Find High Ranking Blogs?
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Ok, after the panda change, everyone is telling to me to ask to be a guest blogger on other people's blogs.
So, how do I find the highest ranking (most popular) blogs in my industry?
I own a real estate brokerage.
Thanks for your help!
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Awesome! Thanks Emily!
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You can also look at your competitors' (anyone ranking above you for your key terms) backlinks and you may be able to find some good blogs that way.
Alex is correct. The SEOMoz tool bar is a valuable tool. Install it on your browser and you will be able to see the DA and PA of each site you look at. You will also be able to quickly take a look at their backlinks.
Another way to find influential bloggers is on Twitter. (Usually) the more followers a tweeter has the bigger reach their blog has.
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Install the SEOmoz toolbar and you'll be able to see the Domain Authority (DA) and Page Authority (PA) of the sites within your Google results. The higher the better - a DA of 70+ is pretty good, 90+ is wowsers. Alternatively have a look at SEOmoz's www.opensiteexplorer.org to analyse individual blogs - you can see the DA and PA on here too.
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Thanks Ryan,
Yes, I can easily find lots of real estate blogs.
But how do you know if they are "high ranking?" Sorry to be so "green" but I'm kinda a beginner here.
Dan
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I don't mean to sound snarky, but just do a google search for your industry + blog. For example I just did a search for "real estate blog" and found some lists of 'top blogs' plus some high ranking blogs on the industry.
After you find some candidates, explore their site a bit and see if their views of the industry would be a good fit for the type of articles you want to write. Start commenting on their blogs and become a useful contributor that way, then once you're established approach them with an offer to write a guest post.
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