Link building
Link building is an optimization technique. It is an effort to
build, relevant quality inbound links to your website in order to increase
website importance and therefore increasing your rankings in the major search
engines.
Advantages of Link Building
1.
Usability: Links dramatically
increase usability of site information since words within articles can
be linked to other documents of importance, without interrupting the
flow of the originating concept. One of the best ways to improve
link popularity is to have good content that provides real value to your
target audience. If viewers of other sites discover your website
and acknowledge its benefits then the probability of link to your
website will increase. Following a link is one of the most popular
ways for people to find new sites. Therefore, the more inbound
links you have to your site the greater opportunity there is for people
to find your website and find your valuable content and buy your
products and services.
2.
Creates direct traffic:
Clicking on a link from a trusted source is the one of the most popular
ways to find a new website. Link popularity is very important and
needs to be given high priority. The analysis of a link is
important with search engines. Search engines are resistant to
manipulation and they are finding a legitimist way to measure the
importance of a site. Since link building takes time, the sooner
you start is better. Therefore, please consider link building a
long term investment for your site.
3.
Builds User confidence in you:
If a user sees a link on a popular or respected site their level of
trust in what you say or what you offer is likely to be higher.
For example: myspace generates more traffic to
eBay and Amazon than msn search does because
when you navigate through myspace its about trusting what
"friends" recommend. Blogs also create the same link trust factor.
Readers of blogs have a certain trust in the author.
4.
Links builds search engine trust in your site:
Search engines give sites with good inbound and outbound links a higher
ranking. The logic goes that if you provide outbound links to
other material you are providing a valuable service and if other sites
are linking to your site then you must have valuable content. Link
score is one of the most important factors that major search engines
consider when websites are ranked. The reason is simple if you have
many links pointing your site from other sites your content must have
quality information.
A link is like a vote the more votes you
have the more likely you are to win the search engines selections and
rank first.
5.
Links are pathways and provide market intelligence:
Who links to you and who you link to can be very valuable in providing
market intelligence such as:
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Competitors/ Strengths/ Weakness
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Consumer/User opinion
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Potential
suppliers
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Source of
testimonials
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Reveals
potential PR hazards
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Reveals
strategic partnerships
6.
Links are assets to add value to your
property:
Your website is your internet property that has value. What gives
your website value is the amount of traffic the site can generate.
Links are one of the most important factors in generating substantial
website traffic, higher search rankings trust, publicity, market
intelligence and lots more. A link network offers significant
value to the overall package when determining the value of a website.
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