5 Link Building Mistakes You Should Watch Out For

Search Engine Optimization was never as strict as it is today. Internet marketers peppered their content with several keywords and literally bought traffic by exchanging links with other sites. However, with two major Panda updates, Google has tightened its reign over internet marketers increasing the challenges for them. The search engine has started taking into account the use of keywords and the quality of links very seriously when ranking pages.

If you’ve noticed a drop in traffic overtime, particularly after the updates, one of the reasons could be a fault in your link building strategy. Here is a list of the common mistakes most internet marketers make and the solutions to it.

1. Do not pay for links, build them -

It is an easy way out of the problem and can help you get 1000′s of links, but obtaining links by paying for them is not beneficial to your business. It might get you some traffic initially. Your business will be penalized if Google finds out about it. Also, the traffic that you get will not convert because it is not targeted.

Instead, invest time and money on building high quality natural links. You can spend money on creating blogs to promote your site.

2. Posting links at the wrong places -

Most marketers promote a business by posting content to places other than their website. Links to the parent website are embedded within the content. The common places include article directories and other websites and blogs that accept guest posts. Marketers choose to post content at blogs that accept content easily.

A strict approval process indicates zero tolerance for poor quality and as such people trust these sites for the information and services they provide. Hence, you should be very selective about where you choose to post content if you’re looking to build quality links.

3. Repeated use of exact anchor texts -

Aggressive use of exact match anchor texts links within the text is another common link building mistake pointed out by SEO experts. It can hurt your search engine ranking badly and also result in your site being penalized.

A better option is to use semantic keyword anchor text links. Semantic keywords are variations of the main keyword you are ranking for and are an effective solution to the problem of excessive use of exact anchor texts.

4. Getting links from irrelevant sites -

The obsession with building links for one’s website often compels one to exchange links with any site willing to exchange links in return. When you exchange links with sites not associated with your niche, you are probably trying to hint to Google that you prefer to take the easy way out.

If you are looking to get back links for your site, choose only relevant sites. For example, if you sell items for babies and toddlers, you can link to a website or blog on parenting or childcare, but definitely not a travel blog.

5. Not writing quality content -

Business owners concentrate on the different ways in which they can build back links for their website by using rich anchor text links. The reality of building quality links lies less in building them and more in earning them by writing quality content. Your audience will voluntarily click links and share them if the content you create is informative, valuable, accurate and engaging.

What Google Focuses on When It Comes to Link Building

Any good online marketer knows how important link building is to your search engine optimization success. If you are using any SEO service providers, then link building should be included in your SEO package, helping you build authority, drive traffic to your website and enjoy ongoing online success.

The important thing to remember when using any of the SEO service providers for your link building campaign is to ensure that they don’t violate any of Google’s guidelines. Google is exceptionally strict and one violation can hamper your online search ranking and result in your competitors getting that one step forward over you, something you want to avoid in such a competitive online marketing area.

Google will consider their guidelines violated if you have too many keywords. Keywords stuffing is one of the most damaging things you can do for any link building or search engine optimization campaign. They also look for your articles which are published on too many sites, this means that chances are you are trying to build your links in too many places, too many links is a sign that you are only publishing adverts for the links.

Something else Google focuses very heavily on is the quality of the convener that you publish. You want your articles to be informative, interesting and answer a question or provide valuable advice. Any article that you publish should be geared at providing your clients with the value that they deserve by visiting your website.

In addition to this, they also consider their guidelines violated if you publish the same or similar content in all your articles. There are companies that to save time will write one article and publish it over a number of platforms, this means it’s ongoing duplicate content, something that the company will be held accountable for, which means that their ranking will drop.

There are some other important things to remember when it comes to link building. The first is that your links must never be spammy. The article must be on the same lines as the links you provide. You cannot give links directing a client to a pay day loan website when your article is about dog food, for example. Ensure everything is relevant in what you do, so that the search engines don’t think you are spamming your clients.

The links should always be manually done. This is so important and something to confirm with your SEO service provider. Some companies use automatic links which are exceptionally dangerous as they can direct clients to broken links, non relevant links and poor quality links. Again this can damage your online ranking and leave you losing clients in the long run.

What you must also focus on is that you only use high quality links. High quality links from authoritative sites is the best option to boost your visibility and help you grow your business moving forward.

Monitor and assess your links at all times. Check them to look for error or broken links that will damage your online reputation. Test all the links regularly, see how they are performing for you and add new links that will generate more interest and better results.

Remember to always choose a SEO service provider that has experience with manual link building and SEO that can offer you the exceptional services you need in order to boost your brand and increase your revenue in the long run. Review the company, read customer reviews, identify prices and then make your decision accordingly on whether to continue with your own campaign or make use of professional services.

