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Use Geography and Typos to Find More Link Sources

Author: Gabriel Goldenberg, April 23, 2008

Two techniques I’ve thought of recently to modify the traditional “look at the top 100 to find targets” link building technique:

1) Use the Google Global Firefox extension to see who’s ranking in different countries. You’ll often find very different results; since most business compete within a defined geographic area, they probably won’t mind linking to you if you’re in another country.

2) Search for your keywords with a typo. The pages that come up will likely still be strong and/or trusted, but they might not even show up in a top 100 search.

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  1. Great ideas Gab, thanks for sharing!

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    Comment by Linda Bustos — April 24, 2008 @ 9:27 pm

  2. My pleasure Linda - appreciate the feedback :D.

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    Comment by Gabriel Goldenberg — April 25, 2008 @ 12:08 am

  3. Some nice points there Gab. Especially about contacting high rankers in other countries not targeting your own region.

    Thanks for the link too :)

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    Comment by Dave Davis — April 25, 2008 @ 2:38 am

  4. These are two ideas I have not thought of but should have…duh me.

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    Comment by John Lessnau — April 27, 2008 @ 5:58 am

  5. These are great and new ideas Gabriel..^^ I’ve never really considered doing this one..but now after reading your post I’m thinking otherwise..^^…anyways thanks for the wonderful tips!

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    Comment by Internet Marketing Joy — April 28, 2008 @ 5:47 pm

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