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Thanks for the discussion. I have been outsourcing data gathering and assigning it to a sub-user in Raven Tools. The user identifies relevance from a list I have gathered using Raven Tools by visiting their site- also applies to free directories and assigns links back to me when data is gathered so I can approach prospects via social media and send very personalized emails.
It feels like a very comprehensive service atm.

I like its feature that provides a list of 'multiple citations' of sites that link to competitors. Offers a lot of data without having to do a lot of data manipulation- saving time.

I just wasn't getting enough highly relevant link prospects from Ontolo because I probably wasn't using it properly.

Ontolo referred me to Raven in one of their videos and ended up losing by business as a link building partner.

What are your experiences with these tools-either, one, both?

This link:

http://www.poker-brands.ca/download-pokertracker-software/holdemmanager

is supposed to be forwarded to:

http://www.poker-brands.ca/download-pt3-pokertracker-software/holdemmanager-hem-hm2

I used Cpanel on my hosting to create a 301.  I didn't go into .htaccess.  Is there code I should add to .htaccess when I do this?

Much appreciated,

The SEOmoz crawl campaign found some 404 errors in my Joomla site poker-brands.ca.

So, I figured I would set up 301 redirects in my hosting account to make sure bots don't read that there is a page missing.

For example:

This link gave a 404 error in the crawl:

http://www.poker-brands.ca/download-pokertracker-software/holdemmanager

I redirected it to:

http://www.poker-brands.ca/download-pt3-pokertracker-software/holdemmanager-hem-hm2

However, when I visit the first link it doesn't send me to the second link.

Am I supposed to get forwarded to the second link now?

It would make our work so much more efficient!

I was not pleased with Spyfu.  Though their Recon reports look great, as they provide data on how much you profit is to be had by ranking higher on certain terms.

I am looking forward to using the SEOmoz reports and adding in Adgooroo's Tornado reports (which also supply missed profit) for clients.

I read a post on seomoz about http://ontolo.com/campaign-manager#link-building.

I'm giving it a try right away.

I am debating buying this product for Joomla on that note: http://www.jv-extensions.com/content/_/joomla-extensions/jv-contentlinks-r52

Would you advise for or against this purchase?

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Thanks for the reply.

I now understand it's not the goal to be included in every directory out there.

I would like to add that by finding who links to my competitors I am able to learn about related industry directories, sites and bloggers.  Is this the type of space that is recommended?

I am debating buying this product for Joomla on that note: http://www.jv-extensions.com/content/_/joomla-extensions/jv-contentlinks-r52

Would you advise for or against this purchase?