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View articleYou can fight them, or you can join them. The Net is a perfect place for "You scratch my back, I scratch yours," so make friends with links that compe...
View articleDo you have a link-instructions page? Well, according to Eric, it may be a simple and effective way to encourage links. Read More...
View articleSome clients' sites have the potential for hundreds of links, others the potential for fewer. But Eric shows us how almost every site has linkable con...
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View articleWho cares more about your Web site than you do? No one. That's why when it comes to inbound linking efforts, Eric believes there's no better expert th...
View articleTracking a user who comes to your site after clicking on an email link is far more complicated than tracking a user who comes to your site from anothe...
View articleCan you admit you have more to learn? Well, the Link Mensch's Q&A is both a lesson in linking and humility. Read More...
View articleLink popularity is the new kid in town, and a mighty popular one at that. But don't get swept up in the enthusiasm of the crowd. The kid's not without...
View articlePaid submissions? Distributed listings? Paid spidering? What would have been heresy a year ago is now irrefutable fact. Read on for a quick overview o...
View articleBe careful if you decide to remove a dead link from a search engine. Too drastic a change to those web pages and you might just screw up those ranking...
View articleIf we think of the word "useful" as a continuum, then the most useful sites (link-worthy sites) are those that provide rich, quality content on a spec...
View articleLink popularity worries are causing some marketers to submit pages that don't belong to them to the engines. An overview of key issues surrounding lin...
View articleThe Link Mensch tells you how to request a link. Complete with a sample link-request email and a list of everything it should contain. Read More...
View articleAssessing link popularity is a technique that several search engines use in ranking sites for searchers. Google is the most well-known search engine t...
View articleCall him "The Link Mensch." Everyone else does. Why? Because the man lives links. All day, every day, he builds links. And he's been doing it for six ...
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