Posts Tagged ‘link building’

Using a Press Release Service As a Form of Link Building

March 21st, 2010

We all know that when distributing a press release throughout the web that the benefits as far as traffic goes can sometimes be short lived, because naturally a press release is a news story and most likely will be at the top for a week or two. So how can you get the most out of your Release? The answer is also combining a compelling press release for the short lived traffic with well optimized keyword selection and links.

Why settle for a simple PR when you can have two benefits, that will be the traffic from readers and also the long lasting SEO value from the links and anchors. Not all PR sites will allow HTML in the body but a good amount of them do, so for the PR sites that allow HTML you will be more concerned with their SEO value and those that don’t you will get the traffic. When you want to write a press release with the intent to also have it boost your SEO you first have to figure out what keyword that you want to focus on, after you have decided which keyword you will use its important to use your links that are also relevant to them.

Once you have your keywords selected for your PR you should now come up with a headline, but keep in mind having that keyword in the headline is important. I do not suggest using more then 2-3 keywords in one PR because the more keywords you have the less value each one will get. Another thing to keep in mind is that you do not want to over optimize your release this means inputting keywords just for the sake of it. I never suggest using more than 2.5% of the total word count for any keyword but around 2% is optimal for your main keyword.

Most people in general do not have the creativity or maybe even the free time to write a well optimized press release, this is why there are quite a few press release service companies out there who do all of this work for you and ensure you will have a well optimized release, this is probably the better option although do not settle for the first one you see as some may charge an arm and leg.

Lastly I want to talk about the two different types of PR sites you will come across, there are some that will only allow direct links in your press release and they do not want people to abuse using embedded links in the release. Then you will have other PR sites that do allow Html these specific sites are much better to use if your overall aim is to improve your SEO, normally they will allow you to input 2-3 keywords and hyperlink them so when the press release is submitted they will be clickable links.

If your looking for a Press Release Service that can take care of the compelling content and optimization then take a look at Nationsubmit, they have a wide range of SEO and link building services like their Article Submission Service.

Author: Todd Daon

Link Building – 7 Ways to Use Articles to Build Links

March 21st, 2010

If you want to generate traffic to your website from the search engines you need optimize your web pages and build links to them. The more incoming links you get to those pages the higher your rankings will be. Many site owners fail to put a regular link building plan in place. They may have achieved good rankings initially with a a few incoming links however over time their rankings dropped (and so did their traffic) as competing websites outranked them.

One of the easiest and fastest ways to build links is through writing and publishing articles. The more articles you write and distribute over the Net the more links you’ll acquire.

7 Ways to Use Articles to Build Links

1. Create unique content

Every person has their own unique style of writing that will appeal to a segment of readers. Ezine publishers and site owners are constantly looking for unique content to place in their ezines or on their websites. Submit your content to the top article directories to make it easy for publishers and site owners to find your articles. For example one article could potentially generate 100s of links to your website if it was used in an ezine of 10,000 subscribers or bookmarked by readers using bookmarking sites such as stumbleupon, digg, delicious, etc.

2. Include links in the article resource box

Most article directories allow 2 links in the resource box at the end of the article. One should be anchor text (hyperlinked text), the other your full website address. The anchor text should contain your main keyword as search engines give more weight to links that include keywords related to your site. The full URL should also be included in case someone copies and pastes your article (from the article directory) into their ezine or web page. The anchor text won’t appear but the full URL will remain intact.

3. Practice Internal linking

When publishing the article on your website or blog find related articles or blog posts then link from them to your article using the article title as your anchor text. The best internal links are ones contained within your content.

4. Make it easy for others to link to your article

Encourage your readers to refer your article to others by providing the html code (containing your link text) to place in their web pages. Include bookmarking icons at the end of your article for easy bookmarking.

5. Create an RSS feed

RSS (really simple syndication) allows your readers to be easily notified when a new article is added to your website. If your blog or website was built with WordPress software then it already has RSS feed built into it. Every time you add new content the software automatically alerts the search engines.

6. Optimize your content

Search engines spider and index your content based on keywords. Before writing each article research the keywords people are using to find information on the Web. Make sure these keywords receive a good number of searches each month. Weave these keywords into the title, article body and resource box of each article. This increases the chances of your article receiving good rankings in the search engines.

7. Write guest articles

Blog owners are constantly looking for new content to maintain visitor’s interest. Offer a to be a guest writer for a blog that compliments your own site and receives lots of traffic. This generates powerful incoming links to your own website.

If you implement these link building strategies on a regular basis you’ll see your rankings and traffic steadily increase.

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Herman Drost is the owner and author of http://www.DrostDesigns.com. Web Design, SEO, Article Marketing