What “Red Flags” Do You Look For When Link Building?

This weeks discussion is an extension of my post from last week about buying links successfully.  I want to know what your “red flags” are when you build links.  I’m not concerned whether your purchasing them, trading them or even receiving them “naturally”.  What kind of factors would concern you enough to warrant attempting to [...]

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Posted on January 19th, 2012 Written by Nick LeRoy

How Would You Spend $500 For Your Websites SEO?

This weeks discussion is a hypothetical spending scenario.  I’ll lay out the scenario and you guys have fun saying  how you would go about spending $500 “e-bucks” to get the best results. Your website is brand new so no age, authority, or existing links exist (unless you’re using your budget to purchase a domain). The [...]

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Posted on December 27th, 2011 Written by Nick LeRoy

Is It To Your Advantage To Block SEOmoz, Raven & Majestic Link Analysis Tools?

flickr credit This weeks discussion is one based off the knowledge that no free back link analysis programs exist anymore.  The ability to freely dissect and replicate competitor link profiles ended when Yahoo Site Explorer (YSE) died last month.  The alternative to YSE are paid solutions such as SEOmoz, Raven or MajesticSEO.  With that said [...]

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Posted on December 12th, 2011 Written by Nick LeRoy

What Extreme Measures Have You Taken To Acquire A Link?

If your in the SEO game you’ve probably at one point in time gone to an extreme to obtain a particular link.  While fantastic one of a kind content truly makes link building easier not every client has such a ‘bait’ to make building links easy.  So for this weeks discussion I ask you – [...]

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Posted on November 29th, 2011 Written by Nick LeRoy

Should SEOs Rely On Clients For Fresh Content?

Flickr image by Sean MacEntee Our discussion of the week is a topic that i’m sure many SEOs have pondered over many times.  Should SEOs be relying on clients to create content?  What level of involvement should the client have in their SEO campaign? Also can a client be held accountable in failed SEO campaigns? [...]

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Posted on November 14th, 2011 Written by Nick LeRoy

Is It Appropriate To Outsource SEO?

This is a discussion I really enjoy having with other search marketers.  Asking me this question a year or two ago I would be adamantly against any form of outsourcing when doing SEO.  Don’t get me wrong im not suggesting that you purchase the $29.99 link building package or the “all in one” SEO software.  [...]

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Posted on October 25th, 2011 Written by Nick LeRoy

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Nick LeRoy is a Minneapolis SEO consultant offering St Paul based SEO services to his clients. In his spare time he likes to blog about SEO and other search related topics on his blog at NickLeRoy.com

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