Website link building is one of the most important SEO activities any webmaster should concentrate on but this certainly doesn’t mean that you should build links at any price! Website link building can be very expensive in terms of time and money. In this article I’m going to briefly discuss what SEO is really and the top 5 costly website link building mistakes most webmasters make unintentionally.

What Exactly is SEO and Website Link Building?

So what is SEO? In a nutshell SEO is basically paid advertising. The only difference is that some people choose to pay with money and others with time. I’ve done both over the years. Both have paid off. I remember when I first started out in the internet marketing world I had little to no money to invest into my business. I paid my dues in the early morning hours and very late nights to make things happen. Looking back I can safely say that period of time was most rewarding for me. Probably because I invested so much of my time into something I believed and eventually the results paid off. Ahh…the sweet nectar of success!

Another popular question among webmasters is, “How long do I keep SEO’ing?”

My response is simply, “Well how long do you keep advertising your business?”

They respond, “But once I rank for my keywords can’t I just stop?”

Well, no you can’t. And if you do, you’re going to eventually fall behind once again and lose customers. The ultimate goal of SEO and website link building is to consistently prove you belong in the big leagues. It’s like professional baseball. If you’re not playing well you’re going to get thrown back down into the minors until you can prove you’re here to be serious and win the game. SEO and website link building follow the same philosophy.

Google wants you to pay your dues. In order to work your way into the big leagues you’re going to have to first gain the respect from search engines and receive enough credibility to be invited into the game being played on the first page. Once this is achieved –after countless hours of work or hundreds or thousands of dollars paid – you’ll begin to see sales coming in. BUT that is only if your site is of the highest quality and connects with its users.

The only sure fire way to build an undefeatable SEO practice is through self-sustaining SEO methods, and one of those methods is through website link building.

Top 5 Website Link Building Mistakes

Before I reveal the top 5 website link building mistakes, I want to first be very clear of why many people fail with internet ventures. Many people fail for a variety of different reasons but the biggest is simply choosing the wrong niche (learn how to choose the right niche here ) to work in, and/or they pick and use bad keywords and/or have unrealistic expectations. These are all ingredients for failure. Wouldn’t you agree?

My advice, don’t try SEO and website link building for 30 days and then quit saying it did nothing. That sort of ignorance shows a general lack of understanding and is ridiculous. If you want to be like that, then you deserve to fail. There is no easy path to internet riches here buddy!

Website Link Building Mistakes

#1 – One Tool

Using only one tool to dominate Google will never happen. The reason? It leaves a big footprint and looks very unnatural. Remember our website link building strategy is to utilize automation but also appear natural in the eyes of Google.

My favorite tools for website link building are the Automatic Backlink Creator, TribePro and Article Marketing Robot.

If you’re currently only using one tool, you must add variety!

#2 – Consistency

I have seen too many times where new internet marketers are excited to get started but quickly realize SEO and website link building is boring and tedious. Sadly, with this realization people often quit.

You need daily effort; even in small doses is good.

To help with consistency it is very important to automate everywhere you can and focus ONLY on tools that can automate your work.

#3 –Give Up Too Soon

Enough said.

#4 –They Don’t Mix It Up

When working with SEO and website link building its important to have variations of everything.

Common mistakes people face are not having enough keyword variation, not enough URL variation and not enough content size variation. Mix it up! Have fun! Don’t tie yourself down with unnecessary restrictions. Just let things happen naturally. When all the right tools are in place and you’re mixing up your keywords, article lengths and URL’s good things will come your way. I promise.

#5 –Not Enough

Webmasters never do enough SEO or website link building. To measure the work ahead of you, quickly visit www.majesticseo.com and search your competition. You’re not doing enough, trust me you could be doing more!

Index. Get your links indexed and keep them indexed. I have all my pages on all my websites being indexed daily thanks to the Automatic Backlink Creator. Oh, and let me remind you that I don’t do a damn thing to ensure this happens. It does it for me

I know I said I was going to share the Top 5 Website Link Building Mistakes. But now that I’m on a role I’ll share 3 more.

#6 –No Growth

People become stagnant with their SEO and website link building. They don’t grow their campaigns over time. Would you grow your advertising campaign along with your business? Of course you would! Remember SEO is the same as advertising. Grow your SEO with your website.

#7 –Home Page

When people begin a website link building marathon they too often link to only their home page. I’ll be honest, I definitely did that when I didn’t know what the heck I was doing. Learn from my mistakes and don’t do the same.

Instead, make 70-80% of you links go to inner pages because it’s the natural thing to do.

#8 –Link Hoarder

Is your SEO and website link building strategy one sided? Are you only looking to build your own links?

Don’t be selfish. Outbound authority links are appreciated and rightly so. Google will begin to see your website as an authority site, one that is filled with so much information it’s practically beneficial to everyone. As a result Google will reward you and place you higher in the search engine rankings.

Not linking off your site to reference sites is bad practice.

And there you have it! My SEO and website link building mistakes to avoid. Feel free to share your own experience or drop a comment below for others to read. Until next time!