What type of backlinks to people actually make nowadays?

by dannyl
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Hi,

While searching the forum for tips on what type of backlinks people are finding work nowadays it is pretty hard to find a consistent positve answer.

There is the answers that seem to crop up where people must just copy and paste a list of every type of backlink you could possibly make which is great if you want to know a list of every type of backlink you can make, but if the question is what type of backlinks actually work and are worth spending time making then that sort of answer doesn't really help.

Article directories - the general feeling seems to be they hold a lot less value nowadays and they want unique content and the same seems to be thought about Web 2.0 sites - if they carry verry little weight nowadays then is it really viable to create for example 10 unique articles to be used for the purpose of gaining a backlink when your going after a keyword with 1500 monthly searches?

Forum profiles and posts, blog comments, image comments don't seem too popular on here either.

The one thing that does seem consistently popular is guest blogging but this then goes back to my point above about it being viable to create lots of unique articles to backlink for a page focused around a keyword which gets less than 2000 monthly searches.

I'm by no means lazy and have no problem creating backlinks manually but time is money and I want to know I am making the best use of my time.

So the question is really what backlink methods are people using nowadays, specifically people aiming at the lower search/competion keywords?

Thanks,
Dan
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  • Profile picture of the author MarkBrook
    Hey Dan,

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    • Profile picture of the author Make Money Ninja
      This is what i am currently doing in the current climate: EMD Update – Are Mini Sites Still A Viable Strategy?

      I do tiered link building.

      But if you want to go a completely white hat route. Create tons of REMARKABLE content on your site and get links from high authority sites.

      By the sounds of it, if you are going for a 2000 a month volume keyword you are building out a niche site. You will likely not be able to get guest spots on high authority blogs, to your new, small site. I know its harsh, but its how the world works.

      I would stick to the same old methods really if you are going for such a small phrase.
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      • Profile picture of the author dannyl
        Originally Posted by Make Money Ninja View Post

        This is what i am currently doing in the current climate: EMD Update - Are Mini Sites Still A Viable Strategy?

        I do tiered link building.

        But if you want to go a completely white hat route. Create tons of REMARKABLE content on your site and get links from high authority sites.

        By the sounds of it, if you are going for a 2000 a month volume keyword you are building out a niche site. You will likely not be able to get guest spots on high authority blogs, to your new, small site. I know its harsh, but its how the world works.

        I would stick to the same old methods really if you are going for such a small phrase.
        Hi, thanks for the reply, I've just had a look on your site and it sounds like you are doing well.
        One question I had and this I suppose is aimed at anybody with an authority site,when you put the backlink to your authority site on the web 2.0/tier1 site, do you just backlink the homepage? If that is the case how do you get the inner pages to rank as those will be the ones surely optimised for the keywords they are aiming at but they won't have any backlink or does the backlink juice that is passed from the homepage normally sufficient?
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        • Profile picture of the author Make Money Ninja
          Originally Posted by dannyl View Post

          Hi, thanks for the reply, I've just had a look on your site and it sounds like you are doing well.
          One question I had and this I suppose is aimed at anybody with an authority site,when you put the backlink to your authority site on the web 2.0/tier1 site, do you just backlink the homepage? If that is the case how do you get the inner pages to rank as those will be the ones surely optimised for the keywords they are aiming at but they won't have any backlink or does the backlink juice that is passed from the homepage normally sufficient?
          It depends really, there is no right and wrong answer their. Authority sites take FOREVER to build, so they are long term projects for me.

          To give you something a bit more tangible though, i hate the terminoligy "authority site"... once you become established with a certain amount of trust in Google, it will be possible to put up content and have to rank highly with no links or just scatter a few links on each piece of content and it will be right up there.

          Its hard to give you anything more specific than that.
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        • Profile picture of the author daisy172
          I would say stop focusing so much on Google and try focusing on other sources of traffic to your sites.

          It's down to plain old marketing - and when you get this other traffic, you'll find that Google starts paying you attention (they can tell where people are going because most places have analytics or the Chrome browser).

          Some places to get traffic - related forums, facebook, twitter, Pinterest.

          Lots of marketers ignore Pinterest because they think it's just for women - but if you are in certain niches, Pinterest traffic is gold. Here's the categores that see the most action on Pinterest:

          What Are The Most Popular Categories On Pinterest?
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      • Profile picture of the author connorbringas
        Originally Posted by Make Money Ninja View Post

        This is what i am currently doing in the current climate: EMD Update - Are Mini Sites Still A Viable Strategy?

        I do tiered link building.

        But if you want to go a completely white hat route. Create tons of REMARKABLE content on your site and get links from high authority sites.

        By the sounds of it, if you are going for a 2000 a month volume keyword you are building out a niche site. You will likely not be able to get guest spots on high authority blogs, to your new, small site. I know its harsh, but its how the world works.

        I would stick to the same old methods really if you are going for such a small phrase.
        2000 a month is a pretty big keyword. In the long run, content is king and always will be. However, optimizing your site is the most important first step to ranking. On page optimization is whats necessary. I've seen pages rank the following day just by doing on page. Its really valuable.
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  • Profile picture of the author dannyl
    It's not that I don't have time, I'll spend all day doing it I just want to get a feel for what works best nowadays to make the best use of my time.
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  • Any high pr backlink thats relevant with very low OBL is what people are building.
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    • Profile picture of the author dannyl
      Originally Posted by HenrySEO89 View Post

      Any high pr backlink thats relevant with very low OBL is what people are building.
      How does having lots of High PR backlinks to a new site look natural?
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      • Profile picture of the author dmadnani
        Originally Posted by dannyl View Post

        How does having lots of High PR backlinks to a new site look natural?
        It doesn't.

