So “social media” is the biggest buzz term on the plant after “economic stimulus” - but did you know social media is an effective medium to link build for seo?
Here is a list of whitehat, social media link building strategies with the pros/cons of each:
1. Comments on do-follow blogs
pros:
time efficient
possible to get links on pages with pr2-pr4.
cons:
niche targeting possible but keyword targeting difficult
2. Do-Follow Social Bookmarking
pros:
time efficient
natural looking
submitting a description with url allows for a keyword-rich link page
cons:
considered to be spamming
no pr on link page
3. Submit a Video to Youtube.com/Viddler.com
pros:
link from high pr site
do-follow link on viddler
cons:
link is no-follow on youtube
most likely no pr on link page
no anchor text on link
4. Create a Squidoo page, a scribd.com doc, or a wetpaint.com page
pros: keyword-rich link page
do-follow link from high pr site
keyword in url(squidoo)
cons:
most likely no pr on link page
time consuming & therefore expensive
wetpaint is no-follow
5. Buy Blogroll links
pros: theme-related link page
high-pr link page possible
do-follow link
cons:
Google may figure out that site is selling links
lack of keyword-rich content
6. Blog Contest
Offer a cash prize to the blogger of your choice that blogs about yourclientswebsite.com. In order to be eligible the blogger must link to yourclientswebiste.com Typically a cash prize of $25 will attract about 20 blog posts with links. Promote on your blog and the digitalpoint forums.
pros: keyword-rich content
cons:
no pr on link page
some blogs may not be indexed
7. Paid Blog Posting:
Use a site such as payperpost.com to locate bloggers with niche blogs and pay them to blog about our client & link to yourclientswebsite.com
pros: keyword-rich content
safe for all clients
cons:
no pr on link page
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