Link Building With Blogs (CD-ROM Edition of a Internet Marketing Guide)

CD-ROM Edition. Not a DVD, not an audio CD. Produced in an Adobe PDF Format for reading, printing or research. Produced unchanged and with all Links intact.*****When I started toying with the idea of developing a Blog Marketing Tool, I didn't really know where to begin. What I do know, is that the Blogosphere is filled with opportunities. There are literally thousands and thousands of blogs on the Internet. It's exciting to think that if just a small fraction of blogs link back to my site, my search engine rankings will improve for sure. Not only will my search rankings improve, I will also be able to partner with more people online and explore other opportunities. But here is where the challenges arise. The first challenge that I must overcome, is to identify the blogs that I want to work with. To ensure that my time is well spent, it makes sense to identify high profile blogs that will provide me with maximum exposure. To do that, I need a few pieces of information: ? Traffic data. ? Page rank (for link building purposes). ? DoFollow or NoFollow (again for link building). ? Estimated back links (to ensure that blog is active). ? Readership (for advertising purposes). ? Contact information (to start the ball rolling...)