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View Poll Results: How much time are you spending each month on backlinks?
None. I don't know what 'linkbuilding' means or why it's such a big deal. 8 20.00%
None. I don't think linkbuilding is important. 1 2.50%
1-5 hours per month. I like to try to list when I have time. 19 47.50%
5-10 hours per month or more. I *make* time to do this. 4 10.00%
10+ hours per month. I'm working on ranking at least in the first page for my keywords. 8 20.00%
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Old 01-01-2010
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I guess I have something else to learn!
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Once I get my website up I will definitely look into this. Question - if you have friends with businesses, completely unrelated, is ok to have a bunch of link exchanges, or does this not really look good on your own VA site?

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Old 02-04-2010
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Default Re: How much time do you spend on building links back to your site?
Hi
I spend a great deal of time doing this. I send out articles frequently and then that brings links back to my site.

I also try and do directory listings too. I cheat. I do this when we are watching movies together. I make sure it's set up so that I can copy and paste. Just have to make sure it's not a suspense movie where you need to really pay attention. Also, one of my goals this year is to get into more directories. I see more and more of them, but always when I'm working on billable hours. Trying to jot them down so I can go back to them and do.

Thanks for that site. I wasn't aware of it!

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Old 02-04-2010
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SEO and back-link building can certainly be tedious. My website is not up completely yet but I plan on spending at least a couple hours a week doing this. I had set up an affiliate marketing site a while back only to have it fail and do nothing because I slacked on this one area. I wont make that mistake again for my personal business. Thanks for the resources and I'll have to check out hubspot.
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Old 02-09-2010
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Thanks for the info on which places to submit a link. Now, what category do y'all normally place your link in? Business Services? Small Business? Office Services?

Thanks so much!
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Old 02-11-2010
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I mainly submit my link to Business Services or Outsourcing.
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Thanks! I've been doing that also if they do not have a Virtual Assistant category.
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Old 02-18-2010
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Yet another job for me to do Tess.
Thank you again for the useful info.
Maybe you should just publish a to-do list, or have you and I just haven't found it yet
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