Link Love for The Codes
January 12th, 2007 by JJ
I have a proposition for you. If you accept, your website will get a link here at The Churning, which has a 5/10 page rank. But first, let me start by admitting I totally stole this idea from blog maven Tricia, who runs Tricia’s Musings.
Most of you know that in addition to The Churning, I also run a website for my band, The Codes. The trouble is - that site isn’t really a blog (even though we do add new content on a regular basis). And since it’s not a blog, it doesn’t have a blogroll. And since it doesn’t have a blogroll, it’s not easy to trade links with people like I do here.
No links for The Codes = zero Google page rank = low search engine rankings. Basically, I’m fucked. That’s where Tricia’s solution comes into play.
I want you to include a link to The Codes website (http://thecodes.net/main) in one of your upcoming blog posts. In exchange, I will include your site in a blog review here at The Churning. And I promise the review will be positive. I don’t necessarily need you to tell people to visit http://thecodes.net/main, or add the site to your blogroll, or even post the link prominently. This is all about page rank, not exposure.
The easiest way to participate would be to make a passing reference to my band in one of your blog entries. Like “So I was masturbating this weekend and suddenly I started thinking about JJ’s band The Codes. I came immediately.” You know, something like that. After you publish your post, email thechurning[at]gmail[dot]com to let me know (or just leave a comment here on this post).
And while you’re at it, be our friend on MySpace. All the cool kids are doing it.
Here are some more ways you can incorporate my band’s name into a blog post:
…And then the guy cut me off in traffic! I rolled down my window and yelled “The Codes will fuck your shit up motherfucker!” He had no idea what I was talking about.
I can’t believe this horrible diarrhea I’ve had. This morning I squirted poo out of my ass and it was so nasty, it reminded me of The Codes.
I kept drinking whiskey shots, one after another. After six or seven, my girlfriend called me an alcoholic. I was so insulted. I yelled, “Fuck that! At least I’m not The Codes!”
You ever suck cock for cash? I bet The Codes have!
RSS
Good Keyword Meta and content help too. Oh and adding that robots.txt file always helps to, telling all them indexing spider crawler thingies to index on a regular basis. A good meta description, with Author meta, and the global meta are great to use too.
All the links in the world wont be that much help if the crawlers don’t know what to do with ya. LOL
I’ll drop a plug for ya, and after I’m done that smelly mess, I’ll place a link to the site when I’m thinking of some crap to post in the afternoon.
MacBros:
Thanks for the help! I’ve updated my keyword and description meta. Both are global. And I added an author meta tag.
The goal here isn’t to get more random hits from search engines so I’m not really in a rush to add more text content to the sub pages. The goal is to improve our page rank so people who are looking for our site can find it. I’m hoping to be #1 on google for searches like the codes philadelphia, the codes music, the codes band, or even just the codes.
I will be happy to do this. I will have the post up tomorrow. Sounds like fun.
Does your review of my site have to be positive? Can’t you refer to me as the Anti-Christ or something? Or mention how my blog is really nothing more than a way for Al Quaeda sleeper cells to pass messages back and forth?
Mr. Fabulous:
“Can’t you refer to me as the Anti-Christ or something?”
Hey - anything for you, Mr. Fab.
Just make sure that when you review me, you say that I am a girl who knows how to give a really good blowjob.
Because that would mean a lot to me, man. Plus I tell a helluva puke story.
done.
when you talk about me, tell ‘em i have nice titties.
Like I’m going through the trouble of writing a post. I’m far too lazy for that. Will a permanent link on the sidebar below Dead Guy work?
trouble
I will gladly inform the world of your special abilities.
sarah
Of course! I would be remiss to leave out that pertinent information.
Diane
Definitely. That’s even better!
Hey! I have great boobies too. And butt dimples.
God, I’m gifted.
Mine will be up right after midnight. Be careful what you wish for.
You poor bastard.
I thought you might like that. I added you to the sidebar at “Dead Guy” too.
I think I’m gonna have to whore myself out. Where bouts in NYC you gonna be?
I just saw it on Myspace, never mind.
