best method for link building
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farhan ali
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Business directories, guest posting best method for link building.
Writerly
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I would avoid directories. This is what I do:
OK, so I have a website in a broad niche. I want to build backlinks.
1) I make a full list of my competitors´ sites, especially those that are ranking for my keywords.
2) I take a free trial at ahrefs and check their backlinks. I look only at metrics above 15. I make a clear table of which backlinks I can reproduce for free and which are clearly paid.
3) I search for forums, subreddits, quora questions that address my niche and I write it all down.
4) I work for several weeks getting those backlinks for free. I do not care if it is DF or NF at this point.
5) After two weeks, I check my metrics in ahrefs. By how much have I grown? What are my current ranking positions?
6) From these results, I will start thinking whether I want to move on to paid backlinks.
OK, so I have a website in a broad niche. I want to build backlinks.
1) I make a full list of my competitors´ sites, especially those that are ranking for my keywords.
2) I take a free trial at ahrefs and check their backlinks. I look only at metrics above 15. I make a clear table of which backlinks I can reproduce for free and which are clearly paid.
3) I search for forums, subreddits, quora questions that address my niche and I write it all down.
4) I work for several weeks getting those backlinks for free. I do not care if it is DF or NF at this point.
5) After two weeks, I check my metrics in ahrefs. By how much have I grown? What are my current ranking positions?
6) From these results, I will start thinking whether I want to move on to paid backlinks.
Billy Batts
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I have no idea what you are saying but I feel this is a useful tip.
Writerly
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Haha, this made me laugh more than it should. Goodluck bro. Stick to this forum, keep reading, and in no-time you will know all the terminology.
wanessmark
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thats great idea! and really safe for website SEO...but I think its not a good idea to buy mass backlinks.
patriotnews
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Do not, i repeat, DO NOT do what I quoted above, unless you're always wanted to see how fast you can tank a PBN...
If you want to go the PBN route, plenty of guides here on BHW explaining them(and not a 1 of them offers crap advice like above)
As we are in the white hat link SEO section, my advice is to build up your brand. Social profiles, social bookmarks, social media, get people talking, get your site in their face.
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nichexposure
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If you want to play for a short time go with it. Its churn and burn process. You might rank within a short time but cant exist for a longer period.
Agreed with him. For long term process and to play safe you can follow these.
What I am currently doing -
**Brand Creation -
1. Social Media
2. Social profile (both help to create brand)
3. Updating sites with shareable content
**Foundation Links -
1. Again social profile (100+ links are out there)
2. Niche relevant forum participation (I repeat its involvement not just doing forum profile. It means to create value as a user to that forum.)
3. Niche relevant blog comment (I don't care NF, or DF. Make sure OBL is small and its natural. Helpful to diversify the link profile and anchor text)
4. Citation
5. Few Edu profile links
6. Few top quality bookmark
7. doc share
Note: - It looks like a long list, but I try to touch single process to get few no. of links. I am talking about long term process, so I have my time here.
**Base Links -
1. Fresh Web 2.0 links
2. Expired Tumblr network links (I have my network setup)
3. Expired and old other platform systems. (I have few blogs maintaining for the last 4-5 years. Indexed and pass some value)
4. PBN Links
5. Authority editorial links from small newspaper and blogs.
6. Question answer links
7. Infographic submission
**Paid Links -
1. Guest post (Either paid or reciprocal)
2. Scholarship links
3. Sponsored links (Tried only a few till now. It needs lot of budgets)
Now you don't need to do all. Maybe using paid links or mixed up with some base and paid links will work for you. Depends on your niche and competition. Some people ranked their website using PBN only. This is just a list which i am using for all my long term process project.
daica85
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Link building is still one of the best SEO techniques. I would like to share here a list of link building techniques which still work in 2017:
- Guest posts is still an effective technique. But you should do it right, create and maintain relationships with industry news sources and blogs, produce high-quality content and make sure that you link back to your site in a useful and relevant way;
- Blogging, which is a unique way for a company to engage their audience , attract links and achieve higher organic rankings;
- Infographics;
- Directories link building technique still works, but you need to be mindful with how to approach it. Directory link building requires judgement and critical thinking! so do not be tempted by low-quality directories, they will cause you more damage than good.
- Asking for links is still an original and trusted technique that still works.
I hope this helps.
- Guest posts is still an effective technique. But you should do it right, create and maintain relationships with industry news sources and blogs, produce high-quality content and make sure that you link back to your site in a useful and relevant way;
- Blogging, which is a unique way for a company to engage their audience , attract links and achieve higher organic rankings;
- Infographics;
- Directories link building technique still works, but you need to be mindful with how to approach it. Directory link building requires judgement and critical thinking! so do not be tempted by low-quality directories, they will cause you more damage than good.
- Asking for links is still an original and trusted technique that still works.
I hope this helps.
D. Try to create your backlinks slowly!