Comments on: Step by Step Guide on How to Build Backlinks to Your Website http://www.joshwhitford.com/2009/12/17/step-by-step-guide-on-how-to-build-backlinks-to-your-website/ Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:05:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Video Tip | How To Get Free MP3 Music & Audio For Your Video Blog « Have a cold one with me http://www.joshwhitford.com/2009/12/17/step-by-step-guide-on-how-to-build-backlinks-to-your-website/comment-page-1/#comment-6095 Video Tip | How To Get Free MP3 Music & Audio For Your Video Blog « Have a cold one with me Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:48:41 +0000 http://www.joshwhitford.com/?p=1217#comment-6095 [...] I found Dirpy by reading The Big Beer Blog and a comment From Josh Whitford, Marketing Ideas. After following some of their links, I stumbled across Dirpy. Everyone should check out Allyn [...] [...] I found Dirpy by reading The Big Beer Blog and a comment From Josh Whitford, Marketing Ideas. After following some of their links, I stumbled across Dirpy. Everyone should check out Allyn [...]

]]> By: therealjosh http://www.joshwhitford.com/2009/12/17/step-by-step-guide-on-how-to-build-backlinks-to-your-website/comment-page-1/#comment-6174 therealjosh Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:59:51 +0000 http://www.joshwhitford.com/?p=1217#comment-6174 Thanks Chelle, I agree guest posts are a good way to start a relationship along with commenting. Thanks Chelle, I agree guest posts are a good way to start a relationship along with commenting.

]]> By: therealjosh http://www.joshwhitford.com/2009/12/17/step-by-step-guide-on-how-to-build-backlinks-to-your-website/comment-page-1/#comment-6172 therealjosh Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:47:13 +0000 http://www.joshwhitford.com/?p=1217#comment-6172 Matt, thanks for coming by and adding some more pieces to the puzzle of building quality backlinks. Knowing that pages are each unique in of themselves and bridging the content, topic, and each parties interest into one place is not only important but an art form. I believe that you are sincere in your dealings with others and have made the process highly efficient resulting in lots of good ranks. I appreciate your honesty and good will. Matt, thanks for coming by and adding some more pieces to the puzzle of building quality backlinks. Knowing that pages are each unique in of themselves and bridging the content, topic, and each parties interest into one place is not only important but an art form. I believe that you are sincere in your dealings with others and have made the process highly efficient resulting in lots of good ranks. I appreciate your honesty and good will.

]]> By: therealjosh http://www.joshwhitford.com/2009/12/17/step-by-step-guide-on-how-to-build-backlinks-to-your-website/comment-page-1/#comment-6093 therealjosh Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:59:51 +0000 http://www.joshwhitford.com/?p=1217#comment-6093 Thanks Chelle, I agree guest posts are a good way to start a relationship along with commenting. Thanks Chelle, I agree guest posts are a good way to start a relationship along with commenting.

]]> By: Chelle http://www.joshwhitford.com/2009/12/17/step-by-step-guide-on-how-to-build-backlinks-to-your-website/comment-page-1/#comment-6173 Chelle Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:56:58 +0000 http://www.joshwhitford.com/?p=1217#comment-6173 Good work guys. I love getting emails from people who say they want to guest post because I have sites with subscribers I feel like I need to feed with constant content - but the time isn't always there to write. I've made lots of good friends w/exchanging guest posts :) Good work guys. I love getting emails from people who say they want to guest post because I have sites with subscribers I feel like I need to feed with constant content – but the time isn't always there to write. I've made lots of good friends w/exchanging guest posts :)

