Sharing the Love - Link Roundup

February 4th, 2008 by Glen Allsopp

I don’t do many of these posts so when I do you should believe that there’s some pretty good information available.

Linking out to others is a a great way to show you are connected and active in your industry. It also helps you build relationships online as links are basically the way of the web. Don’t abuse that with linking out to rubbish content though so here’s my roundup.

The Links

First of all my friend Steven Snell is launching a new site on Social Media Marketing - Traffikd. He’s started with a bang including a recent post on 10 Reasons to get started with social media:

If you’ve been reading a lot about social media but haven’t really made an effort to get involved yet, here are 10 reasons why you need to start today

Matt McGee has announced the winners for the Semmys:

Let’s skip the corny, canned jokes and the awkward moments at the podium and just open the envelope, shall we? Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the 2008 SEMMY Award in the SEO category is … drum-roll, please …

I wasn’t a contestant but not to worry, hopefully something in the future catches Matt’s eye ;).

Ann Smarty writes a great post that came at the perfect time for me “How to Call to Action”

Most often than not, it is not enough for you that your visitors just come and go. You want them to do something at your site.

Jordan Kasteler tells the world about a new SEO couple, congrats Bill & Kim:

Kimberly is now flying out to Deleware soon to visit. Congratulations to the both of you and I hope you have a successful and prosperous relationship together.

And finally, SEO Scientist starts off well with ‘Tapping into Link Attributes‘:

Basically what I’ve done is instead of just throwing all the weight on several link acquirement techniques at once, I decided to use one, wait for the increase in rankings and then use the next one and compare.

P.S. I’m flying back out to South Africa tomorrow so I’ll be active again on Thursday.