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 We're going to start a linkbuilding campaign in January, specifically targeting "Useful Links" and "Useful Resources" pages on .gov's and .us's (public library websites). Can anyone give me any advice on how to go about this? Do you send an email to the contact address on the site describing your site and why you would fit well on that page? Anything else I should know? | ||
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December 2007 I would recommend contacting the webmaster or the contact email address listed on the site, and recommend a few additional resources, not just your own. Ideally the email will be sent from an email address that is not associated with any of the domains that you're wanting to include in a listing as resources. Provide links to the articles, and short 2-3 sentence descriptions of the resources you're submitting and why they belong. Point out reasons why the current list is inadequate (missing facts, different views, etc.) and how including your submissions would make the list more useful to the readers. Hope this helps.
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December 2007 So I should use a personal and/or generic email address (like gmail or hotmail) to send the request, basically coming across as a third party recommendation? I shouldn't associate myself with the domain/company at all? Reply
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December 2007 I generally think it's best to appear unbiased and disassociated from the content source. That way you come across more as a person lending a helping hand instead of a representative of the source trying to push your content.
I would honestly try both if you're skeptical. I've been successful doing it the way I'm advocating, but that doesn't mean you can't be successful the other way as well. Reply
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