{"id":213,"date":"2011-10-05T12:52:54","date_gmt":"2011-10-05T12:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/45.113.122.180\/~prospectz\/blog\/?p=213"},"modified":"2025-02-14T04:38:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T04:38:19","slug":"link-building-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prospectz.com\/blog\/link-building-101\/","title":{"rendered":"Link building 101"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 5 basic things you need to know before you get into hard core Link Building:<\/p>\n<p>5: \u2018<strong>Link to us\u2019 pages:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>what they do: they increase the number of user generated pages<\/li>\n<li>what makes them especially useful: covers up other linking activities<\/li>\n<li>recommended: different kinds of links for each kind of ad.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>4:&nbsp;<strong>Directory submissions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>what they do: increase numbers for branded links<\/li>\n<li>what makes them especially useful: augments domain 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