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Okay so I want to start focusing on SEO for my Web design company and I have been reading and reading and am now working on my off-page optimization and have some questions. My words are competitive words and a few of them are finally increasing to top 500 and a few in top 100.

My current MozRank for my domain is 2.28, but my mozbar shows my homepage to be MozRank to be 3.35

Link Building Plan

-Around 50  Directory submissions to high PR directories and high MozRank domains

• Free listings
• Paid Listings

-3-5 articles written for guest posts

• Around 25 Local Business directories such as brownbook.net, whitepages, etc

-Around 20 dofollow forum profile creation and backlinks from signatures

-Squidioo Lens Creation( I will be creating high quality content related my website which would be web design, internet marketing, seo services.)

-Hubpages Creation

My question is should the content used on squidioo be 100% original, like can I post the content to other directories as well?

-Article Directories

Okay so from what I've read this is method doesn't really give much benefit with the recent updates, is this true or should I still at least submit some articles to article directories. I am also confused wouldn't distributing your articles to article directories be considered duplicate content?

20-25 Blog Comments on related blogs that support dofollow blog commenting, also will build some nofollow blog comment links for link diversity

Okay so stay away from any directories that other sites are using targeted keyword anchor text, So when posting links on the directories I should avoid using keyword anchors instead use the client's site or brand name correct?

thank you so much for your input and the clarification on my whole link building plan. I revised my link building strategy, so can you please take a look at it and let me know if it is better or worse

Okay based on some more reading and your guys inputs here is my revised plan for the link building campaign, the client is in the cell phone accessories field and most of the keywords are high competition

Directory Submissions (Budget=$300/ 1st mo)- Directory submissions using target anchor texts including paid directory submissions including highly authoritative directories such as yahoo and BOTW

Local Directory Submissions- Submit site with targeted anchor texts to local directories such as angee’s list, yelp, yahoo, whitepages, etc.

Blog Outreach for reviews- Contact niche blogs and relevant blogs with at least PR 2+ to do product reviews

Blog Giveaways- Create and promote a giveaway on various different related blogs and websites

Article writing/ Submission- Create 4-5 unique articles with 1-2 keyword’s target in each article of at least 500 words. High quality articles that can be used on high quality sites instead of article directories

Guest Posting- create 2-3 guest posts that can be used to distribute to high quality blogs and sites that offer guest posting

1 Press Release- Create a press release and distribute to high quality press release sites

Thank you for the input I really appreciate it, also what are your opinions on Article writing and methods of distributions

Okay I am new to SEO and I have read a few SEO beginner guides and have been practicing SEO over time now. I am trying to do SEO for a new clients site that is  a completely new site with no MR and MT and here is my current link building strategy. Can you please review my link building plan and help me out with suggestions and corrections

1. Directory Submissions- From what I understand since the new google penguin updates this isn't as effective of a method but I am trying get high PR directory list, but  a lot of them require paid standard submission reviews, otherwise it takes 2-3 months

2. Local Directory Submissions- Such as yelp, angee's list, whitepages, and other local directories.

3. Social Bookmarking- submit links to social bookmarking sites with target keyword(s) as anchor

4. Article Writing & Submission: create articles and submit to high pr article directories with different article titles and also wanted to see different submissions I can make with each article

5. Press Releases- submit to high pagerank press release directories, also wanted to see how many submissions is generally the rule of thumb for press releases.

6. Blog Outreach for Product Reviews: Submit products to blogs with PR 2+ to get review and backlinks

7. Forum Profile Creation- create forum profiles and engage in topics with signature with a link, I understand that since the penguin update this isn't something I should emphasis on

8. Blog Commenting- comment on relevant blogs that have dofollow links and nofollow links for link diversity

9. Guest Blogging- Write unique content and outreach to related blogs for guest posting opportunities

10. .edu & .gov links- How do I gain .edu & .gov links I have read several articles and I am having a hard time understanding this concept, would commenting on .edu & .gov blogs and profiles be an effective method or the correct method for gaining these types of links?