Link Building with 404 Pages

January 16, 2009 by
Filed under: Link Building 

You don’t see Google giving out many link building tips of their own, but that is indeed where this little information nugget came from. Matt Cutts from Google has a post about how Google Webmaster Tools shows your incoming 404 pages (people who link to a page on your site that doesn’t exist, such as CollinLaHay.com/boogers58125/), and how Google Webmaster Tools will show you which pages are sending these links, so you can contact them to quickly fix the link.

Well, Matt Cutts can explain it further, so head on over to his post and take a look for yourself. I only had one fixable link to CollinLaHay.com, but thats still better than nothing and you may or may not have a lot more.

Comments

9 Comments on Link Building with 404 Pages

  1. Web Site Promotions on Sat, 17th Jan 2009 7:51 am

    2. Thanks for the heads up Collin. I’m going to read the rest of the article now.

  2. Sacramento Weddings on Tue, 20th Jan 2009 11:23 am

    3. Thanks again!

  3. Free Coaching Online on Wed, 21st Jan 2009 1:51 am

    4. Good advice! I will check all mine.

  4. Michael Ramses on Thu, 22nd Jan 2009 5:04 pm

    5. I’ve always taken my highest 404 pages, created the page, and directed it to my main index page.

  5. The President on Thu, 5th Feb 2009 8:57 pm

    6. Great advice (especially in my line of business), I will check all of mine.

  6. Copywriting Agency on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 1:48 am

    7. Ahh.. Something and interesting. I was wondering I never knew that 404 pages can be a link building method too. Great advise and thanks a million!

  7. bursa mobil bekas on Fri, 24th Apr 2009 1:48 am

    8. another interisting article,…nice collin

  8. Letsknowabout on Thu, 30th Apr 2009 3:14 pm

    9. that’s what i call an interesting topic , keep up the good work

  9. Insurance Ideas on Thu, 1st Apr 2010 8:16 am

    10. yeah! you can check 404 pages then quickly add some anchor text over that page.

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