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ADVANCED LINK BUILDING  STRATEGIES Patrick Altoft Director of Search, Branded3
J C Penney story Aggressive link-building delivered top rankings for lots of very high profile keywords during the Christmas period NY Times investigated & reported to Google Google gave site a penalty NY Times published story SEO agency of 7 years was fired http://nyti.ms/gHITQa
The result At 7 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, J. C. Penney was still the No. 1 result for “Samsonite carry on luggage.” Two hours later, it was at No. 71. At 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Penney was No. 1 in searches for “living room furniture.” By 9 p.m., it had sunk to No. 68. In other words, one moment Penney was the most visible online destination for living room furniture in the country. The next it was essentially buried.
Overstock.com
Links are the most important ranking factor Links are what Google uses to differentiate between similar websites
Research & Analysis Toolset Yahoo Site Explorer for quick checks OpenSiteExplorer.org & SEOmoz MajesticSEO.com Microsoft Excel Wordle.net Raven Buzzstream Linkdex We use heavily customised version of Microsoft TFS
Majestic SEO
Competitor analysis Identify 20 target keywords Record domains ranking in top 20 search results for each keyword Remove duplicate sites
Competitor analysis Export all links to Excel
Competitor analysis Repeat for all competitors to create one giant Excel document Remove duplicate linking domains Sort by Domain Authority or Page Authority
Competitor analysis Use filters to find valuable links URL contains .ac.uk , .edu , .gov , .nhs Anchor text contains target keyword
Anchor text
Visualising your link profile
Case study – “mobile phones” Competitive keyword Good mixture of brands & affiliate sites Sites have lots of links
mobilejazz.co.uk
T Mobile
Bestcontractmobilephone.co.uk
Phones 4U
Onestopphoneshop.co.uk
Dial-a-Phone
O2
Mobiles.co.uk
Carphone Warehouse
Carphone Warehouse Pivot table Find top 10 anchor texts by count
Brand link authority
Carphone Warehouse Link Profile
Unnatural Link Profile
Unnatural Link Profile
Brand Links
Keyword links
The importance of brand links We tested 30 highly commercial UK keywords Every single keyword followed the same pattern: sites with large brand link authority rank higher Non-brands are using branded anchor text links to make Google believe they are brands
What about anchor text & paid links? Most people think that paid or unnatural links are devalued based on the site that they are placed on For example if the site is openly selling links and putting groups of paid links in sidebars or footers...
Naturalness What we found is that Google appears to be doing the opposite They are devaluing links based on the “naturalness” of a sites link profile Sites with very natural link profiles can use obvious spammy or paid links with immediate positive results The same links pointed to a site with lesser brand authority are devalued and have no effect JC Penney went too far!
Implications To succeed in Google a site needs to have a high amount of “natural” links with more brand authority than competitors If you don’t have this authority already you need to create it Once you have brand authority you only need a very small number of anchor text links to rank
Good news It’s a lot easier to get brand anchor text than keyword anchor text in links Very few people know about this so you can get a head start on your competitors
Easy 4 step strategy Analyse industry & find out how much brand authority the leading sites have Find out how much keyword anchor text link authority they have Analyse your link profile and build up your brand authority so it’s higher than  your competitors Then build your keyword authority until you hit the top
Link QA process Some links are better than others If we’re paying for a link is it worth the money?
Learning more Read Blogstorm.co.uk - UK’s largest blog about SEO with over 10,000 daily readers Email patrick@branded3.com for free SEO advice  Visit our website at Branded3.com

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Link Building Strategies TFM&A 2011 Patrick Altoft

  • 1. ADVANCED LINK BUILDING STRATEGIES Patrick Altoft Director of Search, Branded3
  • 2.
  • 3. J C Penney story Aggressive link-building delivered top rankings for lots of very high profile keywords during the Christmas period NY Times investigated & reported to Google Google gave site a penalty NY Times published story SEO agency of 7 years was fired http://nyti.ms/gHITQa
  • 4. The result At 7 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, J. C. Penney was still the No. 1 result for “Samsonite carry on luggage.” Two hours later, it was at No. 71. At 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Penney was No. 1 in searches for “living room furniture.” By 9 p.m., it had sunk to No. 68. In other words, one moment Penney was the most visible online destination for living room furniture in the country. The next it was essentially buried.
  • 5.
  • 7. Links are the most important ranking factor Links are what Google uses to differentiate between similar websites
  • 8. Research & Analysis Toolset Yahoo Site Explorer for quick checks OpenSiteExplorer.org & SEOmoz MajesticSEO.com Microsoft Excel Wordle.net Raven Buzzstream Linkdex We use heavily customised version of Microsoft TFS
  • 10. Competitor analysis Identify 20 target keywords Record domains ranking in top 20 search results for each keyword Remove duplicate sites
  • 11. Competitor analysis Export all links to Excel
  • 12. Competitor analysis Repeat for all competitors to create one giant Excel document Remove duplicate linking domains Sort by Domain Authority or Page Authority
  • 13. Competitor analysis Use filters to find valuable links URL contains .ac.uk , .edu , .gov , .nhs Anchor text contains target keyword
  • 16. Case study – “mobile phones” Competitive keyword Good mixture of brands & affiliate sites Sites have lots of links
  • 23. O2
  • 26. Carphone Warehouse Pivot table Find top 10 anchor texts by count
  • 33. The importance of brand links We tested 30 highly commercial UK keywords Every single keyword followed the same pattern: sites with large brand link authority rank higher Non-brands are using branded anchor text links to make Google believe they are brands
  • 34. What about anchor text & paid links? Most people think that paid or unnatural links are devalued based on the site that they are placed on For example if the site is openly selling links and putting groups of paid links in sidebars or footers...
  • 35. Naturalness What we found is that Google appears to be doing the opposite They are devaluing links based on the “naturalness” of a sites link profile Sites with very natural link profiles can use obvious spammy or paid links with immediate positive results The same links pointed to a site with lesser brand authority are devalued and have no effect JC Penney went too far!
  • 36. Implications To succeed in Google a site needs to have a high amount of “natural” links with more brand authority than competitors If you don’t have this authority already you need to create it Once you have brand authority you only need a very small number of anchor text links to rank
  • 37. Good news It’s a lot easier to get brand anchor text than keyword anchor text in links Very few people know about this so you can get a head start on your competitors
  • 38. Easy 4 step strategy Analyse industry & find out how much brand authority the leading sites have Find out how much keyword anchor text link authority they have Analyse your link profile and build up your brand authority so it’s higher than your competitors Then build your keyword authority until you hit the top
  • 39. Link QA process Some links are better than others If we’re paying for a link is it worth the money?
  • 40. Learning more Read Blogstorm.co.uk - UK’s largest blog about SEO with over 10,000 daily readers Email patrick@branded3.com for free SEO advice Visit our website at Branded3.com