Off-Site Search Engine Optimisation
Before reading this, ensure you’ve followed all my tips for On Site SEO. The next stage is to get your site indexed fast! These are just some simple techniques, but as Tesco’s say, “Every little helps”.
Sitemap – Upload your sitemap to Google Webmaster Tools and verify your site.
QUIT – Use this tool provided by BlueHatSEO.com to get your site indexed within 24 hours.
Add Url – Manually add your site to Google’s search engine
Backlink Building
I’ve found building relevant backlinks works a treat when trying to rank well in the search engines. By relevant I mean on sites that relate to your niche, so if you have a health related site you want links on other health sites. Easier said than done!
Remember, don’t rush this stage and have all your links with the same anchor text of Google will smell a rat. Take your time and mix it up, even doing deep linking, i.e. linking to a sub page and not the home page.
The following are not all the techniques but just some simple ones I use…
Directory Submissions – An old fashioned, labourious task, submitting your site to directories can take a long time. Google it and you’ll find someone to do this for you in no time!
Social Bookmarks – As previously stated, having your site bookmarked is like buying permanent backlinks, except they are free! If you get your site on the front page of a popular social bookmarking site, you’ll automatically get at least 100 backlinks from other sites who have found your content and like it!
Link Exchanges – Getting your site linked to by an older site in the same niche and giving a link back will benefit you more than them, so try it. E-mail the webmasters, don’t say your site is new just say you both have quality content and your visitors will benefit from each other’s information.
Wikipedia – This is heavily monitored and they do use “No Follow” but the links are great for getting your site indexed and they are counted as strong backlinks. They key to getting linked is by writing quality content and putting it in the “External Links” section. For example, if you write an article title “Why protein is important in your diet”, add it to the “External Links” as “An interesting article on why protein is essential in your diet”.
Forum Signatures – I’ve got over 2,000 posts at one Webmaster Forum, each containing my site’s links with their targeted keyword as the anchor text. That’s a possible 2,000 backlinks, just for being a forum member.
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