What not to do while building Links !!

by expmrb
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This post was published originally in our forum. I just wanted to share it with the members of this forum also so I am sharing a short version here.

"This question I am hearing from many website owners that 'What not to do while building a Link'. Often site admins left with spamming their own link base while trying to build links aggressively. So getting to the point here are some points that I want to point out for them.

1. Building Links through Blog commenting

Believe it or not. Commenting on other blogs try to get a link for you site is not going to get you ranked. Most of the people think that links from comments are useful but they are actually not. Most of the blogs give you a no-follow link and the ones which gives do-follow they are basically of zero value.

I am not saying that you should not comment on blogs but I am saying this just don't do it for links. If you like some article and you think that you can add some value in it then comment. Put your site's url in the website section along with your full name. If the visitors of the host blog like what you added then probably you will get some referral traffic.

2. Building Links through Forum Posting

Forum or online communities are strictly for gathering and sharing information. They are not for building links. They are just like blog commenting most forums provide no-follow links and the ones which does give do-follow they don't' have any link juice.

Forum Marketing can be done. Share information with the members, add useful information, help them. You can build a solid trust in your community and make your brand glaze like a diamond. They can send you a ton of traffic if you play it well.

3. Getting Links from irrelevant niche

Trying to build links aggressively is not a bad thing but it must be done right. Getting links from every niche that you can get is not going to get you ranked. They will provide no value to your link base. And even worse they can get you red flagged in the eyes of search engines. In this age of Google Penguin Algorithm if once your ranks fell then it may take months to get you rank back. It may also occur that you never get your rank back.

4. Irrelevant Anchor texts

Everybody is trying to get textual links now. Putting an anchor text which is not at all relevant to the surrounding content or page is not going to work at all. You must put an anchor text which is similar or relevant to the hosting page. You may get some referral traffic but it will provide no link juice. And also not to mention search engines are not going to like it at all.

5. Anchor text ok but the linking page is not

You must keep this always in mind that your anchor text may be relevant to the hosting page but this is not the entire scenario. The page which you are linking to also have to be relevant to the hosting page and anchor text both. Otherwise, the search engines are going to see this as you are trying to manipulate their SERP's."

I hope that it helps everybody. Feel free to correct me or add some information anytime.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jasvinder
    Nailed it here, btw, I will make it short, and say, low quality or irrelevant links a as well as optimized anchor text is prohibited for long term, apart from this, we can experiment a bit in link building to get success.
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  • Profile picture of the author noms
    building links through low-quality directories should be part of this.
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    • Profile picture of the author expmrb
      Originally Posted by noms View Post

      building links through low-quality directories should be part of this.
      Actually those points are also included in the original post. I will give you the headings of those points for you.

      - Link Wheel or Link Exchange
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      Hiring a SEO Firm without getting any information about them
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      Submitting to too much directories
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      Links from Low Quality Guest Posts
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      Purchased Links
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      • Profile picture of the author mailbox
        Nice informative post mate.
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  • Profile picture of the author Testinodele
    (1) Some suppose they (or the link building agency they hire) will invariably outsmart Google and acquire their sites or apps to the highest of the SERPs by sheer force of amount, finding loopholes within the search algorithmic program, or victimisation new, bleeding-edge tricks.

    The keyword here is “always.” If you’re within the other PPC industry, what I’m getting to say is maybe too time consuming for you; stop reading here. If you’re not, browse the on top of paragraph once more.

    (2) Others suppose link building is dead.

    This story is propagated by lazy, “feel good” blogs that endlessly eruct rehashed commandments on a way to “earn” links naturally. (God, however I hate rehashed terms!) you wish to create links. And plenty of posts tell you ways to try to to it.


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  • Profile picture of the author davidfrankk
    Go for links from credible sources. For backlinks, its not about quantity but quality.
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  • Profile picture of the author ignaciosports
    Share always quality content and generate quality backlinks.
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