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The Future of Link Building

The future of link building - Rand Fishkin

We are increasingly seeing that off-site signals other than traditional followed links are critically important parts of any link building campaign. Rand looks at the impact some of these new signals have on ranking as well as analysing some other recent trends to look into the future of link building.

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Link Analysis
Time required: 3h 40m

Being able to break down what makes a link valuable is essential to creating an effective link building plan. This module teaches the components that make a valuable link, helping you to optimize your best links and avoid wasting time with risky, low value link building strategies.

Linkbait That Gets Links
Time required: 4h 30m

Building links can be a big part of your job as an SEO because it plays such a big part in the algorithms used by search engines to determine the order of their results. Therefore it is worth investing time in learning how to build links properly and by properly, we mean build the links that will stand the test of time.