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A Guide to Producing World-Class Infographics & Leveraging Them for Online Success

James Agate — Fri, 10 May 2013 08:52:29 +0000

The following is a complete guide to devising, researching, producing and promoting an infographic. I wrote a topic on this guide just over a year ago so I decided it was time to give it a bit of a refresh… We’ll be talking how to acquire trusted, powerful links to drive search engine rankings. Increase [...]

The Skyrocket Guide to Seasonal Link Building Campaigns

James Agate — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:26:35 +0000

One of our internally operated web properties at Skyrocket SEO is a gift guide which targets the UK & US market and focuses primarily on the last minute shoppers helping them to track down retailers that offer same day or next day delivery. It’s given us quite an interesting insight into the peaks and troughs [...]

Link Building Gone Gonzo – Part II of Don Rhoades LBTV Interview

Anthony Pensabene — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:33:04 +0000

Welcome, LinkBuilding.TV viewers! Did you see the first-half of Don Rhoades’ interview? We got your Gonzo right here. Here’s part two!

Search Operators for Better Online Marketing

Anthony Pensabene — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:20:59 +0000

Hey, SkyrocketSEO readers. We often leverage search operators, along with online tools like Garrett’s Link Prospector, to analyze in-house and client-related opportunities. I recently hosted the below URLs on our Skyrocket Google Plus page, It was a good one.. AJ Kohn says so.. but the post was negated, likely due to the number links. [...]

32.5 Insights of Paddy – Homage by Search Operators

Anthony Pensabene — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:49:20 +0000

(Gives salute) Welcome, Skyrocketeers Thank you for lending your eyes to our marketing prose. Let’s start this social piece with a confession of transparency. I done messed up. I’ve been hosting segments on newly-branded LinkBuilding.TV, loving the opportunity to discuss online marketing in a different format as well as expanding my skill set, learning video [...]

Cooking Up Content: A Recipe for Success

Nick Eubanks — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:01:58 +0000

Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone… (Taps microphone. Looks over at James, miming, ‘is this on?’) Good day, Skyrocketeers, we have cooked up something special for you today. Skyrocket has invited Nick Eubanks. Maybe you know him from cooking up content crack all. over. the. [...]

Creating and Using Your PR Editorial Calendar

Anthony Pensabene — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:58:01 +0000

In the Beginning There Was Reality… Exposure grows over time, generating business leads, begetting relations with clients. PR facilitates exposure and strengthens branding sentiments, necessary in compounding and conveying company messages. Like content marketing, no magic genie lamp or Harry Potter wave of the wand makes success. The story is enchanting, much like watching our [...]

The 5-Hour Contextual Link Workweek

Anthony Pensabene — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:56:51 +0000

When James asks, “How are you doing?” regarding Skyrocket link opportunity, I tell him, “It’s covered.” How can I perpetuate the madness? To start, I read Jason Acidre’s post at Kaiser the Sage. The topic was contextual links, a blessing for me, allowing more time for drinks and Musettes. Contextual links are [...]

How Would Wu Google? The School of Shaolin Search Operators

Anthony Pensabene — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:28:21 +0000

“If you got beef then bring the ruckus…” – Wu-Tang Clan Do competitors fear your marketing clan? They should. I want my competitors to lose sleep, wondering what I’m crafting in the wee hours of the night while they’re catching up on Downton Abbey. Opportunity never sleeps or takes a quick nap with the lights [...]

The Complete Guide to Leveraging an eBook for Links

James Agate — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:35:13 +0000

When Mike King published his Noob Guide to Link Building back in early 2012, I’ve been wanting to write this post. He dropped a great little link building tactic… E-Book and Guest Post (Month Four) – By the time the fourth month rolls around, the key influencers in your space should know about you or [...]

6 tactics to deal with rejection in link building

James Agate — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:00:56 +0000

When we launched our training service mid-2012, I wasn’t expecting anything like the reception that we got, with quite a few sessions now completed, it has certainly been interesting to see a handful of questions come up time and time again. To kickstart 2013′s blogging schedule I thought it would be good to cover a [...]

