Questions about Angela's backlinks

Currently I am working on my first niche and am promoting 34 and a lander using these packets (in combination with paul's).

First of all, buy roboform if you're going to do this (fills in forms when you click one button), you can go through 30 links in a half hour or so, instead of the hours it would take typing everything by hand.

I keep a spreadsheet of all of my articles, what link packets I've built to them, and what identities are linked to them. Each identity has two articles linked to it (you post 2 links on each site).

That's how I do things and it works pretty well, going through all 80 of the links i get each month takes 1.5 hours or so. 1.5 hours and you've built 70+ links to 2 articles or sites, seems pretty efficient to me but I'll outsource it later.

My suggestion is that you have to outsource your work.

Lots of good suggestions so far.

As for your main question, I would suggest adding 2 links to your profiles/bio. Also, if you can, I would put them into a sentence or two, rather than just having two anchored text links. IMHO, even putting something like "This is a great site and I look forward to participating. I just put together these two sites, please check them out if you want: ABC and DEF." is better than just the two bare links.

Also note, that if I have two pages on two different sites I am backlinking, I will put one page from each site together in the same profile. It won't make a difference as to the number of backlinks to any of the given pages, but you will get twice as many backlinks to your domain that way (I noticed the difference early on with backlinkwatch.com, and changed my strategy).

Finally, while I don't outsource, I am a big fan of automation. At the very minimum, Roboform should be your friend. There are three products out there (all advertised in the WSO section) that I am aware of (and am or was a member of) to help automate the process as much as possible. They each work by different methods and to varying degrees of automation. Note also that they are recurring memberships so that should be a consideration.

(1) Fran (the one that Anglea and PJ mention in their packets) *basically provides you with a .pdf of exactly how to fill out a Roboform identity that will complete the vast majority of that month's packets. I used to be a member, but now use #2 and 3 below. Fran's product is very good and the cheapest, but I prefer the automation of the other two.

(2) Peter Drew has a WSO (Brute Force Linking Loophole), which is the closest to pure automation you will get. It is basically a scripting program that will sign up for you (even has an automated captcha solving system) and then will input all of the required fields automatically. You will have to verify the emails. Not all of Angela's links can be automated, but maybe 24-25 per month make it into each month's update. There are 100 sites so far in the program, and my last run resulted in 67 active profiles being put up. It took me about 15-20 minutes of my time to set up the system and confirm the emails.

(3) Stephen Hawkins has a WSO (SEO Link Dominator) which is sort of like Roboform on anabolic steroids. With this week's update to the software, you can have the software "read" the .pdfs that Angela, PJ, Terry Kyle and a host of others have put together. You can then store the link sources in any number of categories or lists that you want. It lists the PR next to each link source. You can also input your own backlink sources into the software. Once you load up your information for a new profile, you can then sign up to each site in any of your categories (e.g., Angela's October Pack). It loads up the sites for you in order, and with a right click you can insert information automatically right from the system (you can have it fill all spots automatically, or select items like "username", "password", etc.). You can either confirm your email in a separate browser and then input your links right away, or you can come back to it. Either way, the software saves the information. So, you'll know what sites you signed up for, which sites temporarily had URL issues (so you can come back), which sites are now broken and you want to abandon (it will delete it from your category), and which sites have profiles on them. In addition, you can right click and save the profile URL. So, once you are done with a packet, you can export to a .txt file all of your newly created profiles.

Basically, #2 and #3 above make me a happy man

Well, here's a question. I outsourced a team and had them use all of the back link lists you are referring to. In the span of a few weeks, hundreds and hundreds of links were placed for my sites. But I have seen no difference in my search engine rankings, and Google has only recognized a few of the hundreds.

Can anyone tell me that doing backlink-building campaigns actually works? I've focused on it for the past year. It all sounds great in theory, but go and check how many of your back links Google recognizes. You might be in for an unpleasant surprise.

I realize it can take months for them to show up and kick in, but seriously....is this just a waste of time?

I should add...I used all of Angela's back link packets. But I did not ping and bookmark the profiles that were created. Perhaps this will make a difference? I'm just feeling a bit flustered after spending the last year building backlinks, and very few of them have been counted by Google -- and I haven't seen any solid results in the search engine results. Have you?

Anyone have a response to CC's question?

Are there issues with regards to the TOS (terms of service) for creating multiple profiles on the link sites? If I owned a similar site, I don't think I would be happy with dozens of shill accounts created for the purpose of building backlinks at my expense.

Thanks!

What is pinging the backlink. Just pinging from a command prompt or is there a tool for this?

Is it necessary to ping and bookmark backlinks? The pinging bit ok but I don't have a bookmarking software as yet. So I am trying to get away with just using a few of Angela's High PR backlinks.

was it really necessary to bump a post from november 2009? really? seriously?

Unless you have a LOT of time on your hands, either outsource your linking or get an automated service. I used to use Angela's links and the manual work drove me nuts. Then I moved on to Linking Loophole, and that wasn't much better, lol. So yeah, although they're good links, it's not worth the time put in. For me, anyway.