[rogercbryan]

I use an awesome Search Engine Optimization company that has done some great things for my sites. With that being said I'm starting to do a little link building on my own and I had a few questions.

Here is the signature I use when I post and article to a site:

<p>Research Funded by: <a href="http://www.charitydispatch.com/">National
Charity Services</a><br>
and <a href="http://www.rcbryan.com">Roger Bryan </a>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Other Resources: <a href="http://www.buxsense.com">Traffic</a>
<a href="http://www.imgshack.info">Image Host</a>
<a href="http://www.gogets.com">Business Services</a>
<a href="http://www.iauctions.com">Auctions</a>
<a href="http://www.ctresults.com">Classifieds</a></p>

Looks Like:

Research Funded by National Charity Services and Roger Bryan

Other Resources: Traffic Image Host Business Services Auctions Classifieds

My question here is does the fact that I use multiple links diminish the value of the links? I know I read somewhere that the number of links on a page devalues each link. Anyone have any info on that?

Another question is does it make a difference that I use the same articles over and over again? I have 180 different articles that I paid a company to write for me. If I post all 180 articles on 10 different sites does that cause them to be skipped when companies like Google index the pages?

Before I get to involved in all this I want to make sure I'm not wasting my time.

My goal is to post 1800 links a month for the next six months. I'm hoping this on top of my SEO will get my sites moving in the rankings.

Anyone have any ideas or comments?

Does anyone know any other good sites to post articles too? I currently use Article2008.com Free Articles for your web site and newsletters. Submit Your Articles to Our Articles Directory and make a back link to your site. which is a PR3. I would like to find some sites with a little higher PR.

[RLorenzen]

Roger, this link may help you find more article directories: List Of Top 50 Article Directories By Traffic, PageRank

[rogercbryan]

Good info... what sites do you own so I can make sure I post there?

[gregdavidson]

First of all, are the keywords that you're using in your "anchor text" the ones you're actually going for. Could you add a couple of more keywords or phrases to your list? Also, are people searching for the keywords you're going for? If you're not sure got to Free Search Term Suggestion Tool by KeywordDiscovery.com.

[gregdavidson]

First of all, are the keywords that you're using in your "anchor text" the ones you're actually going for? Could you add a couple of more keywords or phrases to your list? Also, are people searching for the keywords you're going for? If you're not sure got to Keyword Discovery and look them up. Basically, choose "average" keywords and phrase that aren't "really" competitive, add those keywords in your meta content and throughout your website, and make sure the links back to your website say those keywords and phrases.

[RLorenzen]

Originally Posted by rogercbryan

Good info... what sites do you own so I can make sure I post there?

I don't own any of them...those are just the best ones to submit to based on their PR.