Link building for the future - what to do and what to avoid

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The last few years have taught us that Google are prepared to wipe out websites if they find that they've been using manipulative link building practices. No longer can we take risks with our link profiles. Instead, we need to build links that will stand the test of time and not need to be taken down! In this webinar Paddy will talk about: What the future of link building looks like What kind of links you should be avoiding Techniques that you should be focusing on instead He will give actionable tips and advice that will help you build links for many years to come.

Marketing

The Future of
Link Building
Paddy Moogan
Co-founder, Aira
www.aira.net

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Links as a ranking signal are
NOT going away

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Fundamentally, they still
work well

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Links are the basis of the web

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Related signals will change
and become more refined

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We don’t think as a “link” as
the signal Google use

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There is so much more to it

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Anchor text
VolumeDiversity
Type of link
Home vs. deep
link
Position on page
Other links on
page
Surrounding text

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These will change over time

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And new signals will be
added

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Social signals may play a bigger
part

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Some rankings just won’t make
sense to us

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Penguin will become more
refined and quicker

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It’s constantly learning (it’s
nearly two years old now)

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They have lots of fresh data
to learn about bad links

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Penguin targeted scalable
link building techniques

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Anything scalable will be
targeted at some point

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For businesses…

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Let’s use Panda as an example

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There was collateral damage
with Panda

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But Google didn’t mind

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Don’t take risks with your
business

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For churn and burn sites…

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Spam will always work
short-term at least

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Anything that scales

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Scaling = potential loss in
quality

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Too much commercial
anchor text

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Putting all your links in one
basket

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Links that you may be taking
down in a year or two!

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Easy wins are still out there

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1) Broken incoming links

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2) Competitor analysis

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3) Unlinked mentions of
company or people

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4) Learn what PR people do

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They craft stories around
people, companies and data

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5) Invest in content

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Invest in content

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Invest in understanding what
makes a good idea

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Follow these people:
@jcolman @halvorson@epicgraphic

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Links will always be
important

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Don’t scale link building if
you’re building a business

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Spend some time on the
quick wins
(they still work)

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Invest in understanding
good ideas and
how PR works

Thank you!
Paddy Moogan
Co-founder, Aira
www.aira.net

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