RE: Bcentral.com

From: Rob Frankel <rob_at_robfrankel.com>
Date: Tue 26 Jun 2001 12:47:25 -0500

ADELE BIENVENU <adele.bienvenu_at_tenagra.com> WROTE:

>You said it..."too good to be true." There are no
>shortcuts to effective Internet marketing. A lot of our
>potential clients inquire about these 'submission services'
>and why we don't submit their site to 400+ search engines.
>My question to them is, "have you ever been to or heard of
>390 of those 400+?"

>Being listed in more places is no match for relevant
>directory listings, link popularity on targeted sites, and
>high placement in the top engines.

Which begs the question, "what about search engines
based on link popularity?" One could argue (especially
those unfamiliar with these intricacies) that any link
is a good link, which helps rank on those types of
engines.

Do those other engines/directories -- even those nobody
ever heard of -- help that cause?


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