Find Out How Successful People Think So You May Be Successful Too

Do you think successful people are just plain lucky?

Successful people did not become successful because they were lucky.

They did not achieve success by accident. Being at the right place at the right time, meeting relevant people, reading the appropriate book, did not come about accidentally or by luck.

Luck is brought about by Labour Under Correct Knowledge.

Successful people prepared themselves. Instead of giving up on anything they started and wanted to achieve they got stronger by learning more.

Success is a methodical, orderly and deliberate process of deciding what you want to do with your life, what are the steps that you need to undertake to get you there, and lastly what you will do once you get there.

One of the most important aspects, if not the most important aspect to success, is the ability to visualise your successful outcome and stay focused on it until you achieve it.

“Imagination is more important than knowledge, knowledge is limited.” – Albert Einstein

Successful people understood the potential power behind knowledge, yet they also understood that, for them to close the gap between where they are and where they wanted to be, they would have to piece together the enigma that is most often referred to as “life”.

They had to build a picture, a vision, of success in their mind, and then go about taking action on creating that envisioned life.

In much the same way, you have to be serious about your present and future, you need to have the knowledge that is required so you, too, may close the gap: you need to be and remain determined to devote yourself to taking massive action to build your business of succeeding in life.

You, too, will need to see the end, your dream and destiny that you desire in your mind’s eye. It is up to you to take the necessary and relevant action to make it all happen. It’s just like going to the doctor with a particular health problem.

The doctor may prescribe a medication for you to take four times a day, yet he cannot be there with you to ensure that you are taking the medication.

It comes back to deciding to be responsible for your life.

Have you noticed how it all stems from that one attitude? Being responsible for your own life.

Your success, your being responsible 100% for you to live your dream life starts here.

When you accept 100% responsibility for yourself and your current life situation, you will have the power to move towards those things you truly desire in life: which is success in all areas of your life.

This life-changing article is about possibilities and opportunities, knowledge and tools. It will help expose your unique course in life.

It will inspire, support and motivate you to excel, to do what successful people do, to have all that successful people have, and to become a shining example of a successful person.

Here, you’re not being told what you couldn’t do, instead you are being told to shoot for the stars. And above all, you are being shown how to shoot for those stars.

“A person is what he thinks about all day long.” – Emerson

Interesting thought, wouldn’t you think? So much so, it’s worth repeating: “A person is what he thinks about all day long.”

Success and happiness cannot happen if you possess the same old thoughts and beliefs.

If you do not change your mind, if you do not get rid of the unsupportive thoughts and beliefs, you will inevitably remain stuck in your old ways. Not much, if anything, will change.

Let’s give you a quick overview on how change comes about:

Your BEHAVIOUR, how you act (or perhaps do not act), controls your success or failure. Your ability to attain high levels of success is dependent upon your actions and behaviours. Your results are the outcome of your behaviour. Now let’s consider where your behaviours come from and what controls them?

Your FEELINGS command your behaviour. Every action that you take is first filtered through your feelings that reside in your subconscious mind. How you feel about something determines what you do and how well you do it. So where do your feelings come from?

Your ATTITUDES create and influence your feelings. Your attitude is your perspective from which you view life. Whatever attitude you have about anything will affect how you feel, which, in turn, affects how you act. Where do your attitudes come from?

Your BELIEFS create, control and influence your attitudes. What you believe about anything will determine your attitude about it, which will create your feelings, and then which will direct your behaviour and action. Belief patterns are so powerful that two people who are in the same situation could perceive things completely differently. It only requires us to believe what we see and how we see it. We all have thousands of beliefs – big and small. And where do your beliefs come from?

Your THOUGHTS create, control and influence your beliefs. Your thoughts are real and are immensely powerful. Everything you accept from the outside world and everything you feed yourself from within is a product of your thoughts. Everything starts as a thought.

So, it goes without saying you need to learn to control your thoughts. And when you do, you will automatically control your beliefs, your attitudes, your feelings and, consequently, your behaviour and actions.

The big secret to success:

Learn to control your thoughts and you will influence your behaviours and actions. It’s all a mind-set. That’s what we’ve been saying all along.

Success is predictable and is not achieved by accident.

Have the mind-set of the successful people and you will achieve success. Believe and it is yours!

“There is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind.” – Joel Osteen

Science of success experts have concluded that the brain is a goal-setting organism.

That is fantastic news for us: for whatever goal we give to our subconscious mind, it will work for us day and night, 24/7, to achieve it for us; to make it a reality.

The principal breakthrough that scientists made was that we do not need to waste our precious time and effort trying to change old thoughts and behaviours: we just simply create new ones.

