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Scrape The Best High PageRank Blog Sites Using ScrapeBox
ScrapeBox or SB in short is already a household name and often considered the Swiss army knife for any black hat SEO campaigns. ScrapeBox is a powerful SEO tool that you can build thousands of links, comments or even scraping articles on the Internet within 5 minutes or less.

While ScrapeBox is very common on the darker side of the world, it is also a very popular tool for white hat SEO. Even Neil Patel had a guide on how to use ScrapeBox which you can find it here, Quick Sprout.

This tutorial is all about using ScrapeBox and transforming it from a famous black hat SEO tool into a crazy, devastating and powerful white hat SEO builder. These are some of the very powerful SEO techniques which can either boost your website ranking multiple times (if done correctly) or totally destroy it. You have been warned!

This article is long and thus, I would recommend you to bookmark this for future reference.

[Tutorial] Get high PageRank sites using ScrapeBox

I use ScrapeBox to find high PR blogs which I could leave comments or even applying for guest posting opportunities. Instead of spending the whole afternoon (just assuming) or probably days manually finding quality blog sites with Google or CommentLuv search, ScrapeBox can basically automate the whole process in just a few minutes ‘¦ literally.

ScrapeBox is an excellent tool when it comes to off page SEO.

What is ScrapeBox?

ScrapeBox costs $97 for one lifetime license and if you have more than one computer, you would need to get more licenses. You may contact ScrapeBox support if you would need to purchase additional licenses and at times, you may get a discount from it.

>> Get ScrapeBox here! <<

Using shared or private proxies

If you are thinking of using ScrapeBox, you need to run on proxies. This is to avoid your IP(s) being blocked by Google. Since ScrapeBox does the process a thousand times faster than human, it is a no brainer to use proxies to avoid Google detection and penalization. To run ScrapeBox functions properly, you would require at least 10 proxies.

You have been warned. You can use ScrapeBox without proxies but your IP will be banned by Google within days. Tested and proven!

There are two types of proxies which you can use with ScrapeBox which are shared or private proxies. Shared means that that proxy could be shared among 3 to 10 users while private proxies are specific to you only. If you are looking for good proxy company, I would highly recommend Squid Proxies. They have top notch customer service and they assist to setup proxies within an hour or less. I got mine within 5 minutes after completing the checkout and it only cost around $1 per private proxy.

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I am going to be very honest with you; ScapeBox is not very user-friendly and it would require a little learning curve before you can put it to good use. But don’t frust! This I will be creating more tutorials on how to use ScapeBox and you should bookmark it for future reference.

Scraping keywords

Finding high PageRank sites is a 3-steps process when you are using ScapeBox and the first is to find the proper keywords. While you can use keyword research tools such as Google Keyword Planner or Long Tail Keyword, ScrapeBox has an inbuilt keyword scrapper feature.

ScrapeBox makes keyword scraping as easy as A, B and C. Each process takes less than 5 minutes to perform which is a huge time saver for marketers and niche bloggers.

Step 1 – Scraping related keywords
- We all heard about long tail keywords and the effectiveness of it. The same concept applies when you are using ScapeBox. You want to find both exact keywords and related keywords to maximize your search results.
- Click on Scrape and select Keyword Scraper.
- This will opens up a box that has two columns. Key in your keyword on the left column and select Scrape.
- A list will related keywords will show on the right column and delete those which are unrelated.
- [Optional] Click on Transfer Left and repeat the first process. Delete off those keywords which are unrelated and you would be able to get a complete list of keywords on your right column.
- Click Send to ScrapeBox and press Close.
Note: Scraping the related keyword twice would provide you a better and bigger list of related keywords which is highly recommended to improve your search results later.

Step 2 – Choosing the right footprint

Footprint is also known as command and this is how to control ScrapeBox to perform a specific task. By default, ScrapeBox comes with several basic footprints which you can use. In this tutorial, you do not need to use any. Instead, I will show you how you can build your own footprint.

In the Harvester column, key in either one of these codes:
- site:.com (you may replace .com with .net, .org, .info etc)
- intitle:keyword
- inurl:keyword
- intext:keyword
For example, using ‘site:.com’ will enable ScrapeBox to search for sites which has the specific keyword and the URL comes from dot coms only.

Fill the relevant footprint and then, click on Platform. There is a full list of platforms you can choose from but I always go with WordPress only.

Now, you are ready for the next step.

Step 3 – Setting up proxies

The list of keywords will be visible in the Keywords column and now, you need to set up proxies. If you have yet to get any proxies, you can get some cheap but quality proxies from Squid Hosting.
- Enable Use Proxies.
- Paste your proxies in the Select Engines & Proxies and click Manage.
- A box will open up and your proxies will be visible in it.
- Click on Test Proxies and select Test All Proxies. This is to ensure that all your proxies are working properly. Status of the proxies must be in green which is good while red means the proxies are down. Contact your proxy supplier if you find any of those proxies which are not working and they will provide you with new ones.
- Press Close.
- Note: You may select the type of search engine to use and I highly recommend Google, Yahoo and Bing only. As for the number of results, I usually set it to 150 as anything more than that usually provides low quality results.
Step 4 – Harvesting URL’s with ScrapeBox and find high PageRank sites

This is where ScrapeBox will do its magic. Select Start Harvesting and ScrapeBox will automatically search for related blog sites which the keywords you selected.

Depending how fast your computer, proxies and Internet speed are, it will generate a list of blog URL’s which you can start working on. While ScrapeBox would probably return thousands of results, it is time to trim down those links.

