5 comments » Basic Backlinking Methods That Get Results: Article SubmissionsAnother easy way to build links to your site is by submitting your blog posts to article submission sites.Method #2 - Submitting Your Blog Posts to Article Submission Sites Another easy way to build links to your site is by submitting your blog posts to article submission sites. Article submission sites are a great opportunity to promote your best blog posts. As an author, you submit your posts along with an author information box which contains information about you and a link to your site. These sites take your article and publish it on their site for use by webmasters and bloggers as content on their sites. When other people use your article on their site, they are required to publish it with your author information box completely intact. That translates to a backlink from every site that uses your article in addition to the backlink you get from the article submission site itself. One good article could garner you a multitude of backlinks! Here is an example of an article that has been submitted to GoArticles.com:
As you can see, the publisher guidelines are very visible at the top to remind those who would like to use this article that they must include the author's information when it is published on their site. Also note the "About the Author" area (this is the author information box) and how it contains a link to the author's site. Every time this article is published on someone's site, James Kobzeff gets a backlink to his site, www.proapod.com. He even gets one from here too since I just published his article. When you submit your articles to these sites, you want to be sure that they are added to the category that is most closely aligned with your keywords. Virtually all article submission sites have a real estate category and that is where you will want to add your articles. This will ensure that the right publishers find your article and that you get the best quality link possible from the article submission site itself. It is also important to change your article a bit before submitting it to these sites. You don't want to give these sites the same exact article you have published on your own site. I recommend that you change the article so that it is about 35% different from the post on your site. You may also want to tone down the use of your keywords so that your article appeals to a broader audience and is published by more sites. Try rewriting your article using your farm area as an example so as to keep some of your keywords without overwhelming the article with them. Lastly, vary the anchor text you use for the link to your site within the author information box. Don't just use "www.yoursite.com "-use your keywords and site title in various combinations to get the best backlink possible. Using your variations of your keywords as your anchor text increases your link's value in the eyes of Google and the other search engines. Here are 10 article submission sites to get you started:
As you do research into other article submission sites, you may come across services that claim to allow you to submit your article automatically to multiple sites in one click. Like I have mentioned in previous posts, do not pay for services such as these. If they do not offer their services for free, it is most likely a scam. Remember, the more articles you submit, the more backlinks you will get so try to do this on a regular basis. To start, try submitting one rewritten blog post to the directories listed above each week. Use this backlinking method as a part of a complete link building strategy and you will be on your way to search engine success!
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Posted on November 19, 2008 14:17:07
Comment from: Joshua Dorkin [Visitor]  · http://www.biggerpockets.com/articles Great article. Don't forget about our article directory at BiggerPockets.com - http://www.biggerpockets.com/articles  Permalink November 19, 2008 15:00:25Comment from: Sam Chapman [Visitor] · http://www.austinrealestateguy.com/Austin_Luxury_Real_Estate/page_1828499.htmlNicole - with webmasters knowing about link building through article submissions, don't you think that the big G has devalued links from articles? I'm not saying that they're worthless, but they don't carry as much weight as they did a couple of years ago. Permalink November 20, 2008 08:24:36Comment from: Nicole James [Visitor] · http://www.develementllc.comSam, You are in fact correct. Links from article submission sites are less valuable than they have been in years past. However, submitting articles to top directories, such as the ones I mentioned in this post, is still a valid way to build links to your site. This method is not meant to be the backbone of a link building strategy, only an element of it. There will be more backlinking tips to come! Thanks, Nicole Permalink November 20, 2008 09:45:51Comment from: Betty [Visitor] · http://www.my-foreclosures.infoI recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often. Permalink November 28, 2008 23:30:22Comment from: Toronto Home Staging [Visitor] · http://www.StagingWorks.caPermalink December 01, 2008 08:21:58Comment on this article This post has 8 feedbacks awaiting moderation... |
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