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Evaluation of Links & Link Value Presented by: Jeanine Krzyzanowski Teknicks @jkrzyzanowski | @teknicks [email protected]

The Link Building Guide to Evaluation of Links and Link Value

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Backlinks are the most important component of your SEO. Before you start link building, make sure your website has a natural backlink profile. With Google initiating more than 400,00 manual actions each month, don't let your website fall victim. It could take years to regain the traffic and ROI your website once had. Take a look at our tips for link evaluation!

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  • 1. Evaluation of Links &Link ValuePresented by:Jeanine KrzyzanowskiTeknicks@jkrzyzanowski | @[email protected]

2. Are yougambling withGoogle?@JKrzyzanowski 3. Did you knowGoogle initiatesmore than400,000 manualactions@JKrzyzanowski every month? 4. PICTUREJeanine Krzyzanowski@JKrzyzanowskiDirector of Link Building Strategy @ TeknicksExecuting quality link building since 05 5. @JKrzyzanowski 6. IdentifyingRed FlagsPHASE1 7. Monthly Accumulation of Linking Domains6,000-4,000-2,000-0-Jul Oct 11 Apr Jul Oct 12 Apr Jul Oct 13 Apr Jul Oct 14 Apr Jul Oct 11 AprReferring domains@JKrzyzanowskiBacklinkGrowthTrends 8. Monthly Accumulation of Linking Domains6,000-4,000-2,000-0-Jul Oct 11 Apr Jul Oct 12 Apr Jul Oct 13 Apr Jul Oct 14 Apr Jul Oct 11 AprReferring domains@JKrzyzanowskiBacklinkGrowthTrendsA large spike in links is typicallya sign of link manipulation 9. @JKrzyzanowskiAnchorTextDiversityExact Match Keyword170%Branded5%Partial & Broad Match9%URL7%Other9% 10. @JKrzyzanowskiAnchorTextDiversityBranded5%A backlink profile with high percentageof keywords with exact match anchortext (non-branded)Exact Match Keyword170%Partial & Broad Match9%URL7%Other9% 11. @JKrzyzanowskiReferringdomainsvs. links 12. @JKrzyzanowskiReferringdomainsvs. linksA website with thousands of links pereach referring domain 13. DataCompilationPHASE2 14. @JKrzyzanowskiDataCompilation 15. @JKrzyzanowskiFilterDataDomain and Page Authority 16. @JKrzyzanowskiFilterDataCitation and Trust Flow 17. EvaluationPHASE3 18. Red = HarmfulYellow = SuspiciousGreen = Healthy 19. Widely distributed links in the footers/templates Low-quality directory or bookmark site links Large-scale article marketing Blog comment spam Paid links@JKrzyzanowskiNOLink Value! 20. Authority@JKrzyzanowski 21. Relevancy 22. Heavywith adsPoor UserExperiencePoorContentQualityQuality ofwebsite@JKrzyzanowskiQuality ofwebsite 23. LinkNeighborhood& Surrounding@JKrzyzanowski Text 24. 1 Would I want Matt Cutts &the webspam team to seethis link?2 Is this link helpful to readers,& my brands targetaudience?3 Is this link relevant tomy brand & products?4 Does this link have potentialto drive referral traffic??@JKrzyzanowskiKeyquestions toask whenevaluatinglinks 25. Issue: Loss in rankings& trafficSolution: Backlinkanalysis & link removalCaseStudy 26. 91,980 Links evaluated42,196Linksremoved60%increasein page 1rankings33%increase inorganictraffic 27. Tweetabletips1 When analyzing backlinks, export GWT data for up to 7-10 days to ensure you have the mostcomprehensive data set #pubcon2 Establish thresholds for authority and trust scores when filtering backlink data #pubcon3 Removing low quality links is an important strategy in #linkbuilding #pubcon4 Almost time for beer thirty! #pubcon #thristythursday #drinkup #lasvegas@Jkrzyzanowski @Teknicks 28. www.teknicks.com@[email protected]@ @JkrzyzanowskiThank You/ Q&AFull Presentation & additional resourcesinfo.teknicks.com/pubcon2014