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For the love of God please stop the sending me link request emails like this one

November 4, 2012 by Eric Ward

One would think that since my web site has been around for 11 years, and since I’m a one-person shop and my name is front and center on my homepage, and since I specialize in link building, I shouldn’t receive link request spam. One would think. Here’s today’s beauty. ——– Original Message ——– Subject: link […]

Filed Under: Linking Building Strategy Articles Tagged With: Link Outreach

A Technique For Selecting Sites For Link Requests

November 4, 2012 by Eric Ward

Updated February 2004 by Eric Ward You know you should have more links pointing to your site, but you’re not sure what the best approach is to pursue them.  One of my favorite approaches is to use the search results for terms that are important for my site. I do a search at Google for […]

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Five Deadly Sins Guaranteed To Kill Your Link Requests

November 4, 2012 by Eric Ward

By Eric Ward July 30, 2007 The full text including hyperlinks for this Link Week column  can be read at SearchEngineLand.com here Here in the Link Week column, we mostly discuss intermediate to advanced linking related subjects, but I’m compelled to cover a very basic topic this week. Link requests. The link builders are out […]

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Link Building’s Cult Of Reciprocity

November 4, 2012 by Eric Ward

By Eric Ward August 13, 2007 The full text including hyperlinks for this Link Week column can be read at SearchEngineLand.com here A big part of my professional life is spent teaching and training corporate clients how to become self sufficient at in-house link building and content publicity. Those readers here who have heard me […]

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Under the Radar: Tracking Online Media Coverage Is Hit Or Miss, But Mostly Miss

November 4, 2012 by Eric Ward

The Internet is filled with nooks, crannies, and pockets that make tracking online media coverage of your Web site or event a nightmare. Here’s why… Updated February 2002 by Eric Ward, aka The Link Mensch It’s one of the first questions you ask after the launch of your Web site or Web event: “Did we […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Directory Links, Link Analysis, Link Outreach

Portrait Of The Perfect Link Builder

August 22, 2012 by Eric Ward

By Eric Ward Originally written for SearchEngineLand’s LinkWeek June 18, 2007 If you had the chance to hire a full-time employee to engage in content publicity and link building, what type of person would you look for? What sorts of skills would you want? What personal traits would you value? As companies realize that content […]

Filed Under: Linking Building Strategy Articles Tagged With: Link Analysis, Link Outreach

Link Bait Kool-Aid?

December 7, 2011 by Eric Ward

Link Bait. Man-o-man do I hate that term. As if your site’s users are nothing but a school of carp swimming about waiting to be hooked. Dangle a tasty little piece of content, any content, and BAM, got another click…

Filed Under: Linking Building Strategy Articles Tagged With: Link Outreach

60 Percent Link Seeking Success Rates and an Embarrassment of Dead Link Riches

October 27, 2011 by Eric Ward

At what point does a link-building tactic make the leap from acceptable to not? When does white hat become black hat? Or gray hat? Or pink?

Filed Under: Linking Building Strategy Articles Tagged With: Link Analysis, Link Outreach

BuzzStream Continues Improvements for Link Management

December 3, 2009 by Eric Ward

Many of you have already heard about BuzzStream, a wickedly cool tool for managing the processes of link building and buzz monitoring. I’m one of their advisers and have been thrilled with how they continue to improve it. To that end, this week BuzzStream announced a series of improvements and features that I wanted to […]

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Riding The Twitter Link Waves

June 18, 2009 by Eric Ward

Riding The Twitter Link Waves Author’s note: since this column is old, the search links within it will most likely not produce the same results they did when this was originally written. However, I’m leaving the links intact, as this helps illustrate the fleeting nature of social shares, and the importance and permanence of web […]

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Dear Readers,

As many of you know, Eric Ward passed away suddenly on October 16, 2017. Eric is now in the presence of the Lord, and his work here is finished.

It has been a great blessing to see the public response to his amazing work in this industry over the years.

Eric was a pioneer in the link building industry and it is our plan to keep this site live to honor him and in memory of his many contributions to the industry which gave him so much.

In this spirit, here is a link to the 2016 - 2017 LinkMoses Newsletter archives.

With grateful hearts,

– The Ward Family

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SEO: The Movie – Eric Ward’s Full SEO Movie Rant Unedited

June 29, 2017 By Eric Ward

A movie about SEO? Yes, there is in fact an SEO Movie. By now you’re likely aware that John Lincoln, CEO of Ignite Visibility, has written, produced, directed and narrated SEO: The Movie, which is available for viewing now at https://ignitevisibility.com/seo-movie/ The movie, told by industry pioneers Danny Sullivan, Rand Fishkin, Jill Whalen, Brett Tabke, […]

The Ten Commandments of Link Building

June 2, 2017 By Eric Ward

At what point does a link-building tactic make the leap from acceptable to not? When does white hat become black hat? Or gray hat? Or pink?

edu Inbound Link Myths Still Confuse Marketers

May 23, 2017 By Eric Ward

(updated May 23, 2017) One of the never-ending link building myths is the impact that inbound links originating from .edu domains can have on your search rankings. Lost in the discussion is that the quality of IBL’s from within the .edu domain varies significantly. [Note: If you like this post make sure to also check out […]

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