From the seminal SEOBook article “101 Ways to Build Link Popularity in 2006”:
1. Sorry, but link building is still going to be the SEO trump card for the foreseeable future.
2. I wouldn’t hold your breath for search engine algorithms to place less importance on link popularity until the Semantic Web arrives, or maybe when HTTP gets replaced by a new protocol. Because links are still the basic connector, the basic relationship, on the Web. And for the forseeable future they’re going to be the easiest way for a computer program to judge the importance and trustworthiness of a Web page.
Whether your concern is your primary web site, your weblog — or both — the essence of search engine findability is the inbound link. Our goal at BloodhoundBlog is to build a community — but we want to build a big community. We don’t go out of our way to attract links — contemporaneous appearances seemingly to the contrary — but neither do we shun them.
I’ll come back to this as we proceed, because I think it’s interesting. In the mean time, what’s the best way to attract an inbound link? Very simple: An outbound link.
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jf.sellsius says:
Links are also garnered in the back end via email contact with other bloggers. Pass on information that another blogger may be interested in. Share some real life stuff llike Todd’s trip to Zion or Brad’s Ireland adventure.
Yes, it’s all about community—we help each other out & celebrate each others success & help each other through rough patches.
September 26, 2006 — 7:05 am