Link building strategy
Link Building for New Websites: A Practical 6 Month Plan
A new site needs a few trusted links, not a big package. This month by month plan shows what to build and when.
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How to Get Backlinks Indexed by Google (Safely)
A link on a page Google has not indexed does little for you. Here is why linking pages go unindexed and the safe ways to help Google find them.
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Toxic Backlinks: How to Find Them and When to Disavow
Most sites never need the disavow tool. Here is how to spot genuinely harmful links, when Google says disavowing makes sense, and how to build the file correctly.
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Link Velocity: How Many Backlinks per Month Is Safe?
There is no magic number of links per month. What matters is whether your link growth looks like the way real sites earn links. Here is how to plan a safe pace.
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Blogger Outreach: How to Get Links From Real Websites
Outreach is how real links are earned: find the right sites, offer something useful and follow up politely. Here is the process and the email templates I use.
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Niche Edits: What They Are and When They Are Safe
A niche edit adds your link to an article that is already live and indexed. Done on real, relevant pages it is one of the fastest link types. Done badly it is just a paid link on a spam site.
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How to Check Guest Post Site Quality Before You Pay
Most bad guest post links look fine on a price list. This is the 12-point check I run on every site before I place a client link, with the red flags to watch for.
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DR vs DA: Which Metric Should You Trust When Buying Links?
DR (Ahrefs) and DA (Moz) both estimate a site's link strength, and both are easy to fake. Here is how they work, how they differ and what to check instead.
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Anchor Text Ratio: How to Keep Your Backlinks Natural
Too many exact keyword anchors is one of the fastest ways to make a link profile look built. Here are the anchor types, a safe starting mix and how to check yours.
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Dofollow vs Nofollow Links: What Is the Difference?
Dofollow links pass ranking value, nofollow links ask Google not to. Since 2019 Google treats nofollow, sponsored and ugc as hints. Here is what that means for your links.
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