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:
www.goarticles.com
www.ezinearticles.com
www.articledashboard.com
www.articlesfactory.com
www.articles-hub.com
www.bestezines.com
www.buzzle.com
www.isnare.com
www.articlecity.com
www.articlebiz.com
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!
Related Posts:
Backlinks: The Key To Search Engine Success
Basic Backlinking Methods That Get Results: Blog & RSS Feed Directory Submissions
SEO 101: Choosing Your Keywords
