More blogging tips – 25 Link Building Tactics to Improve Blog Search Ratings, Lee Odden

December 1st, 2009 by George Aspland

Lee Odden posted an article with 25 tips to improve your blogs rankings, including (the following are the headlines. read the article for the details):

Create content worth linking to
Conduct backlink analysis
Make useful comments
Encourage social bookmarks
Get listed on other blogger’s blogrolls
Guest write
Submit to blog & RSS directories
Submit to regular web site directories
Be sure to include your blog URL in profiles
Write testimonials
Job listings should always have a link back to your blog
Event listings should always have a link back to your blog
Contributions to non-profits often have a donor page with a link
Article syndication can still result in a few good links
Distribute press releases via a wire service with a link to your blog included
Contribute Op Ed pieces to Mainstream Media web sites.
When you get media coverage (or placements) in online publications, be sure to ask the journalist for a link to your blog.
Develop social networks and share especially useful content from your blog
Linkbait. Create or aggregate disparate content that provides value and is not easily found elsewhere.
Sponsor content on web sites or newsletters archived to the web that allow you to include a link.
Hire bloggers to write content for you.
Run a contest that may involve others deciding to link back to your blog.
Offer a widget
Review other blogs and offer a badge for those that get included.
Create an exceptionally useful tool.

rohn smith Says:

January 6th, 2010 at 8:24 am

all 25 points are good and well planned.I think i am going to us some of points for my blog.
George Aspland Says:

January 6th, 2010 at 10:58 am

Ok, but remember these are from Lee’s article so check with Lee about reproducing them if you want to do more than just mention them and point to his article. Here’s how to contact him, http://www.toprankblog.com/contact/

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