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The Truth About Backlink Building

December 31, 2010 - Last Modified: January 24, 2012 by Bryan P. Hollis

Link Building

Everyone in the world of internet marketing has their own take on how certain things should be done with respect to promoting a web or blogsite. If you’re smart, you’ll follow the obvious rules where search engines are concerned. This is a no-brainer. Let’s give a few simple examples of this, and see where the concept of backlink building fits in the big picture.

An example of something obvious that any article writer or blogger would want to focus on where search engine optimization (SEO) is concerned is limiting the number of characters in the article or blog title. Generally a good rule of thumb is to limit your title to 60 characters. Long titles are not the wisest choice. (I am confident that I am not sharing any new information here, I’m only using this to build on my point).

Using keywords in a natural way throughout the article post is another example of quality writing for search engine optimization. “Key Word Stuffing” is a bad decision as a means to try to fit your keywords into the article. It creates an unnatural flow, and is frowned upon by search engines. (Again, I’m sure that this is common knowledge…just building on what’s to follow).

Let’s stop wasting any more time here and get to the point…

Backlink Building

Building backlinks to your web or blogsite, as we all know, is another crucial marketing ploy for ranking high with search engines. Incoming links to your site show search engines that your site is deemed credible through the eyes of others, and that you have experience in your field – that you are an “expert”. There are however, different beliefs regarding the building of backlinks.

Many web or blogsite owners won’t mess with you if you don’t have a Page Rank (PR) 5 or better, because they feel that this will bring the credibility of their site down. While I don’t want to confuse Page Rank with traffic, they do ultimately go hand in hand. Here is a small excerpt that I wrote on the subject using Facebook as an example. Quick facts: Facebook’s traffic rank is number 2 in the US and the world. Google is number 1. Facebook has approximately 200,000 more known incoming links than Google.

“If we were to go with this school of thought on backlink building, we would expect a high ranking site to have backlinks coming from sites in its niche, right? Wrong! Since we’re on the subject of Facebook, we’ll stick with this example. Since Facebook ranks so high on Google (Search Engine) and number 2 on Alexa (Traffic Score), you would expect the niche theory as having their incoming links from sites like reddit, stumbleupon, delicious, twitter, etc. While these are incoming links for Facebook, do you think they account for the 927,469 KNOWN incoming links for Facebook? Doubtful. This is also, by the way, another reason that Page Rank (PR), backlinks, and traffic go hand in hand. They are, in a sense “married” to each other. Take a look at this screenshot from Alexa for Facebook. Visit Alexa and peruse some of Facebook’s almost 1 million incoming links for yourself. They are not 1 million social media / networking sites, but from every site make and model in the world!”

This is an excerpt from the article I wrote about this subject, with a significantly more in-depth outlook. I hope you’ll choose to read about my take on backlink building by following THIS LINK. I invite anyone’s comments or constructive criticism as well.

Thanks for reading my post about my take on backlink building. Hopefully it will be beneficial to those that agree with this point of view, and bring them more viewership, subscribers, traffic, etc. Happy blogging!

