Comments on: Link Building Strategy Lesson 1 – Understanding the Structure

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:33:14 +0000

Hi Gabrielem,

This is a difficult one to answer as technically nothing flows through nofollow links, however I have seen some evidence to suggest links from wikipedia still carry weight.

My advice would be to stick to dofollow links and let the nofollows come naturally.

By: gabrielem SEO

gabrielem SEO — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:19:04 +0000

I have another question:

how nofollow links on sites. Edu are?
in theory should not give linkJuice, but always be counted as a backlink.
Is useful to get nofollow links from authoritative sources or not?

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:29:18 +0000

Hi Gabrielem,

The .edu and .gov are good points. Google says the domain extension does not matter, however I have seen some really good results from getting links from these sort of sites, even with no relevance.

By: Gabrielem SEO

Gabrielem SEO — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:10:07 +0000

Good stuf! I wont to ask you: whot about .edu and .gov domain Are they always good, also whit no relevance?

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:45:59 +0000

This article (http://www.wolf-howl.com/seo/google-hijackingtraffic/) actually addresses that exact issue regarding Google Maps “stealing” traffic from webmasters.

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:43:37 +0000

Hi Kai,

I think SEO is about optimising for the business lisitings as well, whatever is part of organic search results shold be part of SEO, and there are ways to optimise for Google business listings. I still think it is worthwhile targeting local terms but it has become less valuable since the business block took over, good point to make.

By: Kai Lo

Kai Lo — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:38:38 +0000

Google Maps is destroying companies that are doing SEO for local searches. Typically, the companies now show up below the fold now because Google Maps is at the top and it covers most of the screen.

-Kai Lo
Twitter @lomak1985