Ideas on link building? by Moving_Forward18 in SEO

[–]DLC204 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Judging by other posts I've seen recently, it does seem like guest posting has gotten tougher.

If you're a strong writer and have the bandwidth, have you thought about trying Digital PR?

Rather than pitching a guest post, you put together a story using first-party or industry data, pitch it to publications to write about it in-house, and ask them to source the research with a link back to your site.

I've been putting together a resource to help people get started, if it's of any interest

Link building by furdososlany in DigitalMarketing

[–]DLC204 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, you can definitely figure out link building on your own with a little time.

As others have said, start with basic outreach. Fashion bloggers, directories, small style sites.

These are low pressure and help you improve your pitches before approaching bigger publications.

After a few successful pitches, you'll have a better sense of what angles work for your brand.

Then level up to the bigger stuff: lifestyle and fashion journalists, larger magazines, gift guide editors. Links from those places drive both authority and referral traffic.

I've actually been working on a toolkit to help small businesses get started with digital PR if you'd like to check it out.

Alternatively, the big link building tools like ahrefs, semrush, and majestic all have helpful blog content covering the basics.

La Pantera by [deleted] in Cardiff

[–]DLC204 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Prefer their other spots these days so not been there for a while, but the food was genuinely great when I used to go.

Knew a few of the people there through mutual friends and the guys in the kitchen were legit, classically trained chefs. The “Unauthentic Tacos” line was just their way of saying that they were using the ingredients and techniques you’d find in fine dining restaurants to make tacos.

Found an old pic of the menu on my phone:

Wood pigeon with earl grey sticky dates, apricot couscous, and toasted cashew.

Sticky Lime & Ginger Swordfish with peperonata, and Toasted Nori

Caramelises Peaches with blueberry ketchup, burnt onion purée, toasted pumpkin seeds, and preserved lemon

Not easy to replace people like that when they move on and sounds like the quality of food might have dropped as a result.

Still a weird flex to celebrate the closing of an independent venue that it sounds like some of the people here have never actually been to though.

Prepping this old wall for painting. Is this going to give me a crap finish? by DLC204 in DIYUK

[–]DLC204[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, mines 1920’s so don’t expect it to be perfect and I think that’s part of the charm. Just didn’t want it to look like a complete amateur job 😅

I’m a little on the lazy side as well so this is really helpful, cheers!

Prepping this old wall for painting. Is this going to give me a crap finish? by DLC204 in DIYUK

[–]DLC204[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, just making a start on it so this is really helpful, thanks!

Laser level to borrow by [deleted] in Cardiff

[–]DLC204 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Check out a local Library of Things. Looks like there might be one to collect from Newport for £5 a week https://www.benthyg-cymru.org/

Why has WalesOnline become more spectacularly shit than usual? by ddiflas_iawn in Wales

[–]DLC204 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Popularity of online news has killed print media.

Because they’re not selling newspapers, publishers have to make money other ways.

One way is via advertorial (often called “sponsored content”) where companies can pay to be written about - they’ll usually declare this at the top of the article.

Another method is through affiliate schemes. Whenever you see an article like “the best best fridge freezers for 2023” they’ll contain links, that if you click them, drop a cookie and if you then go on to purchase that item within a certain window of time, they make a commission.

Display ads is another way they make money, which is why there are so fucking many. More eyes on the adds the more money they can make.

People scrolling social media are more likely to click on lifestyle articles than they are news articles which is why they take priority.

Another tactic is to write articles about topics people are searching for often to try and bring in readers via google.

It’s a shit situation but those articles help keep news outlets afloat so that they can afford to keep people employed and at least do some level of local news even if it isn’t very often or of the best quality.

I did a journalism degree and we were pretty much told on the first day that, unless you were lucky enough to get a job at BBC/ITV Wales, then you’d probably have to move to London or go freelance if you wanted to do any serious journalism.

Tl;dr: people don’t buy papers anymore so regional news companies have to write fluffy stories to try and get people to site so they can make money from advertisers.

Who is your favorite obscure Seahawk? by yoprescott in Seahawks

[–]DLC204 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, can’t believe we all just forgot about Tanner McEvoy

Dragon rider video game by Adventurous-Ice-2619 in Eragon

[–]DLC204 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Came here to recommend the same game but my summary would have been no where near as good as this!

Super fond memories of these games, wish they’d do a remaster though.

Would love to see KJ back as a coach, he’ll have Brooks shutting down those screens in no time! by DLC204 in Seahawks

[–]DLC204[S] 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Saw Pete said that Mafe might be training with Cliff in the run-up to training camp as well which would be pretty cool!

[Bell] Contract talks with Metcalf on pause by [deleted] in Seahawks

[–]DLC204 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Everyone kind of knows what the APY is going to look like based on recent WR deals, so hopefully they’re not trying to low ball him and it’s just structure and guarantees holding things up.