Got my blog, now what?

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co_okie

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The game changed so much it's incredible.. I don't even know where to start.

So you start a blog, something people will actually like to read, subscribe to, and be interested in reading more from the blog, you put great content on it, daily always update that shit no excuses.

Have a nice theme, decent on page, good speed cause you are using wc3 total cache + CDN.

My question is, where do I start with linkbuilding, how do I actually start to get traffic from SEs, what links should I focus on getting?

Guest posts on other sites in same niche, high quality directories (the ones you pay $100+ to get listed), web 2.0s with high quality content + tons of tiers to it to increase page PA

What the fuck should I do? Any tips would be great..

Before you go full retard on my newbie ass.. here's something to calm you the fuck down.
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co_okie said:
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Damn!

I'm not a big SEOer, but I'll give it a whirl. Look up all your competition's backlinks, top 40 - that's what I do at least, then get as many of the same ones as you can. I do this according to the pages I have. I'm assuming your site is broken up by page that target each main keywords/key-phrases. Look up each pages' would-be competition's backlinks, and acquire the links they have for that keyword/key-phrase to the corresponding page on your site.

I'm from the local citations social profile school, where I like getting hundreds of citations and social profiles (Andrew), and letting them marinate for a while.

Some people are from the pumper school, where they build pumper sites to each page (Dzianis has a great tutorial about that - http://www.wickedfire.com/education...eo-contest-recap-what-i-did-where-got-me.html - and also has a BST to create pumpers - don't know if it's still online - should be, great guy).

Other people are from the social media school, where they build social signals to each of the pages. I've dabbled in this for a while.

Yet others schools have teachings that talk about guest postings on other sites in the same niche, high quality directories, web 2.0s with high quality content + tons of tiers.

There are some people from the private blog network school, where they build not parasite but actual blogs and websites and use them as pumpers (shawnhag has a great tutorial about this - http://www.wickedfire.com/enlightened-members/176129-assembling-powerful-stealth-blog-network.html).

There is the Lobbster Hobbster School, that teaches minimal SEO (Minimal SEO), - I think it's just CCed timed machined, but who knows... :)

I like looking at what the competition is doing in my niche at this point, and creating a game plan. Again, I'm not a big SEOer, so take anything I say with a grain of salt.

Also, everything really depends on whether I want to be white hat, grey hat, or black hat. If black hat, my motto is "The best blackhat looks white".

One thing I recommend is continuing to discover different platforms and ways to engage users, versus strictly being on the SEO offensive. ROI can be a lot simpler by going the less travelled route.

Carry on...​
 
medway said:
Get a DFB account and start dripping links, seems it's the new thing here.

Seriously the above guides will serve you well, someone posted this recently too and looks good as well.

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I'm not really sure about using dripfeedblasts pointing to blog posts, wouldn't that be spam?

Keep in mind this is not an affiliate site, MFA site or shit like that, it's a pure blog, similar to lifehack.org for example.

Now for the homepage I'm planing to build high authority links from most trusted web directories, such as yahoo, botw, goguides, joeant, blogged etc, and also same niche blog posts from big big authority sites.

For the blog posts, you'd actually recommend to use DFB?
 
co_okie said:
I'm not really sure about using dripfeedblasts pointing to blog posts, wouldn't that be spam?

Keep in mind this is not an affiliate site, MFA site or shit like that, it's a pure blog, similar to lifehack.org for example.

Now for the homepage I'm planing to build high authority links from most trusted web directories, such as yahoo, botw, goguides, joeant, blogged etc, and also same niche blog posts from big big authority sites.

For the blog posts, you'd actually recommend to use DFB?
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Don't listen to him, he was being sarcastic, which is frowned upon in the Newbie Section since it can confused newbies. Forgive him, he probably didn't realize this is a sacred area. Don't use DFB.​
 
co_okie said:
I'm not really sure about using dripfeedblasts pointing to blog posts, wouldn't that be spam?

Keep in mind this is not an affiliate site, MFA site or shit like that, it's a pure blog, similar to lifehack.org for example.

Now for the homepage I'm planing to build high authority links from most trusted web directories, such as yahoo, botw, goguides, joeant, blogged etc, and also same niche blog posts from big big authority sites.

For the blog posts, you'd actually recommend to use DFB?
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Yes sorry was a joke, hence the 'seriously' on the next line.
 
Thanks for being helpful and patient answering my questions, much appreciated it.

Quick question, would you guys recommend a social media auto poster for your blog?
Example: Social Networks Auto Poster {SNAP} - Free plugin for WordpressNextScripts

To automate the process to post on twitter, fb, and 2-3 other important networks where the profiles will actually look legit, go from time to time and interact with other people, share other shit and stuff.

Doing all this manually is a huge time waster, I'd put my focus on building guest posts and establishing some relationships in my niche.
 
Content...then more content. Then when you think you have enough, double it. There are so many different tactics and strategies out there, but one constant is you need content, preferably quality content.
 
