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Internal links are a nice factor in one way link building and ranking higher in the search engines. They help Google to think that your site is very well organized because you provide links to your deeper pages of your site.
They also help to give you backlinks when people steal your content. Yes, this post is written with frustration, because I found another site that is stealing my stuff. The first one I found that was stealing my stuff was only stealing the titles and the first sentences and then provided a “more” link to my site.
Then, today I logged into Wordpress and it showed me tons of backlinks from another blog… so I went and sure enough it was like 4-5 exact posts that I have written. They attribute me, and they even had the links I created in tact!
That is where internal link building helps you because when people steal your content and keep the internal links you made on there, then it creates links back to your site. These sites will have a duplicate content penalty, so I am not too worried, and I actually enjoy the fact that they are giving me backlinks because they are stupid.
So, the key to capitalizing on this crappy situation is to put backlinks at the beginning of the post so if they do only show a line or 2 and put ‘More” you still have a backlink with the anchor text of your choosing.
Also, if you put 2-3 internal links within a post, then the people who steal your whole content will have a few backlinks to your site.
So, DON’T STEAL MY CONTENT, BUT IF YOU ARE GOING TO, LEAVE THE LINKS IN TACT! THANKS!
To all others, thanks for reading!
Please check out the other posts in this Internal Link Building series….
Using Internal Linking to Build Backlinks - Prequel
Using Internal Linking to Build Backlinks - Part 1
Using Internal Linking to Build Backlinks - Part 2
Using Internal Linking to Build Backlinks - Part 3
Using Internal Linking to Build Backlinks - Part 4
Using Internal Linking to Build Backlinks - Part 5
Using Internal Linking to Build Backlinks - Part 6
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Pretty unique way of fighting off the scrapers you got there
Your whole series on internal linking is pretty interesting. Is this kind of interlinking better than simply having a sitemap?
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Yah, although having a sitemap is also good for internal linking, it helps curious readers to go deeper into your site, and ultimately be exposed to more ads.
Also, your main page links to your sitemap which links to every page…. whereas if you do internal linking, all of your pages can be interlinked nicely.
I noticed a couple blogs copying my entire posts, but at least they do link back to my page….
arghh lol
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Excellent advice! Especially for someone like me just getting into the whole deep linking thing pretty heavily.
Now I’m off to read 1-3
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Nice series, even if I am not using a blog I never gave much thought to using internal links on our site. Thanks for the idea!
Jens
Just like you mention here, there have been several times I have found in search results my title and a description of my article or video clip with another persons URL.
I never knew what to do. I like the idea of incluiding a link so the thief pays for what he steals in back links.
Thanks for the tip
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Something caught my attention. Duplicate content penalty. Do you happen to have a list of Google penalties? I’m curious.
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I do not have a list of Google’s penalties. The one I know for sure is you could get your pagerank manually edited lower if you SELL links that are not “nofollow”
I think that people smart enough to remove your links when they stealing your content.
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You’d be surprised… all of the people who have stolen my content have kept the links in. Most people who steal it do it automatically from the RSS feed…. so it’s not manually edited.
I just want to know is there any theme that comes with related post plugin…I have a hard time in doing it!!
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I am also curious about the duplicate content from Google. If someone copies your content will Google see both of these as duplicate content and punish you?
Google can usually decipher who had the content first, plus the fact that duplicate content really applies to content that is exactly the same within the same domain, or site design, like mirror sites, and it can also occur accidentally when you have, let’s say a regular page version and then a printer version of the same content on your domain.
Here is the policy from Google on dupe content:
Quote-Duplicate content generally refers to substantive blocks of content within or across domains that either completely match other content or are appreciably similar. In some cases, content is deliberately duplicated across domains in an attempt to manipulate search engine rankings or win more traffic. Deceptive practices like this can result in a poor user experience, when a visitor sees substantially the same content repeated within a set of search results.-Quote
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You are so right breakaway, there is always going to blog post theft, but as long as you have your links intact this only benefits your blog.
Another great post!!
Thanks
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