Link building with contests
I recently recieved an email from a company who sells automotive cleaning products. They were holding an interesting contest for car clubs. His email provided quick details about the contest and the Grand prize for first place which was a $1500 donation towards the car club’s choice in a charity. He then went on to ask, “Can I write up a nice detailed page about this contest for you to post on your automotive website?” After some thought I said I would. Read this post
Link Requesting, Don’t ask just anyone…
I figured I’d ramble on a bit about requesting links. Have you ever asked for a link? Were you successful? Most times you ask for a link you’ll probably get ignored. But then sometimes you’ll get one. I’ve had people actually ask me one day for a link and then ask me one more time the following day assuming I ignored their first attempt. Read this post
The Dofollow Blog, Dofollow Search Tool
Someone who was visiting another blog of mine asked me today “Whats the point of comment links if you nofollow them?” I answered, “so the commentator can introduce their website to the community or blogger as they contribute to the subject. I personally don’t feel I need to cast a vote to Google every time someone makes a comment”. Then I pointed them over to commenthunt.com.
Deciding whether or not you should make your blog “dofollow” really depends on the subject you write about. If it’s a personal blog with a variety of non-competitive subjects I’d probably follow commentator links for the attention and feedback. If it’s a commercial blog in a competitive market, I get more sensitive about giving out external links.
Google Slammed, Carinsurancerates
Last month Google slammed carinsurancerates.com for the buying of links. I’ve seen this website rank #1 for “car insurance” for months. Even though it seemed to be a decent clean-cut website, it tanked in rank about a month ago. After doing some research it seemed as if they were buying massive amount of links from brokers as well as blog networks.
Creative Advertising
People seem to place focus on the things that are funny, controversal, unfamiliar and odd. Sometimes being a smart ass can also get the attention your looking for, if done correctly. I love to see advertisements built by the creative mind.
