Whether you are blogging or have a website we all understand the principle of a good page position and the importance that SEO’s has in getting you that position. In no way do I consider myself an expert in SEO, although I do try and utilise good keywords, title tags and conduct backlink campaigns etc.

Your article illustrates how difficult is has become to obtain back links, given that out of hundreds of blogs with the keyword “Internet Marketing” only 54 of them have the “DoFollow”

More and more I too use only wire, ping goat, feed shark along with digg and other social networks to try and spread the word.

I noted you mentioned sphinn, this was new to me so I shall investigate this one further.

Thanks for the assistance your post as provided me!

Kind Regards

Chris Raine

Depending on the products and the business a person is in really affects the SOE strategy more then most expect. That has been our experience.

At www.littlegraycells.ca we blog about the Renegade Marketing System which focuses on build a relationship between the customer and the sales person. It is proving to be quite a successful approach. Please come and take a look.

i got in your webpage because the jhonchow reviewme thing…. so it’s working… you got a new reader here!

finally i found someone from “the third world” who is making his place on the toppy tip.
as you can se in my blog (i’m sure you’ll check it out) i decided to go for a non fixed number of topics related to man issues… and yes sometimes i run out of ideas (just read the martial art’s post and found myself identified with the apprentice…)

tienes toda la razon… y voy a seguir to consejo.

Are you actually aiming to make your name a brand? I think their is a difference between being an SEO brand and being known. You seem to be building a name for yourself with dignity and mix of quality internet marketing info rather than a load of 101 lists and Amway-esque Pyramid schemes and Digg digging copycat posts.

David - That is good question. For me, branding is not only about being known. It is about being known for something (good). In my case I want to be known for the good things you mentioned.

I could be calling people out or generating controversy. I know that gets your name out, but I don’t think that is the kind of publicity that I am looking for.

As you said, the way I am doing it is definitely harder, but I can tell you with confidence that I have faced tougher challenges in my life and here I am

As Lyndon pointed out, a lot of people like trash blogs; the same way they like trash tv and trash food. The way you seem to be going about building a reputation is much harder, but ultimately its probably going to be much more rewarding. Ironically, Lyndon followed up that post with one on how Britney Spears can help you in internet marketing

I’ve noticed your name around, so I think your doing a good job branding yourself around. It encourages people to come read and probably also subscribe.

Besides that, thanks for linking to my post on the a-list.

Regards,
Gabriel Goldenberg
SEOROI.com
MontrealSEO.ca

It’s been a long while (since high school?). I’m glad you found my blog. Thanks for your kind words

I think that the way forward is simply to work your way up step by step. If you are a very new blogger llike myself, then it might be futile trying to get ‘in’ with the likes of Darren Rowse. But there are many other good quality smaller blogs in your niche - network with them instead. Over time you’ll grow your own audience which moves you up a level on the ladder and makes more bloggers available to you.

Keep doing that (and creating great content of course) and you’ll slowly work your way up the ladder.

I like your blog because it doesn’t throw too many crud posts my way and stuff up my reader. That makes it one of the ones that I actually definitely read the entries for, as opposed to some of the others that produce more content but less thought through stuff.

All of them stacked are no better then me but they have what I don’t have for now: connections!

And there’s room for everyone.
Cheers.