Link Building ep 10 : Promoting your content to get links

About this episode

The episode discusses a practical system for earning citations and the importance of links in SEO.

Send a text Want links without cold emails or sketchy deals? We dive into a practical system for earning citations by putting useful work in front of the right people, then letting trust and timing do the heavy lifting. Ed Dawson, founder of Keywords People Use, unpacks why links still drive rankings and why they matter even more as AI search surfaces sources in responses. We start with the reality check: buying links and anchor manipulation can waste money or trigger penalties. From there w...

People in this episode

Host: Ed Dawson

Topics covered

• link building
• content promotion
• SEO strategies
• trust in SEO
• AI in search

Keywords

• link building
• SEO
• content promotion
• citations
• AI search

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Keywords People Use

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