Analytics, that is, the analyzing of every possible aspect of every possible link so that we know every possible thing about the links that link (or don't link) to us or to our competitors, or to whatever site we're curious about.prediction:
While not all of these migrations are links in the traditional sense of the word, they are still bridges, conduits, and pathways that help people get from one place to another, based on who shares what with who, when, and why.
Because of links it's easy to feel you must sign up for every social network or anything new and remotely related to links. Now add in anything I'm on only because I'm in a web related industry, (a phrase that's an oxymoron at this point), and how...
On the web, links aren't currency like people say they are. We need more trusted links". Links and likes and tweets originate from a person (or persons) who made the decision to put them there, and that source is where the trustworthiness resides.
They know farming, and simply want to be found by searchers, or noticed via links in the right places where their customers might be. The standard answer that most search engine reps give us when we ask about obtaining links is something along the...
I know we all have to earn a living but I wonder if we, as the builders of the links and linking strategies, are where the solution will be found, when we stop doing what we know is wrong, and start doing what we know is right, for our clients...
Eric Ward offered some smart strategic advice for marketers in “Non-Google Link Strategy: An Example of Stealth Link Marketing”, showing one example of how forgetting about Google can help you actually end up ranking higher on Google:
Based on the happenings over the past few weeks, and especially given that Google is sending warning messages about unnatural links to webmasters, it seems almost inevitable that the next great link building business scam will be promising to...
Plain old vanilla non-optimized links, from sites that were perfectly relevant to Sea Ray Boats, pointing to the Sea Ray boats web site. If you were a link builder in 1994, which was before Google existed, you didn't chase links because you were...
Eric Ward is the godfather of link building (just ask Jeff Bezos, who hired Eric to help launch Amazon). Eric Ward: BizDev link building for me means I'm pursuing relationships and proposing ideas that are not purely driven by search rank.
Link Insight is known for integrating many of Eric Ward's (a.k.a. Link Moses") research methods, though I wouldn't call it an Eric-SaaS just yet. The only downside is the index may miss some links in the "deep web.
Eric Ward, one of the leading, if not the leading link building expert, had a thought on this: of every 100 clients I work with are little guys. Eric offers a $1,000 linking strategy session, co-citation analysis, link analytics, and...
Even before that, early pioneers like Eric Ward and Jim Boykin were building links to Web sites simply for the traffic and public relations benefit. Let's discuss how the process of requesting links for your Web site can work, its continued...
Eric Ward, the Link Moses behind URL Wire In this evolutionary algorithmic age every search marketer charged with boosting rankings on the organic SERPs knows, with fearful certainty, that building inbound links is essential.
Eric Ward Podcast on Link BuildingEric Enge and Eric Ward recently recorded a podcast on link building, focusing on personalization and Google's new spam reporting moves. Adam Lasnik on Paid LinksGoogle's spam fighter provided Eric Enge with some...
Take a look at three widely recognized link building experts Mike Grehan, Debra Mastaler and Eric Ward. For long-term success with link building and search, focus on marketing and promoting your Web site with an emphasis on obtaining links.
Eric Ward PodcastEric Enge and Eric Ward recently did a podcast about link building, focusing on personalization and Google's new spam reporting moves. Here we've collected today's top news stories posted to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with...
The Link Building Conundrum - Eric Ward's View - Chris Boggs recaps an interview with Link Moses, aka Eric Ward. In Eric Enge's debut as a Search Engine Watch contributor, he focuses on some leaders in specialty search, and has commentary from Tim...
Eric Ward, CEO of EricWard.com, also known as LinkMoses We started with the more than 80 links in the Search Engine Watch Blog's blogroll, and ran each of those through the Blog Juice Calculator created by Text Links Ads.
And major kudos to Robert Clough of SearchEngineGuide for providing the links to discussions for the Search Engine Forums Spotlight every Friday.I'd also like to thank everyone who contributed articles to SearchDay over the years, including: Matt...
