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What is Link Building?

by Bob Stone on Aug.21, 2009, under Link Building

One of the things that many beginners, but not a professional SEO company, overlook when promoting web sites is link popularity. The benefit of having other sites linking to yours is fairly obvious – increased traffic directed your way from those sites. However, building link popularity actually has a much more important function. Search engines pay very close to attention to how many sites are linking to yours, and how popular those sites are. Thus, in order to maximize your ranking on search engines, you have to dedicate some effort to building links.

The easiest way to build link strength is to make a deal with another website. The trouble with this is that you need links that fit with your sites niche, and most of the people looking to exchange links will be competitors. You may have to work hard to find sites that are within your niche but different enough that you’re not in direct competition. Another option is to purchase link space from more popular sites. They’re easier to find, but the disadvantage is that they cost straight out-of-pocket money. You can also outsource the process. Many companies will do the required legwork to help you build your link network, for a fee.

Regardless of the path that you decide to take, link building is too important to ignore. The boost in traffic that you’ll see after putting together a proper link network is significant. In the long run, you can save a lot of money on your internet advertising costs by aggressively pursuing a link building strategy.

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