Never forget to create real 'VALUE' for folks. How can you actually 'SERVE' them.


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Don't ask what your web site visitors can do for you, but what YOU can do for your visitors. (JFK remixed)



User engagement and networking is big in my book.

Find high quality sites that are not that well known and do a interview with them about the mutual topic. Look for the folks that are not on the 1st or quite 2nd tier yet but are quality contributors with staying power.

Be useful for THEM. What interests them? What do they like to do? What are their hobbies? Then when you see a great interview, special product etc. send it to them. Example: You know Billy from the xyz blog has always great information on basketweaving. By following his blog you realize that he has a affinity for history and particular WW2. Well, look up what great books have come out over the last 6 months or so. Go buy him the book and send it via Amazon. The guy will take your email or phone call everytime from then on. (As long as you are NOT being a douche. I'm talking about REAL relationship building not trying to GET GET GET something out of them). Know someone is a Texas A&M alumn? Go get yourself a picture of Kyle Field from 1912 on ebay for $12. Stick it into a $3 frame and mail it.

Again, build real relationships. As the borderline tier 2, tier 3 guys become Tier 1 folks and big players - YOU - have a relationship with them and they will probably send a nice amount of traffic every time you have something WORTHWHILE on your site.

This takes TIME and is only valid if you are building a niche business that is going to stay around for a while.

Then again - you should ALWAYS build quality relationships...

Here is actually kind of a guide on gift giving (more focused on swag but good lessons still): Marc Ecko’s 10 Rules for Getting “Influencer” Attention

Side note: Third time in 2 days I ran across the SNAP plug in. Time to give it a whirl as well.
 
I don't think you should be worried of backlinks and SEO matter, yet. Focus on creating compelling content first. Then you have something to 'work on' you know?

Once you think you have content just check where your competition got their backlinks from(lot of programs for that, easy Google) and mimick the decent backlinks, boom.

Kudos on not forgetting page speed - shit's overlooked so often it's crazy!

Good luck!

Walt :)
 
I'll take a stab at this too, although I haven't been doing much SEO lately. This is a bit more basic, but it can't hurt:

Like the rest said obviously, make sure you have a lot of good content and make sure you're adding it consistently. You'd be surprised how quickly fresh/consistent content + good onsite can start ranking you.

Don't dive into any expensive link building first. A fairly clean and good way to get some cheap links is to research some of the top related directory type sites, then go ahead and post a gig (or a few) on Fiverr such as "Looking for someone to add me to 10 directories" of your choice. I don't know about you, but creating these little directory profiles take WAY too much time manually, but there's always some Indian that will sweep up the opportunity.

^ This way you're not buying the cheap link blasts that 99% of fiverr services are doing, but you are getting some relevant/unique links and it will look more natural.

Then, depending on your niche, you should be able to find a few forums and other related posts/articles that you can comment on. If it's a forum, go ahead and create a profile with a link and possibly a signature link. They key here is to spend some time answering questions, or asking the right questions. Give back to the community - this isn't temporary spam. Same goes for the comments, if you can find some directly related articles then add your thoughts/opinions and delicately try for a backlink. (Many times it's simply masked as your post name or w/e).


^^^This is all a good/cheap/quality way of beginning your backlink profile and you can consistently add to it when you have some free time.

Also, make your social media solid and encourage/promote it. (COLLECT EMAILS IF YOU CAN TOO) Nothing wrong with having a good newsletter.

From there, if you haven't already, start looking at what types of links your competitors have. I usually like to look at a few of the top competitors and find similar links they have (much like Ccarter said) and begin taking w/e steps I need to get the same types.

After all that, that's when I'd start looking at some guest blog posts, and then look at some light/cleaner services that people offer here on WF, but make sure you're on your way to getting ranked before hitting your site with some big package. If you're in it for the long run, buy quality and keep it clean. (that's not always easy, do your research)


P.S. - Guerrilla did a video called "Building Backlinks by Hand". It's a great guide for doing quality manual work and finding the right places to do it.
 
Thanks a lot everyone for your tips, much appreciated!

The thing is, it's not your regular 'money making niche' health, credit cards, loans, cna or that type of crap.. it's actually a celebrity blog (no gossip) but focusing more on their workout routines, diets, life, facts. For example Liam Nelson's Diet Plan for the mvoie Taken, shit like that.

Stuff that people will actually like to read about their favorite celebrities, there aren't really many sites that do this, other sites focus heavily on bashing celebs and gossip but I thought I'd do a different approach to this niche, something that might be very lucrative in the long run.

Right now I'm not doing anything but post 2 high HIGH quality blog posts per day and share them on the social media profiles created for this blog, the site is hosted on websynthesis (great site speed) running a tweaked genesis theme.

I'm trying a no-seo approach to it for at least 6-12 months, the only thing I'll be doing is post 2 articles daily on it.

Should I be doing something else too?

ps. brandonbaker thought you were one of those fucks. My bad, much love :)
 
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