The UV SEO Series – Part Six – Backlink Format

search In part one of "The UV SEO Series", I introduced the series. In part two, I wrote about having one website address. In part three, I wrote about internal linking strategies. In part four, I emphasized meta descriptions and meta tags. In part five, I introduced keywords, keyword density and keyword placement ideas. It's time to move on to offsite SEO by starting with the format of a link, commonly called a backlink because it links back to another site and not internally.

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The UV SEO Series – Part Three – Internal Linking

search In part one of "The UV SEO Series", I introduced the series and didn't get into anything specific. In part two, I wrote about having one website address. I'm continuing on track with the onsite SEO portion with part three, internal linking strategies. It's another article that's longer than I anticipated, so please take your time.

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The UV SEO Series – Part Two – One Website Address

search In part one of "The UV SEO Series", I introduced the series and didn't get into anything specific. This is part two and the beginning of the onsite SEO portion of the series. It's longer than I anticipated so please, take your time.

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Noble UV Minions – Link List #2

minion There's a reason I chose to build up my legion of Noble UV Minions the way I decided to do it (See "How to Become a Noble UV Minion and Like it".). I don't like repeating myself. I don't want to send out a separate email message, even if it is to a mailing list, for something that I've already written. Especially when the original material is automatically sent out every day.

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The UV SEO Series – Part One – Introduction

search Before I begin, I'll tell you up front that I'm not a search engine optimization (SEO) expert of any kind. I've tested everything I'll be telling you to do and I've spent more than six months experimenting to find out what works and what doesn't. My blog now ranks on the first page of Google's and Yahoo's search engine result pages (SERPS), and is starting to rank well on the others, for hundreds of keywords, some with extremely short tails and even a few single-word keywords. Don't worry, I'll explain what all of it means as we go along.

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Ask2link – Sell the Unused Space on Your Site

I was invited to try out Ask2link a few days ago. It's a new banner and text link ad service.

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Noble UV Minions – Link List #1

minion I'm surprised that more people haven't taken me up on my offer. (The original offer still stands and will continue to stand. See "How to Become a Noble UV Minion and Like it".). I have more blog review requests coming out of my yin-yang than I can handle, but this is a far easier way to get backlinks. I just don't understand.

Although the original article was written in a "tongue-in-cheek" kind of way, I was totally serious about providing free links. Oh well, if you don't take me up on my offer, it's your loss.

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