Comments on: Link Building: Beginner’s Introduction to Basic Concepts

By: Kris Scheben-Edey

Kris Scheben-Edey — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:56:37 +0000

In reply to s yasmin.

Hi Yasmin,

Thanks for the comment. As Ruud pointed out, the International Guide can certainly provide some insight.

A few other points for you to consider beyond link building:
– Where is your server hosted? In Bangledesh, or Denmark?
– Are you using a regional tld (.dk domain?) for your regional website?
– Are you using language-specific terms to the region. (Danish?)

Finally, you can help create these local signals with Google (and likely other SE’s) through the “Webmaster Tools” demographic location feature.

Do a quick search for webmaster tools, sign up and verify your site. From here you can specify the region you would like to your site to target – which in your case is Denmark.

Link building is a great way to create these regional signals, but in order to have an effective and complete organic ranking you’ll need to think beyond just the links.

Hope this helps and best of luck!

By: s yasmin

s yasmin — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 08:14:05 +0000

Well, I have some questions to be clear. i am newbie and may be my question look so silly, so sorry for that in advance. It will helpful if described in a easy way for a beginner.

I am from Bangladesh and i wanna to target Denmark visitors to visit my site. I want to do organic SEO. I am doing link building in google.dk search result pages. trying to visit most of .dk sites related to my service. But not sure will this bring me Denmark visitor and rank me top at google.dk????

Does link building in different local google effect Google usa results? Coz other contry ranking increasing very slowly but USA ranking is boost up!!

Pls exlain me well, i totally confused as i’ve been asked to increase ranking in google.dk and bring denmark visitors. What other techniques to use??? Thanks.

By: Kris Scheben-Edey

Kris Scheben-Edey — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:58:21 +0000

In reply to Matt.

Excellent tips Matt!

That certainly is a great way of attracting those local links and really generating some great awareness for your blog, or local website. I had not though of targeting businesses highlighted in local media, but that is an excellent point – why not focus on something that is already generating attention, and hasn’t been saturated in local search?

Way to think outside of the box. Thank you for your contribution to the article Matt!

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 13:17:08 +0000

So true about the value of getting hyper-local links from similar businesses etc. One way of doing this is to blog about local businesses in your niche that pop up in the local news.

You’re sure to rank highly for these terms since they wouldn’t be saturated. Not only will you get some local traffic this way, but you’ll also get the attention of those businesses. Every now and then one is sure to link back from their site or blog to your content, particularly if you had something nice to say about them!
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By: Kris Scheben-Edey

Kris Scheben-Edey — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:18:56 +0000

You got it! Businesses with a strong presence in local markets can link within their demographic to help target their customers. In addition, you are creating signals to the search engine that your content is important to a local audience.

Great comment Brad and thanks for stopping by!

By: Brad Harmon

Brad Harmon — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:56:34 +0000

I like the suggestion of getting local links for local seo. If your business doesn’t provide it’s goods or services beyond the local community then these links can be very powerful in helping your target customers find your business.