How To Build Valuable Links To Your Niche Marketing Site.
Search Engines Love Links.
Link
popularity and link quality are very important because every major
search engine considers them as a part of their ranking algorithms.
If you don't have links, your niche marketing won't rank well for
your chosen keywords. Using a high quality link building service such
as 30MinutesLinks is highly
recommended as effective link building can otherwise be very time
consuming.
Nevertheless you have optimised your
site design
for the
search engines ( or have used good quality SEO solution such as
iBusinessPromotor
it's time to focus on your links. Good inbound links
can move any individual page up the search engine ranking for
selected keywords in turn this may prompt the aforementioned page to
act as new entry points to your site. Therefore you need to consider
how your site can form quality inbound.
You
should know that link popularity refers to number of quality inbound
links to your profitable niche marketing web
site
whereas link
analysis evaluates which sites are linking to you
and the link text itself.
There are many ways to improve your
link quality and
popularity, which will give you a boost in the rankings.
Before you start any link building campaign it is
vital that your site is fully prepared. Make sure your site looks
professional, has good content and is easy to navigate for both users
and the search engines' “spiders”. It is very
important that all
your site code and links are fully functioning. Using a site building
solution such as
Web
Plus X2 (Website Maker)
or
Site Builder Elite will
ensure that this is the
case.
However if you've written your site yourself, using a reputable html
validation service such as that offered by
w3.org
is
highly recommended. Nothing is surer to drive your visitors away than
broken or badly linked pages.
In addition, directories want only
professional
looking sites in their databases, so do your homework on your site
before you start promoting it and your linking campaign will be more
effective. Furthermore don't expect your linking strategy to reap
dividends overnight. It's an ongoing process and it takes time before
your links start adding up.
Start Your Link Building Strategy.
Web
Directories.
Kick start your link campaign by
getting directory
links first. This is especially important if you have a new site or a
site with no inbound links. A shortage of inbound links puts your
site at a severe disadvantage because link analysis is an important
part of every search engine's ranking algorithm.
The way to overcome this disadvantage
is to get a
few quality links. A good way to start is to get listed in the major
free directories.
The directories
are listed within Profitable
Niche Marketing Business and
submission is pretty straight forward (just follow their instructions).
In addition you should submit your site to the best of the smaller
directories which are specifically related to your chosen niche. It is
essential that you carefully select the directories you submit to. In
order to do so you should consider factors like . . .
- Their relative page rank. If it's less than 4 on Google
then forget it.
- Their own back links directory. Do reputable sites use them
or are they just spam directories.
- How long have they been operating. The longer the better.
- What are the other sites that have submitted to them like.
- etc, etc.
Use A
Professional Link Building Firm.
You could consider outsourcing your link popularity
work. Link building is undoubtedly the most time consuming part of
search engine optimization. You may find that it's not cost effective
to
do it in your own time. That doesn't mean you shouldn't do it, it just
means
you could hire someone else to do it for you.
Outsourcing to a reputable link
building solution
such as 30MinutesLinks
will prove to be an extremely wise investment in the long run.
Similarly if you have the resources a more complete SEO package like iBusinessPromotor
(Link Optimiser)
will also ensure good links
and could also be a more efficient model for your SEO startegies if you
are time limited.
If you do decide to look for a
specialist link building solution you need to exercise some cation.
As with 30MinutesLinks make
sure whoever you choose operates good link building practices.
Ask them to describe the process they use to request links Make sure
they follow a personalised approach, and don't simply spam sites with
requests for links.
If they refuse to discuss their link
building
methods you can assume they use impersonal widespread email drops or
link farms - that's spam. They may call it a fancy name, but if the
process involves sending out large numbers of form emails, it's still
spam and will only set your campaign backwards and injure your
company's professional reputation.
Reputable link building solution
providers such as 30MinutesLinks
or iBusinessPromotor
(Link Optimiser) will be more than happy to answer any
questions you may have and will
become a valued partner for your profitable niche marketing business.
Viral Promotions.
Viral promotion, given the white hat
definition, refers to
the
process of creating content of such outstanding quality that your
visitors recommend it to others. In this way your traffic will grow
exponentially (like a virus) hence the name. However for that to happen
people need to be made aware of your content in the first place.
There are several ways you can achieve this. Social media sites such as
Digg, Utube and Facebook can be useful by using signature blocks to
link to your site. This kind of 'passive optimisation' can build
traffic but it will not necessarily be targeted for income but will
rather provide a broader exposure. Which is no bad thing.
'Active optimisation' can also make good use off the social media sites
and requires that you write specific articles and content that promotes
your site. This will have a narrower appeal than more generic
approaches but will attract visitors who are more likely to use your
merchant sites and thus generate income for yourself.
Link Exchanges.
Many websites, as you will no doubt be aware, offer 'Link'
pages
(this one, you will note, does not). These are set up to list the sites
linked to the one your viewing and invite you to add your own, in
theory, linking with all the other listed sites on the links page. The
problem is they are often plagued with spam and other black hat sites,
devaluing the links gathered this way. Similarly the Search Engines
give virtually no value whatsoever to such links.
That being said Link exchanging as a process should not be ruled out.
If done correctly and carefully it can be a useful link baiting
technique. The point is that you link to other high quality content
sites on an individual, rather than wholesale, basis.
Social Media.
Using social networking and social bookmarking sites like del.icio.us,
digg or squidoo to link build is a very effective method to achieve
better ranking and get more traffic to your site. Making the content on
your site more visible will open up new opportunities in terms of link
building.
The search engine will now see user’s bookmarks of your URL
with a review. On top of that, webmasters and bloggers usually get
their information or news for their own blogs from social sites which
mean they could give you more back links and bring even more traffic to
your site! It is these links that are valuable, because they are
usually high quality and will help with traffic and positions on the
search engines.
Blogs and Forums.
Again, much like many of the social media sites, these can be used for
'passive' or 'active' optimisation. However it is essential that you
genuinely and actively participate within the web communities that
these media represent. Blatant advertising or promotional drives will
seldom be tolerated for long and will probably result in your
contribution being removed. If you want to learn how the professional
marketers generate loads of high quality links (and some pretty
spectacular incomes) then take a look at
BloggingToTheBank.
Article Writing.
There are many article submission sites which are used by busy web
masters to find content for their sites. If you post to these, and your
content is sufficiently good enough, you may find your article
(promoting your site) being displayed upon a major site. Furthermore
many of the article submission sites allow you to use your signature
block to link to your site. A well written article could be a very
useful tool for building targeted traffic.
Your Profitable
Niche Marketing Website.
Without any doubt whatsoever, your site is the biggest link building
tool at your disposal. Make sure that it is fully functioning by using
a quality validation service such as
w3.org.
Get it right and you will be inundated with
traffic and link requests. Traffic is great but be very careful about
selecting who you allow to link to you.