I heard about Private Blog Networks, or PBNs for short, last year around the same time that I heard about niche websites. PBNs seemed very exciting and very powerful. PBNs can also be confusing and slightly complicated to set up for a novice, or even an experienced internet marketer. There are many moving parts to a PBN and several failure points.

Short answer: Yes, you can publish content for your affiliate site and completely ignore link building. But you should build links and otherwise promote your site. Let me explain why and give you some ideas to promote your site to get links, without directly building backlinks. Quick Analogy Imagine a restaurant opens that’s out of the […] Read More

Here’s how my first service business started… When I was 12 years old, I wanted a CD player so I asked my dad if I could get one. “How will you buy the CDs if you get a player?” my dad asked. “I don’t know,” I said. My dad said, “Well come up with a […] Read More

How can you make your affiliate site trustworthy? That’s what this post covers, and why you want to earn the trust of your visitors and Google. You learn about the: The so-called Medic Update Google Rater Guidelines and E-A-T 3 Ways to Demonstrate and Borrow Expertise and Authority 6 Ways to Build Trust The Medic […] Read More

Anchor Text is an interesting thing. Backlinks form the basis for search engine optimization and marketing.

Sure there are at least 200 ranking factors that Google uses to rank websites, but the main factor is backlinks. And if you think you can rank without backlinks, you need to think again. There may be some cases where it happens, but not often.