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  1. Phil Robins says:
    the link no longer works !
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Thanks, I've removed it.
  2. Dominic says:
    You said "Many web or blogsite owners won’t mess with you if you don’t have a Page Rank (PR) 5 or better, because they feel that this will bring the credibility of their site down." It's funny your site is only PR4! Well, I won'r mess with you then. :)
  3. kira permunian says:
    Although PR is helpful because it refers to how significant your page is to Google and backlinking might give you search engine traffic, but I think there's a better way to get more traffic than these two - it is proper usage of keywords and on-page SEO.
    • Bryan Hollis says:
      Kira, Thanks for reading my post. While I don't want to sound as if I disagree with you. The article wasn't really aimed so much at traffic generation necessarily. It was more of a simple focus in that the bottom line being that all backlinks are of benefit to a site. Take care, Bryan
  4. Dana says:
    You may be right that traffic and PR is hand to hand. However, I experienced that my PR 1 blogs has far more traffic (3 times) than my PR3 blogs. So, I conclude that PR is not the only the factor for traffic -- there are other factors that drive traffic. But, yeah, may be if my PR1 blogs has better PR, the traffic even more. Who knows. Note: traffic here is purely from search engine (Google search engine).
    • Bryan Hollis says:
      Dana, As you may already know, PageRank is about to be out-dated anyway. Google will lose the rights to their exclusive PageRank in just a few years anyway. You are right about this, which is why I wrote a new post called "Alexa Is My Concern". I guest posted this on another blog. Little controversy over this one too. (I like a bit of controversy).
  5. Rose says:
    Thanks for your post Bryan. Very informative that newbies like me must learn in order to survive into the blogosphere. Hope to read more tips from you.
    • Bryan Hollis says:
      Rose, No problem. I hope it will make a difference in the success of your blog. Thanks for reading. Bryan
  6. Raj says:
    Thanks for this post Bryan! These small tips are really important for new bloggers like myself.
    • Bryan P. Hollis says:
      Raj, I am sorry it has taken so long to respond to you comment. My sites have been under "migration" to a new server - nightmare! Anyhow, I am glad that my post has been able to provide benefit to new bloggers and those that may not focus so much on link building. I hope you and your site have much success! Bryan
  7. Navin says:
    Actually Backlinks are booster for new blogs, but popular blogs like this wont need any backlinks to be survive, but some of poor bloggers like me, need blacklinks for traffic.
    • Bryan P. Hollis says:
      Navin, Hate to make this such a short reply, but indeed you are correct. Sites like Famous Bloggers start a "snow-ball" effect with their backlink generation. They are so well known as visited - and the KEY - is that they offer quality content, so their link generation just sort of grows on its' own! Bryan
  8. BrandonPatton says:
    I am a Realtor so I am not expert in Blogging or SEO. However, I will say that I have been trying to focus all my marketing for 2011 online. It is only Jan and I already made a 1200 commitment to i house elite and a 90 a month commitment to google add words. I was about to spend 600 a month on SEO and google maps but I decided that maybe a person with a background like mine can learn SEO and save some money. I have a few quistions, why are most blogging sites associated with LUV? How do you find out if a web page allows a path back to your web page instead of a do not follow?If you are to add backlinks to your web page should you just cut and past away?
    • Bryan P. Hollis says:
      Brandon, I believe you had a chance to stop by and read the full article and you and I had a chance to talk about this?
  9. Gilberto Cintron says:
    Thanks for confirming what I have long suspected. My blog is not a niche blog, in fact it is a conglomeration of many topics. My PR is only a 3, but I strive harder. I'm like that old car rental commercial, I may not be number one, by I try harder. Thanks. ~ Gil
    • Bryan P. Hollis says:
      Gilberto, I have several different sites. Two are "niche" and two are actually article submission sites which cover diverse categories/content (as I have explained in previous comments). I also help people generate their own on-site link directories. Generally, I will try to vary the categories for the site I am creating the "link tree" for. Unless they are set in their ways and want to stick to their niche, then the categories are much more narrow. (You know, the customer is always right!) Some reciprocal link partners have the same school of thought that I do, allowing for many categories, while others are stuck in "niche" mode. I guess you can only do what you do, and work with others the best way you can! Thanks for reading my post, Bryan
  10. Claire says:
    Backlink building is certainly one of the crucial aspects of ranking high in the SERPs, But so as high quality content leading to much traffic. Its really a mix of all this factors that make a site successful.
