SEO - How to Boost Your Link Popularity
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Search engines are the most crucial element of the Internet; they are the first tool that potential customers use to find the products and services they need. This is why link popularity is so essential. If the customers do not find your website, you have no possibilities of making any money because you will have no sales.
So what is so popular about a link? Well, a lot! Link popularity refers to the ranking assigned to your website by the search engines and it affects the ranking your page gets when keywords are entered into a search engine.
So, you're probably wondering, how do I make my link popular? Search engines are flexible. They give rank and status to sites that have links to their pages from related, quality sites. It's an easy formula, but a very important one. The system was created by Google and now virtually all the most popular search engines use it to rank your web pages in their indexes.
The more commonly used your keyword is, the harder it will be to attain link popularity, but without achieving this step, it is almost certain your site will never rank highly on any search engine. But don't be deterred; there are tried and true ways of achieving link popularity using the most competitive keywords.
You need to be aware of a few things. For instance, if you link with a large number of other websites it will not achieve link popularity. It may have quite the opposite effect. This is particularly true when you link to websites that are nothing more than "link farms" - pages containing line after line of indiscriminate links. Search engines may aggressively discriminate against your website if you are associated with a link farm, so stay clear of them!
You need to remember that the most important element of link popularity is the quality of the site you are linking to. Never link to a page you are wary of your visitors seeing. The last thing you want your website to appear as is indiscriminate and cheap.
Linking to sites of poor quality will only lessen your link popularity, if not completely destroy it. You need to choosy and link wisely to improve your rankings to stellar status on all the popular search engines.
The first step, and the fastest way to get your foot in the door, is to get a listing in a popular directory, such as Open Directory Project and Yahoo. If your site is business-related, you will want to be listed on Yahoo. It will cost you around $300 a year but it will be worth it.
However, a listing for non-commercial site is free, but it will take time and follow-up to actually get it listed. Open Directory gives you a free listing whether you are business-related or non-commercial, but be prepared to make many follow-up inquiries before you see your site listed.
If your goal is to get listed in the highest level of an appropriate category, it takes some common sense. For example, if your company ships Alpaca wool from an Alpaca farm located in the middle of Nowhere, TinyState, do NOT submit you're listing to "Retailers from Nowhere, Tiny State." BIG MISTAKE!
All you have to do is look a little deeper - and submit your listing to the "Fine Alpaca Wool" category. You will not only associate yourself with culture and quality, but you will be listed in a national category.
The next step after you have attained directory listings is to locate other quality sites that will increase your link popularity. Try to find sites that are similar to yours. By doing this, you will boost your link popularity and your customer base will also be expanded.
You want to avoid your competitors and look for sites that are useful to your site's visitors.
Let's review the Alpaca Wool site example. Linking up to a site that sells knitting supplies would be helpful to your visitors, and the chances of the knitting supply site wanting to link up to your site are also greater. By linking to a related site that will be relevant to your website's traffic, you are increasing both of your site's business prospects and both of your sites' link popularity.
Do a thorough research when looking for potential link partners since not all sites want to link to other sites. Google is an excellent starting place for your search. Ensure you enter keywords that you think quality customers will also enter to find your own site.
Remember, your criteria are quality, high-ranked, non-competing websites that have a links or resources page. Go to these sites and objectively assess them. Look at the quality of the product, the graphics, and the ease of use. Then check out the other sites they linked to and determine if your own site would fit in.
When you decide you have found a good prospect, you must set out to entice them. The first thing to do is to add a link on your own links page to their site. This is an essential first step; it shows good faith, and increases your chances significantly of their reciprocity. After adding their link, you must contact the webmaster of their site.
This should be done by email and you want to make sure it is immediately clear that your message is not junk mail. This requires that you tell them that you have added a link to their page on your site. By taking these steps, you insure the reader will read on.
Next, be sure to be flattering and let them know how much you appreciate their website. Make sure you emphasize that you have actually visited their site, and that their site is not just a random pick. Give them the address of your links page, and ask them to check out the link for themselves. It is a good idea to mention that they will not only benefit from the increased traffic your website will direct their way, but you will also increase their link popularity.
Finally, tell them you would greatly appreciate if they would reciprocally add a link on their own links page to your website. Go through this process with as many appropriate sites as you can find, bearing in mind the criteria of quality and non-competitiveness. After you have emailed all relevant sites, be sure to check these websitesregularly to see if they have added a link to your page. Give it about a month, and if no link appears, try another charming email.
Then wait another month, and if your site is still absent from their links page, then you need to remove their link from your own links page. The only time you want to pursue a link further than this is if you believe a site is vital to your link popularity and your business needs. Keep in mind, to keep all your communications complimentary and friendly
.
Then set up a schedule to check your ranking in search engines regularly to see if your link popularity has improved. This is not achievable in the blink of an eye.
It will take some time and a good deal of work. There is no way around the labor-intensive quality of improving your link popularity. But this is exactly why search engines regard it with such importance.
Remember to tweak and fine-tune your site to make it beautiful and efficient. This will increase your chances of linking to quality sites.
Also, be prepared to keep repeating this process, as long as it takes, until you achieve link popularity fame!