The process of trimming down the links is to find high PageRank sites only.

This is how you trim your URL results:
- Select Remove / Filter and select Remove Duplicate URL’s
- [Optional] You can further trim down the links by using either selecting Remove URL’s Containing or Remove URL’s Not Containing.
- Select Check PageRank and Get Domain PageRank
Checking of PageRank would take some time and therefore, leave ScrapeBox running. Once the results are out, you can either export it out using excel using Export URL List and select Export as Excel (.xlsx) or the lazy way (my style) which is to click on the PR button to sort it automatically.

Now, you have completed the whole scraping process and you should have a list of quality sites you can start commenting, request for guest posting, communicate with the webmasters in terms authority building etc.

ScrapeBox is a dangerous SEO tool. You have been warned!

While SB could do wonders for your SEO campaigns, it is also a very dangerous tool which can kill your blog ranking overnight. For starters, I do not suggest using it directly on your blog. Instead, you could try to use it on your secondary sites to start building backlinks.

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February 4, 2024
Guest Posting Confession: Getting Started And Essential Checklists
By now, you should already know that guest blogging is probably one of the most powerful link building strategies on the planet.

I bet it sounds good but there’s a problem; There are over 50 million bloggers competing for the top spot.

So, what’s your chance of succeeding in terms of website ranking and guest posting possibilities? Rather low huh?

A few years back, applying for guest posting is rather easy and you could easily land yourself with one without much effort. Nowadays, you definitely need to step up the game if you want to earn a spot in the guest posting segment.

The requirements for publishing guest post has increased dramatically and do you know what it takes to stand out from the crowd?

Are you ready for guest posting?

Getting started for guest posting … the absolute basic

Guest posting 101: Knowing your targeted website is important

Choosing the right website is important for every guest post opportunity. There are hundreds and probably thousands of websites that you can apply for guest posting position.

However, you need to know which websites will give you a better boost of both traffic and ranking.

You can easily do so by asking yourself the following two questions:
- What is the niche or topic I want to target?
- How do I approach others to give me a chance to write?
I have very weird thinking on this and therefore, feel free to discuss it using the comment form at the end of the article 🙂

1. The hunt begins: Niche hunting

One of the biggest misconceptions about guest posting is that bloggers want to build a fast backlink.

Honestly, link building doesn’t work that way.

Bloggers tend to signup for any type of topics with some crazy hopes … literally.

Do you think this is a waste of time?

Absolutely! Why don’t you just spend some time finding 5 or 10 niches that you really want to target instead?

Deciding on the niche you are going to get your hands dirty with will actually opens more doors when it comes to guest posting.

Let’s see it this way. There are many websites which offers general information but at the same time, there are also many who offers specific information.

Now, which do you think will benefit you more?

I would go for websites offering specific information as I am sure 75% of the traffic heading towards there are looking for that same type of information. This gives you a better chance to grow your authority.

Does this make any sense to you?

Fact: Choosing the right niche and website will give you the most benefits when it comes to guest posting.

2. Please give me a chance – Try before you buy

Do you feel better and safer when you are able to try out a dress before you buy? I bet it does and the same concept applies to guest posts.

If you want others to give you a chance, you need to offer them something back in return. It can varies from making them feeling safe, helping them to accomplish certain tasks or 100 more ideas you can think of.

The 70 words above might sound super easy but honestly, life doesn’t go that way. Nowadays, most editors are more picky and choosy when it comes to guest posting.

Hey, they are not wrong! After all, guest posting is all about quality right?

Here’s my confession: If you want to be given a chance for guest posting, then start building authority and make your presence counts. This means that spending time to build a certain level of ‘existence’ in that particular topic especially on social media.

This would take time and probably months. I personally took a month plus to build my presence on 3 specific niche and at the end, I was offered several chance of guest post.

Once that happens, the rest are rather … easy and straightforward from there on.

My guest posting checklists

Guest posting checklist is important to ensure that you are inline with the requirements

If you want to be successful in guest posting industry, you need to have a strategy … a damn good one.

I call it, “My guest posting checklists”. This checklist doesn’t only serve the purpose to write a good guest post but at the same time, making the whole process as smooth as possible.

Here are some of my personal guidelines:
1. Rules of engagement
2. Quality control
3. Mentally and physically prepared
All in all, keeping in mind that guest posting is all about a win-win situation between both bloggers and editors.

1. The rules of engagement

You should only start thinking about guest posting topic after knowing where you are going to publish the article.

Why is this important?

Each website has their own rules and regulations. You wouldn’t want to your articles to rejected just because you might have overlooked on a certain rule.

You are definitely facing a series of rejections if you are not applying on the right websites. For example, you might be writing about fashion niche and what will happen if you decide to write for CopyBlogger?

Does this make any sense to you?

The trick here is to write for websites that require your expertise or in line with your niche.

I make it a habit to discuss on the guest posting rules and regulations over email with the respective party. Ask them 101 questions if you got to.

It is never wrong to ask … but please, do ask logical questions only.

The best questions you can probably ask are:
- Topics that the editor has in mind
- The length of the article
- Number links (DoFollow and NoFollow) in a blog post
- Size and number of images allowed
- Time frame for submitting the guest posting
2. Quality above everything in guest posting

If you are putting 100% in your blog post, then you should put 120% or more in guest posting.

Remember this: You are putting not only your brand and name on the line but as well as that editor’s one as well.

Even though guest posting is apart of creating backlink, this doesn’t mean that you should do link stuffing into the article. Instead, provide useful links to support your writing and not just links from your website.

