Why it’s harming your link dev efforts
With all the available metrics provided by the amazingly helpful SEO tools that we have today, it’s easy to get a quick read on potential link-building prospects. However, you know you have a problem with metrics blindness when you do the following: You immediately pursue a link on a site based on its metrics. You immediately ignore the chance to obtain a link on a site based on its metrics. I’m not naive enough to suggest that you completely ignore metrics or that they aren’t one of the quickest ways to get an idea of how “good” a site is. I am suggesting, however, that you use these numbers as a starting point only . Numbers don’t always tell the