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However, not all links are well-trusted by Google. For example, links from link farms and blog networks (Google-savvier link farms), paid links and other types of "illegal" links have been the focus of Google's war on link spam for a long time. But what if Google makes a mistake and treats your legitimately earned links as link spam? How does one know exactly what links are trusted by Google and which ones are frowned upon? The way out is to see what link building strategies your top-ranking competitors use and replicate those strategies! To do the job, one would need a backlink checker. Some folks argue that backlinks to a site can be viewed in one's Google Webmaster account, however, Google Webmaster Tools will only show you the backlinks pointing to your site, but will not disclose those of the competitors. To analyze competitors' backlinks, SEO's have long used Yahoo! Site Explorer, which ceased to exist on November 2011. H

Let's say your main keyword is "snake leather shoes." Now, how many times can you safely repeat this keyword on your site without being considered a keyword-stuffer? It's not hard to figure out! See who ranks in the top 10 for that word and carefully analyze the following aspects of their site: * The number of keywords in page titles; * The number of keywords in site copy (in general); * The number of keywords in anchor texts. The number of keywords on a page as related to the overall amount of text is often referred to as "keyword density." Analyzing competition helps you understand what keyword density is worth high rankings in Google's opinion. Regards Gerald Crawford Webcraft.ws Stellenbosch PO BOX 12216 Die Boord 7613 Stellenbosch South Africa Telephone: +27-021-8833027 (office) Cell: +27-0720390184 (mobile) SMS: 0796343545 Skype: webcraft.guru Fax: 0865657300 After Hours: 0881242372 Website: http://www.webcraft.ws