Link building is an essential tool for SEO, and using social networks and other social media can be a fun way to build links.

Backlinks are one of the most important things for a website owner or blog owner to have. But gaining these is not so easy. It takes some work to gain them but in the end it pays of.

OMG, this is the most comprehensive link building article I have seen so far. One of the co-author is the legendary Aaron Wall. Link Building... Time-intensive. Frustrating. Sometimes confusing.

Then, on the Mister-Wong site, go to the “Groups Page”. Here you can join or create new groups. Now there are advantages and disadvantages to both creating and joining groups.

Many people like to use social media sites in order to gain popularity, and to heavily increase their traffic if a story that they write hits the front pages of many of the top social media sites.

Sending a (good) link request via email is one of the most powerful ways to build links.

Yesterday, Junta 42 announced their latest list of top content marketing focused blogs (Online Marketing Blog came in at #2 in between Copyblogger and PR 2.0) and it reminded me yet again of how impor

Outbound links play a critical role in your overall linking strategy. This runs counter to the philosophy that used be popular in the industry, that of hoarding PageRank.

Link building is the process of getting websites to link to your homepage, or one of your website’s internal pages.

Here's the deal: I build links. I build a lot of them - tens of thousands every month. How do I do this?

I don’t usually divulge some of the more gray hat techniques I use to get traffic and build links, but I messed up this one and through trial and error it seems to be perfected, so I thought I’d s

I would say, reciprocal links are natural. In today’s world of active online communication and idea sharing, it’s even inevitable.

One great way to get lots of links is to launch a massive media campaign. This works particularly well if you are a large brand. What if you aren't?

Quality links to your website remain one of the strongest contributors to high organic rankings in search engines.

Ok first up, what is CSS?

Look for sites which are relevant to the vertical category that your site falls under.

Tonight I'm in Portland for tomorrow's SEMpdx Searchfest conference, where I'll be giving a keynote address at 9am on The Algorithmic Evolution of Search Engines and the Impact on Search Marketing Cam

Everyone knows that having your top keywords ranking very well in Search Engines mainly in the 3 biggest ones: MSN, Google & Yahoo!

From my experiments I would say that new backlinks take at least three or four months to affect the SERPS of google and yahoo - does that sound about the same as other people experience?

Let’s all take the time to stop checking our rankings, searching for new blogs in TLA and sending link request emails to envision an alternate universe, a world wide web where Google does not exist.