links

Looking to share a particularly useful web site or blog? Links - the "clickable" text on your site that whisks a user to another site help make the Internet a community of knowledge.

Links also function to identify authority sites. When a web site or blog garners "link love" from dozens and dozens of separate sites, the search engines treat those incoming links as authority votes and the authority site will appear frequently as a trusted resource.

Effective links should never say "click here" because "click here" does not identify what a site is about.  Instead choose a short phrase that tells your reader what the linked to site is about. For example, a blog about Social Security disability law should use those words as the link text. 

Relevant and topical links give your blog added credibility and increase the research value of your site as well as the site that is the beneficiary of your link.

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• To buy text links from standard sites or to get edu links?

  
  Mike Hartshorn.com — Authority: 141
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• I Never Met A Backlink I Didnt Like

  
  Build A Niche Store Blog — Authority: 127
  While it is true you can not always control who links to you, what anchor text they use and whether or not it is nofollow or not, it all looks good in the big picture. So many people obsess over page rank, exact anchor text and and nofollow that they lose sight of what looks natural. Sure, I build a ton of my own ...
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• Richard’s Tweets for the Week on 2009-11-08

  
  Israeli Wine Direct — Authority: 115
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• Linky, Linky, Linky

  
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• Sunday Links

  
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• In Which I Rant

  
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• Watch London Irish vs London Wasps live Anglo-Welsh Cup Rugby 2009 Online ESPN TV Links | 8th november

  
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• Relevant Reading – November 7th to November 8th

  
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• Sunday Browsing: Video Edition

  
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• Watch Saracens vs Bath live Anglo-Welsh Cup Rugby 2009 Online ESPN TV Links | 8th november

  
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• Apt Comparison

  
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• Who Needs Accountability?

  
  TightWind — Authority: 128
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• Hopeful Links......

  
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• Sunday Celebrity Links

  
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• Comments In 220 Forums/blog 2

  
  Get a Freelance Job — Authority: 180
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• Cook me this

  
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• links for 2009-11-08

  
  Kevin Bondelli's Youth Vote Blog — Authority: 131
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• Links......

  
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• Productivity, Motivation, and Personal Development Links – 8th November 2009

  
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