Overview

The web today is comprised of trillions of links: links between websites, links within social media venues like Facebook and Twitter, and even links in email inboxes. Who links to a site and how they link to it is one of the most important factors that search engines rely on when ranking results. But how do marketers control this? Link building expert Eric Ward provides the answers. Sharing little-known techniques for link building via social media platforms, blogs, partnerships, public relations, articles, and more, Ward teaches marketers which link-building techniques will maximize the quality links that point to their site, allowing them to charm both search engines and customers and which methods to avoid.

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9781599184425

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<br>Eric Ward and Garrett French have put together a solid, easy-to-read link-building primer. The book provides simple explanations and straight forward advice when it comes to building links; chapters are well outlined and flow from point to point. If you are new to link building this book is a great resource for anyone looking for tools, tactics, and case studies to learn from.<br>- Debra Mastaler, President of alliance-link.com <p>Eric Ward has been a thought leader in how to build links the right way since before there even was a right way. His extensive relationship building background mixed with challenging projects has given him insights and methodologies that are advanced and increasingly necessary in today's Internet marketing world. He has brought his many years of hard fought experience to the pages of this book, and I heartily recommend it to anyone seeking to grow their skills.<br>- Bruce Clay, CEO of International SEO firm bruceclay.com, and author of Search Engine Optimization All-In-One for Dummies <p>Eric Ward pioneered the practice of link building as a marketing channel and continues to be among the thought leaders of the field. His expertise and hands-on experience are virtually unmatched, and I'd recommend his book to anyone who uses links to help grow their business.<br>- Rand Fishkin, CEO of SEOmoz.org <p>Those who want link building done right by the best in the business flock to Eric Ward and count themselves lucky that the maestro isn't booked into the next millennium.<br>- Jim Sterne, targeting.com, Founder of the eMetrics Marketing Optimization Summit and Founding President and current Chairman of the Digital Analytics Association <p><br>An SEO classic! This link-building book by far provides the very best advice, stories and actionable white- hat link-building tips. This is the best link-building book I have ever read!<br>- Nick Stamoulis, Founder of SEO Firm BrickMarketing.com <p><br>For anyo

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Eric Ward is recognized as the web's leading expert on content linking strategies. Nicknamed LinkMoses, Ward has been creating linking strategies since 1993, and founded the first online publicity services for web sites, called NetPOST and URLwire, in 1994. Ward's company was hired by Jeff Bezos as the online publicist for Amazon.com's debut. Today, Ward helps companies create and execute linking strategies, and teaches others his techniques. He is the Chief Link Evangelist for AdGooroo, and writes a private subscriber newsletter. He also writes the LinkWeek column for industry news site SearchEngineLand.com, and has written for ClickZ and Ad Age Magazine. Ward has spoken at more than 125 industry conferences, and his clients have included PBS.org, WarnerBros, Discovery Channel, National Geographic, TVGuide.com, and Weather.com. Garrett French is the founder of Citation Labs, a boutique agency that specializes in custom link-building tools and services to solve large-scale marketing problems. He is also an online marketing consultant working with major companies in customer relationship management, consumer packaged goods, and online health information.

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