Backlinks for different longtail keywords to domain OR individual pages?

[loybond]

I'm setting up some mini-sites, and I want to drive a certain amount of traffic to each of them. So for a particular mini-site of say, 6 pages, would I create backlinks for different keyword phrases pointing to the domain/main page, or would I create backlinks to each individual page?

Also, for keyword phrases that have searches around 2000/mo and an average pagerank of about 3 (average of the top 10 sites), would I be able to get on page 1 with a few backlinks (Angela's packets)? Or would it be a more time-consuming affair where I need more backlinks?

I know that marketing an article on Ezine can easily get to page 1 for the above scenario, but it seems to me that this idea introduces a middle man (Ezine), which will not get me that many visits. Josh Spaulding uses this idea in his $5 formuila, and I've tried it for a couple of sites (submit 20+ articles to top 3 directories, 10 articles to 30 more directories), and I'm not really seeing the results. Given that, for the next few sites I'm creating, I thought I'd target a higher number of less competitive keyword phrases and try to get on page 1 myself, rather than have my article on Ezine be on page one. I just find that writing 20+ articles for each mini-site gets expensive or time-consuming and am looking for a better solution. Any advice on adsense mini-sites is appreciated.

[loybond]

Little help?

[loybond]

There are so many experts here, surely someone has these answers?

[internetmarketer99]

If your objective is to rank for a particular keyword, than you are best off having a page optimized for that keyword (title, H1) and creating backlinks using that keyword as the anchor text and pointing it directly to the page optimized for that keyword.

Otherwise, you're 'diluting' ranking for that sub-page by sending most of it to the home page. Some will pass down, but the majority of it will accrue to the page it's pointing to.

Here's your 'best' setup:

Create a keyword/phrase list for the mini-site. Ideally, you want them to have a common primary keyword.

Get a domain name using a 'seed' keyword, or at least using some portion of the keyword phrase that your sub-pages will target.

Optimize each sub-page for a single keyword/phrase only.

Create your backlinks to target individual pages.

This will give you the most, and most direct benefit in ranking for each keyword/phrase.

Hope that helps~

Mark

[Steven Carl Kelly]

Rank your own pages first, then the articles if you have the time or inclination. And backlink to the pages, not the domain.

[loybond]

Thanks guys, that's what I was looking for > so pages first.

Do you guys think it's better to go with article marketing or try to get my pages ranked well? Which would be less effort?

[internetmarketer99]

Ranking for a given keyword/phrase comes down to three main factors:

Competition - how many other pages are indexed for that keyword/phrase, and how well.

On-page optimization - how well you optimize your page for that particular keyword/phrase.

Backlinks - the total 'backlink value' of your page vs. the competition. Pages are ranked based on their on-page optimization plus their 'backlink value'. Assuming on-page is identical, the the SERPS will list pages in order of their backlink value.

Backlink value is essentially the # of backlinks times the value of each backlink. For instance, a page with 9 PR1 backlinks and 1 PR3 backlink will rank above a page with 10 PR1 backlinks.

Hope that helps~

Mark

[loybond]

It does, thanks!