Website links for a better Google ranking

[buyfromtheuk]

Hi,

Do links from other websites help your website achieve a higher Google search rank. If so, is it best for a one way link (from them to you) or a two way link from both websites?

 

[MASSEY]

Yes,

From them to you,

Reciprocating can work if done right, its all about relevance,

 

[dottelads]

right - relevance matters.

be careful of using link farm services as that's one of the quickest ways of getting your site delisted from search engines

reach out to site owners of similar or relevant sites and offer to exchange links.

 

[SFD]

Hi,

Do links from other websites help your website achieve a higher Google search rank. If so, is it best for a one way link (from them to you) or a two way link from both websites?

Just follow this REMOVED link to article by OP

 

[MASSEY]

Just follow this REMOVED

haha, i was sure there was a thread where the op was telling people,

Thanks for confirming

 

[zigojacko]

What a useless article of little to no value that sounds like SEO advice from the 90's other than the fact it mentions Twitter and Facebook.

I can't understand why someone would write an article on something they clearly know nothing about.

 

[gemd89]

If you have a newsworthy story, on the right hand side there are links from the BBC website, that would be great.

If you use a service for logo/design etc some will put a logo for previous clients.

Both are one way links!

Gemma

 

[buyfromtheuk]

right - relevance matters.

be careful of using link farm services as that's one of the quickest ways of getting your site delisted from search engines

reach out to site owners of similar or relevant sites and offer to exchange links.

'link farm' do you mean link exchange sites. If so, why would they get you de-listed.

 

[buyfromtheuk]

Just follow this REMOVED

Wrote, a long time ago before I knew anything about the subject but I am learning slowly.

 

[dottelads]

'link farm' do you mean link exchange sites. If so, why would they get you de-listed.

nope - a link farm is a site setup to generate and distribute links attempting to artificially boost a sites ranking in a search algo. Not to be confused by official directories or link exchanges with valid sites.

 

[MASSEY]

Wrote, a long time ago before I knew anything about the subject but I am learning slowly.

Your targetting a tough area,

What are the keywords you are aiming for ?

 

[buyfromtheuk]

Ultimately 'UK Business directory'. I started going for 'Great British Business directory' and 'British business directory'.

 

[MASSEY]

Ultimately 'UK Business directory'. I started going for 'Great British Business directory' and 'British business directory'.

The searches for the ones in bold above have pretty much zero traffic, you need to come at it from a different angle,

 

[dottelads]

don't forget a significant relevance is still tied back to the actual domain name. also long tail seo can help for such competitive keywords.

here's a live example we're actually working on to demonstrate long tail in it's simplest form:

oxford street is a very competive keyword and very difficult to rank high - try it. our site http://oxfordstreet.tel is not on the first page (no surprises there!)

but users often search a little deeper, say they want bik bok its likely they would type bik bok oxford street
now, we've setup a url for this and no surprises we're on the first page (note: it's probably fair to say this may be partly due to that not being a very searched term, but hey it at least demo's my point )

we're also looking to setup some uk business directories, pm if you're interested in discussing more as there may be some synergy...

 

[dottelads]

The searches for the ones in bold above have pretty much zero traffic, you need to come at it from a different angle,

right, you're better off going long tail and seeing what words are being searched often in conjunction with your main keywords and target those.

 

[Birmingham]

generally, best to be 1 way. but if the recip is with a popular page on a site much bigger than yours then consider that also

 

[buyfromtheuk]

Hi,

www.buyfromtheuk.co.uk has finally stated to appear in the top 100 for 'UK business directory' and even better for 'free business directory'

I guess I am doing something right!

 

[ukipodearphones]

Anyone tried article submission? If successful you can end up with a lot of quality back links. I've tried this technique and it worked out pretty good for me.

 

[MASSEY]

Hi,

www.buyfromtheuk.co.uk has finally stated to appear in the top 100 for 'UK business directory' and even better for 'free business directory'

I guess I am doing something right!

so your on page 10?

what is your position for free business directory?

 

[MASSEY]

Anyone tried article submission? If successful you can end up with a lot of quality back links. I've tried this technique and it worked out pretty good for me.

Yes i did it recently it was a good boost in terms of seo, lets hope i manage to spin a lot of backlinks from it,

 

[Donny]

All form of paid linking are deemed illegal by google, if they think you are trying to cheat their system in order to make your website rank higher, they will penalise you. This includes link exchange sites and link farms. Consider the quality of the site that is linking to you and not the numbe ros sites linking to you.

20 high quality links can help your google PR far better than 10000 bad ones.

 

[RedEvo]

All form of paid linking are deemed illegal by google, if they think you are trying to cheat their system in order to make your website rank higher, they will penalise you.

Cool, then all we need to do is buy links on behalf of our competitors and they will be removed from the index leaving all the traffic for us

d

 

[Donny]

Cool, then all we need to do is buy links on behalf of our competitors and they will be removed from the index leaving all the traffic for us

d

You know i feel quite foolish for not having tried that already! :redface:

 

[lr89]

if you make comnents with links, try to be as relevant to the subject being discussed as much as possible. If you follow this rule you will succeed. That's why many companies which sell this type of services fail, because it takes a lot of time to post in the right place.

 

[RedEvo]

You know i feel quite foolish for not having tried that already! :redface:

If you buy links the worst thing that can happen is the links won't pass any value and as this is why you bought them this is what hurts you, not a Google penalty.

Google wants to nail people selling links not people buying them.

Also it's worth noting it's perfectly OK to buy links so long as you ensure they are no follow. These will pass traffic but not juice.

Hope this helps.

d