Well… Rand’s done it again. Rand Fishkin over at SEOMoz recently started a new series of blog posts called “Headsmacking Tips” for Link Building. Great idea for a thread and one I’ll certainly be keeping an eye on. In his first post, Rand covers link requests in order confirmation emails.

The concept is a simple one. Whenever someone places an order on your site, ask them to link to you if they own a website. Pretty awesome idea, leveraging your customer base to build links, but one that seo’s don’t consider all that often. At the bottom of your order confirmation page and/or within your order confirmation email, politely ask your customer to link to you if possible.

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