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New & Improved: Announcing The Beginner's Guide To Link Building

Moz

Posted by Cyrus-Shepard Link building isn't always easy, but if you want to rank with SEO, links are often the cost of admission. While Google says SEOs sometimes focus too much on links, links remain one of the few confirmed ranking factors. For many, link building also presents a challenge.

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26 Google Webmaster Tools Videos Addressing Common B2B Link Building Questions

KoMarketing Associates

In addition to healthy dose of Matt Cutts (Head of Google’s Webspam Team), these videos cover common questions, link building tactics, and the impact of link building schemes and questionable behavior. You can use the links below and also after each video to navigate through the videos and sections.

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How to Use Guest Blogging for High-Quality Link-Building

Valasys

While this concept was prophesized back in the year 2014 by Matt Cutt, Former Head of Web Spam at Google, the fact remains far from today’s reality. The removal of links is one of the greatest problems that the guest bloggers face, particularly the ones doing it for high-quality link-building.

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Is There A Connection Between SEO Link Building and PR-Based Brand Mentions?

KoMarketing Associates

Last year Google updated their webmaster guidelines to specifically call out questionable link building practices used in press releases. They were able to repurpose it for a planned editorial, resulting in a high-quality link to the client’s site, and again, relevant traffic.”

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10 Things I’ve Learned About SEO in 2014

KoMarketing Associates

So, as 2014 comes to a close and I look back on the year, here are a few things I learned about search, the industry, our business, and more. Link Building is Here to Stay . Don’t trade links. Don’t buy links. Link building isn’t going away but it does need to evolve. Partner links still work.

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What to Know: SMX West 2014 Takeaways

KoMarketing Associates

One of the biggest challenges currently facing search marketers is in understanding what is acceptable to the search engines (well, mainly Google) and what is punishable, specifically around link building. Link building is something that can and should be done. Build links that are going to help your business.

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Influencer Marketing 101: The Beginner’s Guide

Zoominfo

In 2014 these two brands enlisted the help of 40 influencers from renowned brands such as LinkedIn, MarketingProfs, and Facebook, to promote the 2014 Content Marketing World Conference. They generate 200,000 views, 200+ event referrals, 4,000+ PDF downloads and nearly 1,000 leads, all by the end of December 2014 ( source ).