]]> By: Leo http://www.joshwhitford.com/2009/12/17/step-by-step-guide-on-how-to-build-backlinks-to-your-website/comment-page-1/#comment-6088 Leo Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:19:48 +0000 http://www.joshwhitford.com/?p=1217#comment-6088 Great post. I have always been an advocate for guest blogging as, from a backlink perspective, it gives you an easy way to fully diversify your IP range and you can build a relationship as well.<br><br>Another option not talked about so much is to utilize those who actively comment on your site by personally emailing them and building a relationship that way then segueing into a guest post offer or better yet, a trade.<br><br>Of course, I am talking strictly in terms of backlinks and not actual traffic produced because most bloggers who are trying to rank for keywords think in those terms. Traffic and exposure on a different network will go a long way if you are wanting to brand yourself as an authority in your community.<br><br>The problem that most guest posters have is making the content strong enough in the first place to get interest. I think that if you aren't willing to let it all "stick" out, your chances of impressing both the webmaster and their visitors is limited.<br><br>I personally contact a lot of the folks who comment on my site alot. I think it is just good business. Great post. I have always been an advocate for guest blogging as, from a backlink perspective, it gives you an easy way to fully diversify your IP range and you can build a relationship as well.

Another option not talked about so much is to utilize those who actively comment on your site by personally emailing them and building a relationship that way then segueing into a guest post offer or better yet, a trade.

Of course, I am talking strictly in terms of backlinks and not actual traffic produced because most bloggers who are trying to rank for keywords think in those terms. Traffic and exposure on a different network will go a long way if you are wanting to brand yourself as an authority in your community.

The problem that most guest posters have is making the content strong enough in the first place to get interest. I think that if you aren't willing to let it all “stick” out, your chances of impressing both the webmaster and their visitors is limited.

I personally contact a lot of the folks who comment on my site alot. I think it is just good business.

]]> By: therealjosh http://www.joshwhitford.com/2009/12/17/step-by-step-guide-on-how-to-build-backlinks-to-your-website/comment-page-1/#comment-6091 therealjosh Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:47:13 +0000 http://www.joshwhitford.com/?p=1217#comment-6091 Matt, thanks for coming by and adding some more pieces to the puzzle of building quality backlinks. Knowing that pages are each unique in of themselves and bridging the content, topic, and each parties interest into one place is not only important but an art form. I believe that you are sincere in your dealings with others and have made the process highly efficient resulting in lots of good ranks. I appreciate your honesty and good will. Matt, thanks for coming by and adding some more pieces to the puzzle of building quality backlinks. Knowing that pages are each unique in of themselves and bridging the content, topic, and each parties interest into one place is not only important but an art form. I believe that you are sincere in your dealings with others and have made the process highly efficient resulting in lots of good ranks. I appreciate your honesty and good will.

]]> By: therealjosh http://www.joshwhitford.com/2009/12/17/step-by-step-guide-on-how-to-build-backlinks-to-your-website/comment-page-1/#comment-6170 therealjosh Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:32:09 +0000 http://www.joshwhitford.com/?p=1217#comment-6170 @Leo, thanks for hanging out. I like weaving in the relationship building/management is a very good thing from many angles (friends, community, traffic, ranking, authority and the like). I am firm believer of the 1000 true friends rule of thumb and think it goes beyond just interacting. Like below:<a href="http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/.....</a> @Leo, thanks for hanging out. I like weaving in the relationship building/management is a very good thing from many angles (friends, community, traffic, ranking, authority and the like). I am firm believer of the 1000 true friends rule of thumb and think it goes beyond just interacting. Like below:http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/…..