    • Bryan P. Hollis says:
      Claire, Thanks for reading my post. I couldn't agree with you more. I started out several years ago as a freelance writer (Hence my website's name Mid Carolina Freelance) several years ago. In fact, I believe that the best way create a quality site - period - is to continually post 100% original and useful content, in addition to properly constructed web content (not just posts). But, yes, you are right! Take care, Bryan
  11. Meenu says:
    Thanks a lot I am also doing job in this field . Your point is right.
    • Bryan P. Hollis says:
      Meenu, Nice to have someone on my side! It's been a tough battle here (but most enjoyable all the same). Good luck with all of your site's endeavors! Bryan
  12. ashwin shahapurkar says:
    Thanks for clearing my doubts. and right now doing the same job. and this has really helped me.
    • Bryan P. Hollis says:
      Ashwin, I always encourage people that don't hire me directly to do their link building services to do their homework. If I am hired, and their site drops like a rock, my reputation is wrecked, and the problems lie on me. But if you are doing these endeavors on your own, which is also fine, ALWAYS do your homework. Many people have caught my errors, but this link building method has been nothing but successful for me. Thanks for reading - Bryan
  13. Rose says:
    Hello Bryan, Yes, I agree with you. Building backlinks is the most crucial part in the SEO that any blogger should comply in order for his/her blog to stay fit. Being a newby, its one thing that I am dealing up with. Articles like this were the must read articles if a blogger want to make seriously with his/her purpose. Thank you for this.
    • Bryan P. Hollis says:
      Rose, Thank you for reading. I hope that your blog is a great success! If this article adds value to your site, then I feel that I have done a great service. Take care - Bryan
  14. Val says:
    I agree that every link adds something. It's just that relevant links weigh more in SERP ranking. If you have an opportunity to easily and ethically get 2,000 generic links, then sure go for it, it can only help! But normally, when you have to spend serious time getting each link, you're better off targeting the sites from your niche first.
    • Bryan P. Hollis says:
      Val, I have been meaning to make my way over to Famous Bloggers to follow-up on this comment specifically. I apologize for not saying this sooner. This is perhaps the most intelligent comment on this post I have read yet. You said in a short few sentences precisely my point. Well said, my friend - Bryan
  15. Dan says:
    Thanks for the article! I have got a question concerning backlinks: what number of backlinks a day (and a month) is considered to be OK by Google? Thanks in advance.
    • Bryan P. Hollis says:
      Dan, Thanks for reading my post! I recently wrote a post called "Directory Backlink Harvesting". This article was basically about the concept of mass submittal of your site to DIRECTORIES ONLY. I have done as many as 2,000 directory submissions in one day, with EXCELLENT results. Google looks at directory submssions in a much different way than going and buying 10,000 backlinks to all kinds of sites. The reason is that (as explained in my article), You could sit around the house for the weekend and manually submit your site to every web or blog directory in the world for exposure. Not all will even accept your site. Backlinks are created each time your blog URL is accepted. I recommend that you hit me up on twitter! Bryan
  16. Dennis Edell says:
    What method are we learning here?
    • Jack Harold says:
      This post is about doing Search Engine Optimisation via link building. Links are sort of votes for your website. More votes, higher rankings. More authoritative votes, stronger rankings.
    • Bryan P. Hollis says:
      Dennis, We are learning that ALL backlinks are relevant and important! Bryan
      • Dennis Edell says:
        Ah OK, I got thrown by another comment. That's not really true though. A backlink from an irrelevant site is, well...irrelevant. lol And sometimes a really bad idea.
  17. Matt says:
    thanks to share this things here ,but In regard to PageRank, please keep in mind that Toolbar PageRank has not been updated since April 2, 2010, so it is horribly out of date. If Page Authority, published at SEOmoz’s Open Site Explorer site, is not already a better data source then the outdated Toolbar PageRank, it may become so in 2011.
    • Jack Harold says:
      I wouldn't focus my time on studying PageRank and the like. Just continue to build backlinks that has your keywords in your anchor text links and they are good to go. Remember that you need to research on keywords that are less competitive though and it's a pity that they are pretty hard to find. Anyway, my advice is ignore the long tail keywords backlinks at your peril!
  18. Rick LaPoint says:
