You said you link out from 50 Web 2.0s to the site at the start. Are these 50 Web 2.0s created for each site or do you link out to multiple money sites on them?
I personally have 1 web 2.0 property per site. Although, as you can see in my text below - I outsource this part.
My link building strategy
Ok, so first off, I do not think that I am some "SEO guru" that knows the ins and outs of off-page SEO. Actually, I do not have a PBN to back my money sites up at all. I usually just target really easy competition niches. Also, when you are up against sites with a handful of links, you do not really need a strong PBN to back you up.
Let's jump right into it!
During the first month I don't build any links - at all actually. The first month I just focus on expanding the site, it wouldn't make sense if people were backlinking to my site without it having any content and it would appear unnatural if people would backlink to a completely new site, just like that.
I try to publish 1-2 articles per day the first month which will result in 30-60 published articles by the end of the month. This is usually a good base for authority sites. For smaller niche sites it can be enough with 10-20 articles. Also, in this stage it would be good if you built some web 2.0 properties with a few articles each and let them sit and get some age. This is only necessary if you're doing your web 2.0 properties by yourself. Guides of this could be found somewhere on this forum!
After the first month or so I start to build some banklinks. This is the point where I would start to point some web 2.0's to my root domain (mysite.com) and some to my inner pages (mysite.com/inner-page-1, mysite.com/inner-page-2, etc). Personally, I am outsourcing this process by a service here on BHW, it is by 7thAmigo and I have heard nothing but good things about his services.
P.S. I am not affiliated with him nor any other service mentioned in this thread, so please don't start assuming something just because I share which service I use. Let's continue!
During the first month I plan to publish a paid press release about the sites, actually, this is something that I've never done before but I've got this tip so many times now that I think that this is something I really should try. And by paid press release I don't mean those that you get from Fiverr for 5 bucks, I mean those that cost maybe 50-100 bucks. This might seem like a big investment for a small return but I've heard some great success stories so I think it is worth a try.
To diversify my backlink profile I will make sure to put in some blog comments on related blogs, export an article into a .pdf and submit it on a few pdf sharing sites and make a couple of forum links. This is something that I've done before and even though these might not pass the most juice or are do-follow links I still get some diversification in my backlink profile - it appears natural to Google.
After this process, I pause my backlinking process. I want to see where my site lands in the SERPs with this backlinking base. When I see where they land (after a few weeks) and I can analyze the ranking and from there understand how much effort I need to put in. In my case, this will pretty much be the only backlinking that is needed to get on first page - but I want to get to the first spot and I want to build a name for myself in the niche I am in. I will do some outreach to blogs & websites related to my niche and try to get a few guest posts as well.
I am sure that you would need much stronger backlinks if you were in a niche with much competition. This is something I avoid as I don't have a hard time finding low comp. niches that
nobody is targeting.
Until next time,
hekke
