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Hi, Ive been using wordpress for a while now and am just starting to look at this.

I have two questions;

1. What are the benefits of adding more update services (as mentioned above)?

2. Is it just as simple as adding these in (comma seperated) under setting: writing - update services? Or do you need to register with each one?

Thanks in advance

Dean

Thanks Doug

I guess I need to do some more homework on evaluating links. Whats the best way of going about this?

Hi Keri,

Thanks for the reply. I want to get a site to the 1st page of google for a particular search term and I notice a competitor has done several really bad articles (written really badly) hardly make sense I would guess that they have been spun, yet google has rewarded them with a first page ranking even though my site has loads more content.

I thought it would be a good idea to write some really good articles (in English) and submit to several article directories just like them. Only with a stronger site behind them.

Surely I should get a 1st page ranking?

Your not really answering my question are you. I am a fan of ppc but I think a lot can be said for link building too.

Hey thanks for the reply. Im taking onboard your suggestions. How do I go about finding blogs in my niche? The website im working on is for a company that build driveways in x3 of the home counties. I have tried searching for driveway blogs and dont really find anything that useful to guest blog for. Any other suggestions?

I recently spent the day writing 2 400 word+ articles and have submitted them to x1 article directory.

I want to know if it is ok to submit the same articles to more article directorys?

I have just been looking at a competitors links and have discovered some of the links they have obtained dont actually exist when clicking through to the directory or blog in question, although still appear in opensiteexplorer.

Is this common? and is it just a sign of bad link building practices?

I have recentely submitted an article with a couple of links back to my site and although the article directory has included this in their site (after around 7 days, for approval purposes) it doesnt show up in opensiteexplorer.

How long do new links take to show up in opensiteexplorer? on average??