Links Are Great for Traffic, But Avoid These Mistakes

BLOG TIPS- We agree that linking with other bloggers is an effective way to gain blog traffic and readership but gain your links properly.  Read our list of tips below (and comment to add your advice) to avoid link problems-

1. Avoid unnatural links for your blog.  Years ago it was acceptable to link to, get links from any source.  This is now longer the case as Google and others weigh the appropriateness of your blog's links. Nowadays,  bad or inappropriate link can do more harm and in fact, lower your page ranks.  Stick with reliable blogs and sites that are in or related to your blog's niche.

2. Basic reciprocal links aren't effective.  Usually, obvious reciprocal from links.php pages or similar reciprocal scripts don't work, so save your time and efforts and don't try.  You could end up with some link partners, but the ones you'd get you should avoid anyway!

3. Be Professional and Polite When Requesting from Other Bloggers-  Remember that your both busy, be concise and accurate in what you say to prospective link - ers.  Don't BS on your #s and don't bother approaching blogs or sites that are not appropriate for your blog ! 

4. Buy posts and links cautiously- Make sure you're getting what you pay for and know who you're dealing with before paying anything.  You need to get some background on the seller and determine how established they are.  And we don't recommend buing 1 or 2 month links. Once you're confident in the selling, make the deal of 6 months or a full year.  The key, of course, is to be sure the websites and blogs you get on can really give you traffic thru natural looking links.

5. DON'T SPAM (or use Blackhat techniques) !!!  - It doesn’t work and again, will work against you. Do it and you'll pay the price by likely being kicked out of Google's index.  And those that still use Blackhat techniques are pros at it and somehow stay ahead to the SEO police.  Your not, so don't try.  Keep your blog clean and respectable to gain links and traffic.

You may already have some link horror stories; let us know what's worked for you thru commenting below.

Comments

[Reselling SEO]

Actually, good advice and all common sense. If you're making a site with the users in mind, then you're on the right track. Trying to game Google will only end up the opposite of the effects that you desire.

[article submission]

Thanks for waking me from this dead sleep...your post is very informative and really helpful to the one who is newbie as well as well experienced...I will surely try to keep these kind of mistakes in my mind while writing the article...