Off the Page Optimization
Blogs, podcasts, social media & other communities
Making Connections and Building Links
The Internet is not a mass medium.
- Identify central sites for your industry
- Get links to your website from niche directories and sites that have link pages.
(Two way links are not automatic. It is a common courtesy to offer a link back in return.)
- Connect through online communities (Twitter, Facebook, forums, etc.)
- Participate in the blog-o-sphere. Make intelligent comments on blog posts, with your link along with your name to build extra back-links.
- Be careful: invest your time strategically!
Quick fact: Researchers believe that the web is a "bow tie" with four distinct regions.
Useful tools:
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Find out who links to you by entering link: yourdomain (e.g. link:
www.canadaone.com) in Google