Yet another take on the Trustbox topic, this time by Calum guestposting at Stuntdubl.com.
The juiciest parts include theories on how your linking behavior can get you boxed in. Usual SEO link building traps to avoid are: too many generic directory listings, and getting backlinks from recognized link sellers.
4. Filters will look for behaviour of SEO’s or spamsters and will be applied if a site shows certain tell-tale signs of being optimised. So this is where the discussion got interesting (for me). So what are SEO’s to do for new sites?
4.1 Talked about getting listed in lots of directories as one.
4.2 Also talked about getting general directories rather than specific niche directories that are highly relevant to your product and service offering.
4.3 Talked about getting links from sites that are known to sell links. An important distinction needs to be made here - the 2nd post from DaveN hinted to me at certain paid advertising not being picked up as a bad neighbourhood. What follows is guesswork at this stage - my guess would be sites that are reputable and perhaps expensive to buy links from. So perhaps sites that have not been identified by G as link sellers worthy link penalties. Another previous post talked about making sure that the first few links you gather are all quality links that are on topic. This gives G the indication that your site is ‘really’ covering the topic you say it is covering, and that you’re not doing SEO work to get it ranked.
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