One Link At A Time, Earning Trust
Many people ask this question to me about my link building strategy. People ask me how many backlinks they should get in a day so that they don’t come under any Google scanner or penalty.
Well the answer is not very simple. In some cases it can be just one link in two days, but in others even 5 links a day is fine. The formula here is “consistency.” The link building process for a site should be consistent and should not look artificial. 1000 links in one month and 1 link in second month will surely look suspicious and can invoke some Google filter.
Also, there are two more things you need to remember. First, avoid site-wide links for new sites. Try to get in-content links instead of links in the sidebar or footer, and that too from related sites. Slow and steady link building will get you that trust needed to rank your site.
Have patience. Patience pays in this business. I have seen many people loosing out patience and selling their website when they are about to complete one year. Build links very slowly and steadily. For first few months, try to get backlinks from only very-related sites. Then, with time you can extend your circle and can get links for less related (but still somewhat related) sites.
Please remember, related PR4 links is much valuable that non-related PR6 link. Thats my philosophy.
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Jim Karter on November 12th 2008 in Link Building
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22 Responses to “One Link At A Time, Earning Trust”
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Raj responded on 12 Nov 2008 at 4:19 am #
gr8 tips Jim
Thanx a lot 4 sharing!
MillionEuroMan responded on 12 Nov 2008 at 12:05 pm #
That’s some good tips Jim…
Driveway Sealing responded on 12 Nov 2008 at 12:18 pm #
Very true Jim, I’ve seen so many sites just give up when they have good content and style. The owners lose their patience and just give up.
One of my sites was making .05 to .20 a day for 6 months. I didn’t give up and now it pulls in $20 a day. Keep pluging away slowly and you will get there, new in the toughest niches.
kent responded on 12 Nov 2008 at 12:46 pm #
reminded of importance of in-text links. thanks
Abhishek responded on 12 Nov 2008 at 10:24 pm #
Great Tips!.. Thanks for it & giving sitewide links on new sites really drops rankings..
Make Money Online with Hary responded on 12 Nov 2008 at 11:14 pm #
Which are the best places to find and buy related links?
aloy responded on 13 Nov 2008 at 2:12 am #
“Have patience. Patience pays in this business.” Absolutely agree jim.
Murali responded on 13 Nov 2008 at 2:55 am #
Jim, you say that one shouldn’t buy sitewide backlinks for a new site. However I see that you have bought sitewide backlinks for the echemotherapy site.
accounts responded on 13 Nov 2008 at 8:45 am #
Thanks Jim, I was wondering how Google could find this out? What about other search engines like Yahoo and MSN, are they not involved in this business again.Terms like “google filter” make me wonder though. Thanks
Mega Champ responded on 13 Nov 2008 at 9:50 am #
I have a iPhone blog which is new and due to site wide links i have from other blogs(not bought), i am already getting around 1300 backlinks. Hope i dont get penalized by google.
jackie sheeler responded on 13 Nov 2008 at 12:21 pm #
it’s enough to make me want to give up altogether…it’s hard enough just building any links at ALL. now to try to differentiate among good links and poor links. it’s enough to make your head spin!
Tier 1 Visa responded on 13 Nov 2008 at 5:54 pm #
Driveway Sealing and Jim
Is this possible with even low paying keywords ? Is it worth trying to optimize a site with low paying keywords this way ?
landrover responded on 14 Nov 2008 at 2:42 am #
totally agree with aloy, Have patience. Patience pays in this business.” Absolutely agree jim.
We have seen things chage drastically online everyday so we need to always follow with the trend.
Make Affiliate Money responded on 14 Nov 2008 at 11:30 am #
I’ve been sandboxed by Google. I suspect that the 1000s of links from DP signature have made them suspicious.
Bummer!
Rowen responded on 16 Nov 2008 at 12:08 pm #
Im at that frustration stage right now, Ill try and keep at it, its not worth selling
Armaan Bhati responded on 17 Nov 2008 at 3:26 pm #
Thanks for this great tip.
I tried it and my new site get better rank.
I tried in on my 2 new site. Lot of links at a site in small time make no value.
whiteblogger responded on 09 Dec 2008 at 11:29 pm #
i agree we that. We should careful about that always.
Javier responded on 17 Dec 2008 at 9:13 pm #
Hi Jim,
Could you recommend a good service for link building? I’m looking for a low priced marketing package to use on my niche websites on a regular basis.
Do you have one to recommend?
SEO Tips responded on 23 Jan 2009 at 11:38 am #
In content links are gold. These are excellent for link building as well as decreasing the bounce rate of your website and keeping page views to a maximum.
Freelance Blog responded on 04 Jul 2009 at 8:31 am #
Thanks for the tipps.
I’ll remember it for my blog!
Get a flat stomach responded on 16 Oct 2009 at 11:16 pm #
I think consistency is the name of the game not the number. We must also stress on getting quality and in content links.
Tyrone Shum responded on 20 Oct 2009 at 6:09 pm #
True it is! Link Building is hot in the eyes of search engines but the good thing about link building is that it allows you to actually create your network and establish your site.