Should I try to earn that link?
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Hi everyone,
I am new to Moz and here is my first question.
I have just launched a website that took me a year to develop and I am in search for great links, following Moz advices. However, theory and practice are certainly two different things... Although my site is not about stock exchange markets, it does contain an area related to the subject. My goal is to attract links towards my main topic via that area.
I have found that website: zonebourse.com (I am working on the French market)
According to the Moz tools, page authority and domain authority are really good. Also, I believe I can do a very link on my side.However, should I contact them ?
- They have an area in the footer for link building, but it doesn't look to me as "quality work"
- I have been looking for contextual links, but can't find any
My question is should I try to earn that link, considering that according to Moz guidelines, it may not be a quality link, but looking at the harsh reality, for such a "good" partner, it could be it or nothing?
It would be great to hear a few opinions from the Moz community.
Many thanks !
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i would ask them directly if they have options or if theres an opportunity for you to write for them or contribute and what can be done. Dont waste too much time thinking if you want the link because I think you already do Plus it's local, it wont be too strict with just 1 link.
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Hello Emilien,
It does seem to me that their footer links are definitely paid and you'll definitely have to pay to play. If you're looking to pitch a great blog post or an article I would suggest first building a relationship with the editors but to be honest I didn't see many editorial opportunities at zonebourse.com. All of their news posts seem to prohibit externals links which tells me they have a strict policy in this regard.
There are probably better targets out there.
Regards,
Milosz -
I see... In that regard, it seems to be ok.
I'll be curious if anyone has a different opinion before to close the thread though.
Thanks for your help!
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If it is a legitimate link, even if the placement is on the footer, you should be ok as long as that page does not have a huge number of outbound links thereby devaluing your link.
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Thanks for your answer.
I do believe I have that quality content that this website would be interested in.
However, since the only position available for a link back is in that "spammy" footer, here I am getting really confused since it's also a website that have great metrics...
Do those great metrics are balancing the fact the potential link I can earn doesn't comply with best practices?
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Hi Emilien,
Welcome to the forum. I would suggest choosing a topic within your industry and producing content that this site would be interested in showcasing. Once you have that quality content, then you can contact the site in the hopes of your content being accepted with a link back to you.
Cheers,
SEO5..
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