[LOCAL SEO] Is this the best Link building Roadmap?

[TheOne-sama]

Hi BHW,

In this thread, i'm going to describe you my plan to build links for my new local website from a to z.

I've built this plan after reading quite a good amount of threads about link building here, watching lot of seo gurus videos and that gave me a rough idea of what I needed to do.

But since I'm relatively new to seo and have never done a link building campaign before, I needed to bulletproof my plan so I can follow it with confidence with the least doubt as possible.


Here we go.

I launched the website on 7th Nov 2021.

I used ahref to get a list of the links my competitors were building and noticed that the vast majority and the most qualitative of their links were citations, web 2.0, event and article submission websites.

- So I made a list of 100 citations websites.
- Found a dozen of articles submission websites
- The same for event submission website
- And build a list of 5-10 best ******** and no-follow web 2.0 and social bookmarking from these threads and websites :

https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/updated-web-2-0-sites-list-no-2.1121599/page-3

https://tricksforgeeks.com/high-da-social-bookmarking-sites-********-list/​

https://trafficcrow.com/web-2-0-sites-list/

https://trafficcrow.com/********-backlink-sites-list/

With all being said, here is my roadmap.

1. Build as much as citations as possible from my list of 100

2. Get them indexed :

Here I'm wondering if I should buy an indexing service or put their links temporarily on different pages(homepage, about us, contact us) of my website in order to push Google to crawl and index them.

Please fill free to advise me on this.

3. Social bookmarking

Matt Diggity said that in order to justify you backlinks you should have traffic which will give you social signals and then your social signals will justify your backlinks.

So based on this, my plan with this is:

- Create a new article on my moneysite
- Post it on Facebook, Twitter and some of my other social accounts
- Post the article link on the social book marking website listed above
- Use microworkers to like and comment the posts
- Then create new Web2.0 articles linking back to my moneysite article
- Rinse and repeat

4. Web 2.0 links building to my moneysite blog articles instead of homepage or services pages(in order to make them look natural)

- As stated before i'll use web2.0 in combination with social bookmarking but i'll use it also independently

- From what i've read and watched, I understood that i would need to create between 20-30 web 2.0 in order to start seeing good results.

- From what i saw my competitors are doing I don't think I will need to go this far but i'm not confident in my theory so firstly, i planned to stick to the 20-30.

- My plan is to use unique translated and corrected quality blog posts to feed my web 2.0 but not use spun content.

- However I've also read here that the best with web2.0 is to have a little amount but threat them as real blogs with quality content instead of having a whole bunch with average quality.

So i'm feeling like in contradiction with this and wondering if the idea of 20 to 30 web2.0 with translated content is as good as i think.

Also, Does receiving many links from the same web2.0 and receiving 1-5 from 30 different web2.0 have the same weight in term of link juice?

Which is the best option? Please enlighten me.

5. Buying PBN links

I've read a lot here about PBN links benefits especially for new websites. However I have always been afraid of them till now because of the monthly budget I may need in order to get quality ones, that's why they're my 5th step for now.

I'll try to buy few of them if needed maybe 3-5 considering my 100$ budget and see the results, if i'm converting i'll consider taking more on a monthly basis.

If you have any advice, good threat about PBN link buying, good service with affordable prices, i'm open to all suggestions

5. Guest Posting

For me, when I hear about guest posting, what comes to my mind is :
1. Quality and Unique content
2. NOT TRANSLATED OR SPUN
3. Need to sit and take time to write a really nice article or buy someone to do it
4. Find emails, social accounts, and outreach hoping for a match
5. But high quality and long term link

So I'm planning to look for 1 guest post opportunity per month if possible because of the ressources it demands.


That's a full overview of my plan. Please feel free to comment, improve, give new ideas. I'm open and willing to learn as much as I can.

 

[tazarbm]

Here I'm wondering if I should buy an indexing service

indexers don't work anymore, save your money. Or, for those who like to pick on me (they know who they are), I will say that indexers don't work as they used to (until this year the best indexers used to return 90% success ratio, nowadays those very same services barely get 10-20% so if you're happy with these rates go for it, otherwise spend your money elsewhere)

From what i've read and watched, I understood that i would need to create between 20-30 web 2.0 in order to start seeing good results

I've created 41 web 2.0s backlinks in July for one of my websites and out of the 41 links that I've created I think I only have less than 10 that are still live and indexed. Neither back in July (when they've been all live and most of them indexed), or today when only a handful of them are still live and indexed have even gotten my site out of the sandbox, much less improve its ranking

This is to say that web 2.0s - just like indexers - also don't work well anymore. It's true that I've built those web 2.0 links with expired content (articles gotten via Wayback Machine from domains that are expired), and that I never bothered to treat the web 2.0s like legit sites, but even so, they should have at least done something.