    "Interesting" things are happening with Google. I have seen sites with no traffic, yet they have a PR5 Rating. I have a new niche site with virtually no backlinks at all, yet in a matter of just a few weeks the Alexa has dropped from 6M to 672K, with over 60% of that traffic coming from search engines, most from Google, of course. It seems to me, as well as to others in SEO, that the Google algorithm has become so sophisticated that Content is becoming more Relevant than Links--especially in light of all all the games and abuses sites have connived to get those links. The SEO game is a lot more complicated than most people believe. Rick
    • Rob McCance says:
      Rick, You've got that right! I've also seen many anomalies, including lame-o WP category pages with PR4 with literally FOUR backlinks to them, from the same domain! On relatively young sites. It's so mind numbing.
    • Bryan P. Hollis says:
      Rick, Thanks for reading my post. I agree, especially about the content part. What many people fail to realize is that back BEFORE the days of even Netscape (My college years) the internet was designed as a means for businesses and professors/educators to have an easy way to share information. Google fundamentally stills works in a very similar way. Botton line is that they want to dish out quality and accurate information to searchers.
  19. Kevin says:
    Pagerank won't be out of the picture anytime soon unless Google goes down. I'm still new and have ways to learn. I'm sure that high quality backlinks plays a big part in this so we definitely need to work on them. Here's my post on backlink since I can't pull it with commentluv :) http://www.simplebutcreative.com/backlinks-can-cause-headaches
    • Bryan P. Hollis says:
      Kevin, Agreed. Recommnedation - all backlinks have their value! Bryan
    • Jack Harold says:
      PageRank is just one out of 400 over other factors that affect your SERPs rankings. So I wouldnt bother to focus my time and attention on that. As a matter of fact, do you know that diverse IP and domain links are highly valuable as well?
  20. Shailender says:
    Of course you should concentrate on quality back-links rather than specific niche back-links. Nice tip to start new Year.
    • Bryan P. Hollis says:
      Shailender, Thanks for the compliment - Well said, my friend! Have a great new year, Bryan
  21. Rob McCance says:
    Bryan, Wow - what a way to kick off 2011. You're getting worked pretty hard here. Still don't know why, but whatever. You're holding your own quite well. Bet you're looking forward to post #2 this year! :)
    • Bryan P. Hollis says:
      Rob, Yeah, I'm getting worked over pretty hard! I kinda figured I'd get some interesting responses. But hey, that's what it's all about, right? I have actually already made two more recent posts (this time I was smart enough to place them on my own sites - MUCH less traffic than Famous Bloggers!) I'll be certain to come up with some new controversial post to place here in the next few weeks or so. Thanks again - Bryan
  22. Diana says:
    im not sure i get it. so youre saying that the backlinks from relevant pages theory is wrong regarding the more relevant a linking page is to your site the better??
    • Bryan P. Hollis says:
      Diana, No, not at all. If you were to follow the link to the full article inside the post, you would find this information. I am simply trying to say that ALL links are beneficial, that you don't have to go chasing down links from inside your niche. Example, if you are a dog groomer, do you really want ALL of your links coming from pet stores, other groomers, outdoor stores, etc.? I wouldn't want JUST those links. More importantly, I would want a link from someone's personal blog site talking about how great a job I did on Fido's new hair cut and nail grooming... Thanks for reading, Bryan
      • Diana says:
        huh ok. makes more sense this way =)
        • Bryan P. Hollis says:
          Diana, Don't feel bad, I'm beginning to wonder about my approach to the subject and the written product. My comments are clarifying the post much better than the post itself...thought I was at least above average with my writing skills :) Bryan
      • Mani Viswanathan says:
        You are spot on Bryan. It's the number & the density of the links that matters most & not the niche related links only.
  23. Alex says:
    I still don't understand why people rely on Alexa for traffic estimates, well, I won't go into this again, I think I can write a whole blog about innacurate and how easily can Alexa be fouled. Building backlinks is a hard and ongoing task that every blogger or website owner has to do constantly. Every link counts, even if it comes from a website related to your niche or not. But this links are not all equal, some count more then others (that's why people aim to have links on high authority and related websites). Also, PR it's kind of obsolete and certainly not a traffic indicator. Some university pages have high PR but pull only a couple hundred of visitors. While I have a website PR2 on the front page with 25 000 daily unique visitors(this also might be a niche problem too). But I think your point was, that having high traffic people read your articles and mention them on their blog thus increasing the blogs page rank. Have a Happy New Year, Bryan!
    • Bryan P. Hollis says:
