SEO Tip of the Day – Earn Better Blog Links
March 18, 2008
It’s no secret that blogs are a great way to get relevant links back to your website. Most search engine optimizers focus on getting links from tons of blogs by entering their URL in the URL box just above the comment. This is a great way to get links from blogs but a better way is to get noticed in the community and earn a contextual link, with a descriptive anchor text link, within a post.
Instead of randomly visiting hundreds of blogs and posting less than meaningful comments, try to contribute to each post. Get involved by regularly visiting the blog and offering information and valuable comments. It’s not rare to see bloggers write monthly posts about their most active readers or give a little link love for different reasons.
Blogs often develop a community of “regulars” that take notice to each other and help each other out. Get involved in a blog’s community and you’ll earn better links from the blogger and the community.
Most optimization is all about longevity - IMO.
[…] gave me today - one PR5 relevant link and one PR4 non-relevant link and it only took a few minutes. I did not spam, I blogged on a topic that was related to my site for a link, but I contributed to the community, […]