Unmissable Local Link Building Opportunities

James Agate — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:27:26 +0000

The world of guest blogging is getting crowded. So many suppliers vying for your attention and so many folks out there pounding the inboxes of everyone from lower level webmasters through to the upper echelons of the blogosphere. You’ve got Google hinting they might crack down and you’ve got people asking you to open your [...]

Turning old & existing content into new links

James Agate — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:39:02 +0000

You, your employer or your client likely has a set amount of money put aside to invest in strategy X or Y. No matter which way you cut it, getting content produced (words written, videos shot or stuff drawn) can quickly eat into the budget and in some cases, if the proper planning isn’t done [...]

We’re supporting Covenant House and we need your help…

James Agate — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:09:08 +0000

You may have seen that myself and the Skyrocket SEO team are getting behind Anthony Pensabene as he sleeps out on the streets of Philadelphia for 1 night on 15th November to raise money for charity and we need YOUR support. About Covenant House For millions of homeless kids, basic needs like a hearty meal, [...]

Are SEO microsites still a legitimate link building strategy?

James Agate — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:35:15 +0000

Editor’s note: Today we have a guest post for you from Gary Taylor, Digital Director at TMW Ltd, a media buying agency here in the UK. Gary is a really smart guy, incredibly experienced in the fields of SEO and domains and a genuinely nice bloke. Gary has been a guest speaker at some of [...]

Build links not (just) relationships

James Agate — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:52:17 +0000

You may have seen a recent YOUmoz post titled “Build Relationships Not Links” by Scott Kivowitz and whilst I thought the post had some merit to it, I feel it warranted a response so here are my thoughts complete with a provocative headline Big, risky content projects are important, we of course should be looking [...]

There’s (nearly) always another link opportunity

James Agate — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:17:44 +0000

A common challenge that even an experienced link builder will face is hitting the ‘wall of niche exhaustion’. Racking your brain for some inspiration and turning up nothing but bad ideas and dead ends. What’s the solution? I’m going to talk you through how we uncover (to steal a Garrett French phrase) “the deepest veins [...]

VIDEO: How to Evaluate Guest Post Opportunities (Featuring Live Site Reviews)

James Agate — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:51:49 +0000

A question I get asked frequently is what we look for when it comes to evaluating a guest post opportunity. I covered the topic in quite a bit more detail in my SEOmoz post that featured my Guest Post Quality Rater Handbook. This was published back in June so I thought some people might find [...]

The Secrets of Scalable Content Production

James Agate — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:08:50 +0000

See also - How to systemise your link building without compromising quality It’s no secret that we recently opened up our content production team to external clients (previously it was a part of Skyrocket that served only our outreach team) but after much persuasion from various clients we decided to look at how we might [...]

Express Brand Advocacy and Advertise with Meta Descriptions

Anthony Pensabene — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:37:28 +0000

Note from James - today we have a guest blogger for you. Anthony Pensabene (AKA Content Muse) is a friend of mine and all round good guy whom I met at MozCon in the summer. He asked me to take a look at his latest post and I liked it so much I ended up [...]

Let’s fix blogger-SEO relations

James Agate — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:10:25 +0000

I’m not singling out Darren here, he makes some very valid points and really as the unofficial spokesperson for bloggers raises some issues which I suspect are on a lot of people’s minds. Darren Rowse (founder of Problogger) put a post out on Google+ labeling SEO guest posts “The New Scurge of a Bloggers Existence”. [...]

How to target link prospects when they’re most receptive

James Agate — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:19:16 +0000

We’re all pitching bloggers and publishers to secure links for ourselves and our clients, but more often than not we have the conversation when we want the link not when that individual is actively seeking links. Today I want to a technique you can use to engage and gain visibility with other content creators at [...]

