of good success and positive feedback. If you have a podcast and would like to get it exposed a little more all the while building links from podcast directories and search engines. A lot of the Podcast directories have a great PR and a ton of link juice ready to be passed on.
First and foremost go with the age old gem of a tactic and join a few, or all, of the forums within your Podcast’s niche and get involved. Make a few solid replies to topics or get right in it and start off some new threads, but the whole point is to build some sort of a post count up. Get your Podcast in your forum signature to advertise to the thousands of people on the forums.
I won’t go into huge detail and list off 100 podcast directories, but you’re link building maniacs so you know the drill. If you want more than provided, hit up Google to sniff out all the other Podcast directories. For now I’ve made sure to list off the top Podcast directories that will not only bring you links, but actual listeners.
pr5 Podcast.com – Submit Here
pr8 PodcastAlley.com – Submit Here
pr6 Digitalpodcast.com – Submit Here
pr7 Podcastdirectory.com – Submit Here
pr5 Podcastpickle.com – Submit Here
pr5 Syndic8.com – Submit Here
pr8 Podnova.com – Submit Here
pr7 Itunes – Submit Here
pr4 Podcastdirectory.org – Submit Here
pr7 Music.AOL.com – Submit Here
pr7 Digg.com – Submit Here
If you’re making a quality Podcast speciliazing within your niche, then you should try and get it listed on a relevant Wikipedia page. I’ve seen a ton of legit and well done podcasts listed in Wikipedia and there shouldn’t be a problem as long as you’re *not spamming*.
Don’t forget to use Google search to find literally hundreds of Podcast directories for you to add your Podcast as well get links back to your site. And finally I’ve been experimenting with a link trading technique which is quite simple….trading a verbal link in the Podcast for a blog post on a related niche blog. I’ve had a lot of success contacting blog owners within my niche and setting up an arrangement to either have them on the show, or plug something they have going in exchange for a post about the Podcast.
Cubestat Website Value Calculator
August 14 | Social Media Sites | Ryan Clark
Cubestat.com is a brand new “Website Value Calculator” which builds a mini profile on your website that determines a whole slough of stats such as Website worth, site age, back links and so much more!
How does it work? you simply enter the domain url above, our unique algorithm will calculate and estimate the website worth, daily pageviews and daily ads revenue of the present domain.
Among the estimation it will show precise information available for the domain.
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