      Alex, Somewhat my point, yes. My real point is this, and it is the bottom line: ALL BACKLINKS ARE RELAVENT AND IMPORTANT! Thanks for reading my post, and have a prosperous new year - Bryan
  24. Daniel Sharkov says:
    Interesting theory Brian. Although I prefer going for quality and relevant backlinks, having thousands of not-so-relevant ones might prove to have a similar impact. I doubt that someone can confirm that statement, unless he's a Google employee though. Nonetheless the example you have given is defintiely valid - there's no chance for a site like Facebook to have all relevant links. However I bet that even if the percentage of relevant ones is small, their numbers are still huge. So they might be enough to push the site up. That's how I see it.
    • Alex says:
      I'll confirm - not that I am in a position to either LOl, but I have to agree with Daniel on this one.
    • Bryan P. Hollis says:
      Daniel, Happy New Year! I've been meaning to stop by and pay you a visit, or give you a "Tweet". I am glad you made your way to this post. I guess I've "stired the poo" a bit with this argument, but it has only had success for me. I actually have 5 blogsites, each with their own function. As I was saying to someone else in a comment, my blogs aren't exactly what I would describe as a "niche" blog. While the oldest two do rank on pages 2 and 3 respectively and consistently for VARIOUS long-tail keywords, and you may consider them niche, they have many categories. Example: One of my sites is a "free article submission site" with MANY categories. I get less traffic from the search term "free article submissions" than I do for the content (and the quality and amount of content) on the site. I try to post someone's new article, whenever possible, into a new category each day, like "real estate", so that I am indexing new and diverse content each day. Anyway, this is why all links are so important to me. Take care - Bryan
  25. Kimi says:
    This is what i have learnt for being a blogging seo freak in almost a year now LOL. High Page rank websites or blogs do not mean that they are having traffics. But yes having PR is a benefit for ads, or something like that. I personally prefer having no PR but having traffics than having PR but not traffics.. Happy 2011! Kimi.
    • Bryan P. Hollis says:
      Kimi, Thanks for reading. Simple response to your comment: AGREED! Happy New Year - Bryan
  26. Rob McCance says:
    Bryan, Nice post. I completely agree. Some information out there you just have to take with a grain of salt, or just quietly disagree with. I've long thought that raw total number of links is the key and that they can be from anywhere. This theory is partly from personal experience and partly from reasoning through the logic you pointed out in the article. Let's face it, the massive number of backlinks to say CNN, are from ALL over the place, not just news sites. I also firmly believe that a large number of even nofollow blog comment links can help you to at least a PR2 or 3. To many "experts" are all to quick to just say "this is how it is" in my estimation. BTW, HNY. I hope 2011 is a prosperous and healthy year for you!
    • Bryan P. Hollis says:
      Rob, Put simply, I couldn't have replied to my own post any better than you just did (I am biased, of course!) Anyhow, I'm just glad that someone else sees the logic behind this. Bottom line, Google likes EVERYTHING to be natural, and getting your incoming links from sites you would never ask for or expect is about as natural as you can get! Happy New Year - Bryan
  27. DB Baker says:
    Hi Bryan, As some already mentioned here before, I have agree with them and say that PageRank and traffic have nothing to do with one another and I don't think they are "married" to each other. There are numerous examples for this and the fact that a site has a high PR doesn't mean it will have more traffic than any other low PR site. Thanks.
    • Bryan P. Hollis says:
      DB, I am certain that you could show me your own evidence on the subject. You could be right in my decision to use the word choice of "marriage". In the interim, my main point (as used with the Facebook example, where I NEVER mention their PR), was simply that backlinks from everywhere are good backlinks. Maybe that's what I should have written - Backlinks from anywhere are good ones. End of post. lol Happy New Year, and thanks for reading the post - Bryan
  28. Randy Pickard says:
    Bryan, Nice summary. I am probably being really nitpicky here, but in regard to titles, Google will display up to 66 characters of a title tag including spaces, cropping to complete words. However, there is no SEO penalty for going over the limit, it just gets truncated by Google. In regard to PageRank, please keep in mind that Toolbar PageRank has not been updated since April 2, 2010, so it is horribly out of date. If Page Authority, published at SEOmoz's Open Site Explorer site, is not already a better data source then the outdated Toolbar PageRank, it may become so in 2011. Of course that could change if Google ever updates Toolbar PageRank again. They used to be on a 3 month cycle.
    • Bryan P. Hollis says:
