Jan 10, 2010 | Link Building
Contrary to popular belief, link building is here to stay and will still be around for a good number of years. The year 2009 was one of the most algorithmically significant years and there was much to be learned in the industry. Before we look to the years ahead and the future, it is a must for everyone to look back and remember the key takeaways which will help avoid setbacks in the future. Link building in 2009 2009 was an interesting year for link building to say the least. Bing was born and Yahoo went into a coma. Google, on the other hand, remained strong and continues to remain strong until today. Social media went mainstream in 2009, unfriending became a trend, Twitter gained more followers and people started noticing Yelp for more than just food reviews. There was so much controversy about pink links and a lot of people were shocked to find out that site owners no longer had the capability to perform “Pagerank sculpting” using nofollow tags. What everyone learned was that it is best to try strategies so that you can find one which works for you. Stingy links became the new authority and people finally said goodbye to paid links. Developments and Takeaways Google has continued being serious in cracking down on paid links. They do not want links which can be easily manipulated and this is why there is more emphasis on organic links which bring more traffic to websites and not just higher rankings. There is so much that a powerful blog can do. It does more than endorse products. It... read more
