Where Have All the Links Gone?
Diary of an SEO Campaign
Day 69
Well, I got the big story out there last week -- the big "link bait" of the month story that theoretically should bring lots of quality links back to The Site. Did it?
Well, it's early days yet. The first phase of the release, to my custom list of editors and writers at major publications, fell flatter than a pancake. Not a peep from any of them. Then I released it to PRWeb, and that did drive some decent traffic to the site for a couple of days. (We're talking 250 a day versus my usual 125-150). More importantly, the story did get picked up by a major metro newspaper in California, and -- miracle of miracles! -- gave a link back to the site! So chalk up 1 very promising link on the scoreboard for this phase.
Getting it out to the article distribution sites is always slow, and at most of them the story is still waiting to be reviewed and distributed. One site I came across distributes the story to a whole bunch of places, and it talk a very good game -- that is ArticleMarketer.com I'm going to keep a real close eye on results from Article Marketer, who I paid $39.95 for three months unlimited distribution services. Their credentials seemed ok, although their testimonials were not from the most impressive bunch of sites in the neighborhood. Their website tends a bit to the hard sell, which always makes me leery, but I did a bit of research and they seem credible. I'll keep you posted on whether their distribution gives me anything over the coming weeks.
Back to the grindstone. Stay tuned.
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Day 69
Well, I got the big story out there last week -- the big "link bait" of the month story that theoretically should bring lots of quality links back to The Site. Did it?
Well, it's early days yet. The first phase of the release, to my custom list of editors and writers at major publications, fell flatter than a pancake. Not a peep from any of them. Then I released it to PRWeb, and that did drive some decent traffic to the site for a couple of days. (We're talking 250 a day versus my usual 125-150). More importantly, the story did get picked up by a major metro newspaper in California, and -- miracle of miracles! -- gave a link back to the site! So chalk up 1 very promising link on the scoreboard for this phase.
Getting it out to the article distribution sites is always slow, and at most of them the story is still waiting to be reviewed and distributed. One site I came across distributes the story to a whole bunch of places, and it talk a very good game -- that is ArticleMarketer.com I'm going to keep a real close eye on results from Article Marketer, who I paid $39.95 for three months unlimited distribution services. Their credentials seemed ok, although their testimonials were not from the most impressive bunch of sites in the neighborhood. Their website tends a bit to the hard sell, which always makes me leery, but I did a bit of research and they seem credible. I'll keep you posted on whether their distribution gives me anything over the coming weeks.
Back to the grindstone. Stay tuned.
Save to del.icio.us
Technorati Tags: online marketing, SEO, links, link building
online promotion, search engine optimization, website promotion, search marketing
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