I received the email below in an attempt to get a backlink placed on one of my sites. I thought it was a good example of how to write a backlink request so wanted to pass it along to my premium members.
Tag: link building
SEO Hack for Job Boards (member only)
Buy a high-authority 10-50 DA (domain authority) website off of Sedo.com, Godaddy auctions or Flippa. What? How is it possible you ask? 1. Buy an expired, dropped domain with 10-50 DA. It turns out there are a lot of them expiring every day! Here’s a cool free online tool to show you powerful domains that…
Are you link building? (member only)
In this video from 2010 I share some link building tactics which has always served me and my sites well.
Thoughts on link building (premium)
Every new job board must get links back to their site. You want to get as many links as possible from RELATED sites about jobs, recruiting or careers. Avoid links from any site that is not related. Google wont like that. Recently I paid for some links. I approached two job related bloggers I knew…
Blogs and link building (premium)
One of the easiest ways to get links for job boards is to approach job related blogs and either ask for one via link exchange or offer to pay for one. I have bought many a link on job blogs. Recently I approached a popular job blog and offered to pay them $100 for a…
My best kept SEO secret (premium)
Perhaps my best SEO secret is to get links to your job board. You need to get quality back-links from related sites such as blogs. But the best links for job boards come from .edu sites. Here’s how I do it. I email the college career centers and ask them for one. Most universities have…
Asking for and getting links to your board (free)
After 10 years online any website will attract its share of links. Today I used the following Google hack “link: yoursitename.com” to see how many backlinks my biggest site has. 6300 or so. When I first started out I spent a good deal of time asking for links. My main targets were local news sites,…
Link building alert (premium)
I just discovered a new directory for listing your job sites. Watch the video and use the link below to submit yours.
Article marketing for job boards (free)
Here’s another freebie for my job board peeps. Article marketing is a great way to build awareness and gain traffic. Just dont spam, write informative articles that enlighten and inform. Here’s one of my recent articles on Recruitingblogs as an example. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyDEiUYJ8mA[/youtube] Sites mentioned: * PRweb * HR.com * ERE.net * Recruitingblogs * Talentbar *…
SEO Link Building tip #1 (episode 4)
Getting relevant inbound links from other sites is critical to your job boards search engine optimization (SEO). One of the tricks I’ve used with success is commenting on relevant blog posts. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHsvoHVivFI[/youtube] Caution: don’t go overboard with this technique or you’ll run risk of it being seen as spam. Be sure to add a good…