Note: If your main goal for guest posting is to get backlink, then you are wrong. The correct goal is to provide relevant information, tips and tricks to boost not only your authority and credibility but as well as that particular website’s ranking.

3. Sending in your first draft

Waiting for the editor to reply could be the most nerve-wracking and nail-biting experience I ever had.

This is probably the moment of truth. Usually, the editor will take about 24 to 72 hours to get back to you and trust me, it felt like forever.

You got to be mentally prepared as there is a high chance of failure especially when it comes to submitting the first draft.

Once you received the review, do the appropriate amendments if needed and make sure you follow the guidelines given by the editor.

You could take a week or so to redo the draft but don’t take forever!

Go ahead and tell me. Did I miss out anything?

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January 5, 2024
Triberr Review: The Definition, Advantages And Disadvantages
Triberr is a blog amplification and content discovery platform.

Triberr sends over two million visits monthly to their blog members – Traffic Generation Cafe

For me, I didn’t know what the hell Triberr is until last month and yes, I discovered it pretty late. Well, better late than never right?

It all came down to one day where Adam Connell hit me on email that I should consider joining it if I want to be a better blogger. Okay, he’s a marketing man and thus, I knew exactly where he was coming and what he thought Triberr was.

Since I am always trying to increase my social engagement than just plain SEO, I said why not and got myself registered within 5 minutes. The whole process of setting up my complete profile was about 15 minutes since I integrated it with Facebook and Twitter. Lazy me!

Welcome to the world of Triberr!

What’s your first impression of Triberr? Here’s mine 🙂

When I first got into Triberr’s dashboard, I had this in mind (seriously), “What the !@#$ had I just landed myself to?”.

I’m a lazy dude at times and I was hoping for a more detailed ‘get started tutorial’. Well, to my despair, there ain’t much guidance on how to navigate. Remember, this is a new account and thus, I have zero tribe.

The next option? I decided to hit the search button and search for blogging keyword.

It came up a few hits and I felt that was cool since I’m able to see the number of members, reach outs etc. When I saw the number of reach outs, my mind got straight into marketing mindset (thanks Adam!).

You know … 12,000 reach outs means 12,000 potential readers! I was drooling all over my keyword. Not really 🙂

I decided to join a few tribes which good number of reach outs. <— This is wrong guys. Don’t go here. Tell you more below!

Okay, joining was easy and I was in the tribe. Good but what’s next? I decided to say hello and after a few hours, nothing came back. Not even a single “Hi”.

What?!

Now, reality kicks in and I decided to search for some info on how Triberr works. Hey, don’t judge me! I’m also human, you know?!

I decided to change my moves and joined tribes which are best fit my interest; blogging, marketing and SEO. Now, this is where it all makes the difference!

Comments were pouring in faster and better. I get a reply for nearly every ‘shout’ I did and that’s fabulous! There’s no better place than a lively place right?

Help! I don’t want to stay in zombieland!

How to make Triberr work for you?

Now, this is probably the 10th article you read about Triberr. No? Don’t matter about it and lets make this reading count!

Triberr is all about blog marketing, discussion and social shares. Good thing is Triberr will import in your blog articles and allow you to share with the rest of your tribe mates. Pretty good for a free service right?

On a free account, you can basically ‘approve’ a maximum of 100 posts per day. You also have the option to share the articles on social media as well. A huge, huge plus one for social engagement if you ask me.

You had just joined Triberr and wondering how to make it work for you right? The answer is, there ain’t an easy way out for this. You need to build your reputation … yes from scratch!

Depending on what you have in mind, the steps might be different. I’ll try to cover as much as possible here so that you’re not leaving empty handed!

What’s the essence to make Triberr work for you?

1. Joint the right tribe that suits your niche

I think this is the most important of all. There ain’t any point joining a tribe that doesn’t relate to you or your writing. Yes, the tribe may have a huge reach outs but there isn’t any use if no one is going to read it.

To say Triberr as a huge blogging platform could be an understatement since they are sending out millions of blog traffic per month. Opportunity is always there for you to grab it and therefore, you need to plan your move carefully.

I doesn’t have much time and therefore, I decide to be active on several tribes only. Furthermore, I have just started my own tribe, Blogging Moments and my personal suggestion, you got to take a look at it right now.

Don’t worry, the link will automatically open a new tab for you and I’ll wait 🙂

Disclaimer: The tribe is brand new so bear with me!

2. Focus on small but quality tribes

If you want to grow in Triberr, you have to focus on quality, not quantity. This means that you need to ensure that the tribes you join is active, related niche and most importantly, the willingness to share.

Joining these tribes would actually make it more worthwhile for your time and giving your more satisfaction. Trust me!

Quality tribes usually have tribe members who will share your articles and give feedback which can help you (and your website) to improve, overtime. What’s the point of joining a tribe who does zero shares and provide no discussion right?

If you want to join a good tribe, you need to do some homework first in advance. Knowing what the tribe is all about is more than just important to grow your brand, name and of course, link building.

3. Take the opportunity to connect with others

Triberr is a great place to meet up with fellow bloggers. It doesn’t matter the rank, popularity etc. At Triberr, everyone is basically equal and grab this ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ opportunity to say hello!

I like to use Triberr to work for me … especially when it comes to connecting people. How would I start? This is the rule of thumb I always use:
- Join a tribe
- Say hello and a little intro about yourself
- Share a link of your website (just one)
- Share links of other members on social social media
- Share valuable information with them on both Triberr and social media as well
If you are a new or inexperienced blogger who looking for some exposure, Triberr is the gateway for you to build your brand from scratch.