Anyway, my recommendation for you is not to invest into web 2.0s beyond the scope of diversifying your link profile

However I've also read here that the best with web2.0 is to have a little amount but threat them as real blogs with quality content instead of having a whole bunch with average quality

that's the general consensus, yes, but I'm still skeptical. But if you treat your web 2.0s like your own money sites and see results let me know cause I'd love to replicate your results

Does receiving many links from the same web2.0 and receiving 1-5 from 30 different web2.0 have the same weight in term of link juice?

as I said, web 2.0s don't work anymore, so I wouldn't try to find any hidden secret formulae for making them work because there's none

However I have always been afraid of them till now because of the monthly budget I may need in order to get quality ones, that's why they're my 5th step for now.

yeah, quality PBNs are pricey, but they're good. But if you don't have the budget for them try something else

I'll try to buy few of them if needed maybe 3-5 considering my 100$ budget and see the results, if i'm converting i'll consider taking more on a monthly basis

with that of a low budget I'd focus on other backlinking opportunities if I were you. Unfortunately, I don't do local SEO so I'm not the right guy to recommend anything beyond the usual citations and local / national directories, but hopefully someone more knowledgeable than me will jump in and help you out

For me, when I hear about guest posting, what comes to my mind is :

1. Quality and Unique content
2. NOT TRANSLATED OR SPUN
3. Need to sit and take time to write a really nice article or buy someone to do it
4. Find emails, social accounts, and outreach hoping for a match
5. But high quality and long term link

spot on, on all points! That's how guest posting should be approached. Check out this tutorial on keyword research from Ahrefs but - more specifically - check out video 5 in module 3 (link building) of the tutorial:
https://ahrefs.com/academy/seo-training-course/lesson-0-1
It explains how to approach guest posting outreach if you're into this type of (powerful) link building

So I'm planning to look for 1 guest post opportunity per month if possible because of the ressources it demands

while these sources might not be helpful for local SEO, they're still worth checking, you never know when you find 1 or 2 opportunities:

- rocketguestposting.com
- postaga.com
- bloggerspassion.com/guest-posting-sites-list

 

[Robzkie]

So is 100 USD your total budget?

If that's the case, I'd personally dump web 2.0s. it cost money or time to make some good web 2.0 profiles.

For me, with that money you're better off by building profiles on business listings, some social bookmarking, guest posting on write for us, which are not great, but you're more likely to build some for "free" as a start, maybe a press release. But focus on good directories and white hat outreach to local blogs/business sites (but you gotta figure out something you can offer in return if you can't pay).

 

[TheOne-sama]

indexers don't work anymore, save your money. Or, for those who like to pick on me (they know who they are), I will say that indexers don't work as they used to (until this year the best indexers used to return 90% success ratio, nowadays those very same services barely get 10-20% so if you're happy with these rates go for it, otherwise spend your money elsewhere)

Hi, thanks for your response. Excuse me for the late, School stuffs....

So, if indexers are not working anymore, do you have any good alternative to get my citations and web 2.0 indexed fast?

Anyway, my recommendation for you is not to invest into web 2.0s beyond the scope of diversifying your link profile

I see. However I'm targeting keywords with almost 0-5KD in Ahrefs. I thinks web 2.0 could make a change even if it is just taking me out of the sandbox I could give nice results...I will give a try and give feedback about my results

with that of a low budget I'd focus on other backlinking opportunities if I were you. Unfortunately, I don't do local SEO so I'm not the right guy to recommend anything beyond the usual citations and local / national directories, but hopefully someone more knowledgeable than me will jump in and help you out

What you've said is already helpfull. I will take them in account and improve my strategy accordingly.

https://ahrefs.com/academy/seo-training-course/lesson-0-1It explains how to approach guest posting outreach if you're into this type of (powerful) link building

I will definitely give a look after replying.

- rocketguestposting.com
- postaga.com
- bloggerspassion.com/guest-posting-sites-list

Thanks Bro.

I'm really pleased and grateful for the fact that you took your time to reply and give me these clear and detailed answers.

 

[TheOne-sama]

So is 100 USD your total budget?

That's the maximum I can get monthly.

For me, with that money you're better off by building profiles on business listings, some social bookmarking, guest posting on write for us, which are not great, but you're more likely to build some for "free" as a start, maybe a press release. But focus on good directories and white hat outreach to local blogs/business sites (but you gotta figure out something you can offer in return if you can't pay).

Okay understood. I will definitely consider your suggestions.

I'm already working on the citations, I will look for guest post opportunities with local blogs then.

However, one of my mental blockages is that I don't know this much about the niche of the lead gen website. It's about plumbing. So I'm not very confident about delivering a good quality article for guest post opportunities. Do you have any advice for me?

I'm reading articles after articles on the subject but I'm still not feeling legit...

 

[Robzkie]

Funny because I've worked as a plumber for 7 years before getting into online stuff, but have never done SEO for plumbers...

You should look at your competitors to see what kind of content they use successfully for guest posting, if they do it at all.

If it's a local plumber or similar, I'd rather focus on reviews

 

[TheOne-sama]

Funny because I've worked as a plumber for 7 years before getting into online stuff, but have never done SEO for plumbers...

Ow really? What a huge change in career path

You should look at your competitors to see what kind of content they use successfully for guest posting, if they do it at all.

If it's a local plumber or similar, I'd rather focus on reviews

I will do both. Thank You for your answers.

 

[tazarbm]

Hi, thanks for your response. Excuse me for the late, School stuffs...

it's ok. We all have real life getting in our way

So, if indexers are not working anymore, do you have any good alternative to get my citations and web 2.0 indexed fast?

google-approved news sites seem to index links within 1-2 days, but I don't know of any services that can do this. I just heard some folks around the forum mention it, so I took their word for it