How to make your link building profitable

James Agate — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 07:16:39 +0000

Wil Reynolds told us at MozCon that we as SEOs are the ‘ugly fish of marketing’. The room laughed as we mocked those fancy traditional marketers… Wil likened us SEOs to those fish that eat shit off the bottom of the tank all day and still thrive.. The fact remains though that traditional marketers are [...]

How to organise & nurture your high-value link prospects

James Agate — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 23:07:05 +0000

I can’t stress enough the importance of categorising link opportunities and spending a proportionate amount of time developing that link relative to its “worth” in the context of your campaign. After all, you wouldn’t send your entire sales team to close that “one-man outfit” sales prospect. You might like to give everyone the same treatment [...]

Are you missing out on these guest blogging opportunities?

James Agate — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 22:43:31 +0000

Corporate blogs are under-utilised in most content-led link building campaigns that operate outside of the realms of ‘online marketing’. In the SEO and internet marketing space we are fairly use to this practice. SEOmoz, HubSpot and KissMetrics …All valid examples of excellent corporate blogs, all accept guest posts, however, practices that are common place to [...]

Common client conflicts when building links (and how to deal with them)

James Agate — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:54:50 +0000

If a client relationship turns sour, it isn’t always the client’s fault. We all love to laugh at Clients from Hell and read posts like Stop Buying Snake Oil. But more often than not we as the vendor have to take most of the responsibility, not because “the customer is always right” (they’re not by [...]

How to systemise your link building process (without compromising quality)

James Agate — Fri, 25 May 2012 08:08:06 +0000

What does your link building process look like? If it is anything like ours used to be, it is probably a little hit and miss. Building links is a creative business, unfortunately creative processes tend to be very difficult to scale and depend heavily upon the individual carrying them out. This can frequently lead to [...]

How to spot a link builder

James Agate — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:29:47 +0000

Link building is one of the most important aspects of SEO and your online marketing campaign. It is a fast-paced profession which doesn’t always get the attention and respect it deserves, link building can be exciting, soul-destroying and really good fun all in equal measures. Just for a bit of fun, we decided to put [...]

Guest Posting – your questions answered

James Agate — Sun, 13 May 2012 22:40:01 +0000

In response to the increasing numbers of questions I get about guest posting, I wanted to put together a Q&A post which aggregates some of my answers and hopefully proves useful to anyone who is exploring guest posting as a link building technique. These are all genuine questions I have been asked, in most cases [...]

20+ resources for prospecting, organising & researching link opportunities

James Agate — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:16:59 +0000

Developing and acquiring high-quality links is a challenge, let alone being able to effectively scale the process. Luckily though, there are a number of tools which will help with a lot of the heavy lifting which frees up your time to really get down and dirty developing those relationships and actually scoring the links. Here [...]

What does a bad link look like?

James Agate — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:30:06 +0000

I want to preface this by saying that nobody really knows what is going on at the moment, there is a lot of craziness in the SERPs right now. Anyone who tells you they have the answer or the magic fix is lying. The good SEOs out there (we include ourselves in this group) are [...]

The Complete Guide to Blogging for your Business

James Agate — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 08:52:37 +0000

Introduction successful blog will become the heart of a business; the content engine, the customer acquisition system and the platform to develop thought leadership in an industry. At Skyrocket SEO, we’ve built a business around our blog and many people comment that our website feels more like a blog rather than a corporate website but [...]

AuthorRank & The Future of Guest Posting

James Agate — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:46:40 +0000

AuthorRank – it’s no longer a case of if but when. It’s coming and it is going to be big.(AJ Kohn reckons bigger than all the Panda updates combined) As webmasters, we’ve all got the ability already to implement rel-author but the full effect of AuthorRank is yet to be fully seen. To many it [...]

How do we evaluate link opportunities?

James Agate — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:12:19 +0000

A question we frequently get asked is how we evaluate link opportunities. Whilst we don’t reveal our precise system for scoring and sifting prospective link partners, in this post I will explain the general principle behind our system to give you an idea of how we operate. The way we operate and our strategy depends [...]

