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No I don't think so. Making your domain private just keeps your data out of sites like WHOIS. I'll double check that and let you know if I'm wrong.

Ok thanks. I'm going to do some research into this anyway - I'll make a post if I find anything that may be of interest.

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If he's serious about his business he'd have the site on his own domain name.

The site he's got his site hosted on doesn't carry much weight so I don’t see the point. Also, having a site hosted on another companies domain looks really unprofessional.

Agreed.

Interesting stuff from Steve about this changing. Do you have a link to a source confirming this?

My opinion on blog comments?

a) Creating lots of blog comments on irrelevant sites with generic 'thanks for the post' comments just looks spammy. As others on here said, it doesn't look good and can raise a flag.

b) the approval rate for blog comments is really low, most are no-follow (pagerank doesn't flow) and it is hard and time consuming to find blogs with a good pagerank . You're much better spending the time it takes to make a blog comment working on content that could potentially get thousands of natural links.

c) Lastly, there are some rare exceptions when you might get a link from a blog comment that is worthwhile. Engage in blogs that you feel fit your niche to build reputability and you may find yourself gaining from it  - but don't use them as a method of link building.

That's a good point actually - having content pages shows you know what you're talking about and a blog gives your company a personality or 'face' - be sure to use social media to enhance this effect.

When did I say that the site should be low in quality? I actually agreed with you and said that the sites quality is important but I don't believe many will be link to general product pages.

You certainly won't rank in a competitive industry like that without having some kind of onsite linking strategy in place - whether it be a blog, content area etc

Have you considered hiring a contractor? If you're in a position where you can't afford to hire more staff but can afford to spend a bit, I would suggest hiring a freelancer to increase the number of hours spent monthly.

If you can't do this, you are really limited to Daniels suggestions (minus the blog comments bit) and possibly some generic press release and article work - keep it clean and unspammy.

All your points are important, but I believe his question was addressing content ideas for SEO; you're not going to get many people linking to product pages unless they are good enough to get in CSS and design 'show off' sites.

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Firstly, I'd add a blog. All businesses should have a blog these days for a varitey of reasons, and it is a great place to publish link bait.

I would also consider adding a content section that has information about phones, technology etc. Here are a couple of ideas:

• app reviews

• iphone skin reviews

• technology news (fresh content)

Be creative!

Yes i agree, it is useful. I was, however, talking more about how we can promote pre-existing material.

Depends how you use them, but yes press releases and 'the press' in general is extremely useful in terms of generating publicity, promoting linkbait and attracting potential linkers.

Nice idea, I like that. Also you're right about making changes to the site; users need to be able to find useful information, talk to others about it and share it on a variety of networking sites easily.

People don't want to spend time copying links into digg and stumbleupon - they want to click a button quickly - a simple way to help get viral content moving.

I like that idea - might be easier to get bloggers with strong twitter accounts to endorse the link bait.

Cheers.

Hey Guys

Just wanted to get some friendly feedback on ways that you like to promote linkbait.

Personally, I like to:

a) develop the companies main social media channels (twitter and facebook)

b) develop accounts on digg and reddit etc

c) email journalists and blog owners who appear to be part of my clients 'linkerati'

Has anyone got any interesting approaches or strategies for getting the viral ball rolling?