      Randy, Thanks for your take on my post. While I wasn't trying to nit-pick the details of title length and such, I do try and pay attention to these details so that all of my vital info is included. Quick example: Most will say to create a meta keyword excerpt with your keyword/phrase, etc. being @ 150 characters in length. I have a little thing I like to do to sort of "hook" the reader in this description (I'm quite famous for it - just Google my name, you'll find out!). At the end of my excerpt, 99% of the time I use: "Find out more..." That eats up about 16 characters off the bat. But here is something I take note of. Since this is at the end of my excerpt, I do not want it cut off. And you're really not working with 150 characters anyway, because Google pushes your excerpt back to make room for THEIR date. So, to be technical, you may want your excerpt to be about 135 charcters. Anyway, I'm ranting, as this post was about backlinking anyway! Take care - Bryan
      • Natalie says:
        Re character length. I am a stickler for it. 60 for the title, 160 for the meta description and six keywords. Sometimes, I go under, sometimes over but I like to stick to those rules. Don't know why, they just make me comfortable.
  29. TJ McDowell says:
    If I'm understanding what you were pointing out, I'm not sure I completely agree. I think part of what you were suggesting is that sites with high PageRank get more visits than those that have a lower PageRank. Let me give you a couple of real life examples where I don't think this is happening. Consider the KeywordLuv and CommentLuv plugin pages with PageRank 4 and 6 respectively. Both have a pretty impressive PageRank, but for their PageRank, I would almost guarantee that the number of visitors each site receives is small. The reason they have such high PageRank is because every page that has the plugin installed is passing along link juice to the plugin site. EzineArticles has a PageRank of 6 too, but it gets a lot more traffic. From what I've seen, PageRank may or may not be a good indicator of traffic to a website. Have the rest of you guys noticed a similar trend?
    • Natalie says:
      I agree. I don't think page rank and the amount of traffic are related. I have seen websites with a page rank of o get far more traffic than a website with a page rank of 4. Also, the high rank websites do not appear before low rank websites in the SERPS.
    • Bryan P. Hollis says:
      TJ, First let me say thanks for reading my post and a happy new year to you. I do want to clarify something with respect to the post. I wasn't trying to discount the importance of PageRank. I was basically trying to get the point across that from my experience (really depending on the type of site you have) it doesn't matter where your backlinks come from. Two quick examples: I own two article marketing sites. Both sites cover many categories, therefore they should (and do) have incoming and outgoing links from everyone and their mother. If your site ONLY sells "computer software", having links from the pet superstore may not be too important. Hence the Facebook example. Take Care!
  30. technosuman says:
    Well thank you for sharing such an important information with us Bryan. Building backlink is very uphill task and you are giving right guidance about the Backlink. This will be an eye opener for many young people who want to learn more about back links. Thank You!
    • Bryan P. Hollis says:
      Technosuman, Thanks for such a positive response. I don't believe in misleading anyone about anything. I based this post on my own experiences and where it applied to my sites, which I'm sure differ from others, as Famous Bloggers differs from many. I would always advise a new web or blogsite creator to do their research and apply the methods that are key and fundamental to THEIR type of site, and what they want to accomplish with it. Have a great and prosperous new year!
  31. Patricia says:
    Hi Bryan When I started blogging seriously several months ago I knew nothing about backlinks, page rank and just wrote my articles and visited many blogs where I left comments, asked questions and got to know lots of bloggers. I was totally unaware that I was building backlinks lol Some of them were from sites with high PR. Only knew this cos experienced blogging buddies informed me of this as I just found sites (often through Twitter or commentluv links) where there were posts I could learn from. In many ways I'm glad I didn't know too much. That way I have always written for my readers and visited blogs that I feel will help make me a better blogger. It has happened naturally and I'm loving this huge learning curve in my blogging journey. I'm also glad the bloggers who do have well-established blogs came across and commented on my blog and helped establish it in the blogosphere. I now visit newbies sites and encourage them in their journey too. Patricia Perth Australia
    • Bryan P. Hollis says:
      Patricia, Thanks for viewing my post. We were all in the same boat with respect to being a "newbie" at some point. While I myself am quite stubborn, I have realized that I cannot control the minds of readers, subscribers, consumers, and Google! It is always good to listen and be open to new perspectives. I have learned a great deal over the past few years, but our "fun" struggle is ever-evolving! Happy blogging to you! Bryan
