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Hi everyone,

Anybody have experience when you have some websites which stored in Google Webmaster Tool and they exchange links between sites. So is it good for sites? We are hosted on different server.

Thank you so much

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Moz Toolbar not working in either Chrome or Firefox. I've updated both browsers, uninstalled and reinstalled the toolbar, just get nothing (see image link).
Anyone else having this? What's the fix?

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Again, thank you very very much.

Hi Jane
Thank you very, very much for the detailed, informative response.
A handful of follow-up points/questions:

• I've only ever written for sites in my industry – so I get around the "...totally at odds to the topic of the site..." problem.
• "…posts come with a generic author bio that links to a commercial site…" Given that I run a commercial site, do you recommend I completely avoid an author bio and only link (where justified) in the article body?
• "...The harder you work to "hide" the fact that you're guest blogging..." Some site owners have inserted bylines on my articles, eg: "By Jeepster of Jeepster.com" (followed link), making it clear it's written by a guest. Again, is that to be completely avoided?
• Further to your post here, there's a reputable site in my industry that openly asks for guest writers (completely unpaid; and it's not one of those built-for-guest-posts websites). Can I safely contribute to this if my articles contain relevant links?
• Finally, I've been granted approved guest authorship to a couple of heavyweight sites in my industry, ie, I submit articles to them which are vetted at their end before going live. Is that still safe?

Thanks

Thanks for the response. By the way, I'm guessing 2 cents is a Yorkshireman being generous

We're reaching out to companies that we have a business relationship with (past and present) to find out if they would be interested in linking to us. 
All are obviously in the same industry so highly relevant. But some of the sites are low in Domain Authority (with scores of about 15-25). 
Should we also ask these sites -- or avoid them?

Hi Steven
Thanks for the reply. But my question remains:
How can it be possible to "build" links with specific anchors/text around the anchors in an age in which link-building (guest blogging, directories, etc), are all but a busted flush?

Thanks for the response, Marie

I asked the question as I was wondering whether I'd need to add "boilerplate" text to each description to fill it out. I'd rather not as a) it's not very scaleable and b) I'm not sure it would add value to our users per se, as in the main people want to see pictures. Here's an example of one of the shorter descriptions we run.

-Is the content the same MLS description that is on multiple sites?  If so, then I'd noindex it Of the 4,500 pages, 95-98% are content that's unique to our site (the other ~2-5% are managed by individual realtors who I'm guessing probably copy and paste descriptions from their own sites. We're not in the US so aren't part of the MLS network).

-Do users engage with your content? Mos' def.

Thanks for the replies, guys. But I don't think my question has been answered head-on.
In a competitive field, on-page tweaks will get you only so far. Assuming I've done all those, is there anything I can do off-site to influence matters for a specific keyword?
And to Mark, how can it be possible to "build" links with specific anchors in an age in which link-building (guest blogging, directories, etc), are all but a busted flush?
My gut feeling is no on both counts, but I stand to be corrected.

If it's just paid editorial with no links (or links that are no-followed), that's straightforward advertising and you're on safe ground.

However, I'm guessing they want a followed link. Do so at your peril. And don't just take my word for it:

http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/why-did-my-pagerank-go-down/

Watch this Matt Cutts video here in which he says it's not an issue.

As it says on the tin:

http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-clarifies-url-shortenings-impact-on-seo/29312/

I would start here:

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/the-beginners-guide-to-seo-version-two

For what it's worth and to update my previous response, see this from Search Engine Land. I think the URL is self-explanatory:

http://searchengineland.com/links-from-press-releases-do-have-ranking-benefit-despite-what-google-says-145139

Dear SEOMoz

I don't know why/how this thread has been marked as "Question Answered" when it hasn't.

Bad, bad, bad. Not me, that Matt Cutts guy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bVOOB_Q0MZY

I do a search and get absolutely nothing. Diddly squat. This may be one for your hosting company...

How To Get Your Company Listed On Wikipedia: http://tinyurl.com/cy4vocj

How To Develop A Wikipedia Page That Sails Thru Approval:** http://tinyurl.com/cfxoobh**

CBS News: How To Game Wikipedia:**** http://tinyurl.com/c3z6rfm****

These may prove instructive.

Re: Naina's comment "...if it becomes notable in any case, you will automatically find a page for it on Wikipedia" -- if you run a small/medium-sized enterprise, I don't think you should be waiting for someone else to magically do your marketing/PR for you.

All y'all SEO clever men be saying that paid directories (and fo' sho unpaid ones) ain't worth diddly.So how come when I open a can of Open Site Explorer on the a** of my (breathin'-down-my-neck) rivals, their (meant to be worthless) directories be passin' them lots and lots of link love? Riddle me that, people.