Offsite SEO-Building Backlinks
Offsite SEO (search engine optimization) is all about back links! Onsite SEO (search engine optimization) can only take your site so far, but good offsite SEO can propel you site to page one of the SERPs (search engine results page). This is where you want to be-if making money online is one of your goals:o)!
Back links come in many forms, and importance in the eyes of the search engines. So which backlinks are best, and deserve your attention? Here’s a list of some of the best sources of backlinks:
Completely “natural” back links-These would be links from other webmasters who feel your content is so good, or so complete, or so…you get the picture. Write high quality content that will “bait” other webmasters to link to it! These types of links are the very best (to my way of thinking) and I think Google would agree with me! It’s nice to check your backlinks and new ones are there with no more effort on your part!
One-way links from high quality, high page rank, sites in your niche-Not easy to come by (especially for new sites) but very powerful none the less! Whether you trade for them, buy them (frowned upon by Goog!) or whatever, they can give you blog a much needed boost up the serps!
Article Marketing-This is becoming my favorite way to obtain back links for several reasons-you have complete control of the article title, content, keywords used, anchor text used, etc. If you know your subject well enough, you will need to do very little research, you can devote all your time to just writing! You would be amazed at how quickly you can turn them out. I’ve written five good 500-800 word articles in just a few hours, a new record for me! Article Marketing tends to be a numbers game with more just about always being better.
Offer to write “guest posts” in blogs in your niche-Start with the high PR blogs and work your way down, always offer high-quality, unique content. You might be amazed at the number of webmasters that will trade a few links for good quality content (I will!). Of course you need a link or two in the guest post back to your site;o).
Add Hubpages, Blogspot blogs, Squidoo Lenses, etc-As they can bring much needed link-juice to your money site, and by themselves gain some authority. Once you realize some success, you need to expand in that very same niche to make even more money! Inter-link your relative online real estate (sites), and become your own toughest competition.
Use Blog Directories-Most are free (I love the free stuff!) just takes some time to sign up.
Post in forums, and comment on blogs-Get involved in related forums and leave quality, helpful posts. Comment on blogs that offer do-follow links, and sport Keywordluv/Commentluv/Top Commentator plugins.
Get involved in the online social scene-Better start twittering, digging and all the other “inging”!
It’s said by people whose opinion I respect that you should spend only about 20% of your online time creating content and on onsite seo, spend the other 80% of your time getting high quality back links. Because search engine traffic is hands down the easiest to monetize, it behoves you to build all the high quality backlinks you can, which in turn will move you up the serps! Good luck, and remember it’s all about backlinks, backlinks, and even more backlinks!
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