CSS, infographics, video and social bookmarks been overdone?
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As the title says have CSS, info graphics, video and social bookmarks been overdone to the point that they are not worth doing for links, even if they are low quality links in the sense that they only pass a small amount of juice this is fine but I want to know are these links bad (the same as 99% of directories) that can get you penalised.
I am in a pretty uncompetitive niche but need to build links up fast (this will also diversify my link graph) so would these types of links be ok or what would you suggest for low value links not low quality.
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I think it's less about submitting them to, as you put it, the vast amount of info graphic directories, and more about having something that will resonate with your audience.
If it's something you believe has good information, and will bring in business, then produce it and publicise it, but I'd hesitate to mass submit to every infographic directory you can find. Pick the x most well known, or most relevant to your industry.
If the information is good, and well presented you should gain real links from real people, which is significantly more useful than any number of directory submissions!
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Thank you for your answer, the only problem I have is that I know of a couple of good info graphics that would not take very long with the information we have at hand and they would bring in business, my only concern is that if I submit the info graphic to a vast amount of (as I see them info graphic directories) am I looking at the same problem we now face with directory's?
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Personally I think infographics and videos are both in very overcrowded spaces these days.
As it's likely far more time-consuming to create one than a blog post or page of content their creation is a fairly inefficient way of getting a link. But if it goes viral of course...
Mind you, it's not just about the link. If you have something compelling or unique they can, and do, still work - slide decks and videos tend to attract different searches and searchers so they can still be a good way of drawing human traffic to the site.
Videos and images can appear in Google organic results, so increasing your presence.
So they're worth considering as part of your strategy so you have a presence on some different content sites in the hope of gaining exposure to different groups.
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