4. Auto RSS syndication

Why I love Triberr? Remember that you got to connect your blog’s RSS feed to Triberr? Whenever a new post is detected on your RSS, it gets submitted to every one of your tribemates’ stream.

Makes sense?

Let’s say you wrote a new post and it goes live on your site. When your RSS feeds get updated, Triberr will syndicate and make the article visible on your tribe.

Now, imagine this. You have 10 active tribe members who will always share good information. You’re going to increase the chances of getting more social shares in return. Keep in mind that social shares play an important role when it come search engine optimization ranking.

What makes Triberr doesn’t work for you?

I know a few bloggers who ditch Triberr less than a week there. Some says Triberr is not worth the time while others say that the experience isn’t great. So, is Triberr really that bad?

[Triberr] it’s a wonderful premise. In a world less centered around teaching our kids not to share hairbrushes, car rides, the air we breathe it would work out great. Lately, however, not so much for me and triberr. I’ve noticed a marked lack of reciprocal sharing. I share others’ posts. They don’t share mine. Week after week, nothing changes. I share. They don’t. To be quite frank, I’ve been feeling a little used – Katrina Joyner

Before I quit using Triberr, I decided to take some responsibility regarding how I was choosing to use it. I stopped sharing all of my tribemates’ posts, and took the retribution from some choosing not to share mine anymore either. I began to see Triberr as a curation tool. I did have a lot of great bloggers in my tribes, so instead of blaming Triberr for how I used it, I started to regard it as a safe keeping spot for blogs I intended to read – Amy McCloskey Tobin

So, what really makes Tribber ‘tough’ to use?

Triberr pissed some people off. Why??!

1. Human perception

Taking myself for instance. I dashed into Triberr thinking to create magic and within 5 minutes, I was slapped with the big fail sign. The cause? Yup, you got it right – my own perception.

Human always want to go the easy way … or at least, we try to go easy. The fact is nothing comes easy and same goes to making a mark at Triberr.

If you think that Triberr is a place to make fast connections, then you’re absolutely wrong. Here’s the cold hard fact; there’s no place on earth that offers you fast ‘minute to fame’. If you want to be popular or successful, start getting your hands dirty.

Triberr is a platform, not a tool to create link building. It does great assisting hardworking and determined people to build lasting relationships 🙂

2. Taking and not giving

Life is all about giving and taking. You know … like yin and yang?

In Triberr, you got to act and think like a reader. This means that if you like the post, comment on it and share it if the article is worth while. The more you share and comment, the more you are telling the world that you are alive and … yes, brand awareness.

As a free Triberr member, you would have 100 ‘points’ to share articles and why don’t you use the maximum of its capability? I don’t use all honestly. I only share those who fits my niche and the ones I read. At least, I’m not abusing the system right?

Most people doesn’t get much traffic from Triberr because they aren’t sharing. If you are not visible to others, then you won’t be anyway closer to increase your backlinks and relationship with others.

3. Is exploring your cup of tea?

For me Triberr is no clear cut. This means that from the outer look, it looks plain simple. Nothing big deal about it and this is where most bloggers fall apart.

There are probably many guides out there which offers you the right way to grow with Triberr (including mine). What told and written by me might not work perfectly well for you. You got to adjust, modify and work out plans to grow your social engagement level. Basically, putting your Internet marketing skills to work. Here are some of the must-have Internet marketing tools to help you start on the right foot.

4. Please … no salesman allowed

When it comes to Triberr, no one likes affiliate sales. However, here’s the thin line for that. You need to make sure you are not sharing a sales page or an article full of affiliate links.

Most bloggers does it wrongly because they tend to share sales pages etc and when that doesn’t bring them any sales, they tend to be demotivated and felt Triberr is bad.

Consider this, we are all human and we love reading something useful. Honestly, do you mind reading an article which has 0.5% density for affiliate link? I bet you don’t right?

The point is this: You got to know what you can and what you can’t share on Triberr. Keeping a good reputation is important for your success at Triberr.

My personal opinion about Triberr (plus Slideshare presentation)

Hate it or love it, Triberr is here to stay. I wouldn’t advice you should write it off (but I knew some who does that) at least for now. It is a great platform to share information, guides and build lasting relationships.

Personally, I think Triberr is worth it … regardless if you are using the free account like I do or you’re a Prime member. It is an excellent tool for those who want to create brand awareness and even, publicity (in a good way). Besides that, Triberr has more options such as reblog feature which I have yet to try out.

The only downside? There are many members who actually uses it as a stepping stone to grow their audience. If you want to avoid them, you got to choose your tribe or tribe mates carefully. Joining a wrong tribe will cause you lots of problem in the future.

As the saying goes, the Triberr experience lies in YOU!

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January 5, 2024
Top 8 Link Building Strategies That Work For Search Engines
Since the last Google algorithm update, there are many rumors about link building and the white hat SEO strategies. I recently wrote about the importance of social engagement in contrast to SEO and it became a pretty hot topic. I believe the biggest question nowadays would be the important the the old school link building method.

Before we go any further, this is a snippet from Google Webmaster Tool:

Previously, Google said …

‘In general, webmasters can improve the rank of their sites by increasing the number of high-quality sites that link to their pages.’

And everything changes now with …

‘In general, webmasters can improve the rank of their sites by creating high-quality sites that users will want to use and share.’

Source: Google

Does this really means the end of link building techniques in search engine optimization? Of course not!

