Friends Series Provides Amazing Assistance in Link Building

Friends is a show, which is famous worldwide and most of the people are crazy enough to watch the entire series at least 30-40 times. The comic series is popular mainly due to its amazing sense of humor, which makes people laugh till their sides ache. People are so addicted to it, that they don’t hesitate to Watch Friends online over and over again. But recently, a remarkable discovery was made by one of the fans of the show, that the show assists in link building. Anyone who has watched the show several times, will be aware of the fact, that the series subtly makes reference to certain products and brands like IKEA, Williams Sonoma and Pottery Barn. Two or three of these have appeared in each episode of the show. Friends TV show has acquired sponsors, who take care of the financial aspect of these placements in the context.But the clever placements of these product references by the writers are just fabulous and need to be applauded. The products or brands have not been randomly or abruptly placed, but intermingled with the storyline almost perfectly. But you must be wondering how this relates to search engine marketing. Well, to improve the rankings of a site, it is necessary to build links into the site. The link should be acquired from a reliable source and should be appropriately placed. In a show like Friends, brands have already been mentioned. This enables brand referencing, and can be compared to the linkage of one website with another. It doesn’t matter whether the link provided in Friends full episodes is paid or voluntary. The link or in other words brand reference, can be assumed as a tiny little ad placed in a very subtle manner. Thus, Friends has undoubtedly helped in the promotion of some brands and products. But the way, the brand reference is given is quite subtle and natural and moreover, it is also in a conversational manner, which does not make the ads stick out as a thumb as is the case with many other shows. If you watch Friends regularly, then you must have seen, that in an episode Joey is eating a Three Musketeers bar. The ad was so subtly and cleverly placed that most of the people were tempted to purchase a Three Musketeers bar immediately and consume it. All the brand referencing has been well executed in a similar way. The placement of ads on a website is done in a similar way. Links, which are placed in a natural and relevant way, always succeed in extracting the maximum value for the site. With Friends TV show providing an excellent example for link building, link builders will gain a lot of help if they carefully follow the brand referencing in the series.