Comment by vaksel | Hacker News Reader

Comment by vaksel | Hacker News Reader

SEO advice is bullshit, I mean really it basically comes down to a) make a site that has internal links b) figure out a way to get links to your site from other sites c) modify your internal links so only the pages you want are getting link juice.

Oh and D don't do anything stupid like Keyword stuffing, scraping, fake content or anything else that can get you banned...well unless you are Mahalo...then you are off the hook.

Personally I don't think YC startups actually need SEO link building. The mere fact that they are a YC startup, means that they'll get on the front page of Techcrunch, ReadWriteWeb, VentureBeat and dozens of other huge blogs with a ton of PR when they launch. A single post on Techcrunch is worth more link wise, than a million PR1-3 blogs posting about your latest link bait strategy.

"A single post on Techcrunch is worth more link wise, than a million PR1-3 blogs posting about your latest link bait strategy."

I don't have a link to provide as proof but I'm pretty sure based off of my memory and anecdotal evidence I've read on the web that links from the big Nerdy Tech Blogs actually drive little to no converting traffic.

So in that case, I would much rather take the million links in the hope that the people who come along that chain will convert better than the half-literate TechCrunch commentators would.

we are not talking about traffic here, we are talking about SEO, and link juice is logarithmic, the difference from

PR4^10 links = 1 PR5

First of all, based on my own personal experience, I don't buy that formula for one second.

Secondly, a link on a TechCrunch post is by no means a high PR link for any decent length of time. You MIGHT get your link on their front page for a few hours before it rolls off into the archival abyss. Maybe if you're lucky, over time and with enough inbounds link to that post, you'll get some juice out of it.

I guess my point, which was lost because I didn't clarify well, is that a link from TC (in terms of traffic or SEO purposes) is probably overrated.

not even close

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