This doesn’t prove that link building is no longer in use. In fact, this makes link building even richer and more valuable! And at the same time, this new Google algorithm makes link building … yes, you got it right … harder but definitely not impossible.

Important disclaimer: This article is more than 2,000 words and I dare you to do read it in just one go. If not, bookmark this page right now and come back anytime when you are ready!

What did we learn from the latest Google update?

Oh no! Another Google update?

Every time an update takes place, there are many things Google are showing us … or at least, hinting us. Here are some things that I had learned which are the number of backlinks, using the right link building techniques and even using the right search engine optimization methods. And the only way to learn this is by watching those videos posted by Matt Cutts and his team.

So let’s discuss on the proper link building strategies that work for search engines today.

1. Using the right SEO tools for link building

For those who really into SEO, it’s a very known fact that you probably need at least one SEO tool to help you with those ranking and link building tactics. Seriously.

I know many people who uses paid SEO tools like this one are having crazy time trying to create more quality backlinks to their articles. I would say, maybe they are having the time of their lives! 🙂

You might be thinking that, “Hey, take that you !@#$ paid SEO tools!”. Here’s the reality check. These SEO tools will actually … and still be rocking like any other days.

Yes! Let me repeat; link building isn’t dead but it just got tougher. That’s all.

For those who are using various link building tools, well, you just got to play smarter. You need to change the game plan but slowly.

Why? Google still loves quality backlinks and this doesn’t mean that you can’t get the best out of ‘virtual assistance’.

Thinking of going white hat SEO to be on the safe side? Maybe this tool might help!

One thing for sure is that using SEO tools will not make you any safer from Google updates. You need to use SEO tools the right way and focus in your strategies. Always remember that misusing these SEO tools will actually destroy your traffic and your SEO ranking.

*p/s Looking at this article length, I’m going to write the so call ‘SEO game plan’ on another post.

2. Write articles for readers and not for bots

Optimize your website for your readers and not for search engines

Link building isn’t really link building only. For me, link building also means website marketing and communications. The more visibility people has on your website, the better chances you are going to create the ‘brand awareness’.

And with that (assuming you write great articles), people are going to share your articles even more!

More shares = More love from Google.

There ain’t any trick about link building and content sharing if you ask me. Write good stuffs, get your name out and let the people (readers) do the rest for you.

What you really need to learn about link building is you can’t get everyone to love your writing or even share your articles. Okay, remember that every visitor who comes to your site is a potential ‘buyer’.

Take the opportunity to get them spread the word for you and how you can possibly do that?

It really depends on how generous are you. For me, I do a win-win situation for my readers. I am using CommentLuv for WordPress and what this plugin does is simple. It allows users to share one of their links after they commented.

Wait! That isn’t all.

For those who share my articles on social media, they will automatically get a DoFollow link back. Sounds good right?

You see, blogging is all about giving and just not taking completely. I see absolutely no reason why one should be so secretive about backlink.

3. The relationship between backlink, social communities and tribes

Recently, I’m very active on several sites such as BizSugar and Triberr. I wasn’t actively sharing my links though. Instead, I was commenting and sharing other articles I felt useful.

The effect? One word: Tremendous.

As I had said about in #2, sharing is caring and there’s no better way than helping a fellow blogger to share their articles. Heard about karma or what goes around, comes around?

Whenever you share an article on social networks, you are creating a good chance for others to visit your website in return. And most of the time, they would probably return a favor by giving a shout (hey, that’s free publicity) for you.

Blogging isn’t everything about yourself. Instead, it is all about relationship building and sharing of information. Grow your audience indirectly by doing good to others.

So, stop being a link whore and start linking out to others!

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Yes mate. Right now! Don’t worry, I’ll wait!

4. Link building is closely related to sitemap

You have written an excellent article and you published it. After one week or probably a month, you ain’t getting a hit and you are no closer in creating a viral article that drives hundreds of traffic to your website. So, what’s wrong?

Okay. Here’s the deal. You want to build good traffic, link building etc. You probably won’t go far if you are not focusing enough on SEO. One of the search engine optimizations best practices is to have a sitemap.

Google just won’t put you on first page of SERPs if Google is not aware of your existence. This is where sitemap plays a huge role in your website ranking.

So, yes. The first thing is to get your sitemap up immediately … (moments of silence) …

What’s a sitemap? Site what?

A site map (or sitemap) is a list of pages of a web site accessible to crawlers or users. It can be either a document in any form used as a planning tool for Web design, or a Web page that lists the pages on a Web site, typically organized in hierarchical fashion. There are two popular versions of a site map. An XML Sitemap is a structured format that a user doesn’t need to see, but it tells the search engine about the pages in your site, their relative importance to each other, and how often they are updated. HTML sitemaps are designed for the user to help them find content on the page, and don’t need to include each and every subpage. This helps visitors and search engine bots find pages on the site.

Source: Wikipedia

Makes any sense to you? Maybe this image from Google might help out.

Sitemap usually gives search engines a list of links that you have on your website

If you are using WordPress, you can probably use WordPress for SEO (which comes with Sitemap functions) or Google XML sitemap. You won’t wrong with any one of those.

Creating a sitemap is no hassle and you can do that within 5 minutes or less. Once you have your sitemap ready, head over to Google Webmaster Tool and Big Webmaster Tool to submit your sitemap.

5. Guest posting – The pros and cons in link building techniques

We can’t deny the importance of guest posting especially when you are looking for a quality backlink. Writing good guest post will certainly drive traffic to your website without fail but there’s something you need to know first!

