Article Backlinks To Product Pages

[Ubique]

I am writing a number of 500 word articles and have read that Top 10 lists are becoming more and more popular on the web. So my thoughts are to write an article about the the 'Top 10 Mens Grooming Products 2013' for example.

My questions is - do I post this article on my own website with the 10 links to the product pages using the product name as 'anchor text', or post the article to somewhere like Squidoo containing the links to my product pages.

Which strategy has more SEO value?

[RuiZhiDong]

I agree with what Tom said.

It depends on your website. If it doesn't have much traffic then you're better off posting on Squidoo or guest posting. Alternatively you could leave it on your own website and look for ways to promote it by reaching out to bloggers

[TomRayner]

Hi there

If you can market it properly so that people will share it, posting it on your own blog will have considerably more value.

You could post it elsewhere as a guest blog, which would get you 1 or 2 backlinks (although you should be doing it to connect with an audience, not just for links) and that's all.

Conversely, putting it on your site could help the post accrue a number of links and social shares over time directly to your root domain.  This in turn will help every page on your site.

Marketing the blog post will be harder and longer, but achievable.  You could, for example, egobait the company that you ranked number 1 into mentioning it on their site or social media channels.