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Yahoo directory listing- is it worth the money?

by John McElborough

The Yahoo directory has long been part of the staple of many a link building campaign. A lot of SEO’s still seem to recommend it (although I doubt many have tested it properly) but is one directory link really worth $300/ year? Sometimes but usually not is the short answer, read on for the long [...]

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Finding similar sites for your link research

by John McElborough

One of my favourite ways to build up a link building prospect list is to find a few sites which I think I can get a link from, either with a simple link request, a guest post, a payment or something more creative, then to dig around for similar sites which might also make good [...]

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Online Casino SEO

by John McElborough

There was a talk on this subject at the SEOmoz pro seminar earlier in the year which I was looking forward to but which I felt really didn’t give anything useful away so I want to make this post as detailed and useful as possible. If I miss anything you think should be included let [...]

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When does it make sense to buy links

by John McElborough

OK so I know the fashion for SEO blogs these days is bashing link buying or ‘outing’ sites or agencies who are doing it but allow me to play devils advocate for a minute. Forget about ‘ethics’, ‘outing’ or the threat of penalties for a couple of minutes and bare with me while I discuss [...]

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Q: Can bad links hurt my site? A: Yes

by John McElborough

This is one of those questions which comes up every now and again in the SEO community but tends to get skimmed over because there’s not a huge amount of conclusive information available on it. “If a bad (spam) site links to me, will it damage my rankings by association?” This naturally has to lead [...]

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