Backlink building from guest posting is a double sided blade. Handle with care at all times.

Google and other search engines understand that many bloggers are actually trying to gain momentum and getting some quality backlinks from good page rank sites. When it comes to guest post, there isn’t any difference.

Don’t get me wrong. Guest posting is definitely worth it considering the quality of backlink. However, you do not want to over do it to avoid any penalty. The easiest methods which I see best fit for guest posting are:
- Writing quality articles
- Use maximum of three links per post
- Taking advantage of the rel”nofollow”
Huh? Isn’t that rel=”nofollow” means zero backlink?

Yes indeed. This is my link building strategy. You don’t want search engines to consider your site as a link juice or link farm. Therefore, if the content in the link doesn’t provide quality information for your readers, it is better off with a no follow rule.

Do you understand why I say it as a double sided blade now?

6. The viral factor and link building under one roof

Go nuts … like Holmer!

Have you heard about viral video or viral content? So, what does the word, viral actually means?

For me, it means an action which is hit the world by storm … unintentionally. Here’s an example:

Years ago, a kid made a video to promote his band and uploaded it to MySpace. Sounds like, “duh” right?

The video was about a kid who ran around the garden smashing two Barbie dolls together, throwing tomato source all over the place and screaming the name of his band in a variation of pitches while his MySpace page flashed at the bottom of the screen.

And, guess what?

He received two million hits to his band’s MySpace … in just two days.

The kid didn’t do much … and probably took around 20 minutes trying to clean up the mess he did plus uploading the video.

Source: Adam Connell

Makes any sense? Probably not.

But does that matters? It certainly do!

Viral content, whether it be images, videos or quizzes – has the potential to drive massive amounts of traffic and generate a large amount of business leads or subscribers.

So, what the heck this has to do with link building?

Take the kid’s case study for an example. Do you think that out of the two million hits the kid got, how many people actually share the video or his band?

I call this … indirect link building since … it’s viral and we can’t really control it, could we? I totally understand that there is no possible way to actually create a perfect viral content.

Math lesson: Let’s say you manage (accidentally) create a viral content and it drives you tons of traffic. Do you know how much website traffic you are going to gain?

Even though there are no proven ways to actually create a viral content, here are 14 marketing tools to help you increase the chance of viral-ing and spread the word!

7. Old fashioned link building techniques. Are they dead?

I read so many articles about changing SEO techniques, so on and so forth. Question is, do you really need the traditional SEO building strategies now?

From what I see it, yes you need them and it is never advisable to ditch them. With all these Google Penguin and Google Panda, it is harder to score points with the old methods. But, each point you earned will worth even more than ever!

Fair deal for you?

We discussed about guest blogging, marketing techniques and SEO tool like this one above. Anyone of these could help you with SEO and this certainly doesn’t prove that ancient SEO methods won’t count anymore. Remember that most search engine optimization methods are based out of the trusted, ancient ‘recipe’.

Since so many algorithms are calculated based on page ranks and number of links, I bet you totally understand where this is heading.

Personally, I would advise you to start changing your game plan. Like me, my approach to SEO is way different than three years back. I even created SEO Blueprints library which consist of every SEO techniques I’m practicing right now.

8. Avoid the BIGGEST link building mistakes

Oh no! Holmer does it again!

For me, the biggest sin you can ever do when it comes to SEO is when you think you had done enough. The truth is … you aren’t able to to completely do SEO.

Why?!

Because SEO is a learning process and it has many implementation phrases. This means that what works today, might not work for tomorrow.

Now, tell me if you have ever (and I really mean e-v-e-r) thought of giving up.

Yes, you thought search engine optimization is too hard and you probably done everything you could. Yet, you’re ain’t seeing the results. People say you need to be patience and you waited for months and still, goddammit nothing happens!

Sounds familiar? Don’t be shy and admit it. It happens to you, to me and nearly every blogger out there. It felt like a never ending war right?

Now, this is the cold hard fact. SEO doesn’t happen overnight and certainly, there isn’t any proven methods for us to judge how far we had done or accomplished.

However, we can always judge by page rank and the number of links that are pointing to our articles but, are those really counted?

Giving up hope is definitely a no-no here. Content, article and website optimization are all, ever growing activities which will always keep you on your toes (and for some, might even make you stay awake at night).

Agree to disagree?

Back to you

Wow! This is a longest post (as of now) which I had written! So, how do you like it? If you had read this in just one shot, I’m going to give you my salute. No doubt on that.

As for the topic, these are the top 8 workable link building techniques that we all can practise to build authority and at the same time, traffic. I used these nearly every day and whenever I’m blogging.

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January 5, 2024
What Are The Best SEO Techniques After Google Penguin Update?
The latest Google Penguin Update has taken the SEO world by storm. This message from Google couldn’t be any more clearer especially when Google are searching for bad SEO techniques that websites and blogs are practicing. This made many SEO experts and even SEO enthusiast like me keep wondering what are the best search engine optimization techniques one should practice.

Of course, for those who have no idea what Google Penguin Update was and or how will (and probably could had affected) your websites, this video from Matt Cutts explained them all.

Movie time!

Should you change your SEO techniques?

It doesn’t matter if you are doing white hat SEO or black hat SEO. The bottom line is that you need to make sure you are doing it correctly.

When I say correctly, it simply means that all your SEO techniques must not be spammy. Even if you are building backlinks from Web 2.0 or Wiki’s, you must make sure you need to pay extra attention to those small and petty things such as anchor text.