And the other discovery they made was that we can continue to create new thoughts, new memories, new behaviours, new skills, and learn new things for as long as we are alive on this earth.

Now, with the new discoveries in recent years, it has been scientifically proven that our capacity to achieve and succeed literally has no limits.

Our brain has the capacity to continually learn during our entire lifetime.

Our brain can form new thoughts, can have new memories, and can learn new things by the millions, no matter what your age is. By the millions.

That’s how many new things we can learn, that’s how many new skills we can learn, that’s how many new thoughts we can have, that’s how many new behaviours we can adopt.

This is encouraging because there is no limit on your capacity to achieve new things.

No limits whatsoever for the human brain to learn, memorise, develop, achieve and perform at higher levels than ever imagined. It makes no difference what your age is: you are capable of learning anything new that you want to learn.

That adds to what we spoke of earlier: no more excuses.

“The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.” – Malcolm X

Your brain has the capacity to achieve way beyond what was ever thought possible. So now is the time to break out of your limited thinking and start dreaming big and imagining unlimited possibilities.

Becoming successful is not impossible.

It is a choice you make through a decision. Every day, step-by-step, you may climb the mountain of success if you’ve decided to do so, if you’re committed to accomplish what the others think impossible.

Design your future now.

Prepare to receive what you desire.

Thanks to the phenomenal advances made in cognitive science and the development of NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), personal change, personal transformation, has come a very long way.

In fact, personal growth is no longer a mystery.

NLP has brought to light that change, transformation and growth can be fast, reliable, and even fun. It has shown us that we do not need to spend thousands of hours slaving away to increase our creative-thinking abilities.

By practicing a few simple exercises and applications, you can start your creative juices flowing, and you may even amaze yourself at the quality and quantity of good ideas that you can come up with to expedite your success.

It can allow you to achieve something you seek within days and months as opposed to years and decades. That’s the power of the progress science has made on how the brain works, and also how you can have your mind to be your best ally in achieving anything you want.

Learn to live as you like by no longer living as you dislike.

Are you ready to get on the road to success and fulfilment?

Bear in mind, much like everything else in life, success requires practice and massive, consistent action.

“Success doesn’t mean the absence of failures; it means the attainment of ultimate objectives. It means winning the war, not every battle.” – Edwin C Bliss

Hani Al-Qasem has been a self-improvement educator for more than 18 years.

You can download your copy of “Wealth Attraction: How To Reprogram Your Mind For More Money” FREE eBook where you can begin the automatic reprogramming of your brain for wealth, success, and abundance, in just six easy steps.

Live Your Life To Please God

Open your Bible to 1 Thessalonians 4:1 it says… Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more. Go ahead and highlight that scripture.

Will you trust God to teach you in the way you should go? You need wisdom to live for His righteousness, His love and devotion to Christ Jesus. You see, you have to develop the habit of listening to God. He may give you direction you have never had before. Like what? God wants you under the influence of His Word. God wants you to live by godly principles in His Word.

God wants you to give Jesus first place! This is vital for your Christian walk! Jesus is your connection to the throne of God. You see, in this world, it is very easy to become distracted from God. Many people follow some other path apart from God’s will. But the foundation of all spiritual truth is obedience to God through the power of the Holy Spirit.

The Bible tells you to praise the Lord! He is truly worthy of worship. Love no one not even yourself – more than you love God. Every morning you should be asking God to fill you with His presence. You want to be filled by the Spirit so that you’re led by Him. You love the Word, study the Word and learn the Word. Why? To live your life to please God. His Word is true wisdom for you to walk in His instructions.

If you want to live your life to please God give His Word a place of first priority! Scriptures will come alive on the inside of you. You’re knowing God for yourself and the importance of being led by the Spirit of God. Many people won’t like the new you, but you’re not living to please people, you’re living to please God.

You don’t need people approval when you have God’s approval! You want the praise of God more than the praise of people. Quit worrying about what everyone thinks and do what God has put in your heart.

God will put a new testimony in your mouth! You may think there is a lot wrong with you, but there is also a lot right with you. God is continually shaping and molding into the person He wants you to be. Stop focusing on what you can’t do, and start focusing on what God can do.

Serve God and worship Him and continue to seek His will. How? You have to establish a passionate relationship with God’s Word. Believe His Word, trust His Word, study His Word, thank Him for His Word. But always remember the devil will do everything he possibly can to lure you away from God. The devil does not want you to grow in the knowledge of King Jesus.

Many people never seriously read the Bible! But you need to be a student of God’s Word and doer of God’s ways. Be a Christian that reads scripture and prays. The Holy Spirit won’t adjust to you, you must adjust to Him! Use your voice to worship Him and lift up the name of Jesus! Now, raise your hands and say, “I live to please God, more and more!”

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