        But for a lot of people a natural link profile is not their #1 priority.

        You have to weigh the ROI in this case. Are you someone that can create more sites and risk them being slapped or are you someone that can focus more on a natural link profile and make a more powerful site in the long run?

        To answer the question about what kind of links people are building nowadays... well they are still building the same links in different ways.

        For example, the one page wonder web 2.0 links are no longer the cream of the crop. But if you can add a bio, pictures, videos and a few more pages to those web 2.0s they might turn out to be your best links.
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        • Most people use various link building strategies, even if some are less effective than others. You can use guest posting and web 2.0, but you will also benefit from commenting on blogs and posting on forums. Getting quality links from relevant high PR pages is the most important thing when it comes to link building.
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  • Profile picture of the author sheldonlobo
    Press Release, Forums, Blog comments.. could be powerful link building methods
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  • Profile picture of the author unikbit
    also you can try to buy some links on PR pages at very good price in your niche
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  • Profile picture of the author bradx
    Blog post links are up at the top imo
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  • Profile picture of the author Terry Kyle
    Hi Dan,

    You will get different answers as there are different methods to achieve similar results in SEO.

    One of my pet hates is courses/tips articles that list every possible way of doing something rather than the one or two that the writer is actually using to get good, consistent results.

    For me, my main SEO approach is contextual links (highly varied Anchors) on pages (not sites) with high PR where the link is embedded within relevant, media-rich content and outbound authority links.

    For greater control of these, I use my own private high PR networks.

    Does that look natural?

    Absolutely not and that's why you need to bury those heavy lifters in a load of press releases, wikis, forum posts (not forum profiles) and other Web 2.0 links.

    Also, as rightly stated above, look to diversify your traffic sources well beyond Google and the specific ways to do that are well covered elsewhere.
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    • Profile picture of the author cisin
      Thanks Terry! Thanks!

      Got the answer what I was searching in the thread.

      Originally Posted by Terry Kyle View Post

      Hi Dan,

      You will get different answers as there are different methods to achieve similar results in SEO.

      One of my pet hates is courses/tips articles that list every possible way of doing something rather than the one or two that the writer is actually using to get good, consistent results.

      For me, my main SEO approach is contextual links (highly varied Anchors) on pages (not sites) with high PR where the link is embedded within relevant, media-rich content and outbound authority links.

      For greater control of these, I use my own private high PR networks.

      Does that look natural?

      Absolutely not and that's why you need to bury those heavy lifters in a load of press releases, wikis, forum posts (not forum profiles) and other Web 2.0 links.

      Also, as rightly stated above, look to diversify your traffic sources well beyond Google and the specific ways to do that are well covered elsewhere.
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  • Profile picture of the author DevisDevis
    I buy high quality contextual links. Google love such links and as a result my site got PR4 (from PR2) after latest PR update
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  • Profile picture of the author FranksToys
    Terry is spot on. Contextual high pagerank links are the best thing since sliced bread. Its exactly why Google targets networks (like Terry's old one) and deindexes them if/when they get big enough.

    Google cannot do mcuh about them besides manually deindexing them, and that proves how powerful they are. Everything else can be taken care of algorithmically. The right networks cannot.

    I found one over a year or so ago and have been using the service ever since. Its my secret sauce to top rankings.
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    • Profile picture of the author shnize
      Originally Posted by FranksToys View Post

      Terry is spot on. Contextual high pagerank links are the best thing since sliced bread. Its exactly why Google targets networks (like Terry's old one) and deindexes them if/when they get big enough.

      Google cannot do mcuh about them besides manually deindexing them, and that proves how powerful they are. Everything else can be taken care of algorithmically. The right networks cannot.

      I found one over a year or so ago and have been using the service ever since. Its my secret sauce to top rankings.
      Would you be opening to sharing that secret sauce...although it won't be much of a secret after that? You know I had to ask.
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      • Profile picture of the author Boricua
        All I see here is contextual links, it figures since most private networks are down just because of such particular use..

        Don't know why "do-follow guest posting" and "do-follow forum posting" as they're both excellent as social signals and direct targeted traffic that will jump start anyone's lead campaign and get you ideal traffic. The higher link strenght and page rank of the blog for guest posting, even better! Problem quite a few of us confuse "guest posting" with usual one line comments and not useful sentences and paragraphs for approval. The probability of both forum posts and guest posting for sticking for MANY years is skyrocketing high. Hopefully the host pays the hosting fees monthly

        Two of my favorites post-penguin..but there are countless as you see in the replies.
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  • Profile picture of the author LinksManagement
    Contextual links are the most powerful when it comes to SEO. Even after panda and penguin updates there no doubts regarding this. It needs to be mentioned that it's highly important to make the link building campaign natural. The more natural your links look, the more value Google gives to them, otherwise like it was told earlier it deindexes or simply doesn't use those links while calculating your website positions.
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  • Profile picture of the author macmilon555
    There is no need to make many links for a site, make quality links always.
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  • Profile picture of the author nathansaputra
    my opinion = build authority backlinks only , not high PR but high authority base on seomoz authority score
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