  32. Vivek Parmar says:
    thanks for sharing this, many myths about backlink are cleared about reading this
    • Bryan P. Hollis says:
      Vivek, Thanks for reading, and I sometimes feel like I know a little something when someone comments as you have. Believe me, I experiment a little here and there and sometimes take a risk or two I shouldn't! I suppose this is the reason I created a "sample blog". Something to play around with and see what happens, without being too concerned with the outcome - unless it's positive! :) Actually should have called it sampleblog.com or some such...
  33. Pritam says:
    One of the best article on backlinks. You need to be more focused on quality backlinks from the niche sites. Page Rank is one of the important factor in determining the authority of the sites and getting backlinks.
  34. Natalie says:
    Bryan. Excellent post and I am going through to read your link as this subject has really got me thinking. First of all, thanks for mentioning keyword stuffing. I still see some many pieces of work that are ruined by keyword stuffing. When will people learn that it is not needed? Second - I agree that backlinking is good for page rank and traffic however I disagree that a high ranking site will get more traffic because of their page rank. I have seen some low ranking sites come before the high ranking in serps. I also have another site which is a page rank four and the traffic is not that great compared to other sites in the same niche. Most of that is my fault because I don't work on the site, however my point is does page rank really matter?
    • Bryan P. Hollis says:
      Natalie, Thank you for reading my post and commenting. I hope that your new year has kicked off to a great start! I don't generally (As a personal spamming rule) try to stuff another article into a comment about one we are currently speaking of, but this article SO VERY applies to your comment that I simply couldn't help myself. Maybe the guys at Famous Bloggers will not strangle me! http://www.buzzingup.com/2010/12/alexa-ranking-vs-google-page-rank-which-is-more-important/ Bryan
  35. Bryan P. Hollis says:
    Ryan, Without writing an entirely new blog post in this comment box, I'll quickly say that I got involved in blogging, seo, etc. several years ago when I actually knew NOTHING about the subject. I started freelance writing for a guy out of the UK who introduced me to a thing called WordPress, and it all kind of took off from there. As an article marketer, you are generating backlinks for a specific business from so many places, which is why I've always been stuck on the idea. Besides, who doesn't link to Facebook! :)
  36. Kerry says:
    Thanks for sharing your thoughts on backlink building. I too think that page rank plays an important role in a backlink building campaign. Page rank won't bring you traffic but it could help you to get more sites with high page rank deemed as an authority site in Google's eye to link to your site. At the end of the day the most important thing is to just build links in the most natural and genuine way possible.
    • Bryan P. Hollis says:
      Kerry, Thanks for taking the time and interest in reading my post. I think the main reason I've spent a lot of time on this subject is that the whole concept of backlink generation, especially for a new site is really a "catch 22". But I suppose I've got more to say about that another day! Bryan
  37. Tomas Kirk says:
    Hello Bryan, Appreciate your input on backlinking. Was familiar with a few of the basics but this has allowed me to review how I go about producing quality backlinks. Thanks! Have A Happy & Prosperous New Year! Tomas
    • Bryan P. Hollis says:
      Hi Thomas, Yeah, I don't believe I've stumble upon some new or innovative SEO technique. I guess I wrote this blog post because I've had the argument with my "inner circle" if you will. I'm a pretty stubborn guy....get's me in trouble sometimes! Happy New Year to you as well, Bryan
  38. Ryan Biddulph says:
    Hi Bryan, Thanks for sharing your keen insight on building back links. I aim for quality building back links more than anything else. Your data suggests gaining inbound links that aren't niche specific might not be a drawback in the link building game. I didn't pay much attention to drawing back links from niche sites until recently so my strategy has been in accordance with your argument. Have a Happy New Year :) RB
    • Bryan P. Hollis says:
      Ryan, This response may come across as having a bit of arrogance, but if you knew me personally, you would know that this is not my intention. I must say that, (as I wrote the post) this is a smart move. My results with this link building method have been nothing if not positive. I look at it this way (and truly believe that search engines do too). If you have a website like Wal-Mart Super Center, and some mom out there writes in her personal blog where she just bought her 3 year old's shoes, backlink created for Wal-Mart (not that they need it)! Happy New Year - Bryan

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