If you are interested to understand how anchor text is going to change the face of search engine optimization techniques, then you can head over to this eBook on SEO link building or this one written by the famous Rand Fishkin from Moz.

I even received some private message on Facebook asking if it is still worth using SEO tools in terms of website optimization. Of course, I am not talking about those free SEO tools but I am talking about those famous, search engine optimization tools such as link building tool and content optimization program.

Now let me be very honest with you on this matter. I dare to say that premium SEO tools are still worthy and important in terms of search engine optimization.

You see, there are probably tons of SEO tools out there to choose from regardless if they are free or paid. Either way, it depends back to the end user in terms of using them! I know many bloggers who fail to use Ultimate Demon link building tool to correctly and they were slapped pretty bad with the latest Google Update.

What are the best SEO techniques right now?

Disclaimer: These methods does not guarantee you 100% success in your search engine optimization strategies. However, use these methods as guidelines and modify them according to your website’s need.
1. Understand the basic of search engine optimization (eBook version)
2. Increase interaction and engagement on various blogs and websites of the same niche
3. Creating deep links between websites and blogs (reading)
4. The effect of guest posting (eBook version)
5. Improve your website SEO ranking with this free SEO analysis and report
The first part is rather clear. All these Google updates are done because (and I highly believe) Google wanted no one to misuse the SEO for their own advantage. This was what Adam from BloggingWizard said during one of our conversations:

This is just one part of our conversation but you get the point

As you can see now, it seems pretty obvious that there are many SEO techniques which are (sadly) misused by many. I know I am going a little off topic here but just giving my opinion.

Assuming that’s the case, it is best that we need to understand how this search engine optimization really works and you have two choices. You can either read this eBook which would cost you like less than $10 or follow this blog closesly for more SEO tips. Of course, you can also contact me if you have any issues as well!

The reader’s engagement rule

Welcome your readers and thank them for visiting your website

In this article, I want to stress the importance of the reader’s engagement when it comes to SEO best practices. Now, ask your self a few quick questions first before we go in any deeper into the topic.
- What do you know about reader’s engagement?
- How can you practice SEO when you communicate with your readers?
Reader’s engagement rule is huge. It consist not only other blogs and websites but it also involves social media. The rule of engagement for this types of SEO techniques are very simple indeed.

You want to build good search engine ranking or quality backlinks. Now, the more people talk about your article, blog or website, the chances of you getting traffic is better. Don’t forget that big daddy, Google is more than happy to give higher SEO ranking to websites who are constantly and actively in the discussion.

Have you noticed how websites such as ProBlogger, kikolani and probloggingsuccess are doing very well in search engine ranking page results? Have you ever why they always top the chart whenever you search for any related terms?

The answer is easy. Look at the number of comments they have. We are not talking about 5 or 10. We are talking hundreds of comments, for Christ’s sake!

Doesn’t this prove that reader’s engagement is one of the best SEO practices of all time? Yup, you got it right!

Of course, there is a little bonus for those using WordPress platform. If you want to drive traffic to your website, I would highly recommend you to use CommentLuv Premium. This is the best comment plugin for WordPress when it comes to link building and search engine optimization methods.

Hint: Some websites (including this website) are offering free follow backs or DoFollow link back when the reader had contributed a certain number of comments.

The effect of guest posting in terms of search engine optimization

Guest post can easily create a healthy backlink to your website

Are you interested to build quality backlinks for your website? I bet you are right and that’s why you are here right now. Guest posting was deem valuable in the past and now, it is worth more than gold.

So, how does guest posting actually helps in terms of SEO?

Every time a guest post is made, the writer is going to link the article back to his or her own website. Good for you since you are able to get 1 point for backlink right?

Wait! There’s more!

Whenever you are doing a guest post, you are not only selling your article but as well as selling your website and brand. Yes, you are telling people that you are alive and kickin’.
The websites that you are going to publish your articles should be:
- Well recognized
- Having good traffic
- A good Page Rank
- And highly related to your niche
When it comes to SEO techniques, Google and other search engines doesn’t really matter how you generate such backlinks (until certain extend of course). Let’s imagine this:

One guest post consist of one links to root domain (author box), two deep links pointing to specific articles on your website. There goes three superb good link building points!

Sounds good? Oh yes, it certainly does.

If you want to venture into guest posting or simply making guest posting one of your SEO techniques, these are what you need to prepare:
1. Quality articles of about 600 to 1,500 words (depending on websites and requirements)
2. Do some bloody research. I mean…do some serious research before hand
3. Write once but recheck it more than twice
4. Find the best link building website to publish the article (okay I am joking about the link building website as any good page rank websites would do)
Back to you

What do you think of this article? With the latest Google Penguin update, are you going to change your SEO techniques? Do you have any other search engine optimization methods to share aloud? I am sure you have some under your sleeves and therefore, feel free to reply using the comment form below.

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December 21, 2023
Complete Beginner’s Guide In Building Quality Backlinks
This article is written thanks to the latest Google update. Due to the Google update, more bloggers and webmasters are starting to understand the importance of quality backlinks.

So, what do you know about backlink?

According to Wikipedia, backlinks can easily be definite as incoming links to a website or a web page. Make any sense? See the picture below:

Backlinks can easily be defined as external links that is pointing back to a website or blog

People says a picture means a thousand words. What does the picture above implicates?

Don’t worry if you do not understand what backlinks are. Referring to the above, backlinks are links pointing back to a certain article, page or website. In the eyes of search engines, the more backlinks a website gets, the better the chances that the website is offering good content.

Quality backlinks means that those blogs or websites pointing to your sites are either established, well known and could have a good page rank all together.

