Links that are placed higher on a page (hierarchy-wise) are considered to be more useful to the user and therefore most likely weighted more than links that appear lower down on a page.
I see it all the time and it really makes no sense to me - people set up a blog on Blogger, Wordpress or some other domain that offers a free blogging service.
Blogs are a great way to improve search engine rankings, but more importantly they are a superb way to involve your users and really develop some lasting connections.
Link bait can be one of the best way to gather lots of new quality links quickly. The best part about link bait is that it can be done with relatively little time and work.
When I first started out doing SEO I had no clue about the value of having good content. I read it everywhere and heard everybody saying, get quality content and the links will come.
One of the easiest and most beneficial things you can do for SEO is make sure your title tags greatly match the keywords you are going for and the page that it is representing.
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