{"id":26,"date":"2011-07-01T10:43:15","date_gmt":"2011-07-01T10:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/?p=26"},"modified":"2016-12-09T15:04:45","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T13:04:45","slug":"the-best-link-building-blogs-experts-and-their-tutorials-from-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/26\/the-best-link-building-blogs-experts-and-their-tutorials-from-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Link Building Blogs, Experts and their Tutorials from 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bridge.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29\" src=\"http:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bridge.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bridge.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bridge-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>*<\/p>\n<p><em>I&#8217;ve  been following the SEO industry\u00a0long enough to be able to recognize an  SEO\u00a0expert from what s\/he says or writes.<\/em> Also I&#8217;m humble enough to recognize that  while I rock at getting links there are <strong>link building specialists<\/strong> out  there who practice it on a daily basis for projects where you  need more than outstanding content to get to the top.<\/p>\n<p>We all know that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seomoz.org\/blog\" target=\"_blank\">SEOmoz<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/searchengineland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Search Engine Land<\/a> have several writers who are among those  but here I&#8217;d like to name some of the best link building blogs, experts,  tutorials and other resources you really have to know.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Not  all of the authors are celebrities already in the SEO industry, in  contrast some of them have not yet the fame they deserve.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I know who  they are but you may not of now so I will tell you. Also I&#8217;ll show  why I&#8217;m convinced that these people or the top notch experts in the link building field in 2011, the perhaps hardest part of the SEO game.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Link building  is still probably the most important part of SEO.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Even with social  search and the Panda update link building and of course link baiting as  well is the crucial SEO discipline everybody serious about this business  has to learn.<\/p>\n<p>Thus  I collected the people and places to learn it. Of course I might left  out a few, just because they are of my radar currently but nonetheless  these people and their articles are the ones you can depend on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Link Building Blogs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SEO blogs that deal solely with link building are still rare but there are some I can really recommend. Besides these link building blogs there are  search marketing and SEO blogs that cover link building either extensively  or in-depth or both.<\/p>\n<p>Some of them have so valuable insights from time to  time that I consider them to be among the best link building blogs even without a clear focus on that.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wiep.net\/\">Link Building Blog by Wiep Knol<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ontolo.com\/blog\">The Link Building Blog by Ontolo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rosshudgens.com\/\">Authentic Marketing, An SEO Blog by RossHudgens.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.zetaglobal.com\/\">Enterprise Interactive Marketing Blog by Hugo Guzman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seerinteractive.com\/blog\/\">SEO Blog by SEER Interactive<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Link Building Tutorials<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most articles about link building deal only superficially with the subject. Unlike web development resources they fail to offer actionable how to guides providing actual steps to walk through. These tutorials below really do and they do it in-depth.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seomoz.org\/blog\/link-building-management\">Link Building Management | SEOmoz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ericward.com\/articles\/index.html\">Link Requests via Email &#8211; A Primer from Eric Ward<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/searchengineland.com\/a-campaign-prep-checklist-for-link-builders-77681\">A Campaign Prep Checklist For Link Builders by Debra Masteler<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stepforth.com\/blog\/2011\/competitor-analysis-seo-tu\/\">Competitor Analysis for Link Building \u2013 Tutorial Video by Ross Dunn\u00a0|\u00a0StepForth Web Marketing Inc.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kaiserthesage.com\/editorial-links\/\">How to Get Natural In-Content and Editorial Links | Kaiserthesage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Analysis of Link Building<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While link building has been around for more than a decade some people still don&#8217;t know how it works or what it is about. Some SEO and link building experts have provided eye opening articles about building links that not only debunk myths but provide a completely new perspective. The posts below are some of the most important resources on understanding link building.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seobook.com\/true-value-links\">Link Building: How To Make Links More Valuable<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rosshudgens.com\/please-exit-the-link-building\/\">Please Exit The Link Building<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rosshudgens.com\/link-building-model\/\">A Model For Link Building: Beyond \u201cGreat Content\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wolf-howl.com\/seo\/linkbait-failure-instant-gratification\/\">Linkbait Failure: Not Understanding the Need For Instant Gratification<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/seo2.0.onreact.com\/how-to-build-links-like-jaamit\">SEO 2.0 | How to Build Links Like Jaamit<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seerinteractive.com\/blog\/all-seo%E2%80%99s-do-paid-linking-google-doesn%E2%80%99t-care\/2011\/02\/21\/\">All SEO\u2019s Do Paid Linking &amp; Google Doesn\u2019t Care | SEER Interactive<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Link Building Experts on Twitter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some of the link building experts linked above are quite active on Twitter. I added those where I considered most of the tweets relevant to link building.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#%21\/ericward\">Eric Ward <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#%21\/GarrettFrench\">Garrett\u00a0French<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#%21\/debramastaler\">Debra Mastaler<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/wiep\" target=\"_blank\">Wiep Knol<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#%21\/RossHudgens\">Ross Hudgens<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I know I didn&#8217;t mention everybody who has been famous for link building in the last decade. This is a list of people who have been actively blogging in 2011 about the topic.<\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t even considered some link building blogs that rank in the top 10 on Google.com &#8211; this is my personal choice after reading numerous articles by these experts.<\/p>\n<p><em>So please add the resources<\/em> I might have missed and explain why I need to add them here.<\/p>\n<p>* Image by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/44921934@N00\/153570089\/\">Pierre Metivier<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* I&#8217;ve been following the SEO industry\u00a0long enough to be able to recognize an SEO\u00a0expert from what s\/he says or writes. Also I&#8217;m humble enough to recognize that while I rock at getting links there are link building specialists out there who practice it on a daily basis for projects where you need more than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cognitiveseo","category-link-building"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}