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Achieving Links That Matter: How To Use Research And Data Driven Journalism

Search Engine Journal

So, I’m going to teach you how to improve your link building strategy by achieving important links using data-driven journalism, marketing research, and Google Forms. Original research makes great linkbait! First of all: nothing here is doctrine.

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The Marketing Graveyard: 6 Victims of Inbound Marketing

Tomorrow People

As Google mutates, our search consultants’ moods have become unpredictable as they fight against extinction (true story: ‘Crazy Pete Winter’ was once a balanced individual with a keen eye for a keyword). Fortunately for them, SEO will never die - no matter how much linkbait declares it so (guilty!). RIP TELEMARKETING.

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The Ultimate Guide to Infographic Marketing

Convince & Convert

Unfortunately, as soon as we realized infographics could boost brand visibility, the well-researched, carefully written, expertly designed infographics became a small minority in a proliferation of terrible infographics created solely for linkbait. This phenomenon led many to decree that infographics are dead, but it’s not true.

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Three Types of Blog Posts That Will Bring You More Traffic

Webbiquity

However… Image credit: Fikret tozak on Unsplash After writing hundreds of posts, I’ve identified three types of content that consistently bring in hundreds of visitors within a week of it getting published (no waiting until Google ranks it #1—you’ll know right away). Make sure to follow up, just don’t follow up more than once.

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Best SEO Link Building Guides, Techniques and Tools of 2010

Webbiquity

What types of linkbait are most effective at attracting natural links? 18 Examples of Awesome Viral Linkbait by Acquisition Engine. Sean McColgan showcases examples of exceptionally creative and successful linkbait videos, infographics and widgets. Post on Google Buzz. How much is a link worth? Related Post.

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Best of 2008: SEO Link Building

WebMarketCentral

As he notes in discussing the future of search, "Google will increasingly shift from measuring external popularity metrics, such as linking, to measuring the level of interaction, if they are not already doing so." For situations where that is not a practical option, Peter provides several other ideas.

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Best of 2008 (So Far) - Social Media Optimization, Part 1

WebMarketCentral

9 tricks to get the most SEO benefit from your social media linkbaiting campaign by SEO Scoop DazzlinDonna writes a lot of great stuff on her blog, but here she turns the reins over to social media marketer Dan Zarrella , who offers his tips for maximizing social media including how to best use keywords, comments and links.