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I'm looking at the navigation structure of Ties.com.  They have various categories like color, pattern, length, brand, etc.

Once you click one of the main categories you get the option to "Narrow Your Choices".

The structure starts like this:

(URL 1) ties.com/black-ties

Then when you narrow your search you get this:

(URL 2) ties.com/animal-print**+**black-ties (notice + sign)

My question: how does Google see URL 2? Is it just like any other link?

My two favorite link building blogs are:

http://kaiserthesage.com/ and http://pointblankseo.com/.

I'd definitely check them out for inspiration.  Lots of good actionable advise there.

At what point is there diminishing returns from getting multiple links from one website?

Edit: To clarify, when doing competitor research I come across lots of sites that have say 500 linking domains with 5000 total links. When setting goals and calculating the types of links I should go after, I'm not certain which number is the one actually helping the site to rank.

Update to this - I did some searching about on oDesk and found some (what appear to be) very good US based writers in a wide variety of niches.  Pricing ranged anywhere from $20-40 per hour and upwards of $80 per hour for sales copy.

Looks promising.

"I found a great writer by going out and looking at blogs in my niche.  This allowed me to see the quality of the writing and the productivity of the person over time."

It seems so obvious, yet I never thought of it.  I'm going to do this straight away.  Thanks EGOL.

Problogger Job Board looks promising.  Thanks for the tip.

I've looked at the highest level textbroker in the past.  The quality was good in terms of grammar, but it read like a text book.  To me, blogs (and guest posts) tend to be more human and personable.

Maybe I just had a bad sample?

Definitely love My Blog Guest.  I also source guest posts via searching for blogs with Google search operators and pitching them that way.

My problem is that even though I can find lots of quality guest post opportunities, I have to write the actual post.

Any tips on hiring your writer?

Hi Ben.  No particular industry, I do SEO for various websites.

I haven't tried oDesk yet, but quality is super important to me.  Maybe I can find native english writers.  These guest posts will represent my clients' brands.

Having the toughest time finding writers.

I've been pretty successful building links via guest posting, but the problem is I'm writing all the articles.  It's seriously draining - and not scalable the way I'm doing.

That said - anyone have tips on how to find high quality writers?  I'm fine paying $50-$100 per article as long as it's great.

Help?

One thing I noticed is that you're using landing/category pages which I assume you want to rank for the longer tail phrases (brand sunglasses, etc).  What's interesting is that on the Adidas Brand Page page, you're using content and <title>that I would have thought belonged on the <a href="http://www.pretavoir.co.uk/adidas-sunglasses-c-3983_3984.html">Adidas Sunglasses page</a> while leaving the Adidas Sunglasses page blank of content.  </p> <p>Maybe that's a thing?</p> <p>The Adidas brand page links to a few product pages - maybe add an anchor text link to the sunglasses page also.  Although, I guess it wouldn't count because your sidebar comes before the content on your site's markup.</p> <p>Just my ramblings... take with a grain of salt.</p> <p> </p></title>

Thanks Mcarle.  Good point.

You're right, nothing wrong at all with mentions.

My current fear is that by making the link the entrance requirement, it may be too much of a barrier and only a few people will actually enter.

Out of boredom, I googled up "SEO Company". #1 result is qualifiedimpressions.com.

Taking a look at their link profile it seems they are utilizing anchor text on all their clients' websites.  Moreover, it appears they have multiple sites for each of their phrases (which they cross link).

Qualified Impressions - SEO Company

WeBuildRankings.com - SEO Service

VisibilitySquad - SEO Companies

Some of their clients are rocking multiple anchor text links.

How is this not any different than what Go Daddy did recently?

Definitely love My Blog Guest.  I also source guest posts via searching for blogs with Google search operators and pitching them that way.

My problem is that even though I can find lots of quality guest post opportunities, I have to write the actual post.

Any tips on hiring your writer?