The reputation flywheel – how to make sure people remember you and your business

James Agate — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:59:50 +0000

-Indian Proverb As someone who has been working really hard over the last 18 months to build a reputation, now seemed like as good a time as any to reflect on what I’ve learned so far. Overall I’ve come to realise it is true what they say; building a name, a brand and a reputation [...]

Some link networks de-indexed – now what?

James Agate — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:05:55 +0000

Turns out that some things really are dead…public link networks and Build my rank in particular. You may have seen the news that broke on Monday culminating in the closure of one of the most prominent link networks around. Build my rank is no more. Far be it from me to make light of another [...]

30+ resources for generating content ideas

James Agate — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:45:35 +0000

As anyone who participates in content-based link building will tell you – coming up with ideas for content to produce is one of the hardest parts. If you’ve got a great idea, the rest of the process becomes a lot easier…pitching great stuff makes outreach much less painful. Bloggers get excited if you are pitching [...]

30 ways you can earn more guest posts & squeeze more value out of them

James Agate — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:53:27 +0000

Guest posting is one of the most effective tactics for earning natural links. Granted, they aren’t literally ‘naturally occurring’ since you are going out and seeking them but we all know that “great content” alone rarely gets links in the volume you need. Guest posting is one of the best methods of putting top-notch content [...]

Why some blog posts work & others don’t

James Agate — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:47:32 +0000

Content Marketing – what does it really mean? If we break the phrase down the eagle-eyed amongst you will notice that we have the words ‘content’ and ‘marketing’ Admittedly I couldn’t find the perfect definition for content but if we mash up two of the accepted definitions we arrive at a explanation which reads something [...]

The SEO dream team – who would you want on your side?

James Agate — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:50:17 +0000

I read and shared this post yesterday > Create a Killer SEO Team and it got me thinking about the ‘ultimate’ SEO team… the fantasy league or dream team comprised of the top individuals in their respective fields; site architecture, keyword research, link building etc. I feel like it would be an interesting exercise and a [...]

How to craft high-conversion outreach emails

James Agate — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:20:26 +0000

Outreach emails are probably one of the biggest challenges faced by SEOs. In this post, I will run through how we write ‘high-conversion’ outreach emails. By conversion of course I mean getting them do take the desired action. It all starts with a mindset… Don’t be afraid of email – you will get some people [...]

The Ultimate List of Link Building Tactics

James Agate — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:32:54 +0000

My aim here is to create an ultimate list of link building tactics to: Help those that are new to link building to get started Inspire anyone wanting to explore new link building tactics Please add your own tactics, include a note and be sure to vote for others that you like. Please also help [...]

Linkbuilding Outreach…Setting yourself up for success with the right toolset

James Agate — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:13:21 +0000

inkbuilding outreach – building relationships, selling content concepts, lateral thinking and the dozens of other things involved – it has to be one of my favourite things about being an SEO. Some days it can be pure frustration though – nobody getting back to you, posts going live that have broken links, bloggers breaking their [...]

How to Create a Top List that Goes Viral

James Agate — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:41:04 +0000

Almost on a daily basis, I see people trying to reinvent the linkbait wheel, constantly looking for new formats of content. Whilst I’m all for innovation and progress, there is something that can be said for utilising tried and tested methods of audience attraction and link development. Top lists are one of those tried and [...]

SEO in 2012 – What should you be doing?

Liam Veitch — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:58:14 +0000

Editor’s Note – The following is a guest post from Liam Veitch, the SEO Lead from Tone Agency. Liam approached me with a guest post to start 2012 off with here on the Skyrocket SEO blog and he has really pulled out all the stops to provide a valuable and really interesting piece so I [...]

Most Epic SEO Content of 2011

James Agate — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:48:24 +0000

2011 has been a pretty incredible year and as this is my last planned blog post until January, I figured it would be a great time to curate some of the best posts I’ve read all year on SEO, content marketing, social media, conversion and more. To prove this is more than just a list [...]

