So, you have built a nice web site and recently decided to get some visitors to your baby. Some study of the subject made you realize that a link building campaign is what the cool guys do. And now you are wondering whether you should do that link building campaign yourself or hire somebody to do it for you.
Well, I am a little biased here, but I tend to recommend to hire a pro. Not that you can not do it yourself, but a pro can do it often times much faster and better and well, professional.
Now, in case you won’t listen to my advice and want to do it yourself, here is how you do it.
1. Makes sure that you page is working (mean you should have all your internal SEO ducks in line). If in doubt, read up on it on Google Webmaster.
2. Go to adsense keyword tool and do some basic keyword research. In the beginning you want to select keywords that are highly relevant to your products and services, but that don’t have too many searches. You are going for the low hanging fruits first. Something like 500 to 1,500 searches per month are your first target.
3. If you don’t already have it, install the Google toolbar. You’ll need it later for checking the PageRank of you comment victims.
4. Install the NoDoFollow add-on for Firefox . Yes, you’ll be using Firefox for this. All other browser are worthless for a successful link building campaign.
5. Now that you have all your tools in place, head over to Google and find some blogs that are related to your keyword and that do not use the nofollow attribute.
Sound simple, right? Well it is. The only thing that I did not explain in great detail is the query that you have to use in Google in order to find those high pagerank blogs that are dofollow in the comment area. But for now you can use DoFollow Blog Directory & Compendium.
HP Jeschke
Jared@Design Inspiration
on Dec 23rd, 2009
@ 5:43 am:
The only thing you forgot to mention is that when you comment on blogs that are DoFollow, make sure you actually read the post and put some effort into your comment. If you don’t, it may look like spam and the owner of the blog will just deny your comment. Also, if you spam too many blogs that are using the Akismet anti-spam plugin, you are at risk for being put on the Akismet blacklist.
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Jose Perez@search engine ranking
on Jan 2nd, 2010
@ 9:18 am:
Hi HP,
My keyword research is really pathetic so thank you for number 2 in your list. On number 4, the NoDoFollow will be the first add-on I’ll install, even though I’ve been using Firefox for a while now.
Lining up the SEO ducks you talk about seems like a lot to me!
Jose
Jennifer @ Natural Hair Restoration
on Jan 6th, 2010
@ 8:18 pm:
I installed the Firefox ad-on that highlights no-follow links. All of the links on this page light up as having the nofollow attribute, even the anchor text in the comments above. Did I install it incorrectly?
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monika@seo manchester
on Jan 13th, 2010
@ 2:16 am:
Thanks for giving such a wonderful portal. Your blog is not only knowledgeable but also very inventive too. There normally are very few experts who can think to write technical stuff that creatively. we keep searching for information on something like this. I have gone through many blogs to come across knowhow with respect to this.We look forward to the next posts !!
dofollow
on Jan 15th, 2010
@ 11:52 am:
thanks for sharing, i hope sucsses..for you
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Tim@Link Building
on Jan 15th, 2010
@ 11:53 am:
Jared is on the money. If the blog owner is good enough to leave a followed link, the least you can do it to contribute. This is true for many link building strategies. I would also add there is a tool called Quirk Search Status that highlights nofollow links among many other things.
There are software apps that will find nofollow blogs too.
Andy@Website Optimization Software
on Jan 18th, 2010
@ 9:09 am:
Remember, when using Googles external keyword tool, use ‘exact’ match. That will give you a more accurate search volume figure.
I also recommend getting a few nofollow links to. This makes it look more natural to the search engines ALTHOUGH your main focus should be on ‘dofollow’ links.
Matthew Robert Payne@ who likes personal prophecy
on Jan 21st, 2010
@ 9:22 pm:
It has been my experience with SEO experts to tell you quite a lot but not enough to make you a success unless you buy a book on the subject. However you look at it back links take time. Have you got the time, is your time worth a lot of money? Is you money better invested in doing what you do best and leaving the SEO to an expert? I think any sane person can make a good decision