[…] JJ from over at the Churning is asking for some fellow bloggers to help him get a better ranking for his Band Site. […]
I thought you would have reconized that guy JJ. I think you look at him every day in the Mirror. LOL
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[…] Oh wait, I do! Well sort of. One of them anyway. No I’m not talking about serial codes, or registration codes or codes of conduct etc. I’m talking about JJ’s band. You know JJ? Runs The Churning with a few of his best friends? Resides in Philly? Take a cruise on over there and read his latest post. He’s willing to swap a blog review for just a mention of his band (with link to the band site) in one of your posts. He’s trying to raise his Google page rank for the band site so he’s offering the review in trade for linkage. Sounds like a good deal to me but I’d have posted without any promise of compensation because The Churning Rocks! I imagine The Codes do too and I can’t wait until they get big enough to tour all over the country and play a date in Houston. I’ll be expecting back stage passes JJ! […]
I stuck ya’ in my sidebar too JJ. So it’s permanent.
Sure, I’ll link you. Just add a link on TheChurning to Thecodes and then call it “Ev says “Fuck the Codes!!!”
Yeah..that sounds good.
So..okay..*whew* that was hard work. Who’s up for a j and a beer?
trouble:
All this talk about boobies is making my hungry.
Mr. Fabulous:
Perfect! At least it’s all true.
Diane:
I love it! Your positive karma must be through the roof.
Cecil B.:
Hell yeah! Thanks, dude. My favorite part: “The Codes mother fucker, get on it.” Genius.
MacBros:
Suddenly I have a new fondness for Canada.
Ev:
That would work I suppose, but does that mean I have to review The Churning?
K. I pimped you guys.
randi:
Thanks! You are a real American hero. G I Jooooeeeee
OK consider it done bud! Of course it had to be slightly sexual….it’s me!
Actually just hunting for links doesn’t do it anymore today. A good ranking (PR surely isn’t everything anymore) is not only depending of your PR. But the single most important thing has become trust rank (TR).
They (and I) will charge 2 arms and at least one leg to advice you how to build a great trust rank, but there are simple ways that work. So here’s some free advice.
(general advice as well for being a -blog- band)
1. You’re a band, you MUST blog. Blog about gigs you had, upcoming gigs and just the band life. Link in your entries to other bands you play with aso.
2. It is easier to build a band fan club on a blog than on your blog here. Other bands might be more tempted to comment and link back as well.
3. Use a photo (extension) for your blog. Flickr, or gallery even, they can easily be added to a WP blog.
4. Try as much as possible to link out to related pages with at least PR5, hell even link to Wikipedia.
An inconvenience you have is that many venues also have a low PR, but rel=”nofollow” would damage the purpose of blogging and link love in the case of the codes. This meaning that it will be harder to build a good TR very fast, but it is an avalanche effect that can be obtained on a mid-long term.
5. Create a member page (and why not even upload some songs) at last.fm. You can participate in the community (surely more geeky and less mainstream than myspace) but for a start lets just say you’ll use this platform for PR purposes.
6. Get a MyBlogLog profile and a Flickr page for the codes.Even get a twitter account.
Purpose : those are great platforms, easy to use to promote yourself and above all they don’t use rel=”nofollow” so the link love strategy works. Better even… they have a good PR.
7. If you want to get free link bait/incoming links from highly ranked directories, read this entry (too lazy to type it out here).
8. You can find more SEO for dummies at AIFN as I find time to publish. Otherwise, feel free to drop me an email. (No not promoting a paid service here)
And a last line
@MacBros : meta tags and description are not considered anymore by SEs. They actually were one of the first things SEs ditched because of spammy nature.
If you want to create great metas, use a) a valid template and b) microformats (read the seo-for-dummies tag link in my first entry. Much better as metas. Google will analyse itself what keywords have higher relevance.
And no, before ou might think it, keywords don’t influence your ranking in SERPs. Unless you use them smartly, ie in the title (h1, h2 for entry title, h3 for sub areas in a post, aso) and in the post slug. Basically your keywords should be integrated in the post title and the url for that entry.
Keyword optimization, if existing should be around 5%-8%, certainly not more because the algorithm might flag you and actually rank you lower. And then again those 5-8% rather seem to serve Adsense purposes than rankings. Keywords are passe. Period.
But if you’d really insist on using them, make a tag out of them. In that way you’d create a new url for that keyword and GOOG loves that.
Where’s the booze actually?
When you do mine, can it be for my other blog, Pointless Directives? That one needs more linky love…
Of course.
I’ve added Pointless Directives to my link list as well.