What do you do to give your blog articles a bit of extra support?

Zolddino said:

What do you usually do to give your blog articles a bit of extra support and strengthen their rankings? I don't want to buy expensive backlinks for them. They're already near the bottom of the first page, the content is strong, and they already receive internal links. They just need a little extra boost, but they're not valuable enough to justify costly backlinks.

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When the page already lies close to page one, then I pay attention to what takes place after the click instead of before the click. The addiition of a comparison table, screennshots, or just a brief introduction on the top of the page has got some pages ranking higher for me without having created any backlinks.

one thing nobody mentioned yet... check the actual search intent for those keywords again. sometimes a page sits at the bottom of page 1 cause it doesnt fully match what the top results are giving. look at whats ranking above you and see what format they use, faq, tables, videos whatever, then match or beat it.

also internal links are good but where you point them from matters. move a link to that article higher up on your strongest page, above the fold if you can, not buried in a footer. passes way more juice.

cheap wins imo before touching backlinks at all.

Zolddino said:

What do you usually do to give your blog articles a bit of extra support and strengthen their rankings? I don't want to buy expensive backlinks for them. They're already near the bottom of the first page, the content is strong, and they already receive internal links. They just need a little extra boost, but they're not valuable enough to justify costly backlinks.

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If the page is already near the top it is best to give it some time nd monitor it. Sometimes all that is needed is more time for google to reassess the newly updated page. I have seen insstances where google moves the page up a little even if there r no additional backlinks created.