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Search engines judge the reputation of every Web site so they can present the highest quality content--the content with the best reputation. Search engines have a few ways of judging the quality of content, but by far the biggest element of a search engine's view of your page's reputation is driven by links.

 

If your Web site is well-known, you may already have attracted many links. Perhaps you think that you don't need to improve the links coming to your site.

 

But even some large companies, such as WebMD (www.webmd.com), the well-known medical information site, attract fewer links than they could. WebMD had over 12,000 links at one time, but virtually all of them to its home page, with few links to the disease information pages that drive referrals from informational queries.

 

WebMD ranked #1 for queries for "webmd," but not for "allergies." A campaign to attract links to WebMD's interior pages changed all that, and it can help your site, too.

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Get the Book That Shows You the Way to Attract Links to Your Site 

Search Engine Marketing, Inc., by Mike Moran and Bill Hunt

Search Engine Marketing, Inc.: Driving Search Traffic to Your Company's Web Site (Ibm Press)

Amazon Price: $31.49 (as of 08/08/2008)

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Co-author of Search Engine Marketing, Inc., Mike Moran is an IBM Distinguished Engineer with more than 20 years experience in search technology. He led the product team that developed the first commercial linguistic search engine in 1989, and has been granted four patents in search and retrieval technology. He led the original search marketing strategy for ibm.com, as well as the integration of ibm.com's site search technologies. Mike has worked on IBM's Web site for the past seven years and is currently the Manager of ibm.com Site Architecture. In addition to his search work, Mike has spearheaded ibm.com projects in Content Management, Personalization, and Web Metrics.

In addition to Mike&squo;s broad technical background, he holds an Advanced Certificate in Market Management Practice from the Royal UK Charter Institute of Marketing, helping him bridge the gap between technology and marketing concepts. He is a member of the Search Engine Marketing Council of the Direct Marketing Association and a frequent speaker at industry conferences, including Search Engine Strategies, AD:TECH, Consumer Reports WebWatch, OMMA East, and the Enterprise Search Summit. Mike can be reached through his Web site (mikemoran.com), which is also home to his Biznology newsletter and blog.

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