4 ½ guest post outreach tips

James Agate — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:09:20 +0000

If you are running guest post campaigns to gather links and build visibility then I am sure you’ll agree that outreach equates to around 90% of the challenge. The problem is that the outreach stage requires someone without a vested interest in the success of your campaign agreeing to help you do your job. That’s [...]

6 experts talk linkbuilding

James Agate — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:48:30 +0000

Yes, I know. That’s quite an expansive question, but the aim of this post is to provide an overview strategy as well as some tactics that the experts are using so that we can zero in on some more basic linkbuilding concepts. There is a great deal of advanced, higher-level linkbuilding content out there but [...]

7 guest posting mistakes you might be making

James Agate — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:31:45 +0000

Guest posting is a superb, natural way to build links to your website. It allows you to add value whilst attracting quality inbound links in a measured and proactive way as well as initiating strong relationships with bloggers in your industry. That’s if it’s done right. There are some mistakes which are often made when [...]

How I’d do SEO for Metalab’s Ballpark App

James Agate — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:22:53 +0000

nyone that has dealt with us here at Skyrocket SEO will know that we use Ballpark to deliver our invoices and to send out estimates. I think it’s a great app and it would take a lot for me to stop using it. Prospective and existing clients compliment us (bear in mind, we didn’t build [...]

5 things hip-hop moguls can teach us about SEO

James Agate — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:43:26 +0000

The news emerged over the weekend that Stanley K. Burrell (better known as MC Hammer) is to front a new search engine - WireDoo. Publicity stunts aside, there is a lot SEOs can learn from the multi-billion dollar hip-hop industry and the millionaire moguls that inhabit it. Here’s a lighthearted look at some of those [...]

SEO Software Survey 2011 – The Results

James Agate — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:39:54 +0000

SEO Software Survey 2011 By Skyrocket SEO (Click to enlarge) If you like this Infographic, you can embed it on your own website using the code below: SEO Software Survey 2011 infographic By Skyrocket SEO

Will small businesses survive the future of SEO?

James Agate — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:41:23 +0000

We are entering a new era of SEO. Are small businesses really going to be able to maintain a presence in the search results what with Google’s brand bias and the need for social signals? Where does that leave a small business? Will the future of SEO be cruel to the small business? Yes and [...]

8 ways to Amazon-ify your Website

James Agate — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:06:52 +0000

Want to be in the same league as Amazon? Here are 8 things that Amazon does which have helped make it the $30bn a year eCommerce business it is today…The best part is that you can implement all of these things in your business… Your homepage is likely to get the most visitors and probably [...]

4 ways you can use Open Site Explorer to build links

James Agate — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:37:35 +0000

y love of SEO software and tools doesn’t come down to laziness (I think the SEO who physically relies upon software is the worst kind of SEO) but because I like for me and my team to be able to utilise a suite of apps which take the heavy lifting out of our day to [...]

How to grow eCommerce sales by 48%

James Agate — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 08:30:40 +0000

I talk a fair bit on this blog about the way in which we work at Skyrocket SEO but today I wanted to also give you a peak at some of the outcomes of hiring us. I’ve always said that as a company, we are focused on your bottom line as well as your search [...]

A powerful framework for improving SEO

James Agate — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 08:25:28 +0000

SEO can feel like a treadmill. Despite your very best efforts; your competitors outrank you, you’re not getting the links you deserve, your content isn’t being devoured, you can’t seem to grow traffic. We’ve all been there. No matter how fast you run, you just don’t seem to get anywhere. How do we break out [...]

Future-proof your SEO in 4 steps

James Agate — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:30:22 +0000

Some SEOs are idealistic others are unrealistic and some are both. The Panda updates have done a lot for the industry but there is still a shortfall – there are many websites that utilise ‘grey-hat’ techniques that still rank above competing websites that refuse to employ anything other than the whitest of ‘white-hat’ techniques. Sadly, [...]

Does social bookmarking still work?