Dania
www.makingmoneyhowto.biz
www.homebusinesstalk.biz
www.momsebizblog.blogspot.com
So what is so popular about a link? Well, a lot! Link popularity refers to the ranking assigned to your website by the search engines and it affects the ranking your page gets when keywords are entered into a search engine.
So, you're probably wondering, how do I make my link popular? Search engines are flexible. They give rank and status to sites that have links to their pages from related, quality sites. It's an easy formula, but a very important one. The system was created by Google and now virtually all the most popular search engines use it to rank your web pages in their indexes.
The more commonly used your keyword is, the harder it will be to attain link popularity, but without achieving this step, it is almost certain your site will never rank highly on any search engine. But don't be deterred; there are tried and true ways of achieving link popularity using the most competitive keywords.
You need to be aware of a few things. For instance, if you link with a large number of other websites it will not achieve link popularity. It may have quite the opposite effect. This is particularly true when you link to websites that are nothing more than "link farms" - pages containing line after line of indiscriminate links. Search engines may aggressively discriminate against your website if you are associated with a link farm, so stay clear of them!
You need to remember that the most important element of link popularity is the quality of the site you are linking to. Never link to a page you are wary of your visitors seeing. The last thing you want your website to appear as is indiscriminate and cheap.
Linking to sites of poor quality will only lessen your link popularity, if not completely destroy it. You need to choosy and link wisely to improve your rankings to stellar status on all the popular search engines.
The first step, and the fastest way to get your foot in the door, is to get a listing in a popular directory, such as Open Directory Project and Yahoo. If your site is business-related, you will want to be listed on Yahoo. It will cost you around $300 a year but it will be worth it.
However, a listing for non-commercial site is free, but it will take time and follow-up to actually get it listed. Open Directory gives you a free listing whether you are business-related or non-commercial, but be prepared to make many follow-up inquiries before you see your site listed.
If your goal is to get listed in the highest level of an appropriate category, it takes some common sense. For example, if your company ships Alpaca wool from an Alpaca farm located in the middle of Nowhere, TinyState, do NOT submit you're listing to "Retailers from Nowhere, Tiny State." BIG MISTAKE!
All you have to do is look a little deeper - and submit your listing to the "Fine Alpaca Wool" category. You will not only associate yourself with culture and quality, but you will be listed in a national category.
The next step after you have attained directory listings is to locate other quality sites that will increase your link popularity. Try to find sites that are similar to yours. By doing this, you will boost your link popularity and your customer base will also be expanded.
You want to avoid your competitors and look for sites that are useful to your site's visitors.
Let's review the Alpaca Wool site example. Linking up to a site that sells knitting supplies would be helpful to your visitors, and the chances of the knitting supply site wanting to link up to your site are also greater. By linking to a related site that will be relevant to your website's traffic, you are increasing both of your site's business prospects and both of your sites' link popularity.
Do a thorough research when looking for potential link partners since not all sites want to link to other sites. Google is an excellent starting place for your search. Ensure you enter keywords that you think quality customers will also enter to find your own site.
Remember, your criteria are quality, high-ranked, non-competing websites that have a links or resources page. Go to these sites and objectively assess them. Look at the quality of the product, the graphics, and the ease of use. Then check out the other sites they linked to and determine if your own site would fit in.
When you decide you have found a good prospect, you must set out to entice them. The first thing to do is to add a link on your own links page to their site. This is an essential first step; it shows good faith, and increases your chances significantly of their reciprocity. After adding their link, you must contact the webmaster of their site.
This should be done by email and you want to make sure it is immediately clear that your message is not junk mail. This requires that you tell them that you have added a link to their page on your site. By taking these steps, you insure the reader will read on.
Next, be sure to be flattering and let them know how much you appreciate their website. Make sure you emphasize that you have actually visited their site, and that their site is not just a random pick. Give them the address of your links page, and ask them to check out the link for themselves. It is a good idea to mention that they will not only benefit from the increased traffic your website will direct their way, but you will also increase their link popularity.
Finally, tell them you would greatly appreciate if they would reciprocally add a link on their own links page to your website. Go through this process with as many appropriate sites as you can find, bearing in mind the criteria of quality and non-competitiveness. After you have emailed all relevant sites, be sure to check these websitesregularly to see if they have added a link to your page. Give it about a month, and if no link appears, try another charming email.
Then wait another month, and if your site is still absent from their links page, then you need to remove their link from your own links page. The only time you want to pursue a link further than this is if you believe a site is vital to your link popularity and your business needs. Keep in mind, to keep all your communications complimentary and friendly
.
Then set up a schedule to check your ranking in search engines regularly to see if your link popularity has improved. This is not achievable in the blink of an eye.
It will take some time and a good deal of work. There is no way around the labor-intensive quality of improving your link popularity. But this is exactly why search engines regard it with such importance.
Remember to tweak and fine-tune your site to make it beautiful and efficient. This will increase your chances of linking to quality sites.
Also, be prepared to keep repeating this process, as long as it takes, until you achieve link popularity fame!
Dania
www.makingmoneyhowto.biz
www.homebusinesstalk.biz
www.momsebizblog.blogspot.com