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On my blog I frequently open up the flood gates and allow for readers to ask me questions and I then provide them with a response. One of the questions asked was absolutely perfect to post here and share with you.

The single most difficult thing with running a blog or web site is scoring traffic and landing backlinks, Especially if your blog or web site is geared towards promoting affiliate products. So how does a blogger or as webmaster increase traffic and score backlinks? Well, let’s start with reading the question that I was asked:

Hi Garry,

I am working on a couple of new sites at the moment that I wouldn’t usually use WordPress for but as you know I have been learning the ins & out’s of WordPress for a few months now so have decided to go ahead and use it for these new sites to see how it pans out.

Once I have the sites completed, I know I can gain organic search results over time and can even provide relevant links from other sites of mine. With that said, can you recommend any other ways of getting links/traffic to an affiliate based site?

With your Micro Niche Sites, do you invest time in link building to these sites or are they a truly “build, walk away and see what happens” type of sites?

I do want to build, walk away and see what happens with a few of these sites but I also want them to at least generate an asdense monthly payment along with some affiliate payments. Any advice is well appreciated.

Thanks, dave.

Wow! When I read this question that Dave had asked me, I was very excited to provide my feedback not only for him, but for all of my blog readers. Secondly, I now look forward to sharing this with you. Here is my response back to Dave. (more…)

Make no mistake folks, link building is a very important aspect in getting traffic from Google. Many of you guys and gals read my personal blog and I spend quite a bit of time talking about building micro niche blogs and targeting keywords that don’t require backlinks. While that is true, in a way that also limits you from capitalizing on prime keywords. Ranking for prime keywords are definitely in your reach; however, this can not be archived without launching a well thought out and well researched link building campaign.

So how do you launch an effective link building campaign? Well, really for many of you reading this, the problem is finding sites that will willingly add your link to their pages. But if you think about this for a second, you very well may already have a huge source of sites to use at your disposal. How many web sites or blogs do you have? Is there any reason why you’re not using your own web sites or blogs to help build backlinks to another blog or web site of yours?

I do this all the time! Granted, I have friends who’ll add my link to certain blogs posts upon request, but a large percentage of my link building comes from my own internal fleet of blogs. There is nothing wrong with using your existing blogs or web sites to help build up the number of backlinks to another blog or web site that you own. (more…)

On the surface. No Follow tags are a good idea.  The tag rel=”nofollow” was set up to beat comment spamming.  The point of the No Follow tag is to ensure that search engines do not follow the link to the spammer’s website, rendering the link, um, impotent.  No Follow tags have now been adopted by more than just blog comments.  Wikipedia now also uses No Follow tags to cut down on the amount of false linkbuilding.  Basically, you’re going to see these types of open websites, where anyone can add a link, using No Follow tag more and more.

There’s a couple of problems with this.  Though No Follow tags are bad news for search engine marketers who want some easy linkbuilding, there not actually all that effective at cutting down on spam.  Marketers have to worry about incoming spam as much as they have to worry about the quality of links placed on other people’s sites, so a marketer who manages a fleet of blogs is going to have trouble with comment spam using No Follow regardless.
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As search engines evolve, so does the field of search engine optimization. For an example, let’s look at search engine submission. Although there was a point in time when this practice served a purpose, everyone who has a basic understanding of SEO realizes that search engine submission is no longer necessary. While there are still scummy “SEO companies” who take money from their clients for performing this service, no reputable SEO would dream of charging for this service.

Another area of SEO that is changing is link building. While there are still old school methods of link building (for example, link requests) that work well when performed properly, as the Internet becomes a more social environment, there are new opportunities to build links. So, let’s take a look at five of these “New School” link building techniques:

Link Out to Others: Forget link exchanges in the sidebar of your blog. Instead, the next time you are writing a post, link out to a post from another blogger. By doing this on a regular basis, other bloggers will notice you sending traffic their way, take an interest in your blog, and more often than not, eventually link back to you.

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Last month, Tyler wrote a great post with tips to follow when linkbait doesn’t work. He also helped us understand the secret to coming up with linkbait. What does this mean? It means by now you should be more than ready to create some great linkbait for your site.

But do you know what to do if your linkbait is successful? How you handle the success of your linkbait plays an important role in the future of your blog.

Here are some tips to help you get the most out of your success.

1. Have a Good Hosting Plan- If your linkbait really takes off, you’re going to have a lot of new visitors to your site. The last thing you need is for your server to get too busy to handle the new readers. Quality SEO hosting will ensure your website is prepared for the onslaught of new visitors. Don’t sabotage your own success; invest in a good hosting plan now, so you can be successful when the time comes. (more…)