6 AMAZING SEO Strategies For Effective Guest Blogging Posts!

Hey All,

I originally started this as a reply to anoter related post, but then figured I'd just start a new thread! Hope this helps!

Original Post:
Is Guest Blogging Effective For SEO

My Answer:
HECK YES!!

Here are some things to go after if you want to really see a JUMP IN YOUR WEBSITE RANK using guest blogging as your backlink source.

1.) Relevant Content
Make sure the THEME content of the blog you are posting on is RELEVANT! If your blog is about music, get guest posts on music sites, not gardening sites! DUH!

2.) Page Rank.
One particularly important thing to note, is that just because a website has a PR7, doesn't mean the link juice will translate through your link.

PR is short form for PAGE Rank, the rank of the page. Not Site Rank! So a new page will have a PR of 0.

On blogs, you will only take the maximum PR if your post appears on the main page of the domain. This would be in the form of the RECENT POSTS in the side bar, and the POST SUMMARIES or RECENT POSTS on the main page. Many WP Blogs will show the most recent 5-10 posts. That's when your link juice will really count. You can always ask for a 'Sticky Post' for an extra boost!

Obviously the higher the PR, the better. I'd personally aim for PR of 3+.

3.) Backlink Profile Of Blog
It's also really helpful to use Majestic SEO (Free tool!)to get a good look at the backlink profile of the Blog you will be guest-posting on. Try to keep Trust and Citation Flow above 10. A good amount of backlinks is well over 100. If you find something with over 1000, even better! Over 10,000 UNREAL!

Here's a screen shot of a decent looking site in Majestic SEO. Over 100 backlinks from 40 domains, and Citation and Trust Flow's of over 10.

4.) Link Placement in Post
Contextual links (links inside the post itself) are by far the greatest type of link when the first 4 criteria are met. Now if you can get your contextual link into the VERY FIRST PARAGRAPH of your post, that's even better!

5.) Page Rank ValidityThis one's fairly simple. Just make sure the Page Rank of the blog you are going to guest post on is valid. Do this by checking at CheckPageRank.net

6.) Low Outbound Links(OBL)
Obviously you don't really have control over this, but if you happen to find a good blog that matches all the above criteria, then it's just a really great bonus if you have a low OBL count. Less than 100 is nice, less than 50 is nicer, less than 10 is awesome!

Ok, so if you put it all together:
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If you find a PR4 blog, with 350 backlinks in Majestic SEO and Citation/Trust Flow's of 15, and it matches the category/subject your link is pointing to; you have yourself a GREAT blog to submit a guest post to!

Hope that helps!

Herc

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