Beyond Guest Blogging, What Else Works Now?
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Given the importance of editorial links & co-citation, beyond guest blogging what other high-value link-building tactics should I be looking at to boost organic search placings?
Specifically, in Apr 2013 is there still mileage in directories (such as these on the SEOMoz list) or on this GetListed list; or in placing content on social sites such as Squidoo?
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Use those General Directories if they include your a section for your industry.
Squidoo - turned to crap because of article marketers re-spinning content. Got HAMMERED by Google. I'm not putting my clients in Squidoo.
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Hi Francisco
Thank you.SEOMOZ List - yes, but only related ones. Quite a few on the SEOMoz list are "general" directories. What's the deal with those? Avoid?
Squidoo - NO
This was my gut feeling as well. But why "no", given that it is a high authority site? -
SEOMOZ List - yes, but only related ones
GetListed - Yes
Squidoo - NO
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Thank you all for your responses.
However, my key question still hasn't been answered head-on:
Specifically, in Apr 2013 is there still mileage in directories (such as these on the SEOMoz list) or on this GetListed list; or in placing content on social sites such as Squidoo? -
I forgot to mention, try to get your links on pages, not just blog posts.
Think creatively on why someone should give you a link on one of their landing pages. I normally give links to gov't sites and the BBB. Why should someone like me link to you on one of my landing pages? How are you going to make my life easier?
Maybe you can make a widget that is only for a certain company that has a back link at the bottom of the widget.
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Guest Blogging is a good idea but I guess there are other tactics for link building that you can use... which includes link sleuthing and grabbing links through images....
Inm y opinion directories still ahve a bit of a mileage but if you are tight with budget i would prefer spend more on organic and natural links instad of directories....
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Hi Jeepster,
I totally agree with Francisco...guest blogging should only by one element of building links, the fact is we don't know what the algorithm is for a reason (the fun is in the hunt).
I have found if you do a combination of the little things correctly and keep to the basics of web marketing and optimisation, "regular content", social media presence, and good on-site optimisation etc, etc it will go along way!
I recently tested a couple of sites to see what sort of timeframe it would take google to index a page..so I set up "Google Alerts" for certain keywords I wanted to target, the theory behind this I would be able to see how long it takes for google to index and crawl a page and in particular a link. and then measure it against my SERP (search placing)
I tested out the theory on two sites SBWire and PRBuzz, it only took 2 days for it to get indexed and my placing did move not long after, in the right direction
So to answer your questions, PR's are still an effective link building strategy; however it is all still relative to what your competition is doing ? do they have a strong social media presence, do they blog do they have great content content.
I hope this helped, what does everyone else think ??
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We don't know exact what Google does to rank websites. I think it's a good thing doesn't let us know the algorithm.
I think link building through guest blog posting should only be one thing you should do. How about leaving testimonials on other websites? I have used that successfully especialy with companies that use our service.
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Jeepster, I can tell you a few things that are just his long and arduous. If I may ask are you currently blogging on your own domain? I'm assuming so right? What are you doing to get your blogs out there so people actually recognize your site as an authority on search engine optimization?
You can rewrite your entire website. I would recommend using scribe SEO or scribe content
When doing so you can make your articles longer that seems to help. In addition to that you can make them more engaging essentially make it the next version of your website in addition why don't you throw in some new graphics and redo your entire website top to bottom. It would be a very very cool thing to do as Caplewood pay attention to the look of the site and then give it a go. But you must out the content there to keep them. As far as the maximum impact factor I would go with getting your information in the hands of a well-known authority see if you can get some retweets. Consistently blog do not stop blogging on your own website. Speed up your site this will do wonders even though Google only gives it a couple hundred of a point it actually will increase user usability and user happiness. I would start out with a strong's very strong email campaign that's not spamming it all talk to the guys at Mill33.com they are the best in my opinion and I'll help you through the entire process email campaigns when done right can have some of the highest ROI of any specular search engine optimization technique or online marketing technique. I hope I have been of help to you sincerely, Thomas oh PS do not forget to make sure those newsletters and email updates all link to strong landing pages. So update your host update your mail update your site and you will be alright.
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