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  I dropped in an active link to our site with my note, saying, “It would be great if you added a link to our site so people could find us: www.wordstream.com .” The blogger responded, “Looks like you’ve already added a link to your site yourself. Great!” Now, since my entire goal was to get a link in the body of the article, adding a link in the comments myself sabotaged my mission. Plus, the link was nofollow  Moral of the story, when asking for a link in this manner, don’t add a link. I know it goes against your very nature as a link builder, but try and show some restraint and let the author do it. Trust me on this one. Why is This Method of Link Building so Darn Effective? Good question. As I mentioned before, my success rate is very high (roughly 75% by my records) and far more effective than the typical cold link outreach or link marketing campaign. The reason the success rate is so high is that you’ve already earned a mention, so you’ve got one foot in the door. 

It’s very likely that the author has mentioned you in their article/post because they’re fans of your company, your product or you’ve done something noteworthy to warrant a mention in their eyes. So you’ve already earned a level of trust. Now, obviously, this approach doesn’t work for affiliate scraper sites or article marketing or article spinning sites (we get mentioned Whatsapp Mobile Number List
 a lot by the article spinners). So don’t even waste your time trying to get a scraper site to link to you. It’s not going to happen. One final note that you may find interesting: many times when I’ve asked for links to unlinked citations, the blogger/author has been very appreciative because the omission of the link was not intentional. They tell me they simply just forgot or didn’t even think to add one. 

So there have been a number of times where I’ve even been thanked for the reminder, like I’m some sort of a link building Good Samaritan. Who’da thunk, right? Ken Lyons MEET THE AUTHOR Ken Lyons Ken Lyons is a cofounder and managing partner of Measured SEM. See other posts by Ken Lyons wordstream-bottom-rail-blog-offer-free-keyword-tool More Articles Like This How to Do a Full Backlink Audit In 30 Minutes (or Less!) How to Do a Full Backlink Audit In 30 Minutes (or Less!) There’s nothing like a good backlink. Not only do you get a shiny vote of confidence from that site, but Google weighs backlinks heavily into its ranking algorithm. But just as much as high-quality links help your site, low-quality links can hurt your site. Plus, getting quality backlinks is no walk in the park. A […] SEO vs. SEM: What’s the Difference? (+Which Works Best) SEO vs. SEM: What’s the Difference? (+Which Works Best) SEM and SEO can be confusing.