The Linking Directory – Killer Backlinks
One of the biggest issues after finally getting your website up and running is to drive some traffic to it and get it ranked. The majority of this is reliant on the all mighty backlink. But where does one go to get backlinks?
You can comment on blogs, answer questions on sites that allow a resource link, write tons of articles. But one of the most simple and effective ways to get backlinks it grossly over looked. Online directories.
Online directories allow a site to submit themselves, along with a brief description on what their site is about. They are a direct and clearly focused simple way to gain links that you don’t have to pay a lot of money for. They are great “follow” links, and typically your niche is categorized with others that are similar giving you just a little more love from the search engines.
If you own your own domain, taking some time to search out a few good directories can help you reap long term rewards for just a tiny bit of your time.
Take a moment now to visit The Linking Directory. TheLinkingDirectory.com provides free, highly categorized links in an Alexa ranked environment. If you do nothing else for your site today, be sure to take a moment and give yourself a link. Your site will thank you for it.
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Kimkins – The Black Bart of the Internets Wild West Years
Papers have been filed for the Motion for Class Certification of the Kimkins case.
Mariasol has written an outstanding post on the subject.
One of the things that strikes me most was the use of some very black hat tactics including the use of tags for things that have nothing to do with a diet site.
For example, Heidi Diaz took a popular Internet topic such as the “Geico Caveman” which generated a lot of Internet activity at the time. Heidi Diaz placed the labels: “Caveman, Geico, Kimkins” together so that when “Geico” and “Caveman” would be searched, the Kimkins advertisement would appear. Heidi Diaz admitted that she prepared the graphic and text without the permission of the Geico Insurance Company. Heidi Diaz admitted that labels were also used as tags and that if a search were conducted with respect to the terms “Geico” or “Caveman,” the subject advertisement would show up in a ranking!’
Like Black Bart, Kimkins seems to have a similar MO. Black Bart was living in San Francisco under the name Charles E. Bolton when he was finally caught. Upon being booked he gave the name T. Z. Spalding – although his real name was Charles E. Boles. See any resemblances to Heidi Diaz?
The beginning legend of Black Bart tells a story of a stage coach driver who was approached by a man with a sack over his head holding a double barrel shotgun. Hiding behind the man appeared to be a back up possie revealing only their guns as they hid behind boulders. Bart told the posse “If he dares shoot give him a solid volley, boys.” Fearful for his life and the life of his 5 passengers, the driver delivered the goods on board and followed the direction of the hooded man, taking off when directed to do so. He rode off a ways, and then stopped the stage and looked back. He walked back to the scene of the incident and upon arrival realized the posse to be motionless. Upon further investigation it was revealed those guns were just some sticks pointed at him from behind the boulders.
While it appeared that Bart had supporters, they weren’t real. The same can be said for many of the exposed fake members of the Kimkins diet.
Bart never fired a real shot in his robberies. Although he never killed anyone, he did go to prison for his actions.
I hope our story about Kimkins taking place in the virtual wild west has a similar outcome.
Share this Post[?] Part 2: 1on40
I was pulling my hair out somewhat this morning (and you’d think I’d be much more careful about it after Kimkins) as I was researching someone who I am still trying to figure out how to go about “calling them out.”
Anyway, it all boiled back down to SEO again, and I was reminded of 1on40. My first typing in of the term was an interesting typo – that was 10n40 – that’s a ten, the letter “n” and the number 40. The o (letter o) and the 0 (zero) are in very close placement on the keyboard. I’ll give that little tidbit away for free for anyone who happens over this often depressing and sadistic blog. So, I got some results with the typo’s (very exciting) and decided to type in properly, and noticed that finally the sweet little hub page I was following had trickled down and the master “1on40″ was at the top.
I was sad to see the hub page project by Terry G had dropped to 3rd on the ranking. But to be honest – I called it a week or so ago. Yes, all those new affiliates have slapped coded banners on their sites, in addition to sprinkling links in blogs, hub pages, and God only knows where – and now there are a bazillion back links getting settled in – and what a mess this will be if indeed 1on40 is deemed a scam. The clean-up will be enormous. The winner now is the 1on40 headquarters dot net and dot com sites.
I am beginning to see the nay-sayers now. A person going by the name of “felix” appeared on Terry’s webpage, crying that google has banned his site, and his page rank has dropped. I wish felix had left a little more information. If anyone would like to leave comments here on this blog, with details and links to your sites please do.
I was a little excited to see my “part 1: 1on40” hanging in there on the front page. I had only blogged once before about it, and I was sure there had to be some people pushing it harder than I was. I think one of my advantages here is the sheer power of WordPress.
Someone joked that maybe 1on40 had shut down scam.com. The site was down for a few days, and like a junkie I was jonesing for scam to get fixed. It has been back up for a week or so now. I visited Scam, and found this great thread here. 1on40 is being compared to MTT aka morethantraffic (dot) com. This company is gone, but many suspect this is a repeat, including Reg, who has his own problems with 1on40 and is documenting them at his forum.
This is just a mini-update for now, and I’ll be continuing on with this soon. I’m sure some people will be interested in some video stuff I have done (if the real scam is revealed) and more that I’m working on – like how to file a complaint with the FTC.
Share this Post[?] More Spring Cleaning – A Letter to my Fellow Anti-Kimkins Bloggers, And Forum Posters
Dear Fellow Bloggers,
I know you didn’t mean to do it. I have even done it myself in the past, and now I understand even more why I shouldn’t have done it.
They are buried, and while I was digging in the internet garden yesterday I came across a lot of them. Some of you have probably completely forgotten about them – but they are there, and have taken root.
Bloggers of all levels are in on this one – even the ones that the majority of us visit.
I know you didn’t mean to do it, but now I must ask – in the battle against Kimkins – if you could all pitch in for some spring cleaning.
What am I talking about?
Within many of your blogs – the majority being posts created last year – there are still links to Kimkins.com. They are “back links.” There might be only 1, 2, or 3 on your blog, but the accumulation of them from many blogs has added up and they are all pointing to Kimkins.
Why is this a bad thing?
Back links are a huge factor in the ranking and support of a website. Some links, like the ones from news organizations are not in our control. But the ones in our personal blogs are.
I am asking all bloggers to please take some time to do some spring cleaning and gardening today. Please remove direct links to Kimkins off your blog, and replace the link to something you feel really represents what Kimkins is.
I am not going to name any names here. I know you have all been extremely busy and working hard. I just hate to see us sabotaging ourselves.
To the Forum Posters -
I understand the listing of information from the Who Is and addresses provided to submit complaints. But within this information as well, links to Kimkins are sticking – and sticking it to us. If you come across one of these links on your forum, I would like to ask if you could please send a message to the forum director asking them to break the link. Also, if you need to list the Kimkins web site that you please be sure to break the link.
I will be doing some spring cleaning myself today, and I hope you will join me.
Thank you all who have worked to help.
Sincerely,
Avenue Girl
Share this Post[?] Part 1: 1on40
I stumbled upon a new concept last week. The name of the site is 1on4o. The site promises you a top number one spot in Google and 38 other search engine results based on 5 keywords. They say they can do this within 120 days. Some big questions are beginning to follow this company. Read more
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