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Question: How long will it take to build links to my site and pages?
Answer: That's a good question :)
The reality is, links cannot be created too fast, even using technology like NextGenLinks.com.
It's not the creation of the links themselves that takes time. Hundreds of links could be created in seconds if we wanted to, what's important is the way the search engines look at the overall progression and link structure of your site as it grows naturally.
Being indexed by the search engines is not enough, being ranked high in their index is what you need. Search engines look at many factors to determine where they want to place you in their search results (index). Some are on page factors and some are off page factors. The on page factors are obvious, meta tags, header tags, internal linking structure, content, keywords, layout etc. This accounts for about 20% of the decision.
The most important factors are the off page factors that you have very little control of, directly...
For example, search engines look at a users behavior once they are on your site as the most important indicator of the quality of your site. The link that the user came from is also important, but it is a secondary consideration.
First they will look to see how long the user stays on the your page. Then they will look to see if the user follows an internal link to another page on your site or if they leave your site. This information is used to gauge the relevance of the link that led them to your page, for example was the anchor text of the link relevant to the page it sent the user to, if so the link is given some "weight", if the user left the page immediately, then the link is given less weight based on the assumption that the user was not happy with what they found on the page. The link was misleading, unclear or the page itself was poor quality.
All of this just to consider the validity of the link, and there's alot more involved we didn't even talk about.
Here's an interesting article I wrote on how search engines really work for a more indepth look.
But what does this have to do with how long it takes to get links?
Well, I wanted to make sure you understand that the search engines are very smart and complex programs that look at many different aspects of your websites growth. Remember, the only point to a search engine is to provide high quality and very relevant results to the users conducting searches in their portals. The better the results, the more users select them as their search engine of choice and the more money they make through advertising. It's always about the money in the end :)
So, among many other things, because the search engines use the incoming and outgoing links on your pages to assign, in Google's case pagerank, the search engines want to make sure that the links to your sites are very relevant to the content, that the links are real and created by humans and that the links are created in a realistic time frame.
Based on these factors, and a few others, we have designed a system that builds links to your pages in a slow, very random fashion that you do have full control over.
We use the keywords and semantic synonyms of your page to find relevant pages in the system to initiate the linking process, then we use the title of each page as anchor text for relevancy, and the description of the link is taken from the meta description of the page or from the content of the page itself which gives the link a further dose of relevancy and assures the visitor clicking on the link knows exactly what is on the other end of it, which means when they get to your page they will spend more time on it.
We also make sure that the page linking to your page is not linked back to directly from the same page, so the links are true one way links. Some webmasters still consider these links as an exchange or even three way link, but they really are not. It's unfortunate that search engines keep their information so secret and cryptic, it creates a lot of misinformation. But we have tested this exhaustively and we have real SEO professionals that have studied search engine behavior for years and attended Search Engine conferences speaking directly to the engineers that design search engines, myself included. So when we say we know how they work, we're within 80-90% sure and that's more than 80-90% of almost anybody online :) We also limit the number of links placed on your pages to 5 to ensure that your pages retain the most link juice possible, while keeping the incoming number of links unlimited. Some pages will get more than others, as it should be.
In conclusion...
We understand that most webmasters want to see results immediately, but as with any business, that's just not reality. This is why we priced NextGenLinks.com within just about everyone's reach, because we know it's going to take time to build up the link reputation of your site, it's going to take time to add quality content and most importantly, it's going to take time for the search engines to recognize and reward you for it.
So here's what you can expect to see in the coming months...
In Month 1:
Your site and all of it's inner pages will be added to the database. Each page will begin to slowly and naturally acquire high quality
incoming links on a day by day basis.
Some of these pages will start to appear on the search results of the major search engines like Google, Yahoo and MSN.
Outgoing links will be added to your pages pointing to other very
relevant pages adding content.
This a very realistic time frame and if anyone promises to do this any faster, beware.
It may take a bit longer depending on the quality of your site, but keep in mind, no matter how many incoming links you ever get, if your site cannot keep a visitor's attention, you will not get the search engines attention :)
Once you sign up for NGL, we would be happy to take a look at your site and offer suggestions and feedback on improving the quality and link structure. We're here to help and we want you to be a happy member with a popular site!
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