James Agate — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:39:05 +0000

The world of social bookmarking, much like web directory submissions, can often feel a little murky… However, when executed with a little thought and strategy, social bookmarking is actually still a very valuable and useful tactic that anyone can utilise. Social bookmarking is very useful from an SEO perspective because: It can increase visitors It [...]

8 SEO mistakes you might be making

James Agate — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:31:00 +0000

Alexander Pope once said “A little knowledge is a dangerous thing“. I can’t help but think he was way ahead of his time and referring specifically to SEO. Believe me when I say you can end up doing more harm than good. The web is full of wannabe ‘gurus’ and outdated or incomplete advice not [...]

7 things Warren Buffett can teach us about SEO

James Agate — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 13:52:19 +0000

I’m a big fan of Warren Buffett, I really enjoy his simple yet intelligent take on life – But what exactly does the world’s greatest investor have to do with SEO? I was reviewing some of his quotes over the weekend and it occurred to me that he can actually teach us a great deal [...]

6 myths of SEO copywriting

James Agate — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:23:06 +0000

EO copywriting, a practice that’s often misunderstood. Some see it as a process-driven function designed to manipulate search engine rankings. I take it to mean creating content that enhances search engine visibility by attracting links, shares & eyeballs. However you define it, there are some common myths that are widely believed… As part of the [...]

6 steps to captivating content

James Agate — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:56:48 +0000

ontent is the heartbeat of any good SEO campaign – and yet so often we hear cries that it’s impossible to create any remotely interesting content for website X because industry Y isn’t exciting. Exciting is about perception…and with a splash of creativity you can be creating engaging, highly-readable, shareable and linkable stuff for your [...]

9 guest posting experts share their advice

James Agate — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 08:34:08 +0000

Want more attention for your business? More visitors, more subscribers and even more clients? Guest posting in my opinion will always be a solid and long-lasting way to reach new audiences, win new business and improve SEO. Provided you approach it as an attention strategy for your business rather than solely a linkbuilding tactic, it [...]

11 ways to create linkbait with zero budget

James Agate — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 08:30:38 +0000

No budget, no chance? Right?! – Wrong! The great thing about SEO is if you are lacking in budget, you can make up for it with creativity and ingenuity. Many ‘experts’ will have you believe that the only kind of linkbait is infographics and whilst these are highly-effective attention tools, there are also very often [...]

How to make sense of the rel author attribute (authorship markup made easy)

James Agate — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 08:35:44 +0000

Authorship markup is one of the hottest topics in SEO at the moment and more of our clients are asking us for advice on the topic so here is your quick start guide that’s got all the must-know information and the actions you should be taking. What is it? Google introduced authorship markup back in [...]

My thoughts on Google+

James Agate — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:27:37 +0000

I’ve been playing around a bit with Google+ and my initial reaction was that it’s ok but I think it might grow on me, right now it doesn’t really feel all that different to what you can do with Facebook and Twitter. I can’t shake that feeling it’s just going to be another place, we [...]

5 ways to be a resourceful link builder

James Agate — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:02:07 +0000

Linkbuilding is one of those areas of SEO where you could feasibly spend hours mining, collating, sorting and listing whilst actually achieving very little – here are some of the tactics we use to improve the effectiveness of our linkbuilding campaigns. 1. Dig deep for that email address Many blogs display a PayPal ‘donate’ button [...]

7 steps to successful guest posting

James Agate — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 08:07:58 +0000

More authority, new audiences and more clients Guest posting offers benefits way beyond just SEO. I’ve just created a short but very useful guide for anyone that is considering using guest posting as a way of growing the reach of their blog or their business. 7 steps to successful guest posting covers… How to target [...]

A rough guide to competitor link research

James Agate — Sat, 21 May 2011 16:31:33 +0000

Replicating a competitor’s link profile is rarely a smart SEO strategy but digging around in their links can give you an incredible amount of useful and actionable data to work with. Note: OpenSiteExplorer.org from the smart folks at SEOmoz, and MajesticSEO are my weapons of choice for competitive link research. See the TYPES of links [...]