]]> By: mattpap http://www.joshwhitford.com/2009/12/17/step-by-step-guide-on-how-to-build-backlinks-to-your-website/comment-page-1/#comment-6171 mattpap Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:23:14 +0000 http://www.joshwhitford.com/?p=1217#comment-6171 Hello Josh!You have made an excellent analysis of the project. You are right on. I only want to point out 4 things:1. I like being sincere when I compliment people. Your girlfriend looks really pretty. When I discovered your site though, I figured out the relationship…end of story.2. I do like the content of your site. Your tips and techniques are worthy of attention and appreciation.3. I am glad my post serves as a good example for gathering backlinks. The backlinks would have been even more powerful if the Title Tag had remained as intended: “From Pounds to Dollars - Monetizing My Weight-Loss Blog”. But, again, I understand the reason why you modified it.4. People often make the mistake that they need to get backlinks from relevant sites in order to rank high in the search engines (SE). So, they try to place their links in the “comments section” of relevant blogs by commenting on other people’s blogs. The problem with this approach is that, a website that is relevant to yours is most likely a competitor as well. And who wants to have links in their website that point to a competitor? Nobody. Things became clearer to me when I realized that SE rank pages, not sites. Therefore, I only needed backlinks from relevant pages, not necessarily relevant sites. By offering another webmaster a page (an article) that intelligently “bridges” the two topics (yours and theirs) you can gain quality backlinks. That means, backlinks from a page that relates to your page. The whole point therefore is to find a way to thematically “bridge” the two pages. When I saw Josh’s site, I quickly realized it is a quality site. I then tried to find a way to develop an article that would naturally combine the topic of Marketing (in order to satisfy Josh) to the topic of Medifast (to satisfy myself) and place some relevant anchor text (to satisfy the SE). I came up with the idea you see above. Hello Josh!You have made an excellent analysis of the project. You are right on. I only want to point out 4 things:1. I like being sincere when I compliment people. Your girlfriend looks really pretty. When I discovered your site though, I figured out the relationship…end of story.2. I do like the content of your site. Your tips and techniques are worthy of attention and appreciation.3. I am glad my post serves as a good example for gathering backlinks. The backlinks would have been even more powerful if the Title Tag had remained as intended: “From Pounds to Dollars – Monetizing My Weight-Loss Blog”. But, again, I understand the reason why you modified it.4. People often make the mistake that they need to get backlinks from relevant sites in order to rank high in the search engines (SE). So, they try to place their links in the “comments section” of relevant blogs by commenting on other people’s blogs. The problem with this approach is that, a website that is relevant to yours is most likely a competitor as well. And who wants to have links in their website that point to a competitor? Nobody. Things became clearer to me when I realized that SE rank pages, not sites. Therefore, I only needed backlinks from relevant pages, not necessarily relevant sites. By offering another webmaster a page (an article) that intelligently “bridges” the two topics (yours and theirs) you can gain quality backlinks. That means, backlinks from a page that relates to your page. The whole point therefore is to find a way to thematically “bridge” the two pages. When I saw Josh’s site, I quickly realized it is a quality site. I then tried to find a way to develop an article that would naturally combine the topic of Marketing (in order to satisfy Josh) to the topic of Medifast (to satisfy myself) and place some relevant anchor text (to satisfy the SE). I came up with the idea you see above.

]]> By: Leo http://www.joshwhitford.com/2009/12/17/step-by-step-guide-on-how-to-build-backlinks-to-your-website/comment-page-1/#comment-6169 Leo Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:19:48 +0000 http://www.joshwhitford.com/?p=1217#comment-6169 Great post. I have always been an advocate for guest blogging as, from a backlink perspective, it gives you an easy way to fully diversify your IP range and you can build a relationship as well.Another option not talked about so much is to utilize those who actively comment on your site by personally emailing them and building a relationship that way then segueing into a guest post offer or better yet, a trade.Of course, I am talking strictly in terms of backlinks and not actual traffic produced because most bloggers who are trying to rank for keywords think in those terms. Traffic and exposure on a different network will go a long way if you are wanting to brand yourself as an authority in your community.The problem that most guest posters have is making the content strong enough in the first place to get interest. I think that if you aren't willing to let it all "stick" out, your chances of impressing both the webmaster and their visitors is limited.I personally contact a lot of the folks who comment on my site alot. I think it is just good business. Great post. I have always been an advocate for guest blogging as, from a backlink perspective, it gives you an easy way to fully diversify your IP range and you can build a relationship as well.Another option not talked about so much is to utilize those who actively comment on your site by personally emailing them and building a relationship that way then segueing into a guest post offer or better yet, a trade.Of course, I am talking strictly in terms of backlinks and not actual traffic produced because most bloggers who are trying to rank for keywords think in those terms. Traffic and exposure on a different network will go a long way if you are wanting to brand yourself as an authority in your community.The problem that most guest posters have is making the content strong enough in the first place to get interest. I think that if you aren't willing to let it all "stick" out, your chances of impressing both the webmaster and their visitors is limited.I personally contact a lot of the folks who comment on my site alot. I think it is just good business.

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