How the hell do you find good PR websites?
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Hi Guys
Can someone please help!
How do you find high relevant PR sites that can be easiliy located using the SEO MOZ tools?
How can I best use the SEO MOZ tools to locate good websites that will help me with linking building?
Are the SEO MOZ tools any good??
Please can you help guys..??
Thanks
Gareth
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First, you will need to define relevant for you. As to easily located, you will need to define easily. Everyone wants link building that is easy or easy to locate sources for. To date if it were easy, many of us would not be paid.
I would start with what you know about your business (I am assuming you have a few sites that you use and are not an agency). Who would be credible sources for you? Do you blog in that industry? Who does and can do you read them? Can you send out sample blogs or articles to them?
Then, you know who your competitors are most likely. I would look at the higher ranked ones and use Open Site Explorer and see who is linking to them. Those will be likely targets. I would take a look at what that links to/from to get an idea of what the one providing the link wanted. If you are in a highly competitive area like travel, etc. then you will see links that are for Chinese gambling sexual ginseng and you can just ignore them. Look for relevant again.
You will need to read a bit about link building, strategies for asking for links, reporting bad links, etc. Put it in the search bar top right of this page. Then, go reading.
The most important part of SEOmoz is the large group of highly competent (no not me, the others) individuals who answer questions, ask questions back, clarify, re-answer, and nail it. They even point out if they see where you are wrong and admit when they miss the mark. An example of what to read is here in a post from Cyrus Shepherd on Conquering Link Directory Best Practices. There are tons of these type posts and resources.
Are the tools any good? Again I point to the people who post and answer questions how many of them are pro or above members? They are either rich, easy, or they believe in the tools and the people on SEOmoz. But best yet is this, on Christmas Eve at about 230 pm CST I got a call from a potential client who with offices in Africa, South America, and the US who does a lot of business (I have been speaking with him for a couple of months).
While I have Spanish speaking clients and English, I do not have anyone there or with experience in Africa. I told him the truth, if we can't help you there we will tell you. He said, oh, Africa's not that big of a problem...they all speak English and we have feet on the ground. Just the same, if I need help it is here on SEOmoz - but it won't be easy. (Yes, he is now a client).
Read everything you can find on here. When you see someone reference a post or article with a link, go read that. Ask every question you can and don't be afraid to be wrong. If you are willing to work, you can get there. And, if you find an easy way to get some quality, high page rank, relevant links, Please, Please let us know.
Best
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Hi Albin,
Great thanks for replying!
I will do a search now, its just I am paying for SEO MOZ but i cannot seem to be getting my money worth as the tools do not suit my needs - unless I am missing anything!
Thanks again - and merry xmas
Gareth
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Do you mean like... for link building in blogs by commenting?
If this is what you're searching for (and if you're not a spammer in those blogs) - I would suggest that you instead of using any SEOmoz-tool actually Google some keyword relevant to your topic + "blog" or "comment". That will help you find those blogs.
Why look for high PR when you can look for high relevancy and blogs where you actually can contribute something good? Good content is KING
Happy Holidays!
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