Ways to build quality backlinks

When it comes to link building or building backlinks, there are only two very obvious methods which are the white hat and the black hat methods. Let’s do a quick recap on what both the above are, shall we?

Black hats SEO is basically building backlinks using the illegal method. Guess the word ‘˜black hat’ pretty obvious huh?

Black hats SEO methods consist of a variety of methods such as getting paid backlinks through .gov and .edu websites. In fact, there are many people who told me that why should bloggers bothers since by spending a little money, they are going to save months of hard work just to get a good page rank.

Personally, do I really want to pay for backlinks that do not guarantee me a good ranking that will stay? No thank you! I know how hard it is to build backlinks but trust me, I rather have 10 quality backlinks than 100 low quality backlinks.

White hats SEO on the other hand is…of course, doing things the opposite way compared to black hats. White hats SEO actually consist of months and years of hard work to build a network of strong backlinks with genuine websites.

Does this mean anything to search engines like Google? Yes indeed! Google themselves are updating their algorithm nearly every month nowadays and there will not be any sign for bloggers. For those who uses black hats SEO, I wish them all the best as it is going to be tough!

Building backlinks from scratch

When you talk about SEO, backlinks and stuffs, I definitely prefer doing it the right way. When it come to building good quality backlinks, it all takes not only effort but as well as, tons of patience.

Let’s assume you are brand new to this industry and you are definitely looking to start on the right path right? This is what I call the Golden Period for you to build great backlinks from scratch.

Assuming (one more) that you are looking into the blogging industry, you can easily build healthy bonds with other bloggers around the world thanks to social media and the various networking platforms.

Building backlinks from scratch will actually offer you a better chance not only to avoid any penalty slapped by Google but at the same time, keeping you in a very safe spot when it comes to future updates from Google. A little example is Google had an update around April – May 2013 and many bloggers are penalized due to using black hat SEO methods.

Of course of those bloggers who are using quality backlinks, some of them (not all) received a small boost of ranking in search engine result pages (SERPs).

Through my experience, the best way to increase the number quality backlinks back to your blog is by commenting on other blogs which are related to you. Yes, only blogs that are related to your topic!

Search engines such as Google has another algorithm which detects backlinks coming from low quality and non related blog topics. Are you ready to get ‘˜slapped’ for such as beginner mistake?

Link building method that works (guest post)

For me, this is probably the best way to increase links building to your blog. I read an article at TrafficGenerationCafe that we should focus a good deal of time in both our sites and other related blog sites.

That made me puzzled. I was wondering what she was talking about. Ana Hoffman’s simply quote actually made me thought of it. If I am going to write 100 quality articles on my website, who will be the readers? Where’s my market?

Basically my market is going to be:
- Myself 80%
- Friends and family 10%
- Crawlers 5%
- Lucky traffic 5%
As you can see the above, it is definitely not good right? So I decided to turn the table around and head towards this direction:
- Traffic 85%
- Crawlers 5%
- Others and myself 10%
Yes you got it right now! Having myself seeing my own blogs (with a whopping 80% traffic) isn’t going to generate me money or any money at all from my blogging. Of course, unless you can to perform click bombing on your sites then, I would have nothing to say!

Okay, the point is this. You want traffic coming from outside and you want search engine to tell readers that ‘Hey, this (blog name) is good!’. That’s what you want right?

So, the only and fastest way to build good traffic is by getting good articles up on your site first (make it 30, 50, 100 or more high quality articles). Once you are all done, head over to other blogging related sites and apply for guest posting.

If you think that is all, then you are wrong. The job doesn’t stop here but it has just started buddy!

Thinking of writing sub quality articles (or even worst spinned ones) and submit them to other blogging sites? Please don’t! Instead, writing really…really good articles and submit them.

You see, when you submit an article to these sites, they are going to promote for you. Remember that these blogs will not only be promoting your bloggings but also your website name and your reputation.

When it comes to guest posting, always do it 101% or don’t do it at all

Authority sites are a good source of quality backlinks for bloggers

Quality backlinks will bring many advantages to bloggers and webmasters.

When I started blogging, I knew ‘˜content is king’ and I was so focused to create quality articles on my blogs. Okay, you might have done this or even thinking of doing this. Let me tell you now. It won’t work!

I am not joking when I say that, writing quality content will not make you a magnet. Period!

If you want to build backlinks and even really good quality backlinks, then you need to write on authority sites.

Referring to the above, we had discussed on guest posting right? Yes, you are right buddy! Guest posting on various blogs can be considered authority sites.

Authority sites means selected websites which has a good page ranks as seen by search engines such as Google, Bing and Yahoo. If you are able to write on authority sites and have a link back to your blog, you are going to have a very good chance of getting very good quality backlinks.

At the same time, you have to remember that one good quality backlinks can easily equivalent to 50 or 100 low quality links. So, bear in mind for that alright?

You will notice most authority sites has NoFollow attribute. Trust me when I tell you that they are still worth something!

Do not over do backlinking

When it comes to link building, I noticed a huge number of bloggers do the same mistake over and over again. Don’t worry as you are not alone. I had done that as well. When we over do our backlinks, there are few implications that may fall upon us.

For new sites, you might not be ready to take on so much traffic at one time. Too much backlinks pointing to your blog and search engine might consider you are using link farm services. Furthermore, if too many links are coming from low quality sites, your blog or website might easily get penalized.

Therefore, the biggest question now is, “Are you doing the right backlinking method for your blogs and websites?”

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December 21, 2023