Big Link Networks....Going Going Gone!


On May 14th, Google quietly took aggressive MANUAL action against thousands of link networks. Yes, most likely those 'clean' high PR links that you bought awhile back are now worthless, which has resulted in a drop in rankings and a hole in your site's overall authority profile. This move so close to the release of Penguin 2.0 has left many trying to find the source of their ranking drop.

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The thing you need to understand is that Google is smarter than you. They've got teams of brainiacs focused completely on devaluing and categorizing 'Link Spam'. If you can buy a membership or a software program and automatically build links then you're standing on a cliff peering over the edge just waiting to be pushed off. Or perhaps you're one of the unlucky ones and after these latest shifts you're currently in a free fall waiting to see where the bottom actually is. Automated link building is a ticking time bomb - PLEASE walk away before it's too late.

Instead, as we've been telling our members for years now, build your links legitimately. Link building in a post-Penguin world doesn't have to be hard. Our eight suggested best practices below are effective, come from our own personal experience, and are fully scalable no matter your client list size. These are where we are placing our link building eggs in 2013 and beyond. We urge you to do the same.

  • Stop Cross-Linking Between Sites
  • Quality not Quantity with Directory Links
  • Embrace Guest Posting
  • Build Links with a Blog
  • Eliminate "Splog" & Content Networks
  • Understand Natural Anchor Text Distribution
  • Target Local Links
  • Evergreen your Content

For complete details on the above practices go here: 8 Link Building Best Practices in a Post-Penguin World.

Or if you're busy and want to out source your link building to someone you can trust then shoot us a note and we'll be more than happy to share a few of the sources we've been using for years with the utmost success. Be warned, none of these will be...

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