Okay.. for those of you who don’t know, one of the easiest ways to attract traffic to a website is through publishing articles on a blog. These “posts” should be designed to be informative and helpful to others in order to attract visitors. So what we need to do, is to get the search engines to want to promote our articles. This in turn will result in increased business.

Getting the search engines to promote us is easy, but often a pain in the butt for competitive terms. Here are some tips that will help you get started.

Create really good resources… I mean blog posts!

1. Link out to authoritative websites
2. Add “See more:” for related stories
3. Add YouTube video if possible
4. Add content if needed
5. Create/write your own articles (timeliness is key for developing stories)


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6. Create lists, i.e. “Top 10”, “101 list” (ask me for topic ideas)
7. Create business reviews
8. Include a link or two for ArizonaBusinessNestworking.com when opportune
9. Create “Tags”/“Keywords” based on what people search for… use the SEO Book Tool or the Google Keyword Tool

Social bookmark blog posts

1. The more social bookmarks the merrier

Point links at blog posts

1. Google “blog” search for related stories (relativity is key)
2. Quickly check to see if the blog allows comments
3. Comment using your real name, or alias, not with “spammy” anchor text
4. Use the URL for ArizonaBusinessNetworking.com related story (your blog post)
5. Regularly do this for blog posts (even weeks old posts) as needed for better rankings

Doing the above tasks will eventually help your blog post become a valuable resource, attracting Google, Yahoo!, and Bing traffic!

Other ways to build links:

1. Business/website Directories (there’s tens-of-thousands)
2. Submit articles to directories (cycle through 16 – 20 article directories and submit a single article to no more than 4 directories)
3. Seek out link exchanges (relativity is key)
4. Create social-media website profiles
5. Post answers to sites like Yahoo! Answers, WikiAnswers
6. Google “best link building techniques”

Watch this Link Building Video for More Tips!

See more:
Link Building 101
Link Building for Dummies
5 Basic SEO Tips