Link Building

Why Linking Out is a Bobby Jindal No-Brainer »
Posted on March 2nd, 2009 by Paul Woodhouse in Google - SEO, Link Building | 3 Comments

Obviously there are a few things that rankle when it comes to visiting a Website. In particular, the old blood pressure bubbles a couple of degrees higher when, on clicking on a link relating to a given third party service or product, it takes you to the category or tag on that site relating to that product or service. I’m not talking about companies who link to products or services on their business Websites, but places that are talking or reviewing third party services.

Somewhere like Engadget or your average online news outfit.

The problem is they’ll link any mention of an iPhone to their category or tag page about iPhones. As much as I’m interested in Engadget’s particular take on the particular service, I still want to be taken to the Web page of the service they happen to be talking about.
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Ever Wondered How to Become an SEO Professional? »
Posted on September 18th, 2008 by Paul Woodhouse in Google Adwords, Link Building, SEO | 5 Comments

Webmaster The person who usually maintains the content and operational status of a Web server. Most Webmasters are involved with design and development issues for new content and also with business and marketing issues, network topology design, and any other issue related to the development and maintenance of the Web server. [Definition via]

The first time I referred to myself as a Webmaster I’d been taken to the NEC in Birmingham (West Midlands, UK, not Alabama) by the brothers Butler, who I was Webmastering for, to attend a sheet metal machinery trade show. On signing up I was asked to give my role within the company, and rather than have ‘technical buffoon dragged along for the ride’ that wouldn’t read legibly on my name tag, I offered Webmaster. Matt and John found this highly amusing, and for the next twelve months they’d refer to me as ‘The Webmaster’ in a quizzical Darth Vader tone.

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Eric Ward: Good Guy; Justin Seibert: Giant Jag-Off »
Posted on March 4th, 2008 by Justin Seibert in Business Blogging, Link Building, SEO, Search Engine Reputation Management, Web Credibility | 5 Comments

Mmmm – my size 10 Johnston & Murphy tastes pretty good. Maybe that’s why I try to cram it in there so often. I went almost 2 years without causing a stir and now I can’t go 2 posts without doing something stupid. If I didn’t mind coming off like a meathead, I could probably be a pretty good link baiter.

Yesterday I posted an interview with David Temple about paid search certification and SEO training. In case you don’t want to click back or try to split screen two browser windows, I offered: Continue reading →