Irrelevant Ramblings

If you have ever wanted to have a Samurai sword, but wondered what you would do with it, you might like this.

It looks like a samurai sword, but acts as a warrior. Take a look.

Yesterday Simone needed to meet a client about a wedding. This was not your ordinary meeting, as it took place in a little place called Naramata. So we decided to make it a family road trip. We hit the road in the afternoon and made our way 1 and a half hours south. We had a good time, we are blessed with amazing travelers. Along the way we came across some wildlife on the road. Here are a couple of pics from the road trip and the wildlife we ran across.

Okay so that’s not the only wildlife we found.

We saw these deer just crossing the street in the middle of Penticton. The girls saw that there were three of them and quickly named them Journee, Asia and Mykah.

When this guy came walking out, Journee said we can call that one Levi. Now all our kids had equivalent in deer.

I have to admit, that I am still amazed when I see wildlife, especially when it’s in the middle of a city, or more realistically for Penticton, a town.

Last I talked about the idea behind links being a kind of coolness factor and about the number of links you might need to get to the top. This week we will talk about where and how to get the links needed to climb the Google ladder.

Types of Links

There are 4 types of links out there:

1. One-Way links- these are links that point to your site without the need to have a reciprocal link.
2. Reciprocal links- These are links that require you to place a link on your site in exchange for a link on their site. (Try to avoid these links if possible)
3. Blog Links (see below)
4. Forum Signatures- These links come from messaging on forums and having a link in your signature.

Links Where Are You?

There are a few different was yo can get links to your site.

1. The first and easiest is just to start leaving comments on other sites that have blogs. This is a great way to get links to your site, but for the most part these links will come with a minimal page rank or none at all. Nonetheless they are important and every link, no matter how small, counts. This, along with forum links, is the fastest way of building links.
2. The next way to get sites to link to you, is by asking the owner of the site to add a link on their website. The easiest way to get these kind of links is to have friends, that have blogs or maintain a website, add a link on their site. These are permanent links and they hold more value.
3. The third way is by leaving comments in a forum and having a link in your signature. As with blog link the more relationship between your site and the forum link the better in the eyes of a search engine.
4. The final way of getting permanent links to your site, is by adding your sit information into web directories. Web directories are essentially small search engines. There are about 300 directories that are good and have a good page rank. The problem with directories is that they can take up to 6-8 weeks before your link is added, but when they are added it is a permanent link.

If you want to add your name to 300 directories you can do so by heading over to ADDURL.nu. Or for a small fee I will do the tedious work of adding your info to these sites for you.

Directories TO Be In!

It is generally a good thing to be listed in directories. And there are 2 that you absolutely should be included in and 1 that if you can afford it should be listed in.

1. DMOZ- The Open Directory Project is the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors.
2. Yahoo Directory ($299/year)- Yahoo! Directory Submit is part of a suite of services Yahoo! created to serve the needs of businesses like yours. Yahoo! Directory Submit provides expedited review of web sites you submit for possible inclusion in the Yahoo! Directory. We will respond to your request within 7 business days.
3. Zoom Info- ZoomInfo is the premier business information search engine, with profiles on more than 45 million people and 5 million companies. ZoomInfo delivers fresh and organized information on industries, companies, people, products, services and jobs.

It is generally held that you should get listed in these directories. Zoominfo and DMOZ are free and will take a long time to get listed, but they are important so get listed. If you have $299US per year to spend then get listed in the Yahoo directory.

Previous Tutorials

SEO: KEYWORDS

SEO: Link Buildng Part 1