Your favorite SEO/Link Building methods for 2013

[cdnbigd]

I see so many posts and websites about SEO/backlinking/link building. Being that I really am overwhelmed being a newbie and looking at the ocean of knowledge, I'm wondering what you guys think is the best post or website that's relevant to this year (after the Google updates)?

I see two main methods being described of:
1. Tiered link building (Tier 3 i think you can create thousands of spammy backlinks up to tier 2 and then tier 1)
2. Buying high PR domains (for the purpose of creating backlinks to your niche sites)
Oh and then for the guys with the $$, you can buy traffic (i think) and backlinks.

I'd love to find a step-by-step guide that you guys find is a favorite.

Thanks!

 

[iowadawg]

Just post relevant content if you have a blog.
That is it!

DO NOT EVER GO FOR ANY SPAMMY BACKLINKS!

 

[fm1234]

That really is what it takes; quality, relevant content. I have sites that rank well for competitive, commercial keywords that have never had a single bit of linkbuilding done, outside of having a Twitter and other social accounts for the site. I haven't bought a click since 2009, and haven't paid for linkbuilding in an even longer period - all of your budget for that kind of thing is better invested in solid content.


Frank

 

[marsha_d]

Guest Posting.

I write articles about the business or related to my business and contact webmaster of a guest blogger if they want to post it on their site.

 

[Mellisa Smith]

Guest posting is the best and most beneficial among all other off page activities. Including it, I like to do forum reply, blogging, article submission etc means mostly related to content writing activity.

 

[enlytend]

Google is trying to put a damper on guest blogging by telling bloggers that links in guest posts should be nofollowed.

http://searchengineland.com/google-guest-blogging-for-links-you-better-nofollow-those-links-166218

This may very well be FUD, but it will affect your opportunities as some bloggers will be scared off and others will demand high prices for followed links

Buying traffic is a waste. Too random.

"Spammy" links - per the section rules, we only discuss "white hat" subjects here, so I assume you mean "easy to build" or what some might call "low quality" links like signatures, blog comments, directories, etc.? Use with caution - best not pointing a flood of those to your main site.

Look at your competitors in the niche. Ignore the "usual suspects" like wikipedia, amazon, webmd, etc. but select sites which have been around for a while and don't seem to be going away in a hurry. Analyze their link profiles - type, quantity, anchor text/branded/generic anchors, follow/nofollow, home page/inner pages, speed of acquisition - that's what you want. You want your site to "fit in."

You'll learn more about link building by experimenting than by anything else. Make a couple of sites targeting some random keyword and try different things - see what you get.

 

[cdnbigd]

Thanks for all those replies so far.

So content is king...yes, I've written a few nice long relevant articles on a couple niche sites so far. Guest Blogging seems to be popular, forum posting (forums with high number of posts i'm guessing?) etc..

Looks like I really have to get writing if a good part of SEO revolves around writing articles for my own site, for other peoples blogs (guest posting) and for submitting articles to article sites (infobarrel, squidoo, hubpages etc).

 

[stuart_domains]

Tell me something, when you guest blog, do you put in a url? if not how would you get traffic to your site?

 

[bluearrow]

I wish relevant content alone works but it doesn't. Not fan of link building but it has to be done. I use Tiered link building.

 

[socialmediabuck]

I Write unique and interesting content and post on social media sites.

 

[iowadawg]

Drag up a thread from last year and post on it.
It is no longer 2013 guy!
It is 2014!

 

[cdnbigd]

Well that was certainly a friendly & accommodating way of letting the guy know how old this thread is. Thanks for the attitude, iowadawg.

 

[shahnawazsadique]

Whether its 2013 or 2014 SEO is always goes around the quality and unique content and once you are done with content your back-links will automatically increase.

 

[Erin Nagata]

Manual submissions always work for me, although it takes a while but its all worth it if do it in good way.

 

[iamisme]

If you are using wordpress make sure your theme using the correct H1 and H2 header. Many themes have many H1 on their front page which is not right.
Index only your posting, no inex your tags and categories
Activate breadcrumbs
Create relevant unique content
Build manual backlink, although this is daunting task but the result is rewarding.

 

[cdnbigd]

Great additions to the thread. Thanks. As it's now been over a year, I've had time to play around. I have seen first hand that quality content to go with quality (manual & relevent) link building, site design, onpage and social is where it's at.

 

[Bestseoservice]

I am mainly focusing on blog creation and forum posting only, Its are more useful for my website ranking in google.

 

[enlytend]

I kind of like "recycling" dead links . Low risk, makes the internet a better place and sometimes people even thank you for helping. Wins all around.

If you build a bunch of easy low-quality links like forum sigs, bookmarks, blog comments, or anything else with a big "I made these myself" footprint, be prepared to get slapped when penguin refreshes (which rumor has it may finally happen before year end.)

 

[amandagentle]

Hello

Guest posting is the best and most beneficial among all other off page activities.