Thursday 1 November 2007

The Benefits of Link Building Services

The most significant aspect of the off-page search engine optimization process, link building is a determinant of the popularity of your site. For search engines, back links or links pointing to your website indicate that you are 'hot' in the online marketplace. The irony lies in the fact that this technique is not widely considered a part of SEO. It is rather held in isolation and not many know of its benefits. However, the following points will clarify any doubts held in this regard:

i) Page Rank - Used mainly in Google's search engine, this term defines the ranking (from 1 to 10) of a web page, calculated on the basis of a predetermined formula. This ranking is highly dependant on your linking programme. The more your back links, the higher your Page Rank.

ii) Traffic generation - When websites point links to your site, they automatically divert their users to you. This leads to an increase in your volume of traffic, and may also lead to a marked improvement in your sales figures.

iii) Better indexing - Many times, websites have a very complex structure, wherein pages are kept deep inside various sections. These pages, though not easily reachable for a user or search engine, can be comfortably indexed using an appropriate link building campaign. Pages that may take months together to get indexed naturally on a search engine database can actually be scrolled in a few weeks in this process. Also, the search engine may get through the other pages of your website that are linked to these hitherto 'inaccessible' internal pages.

iv) Dynamic pages - Most search engines find it difficult to index dynamic pages, because their content change almost everyday. With the help of links pointing to such pages, these engines can actually go through them despite their constant alterations.

v) Anchor text - It is the text placed within a hyper link on your web page. Proper link exchange can pep up your site's anchor text optimization, a great support in the process of SEO.

vi) Getting past competitors - Link building services help you stand out amidst competitors. This is because incoming links not only determine your popularity, but also get you higher rankings on SERPs - the primary objective of your search engine marketing campaign.

Exchanging links with other websites can prove to be highly advantageous. The sooner you realise this, the better it will be for your online business.

About the Author

SEO is an evolving sphere, and we at ePuple Media offer our expertise to websites that have failed to make a mark on search engine result pages. Whether it is on-page optimization or off-page techniques like link building, we can make a difference to your search engine marketing campaign.

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