Domain authority through blogs
-
So, I was looking at my competiton, and noticed that they have 4 times the amount of link that my page has. I noticed that they made a blog on almost every free blog hosting available (like webs.com, jimdo.com, .weebly.com...)
And every blog has a high domain authority (and poor content) with links to their page.
Is this helping with their domain authority? Should i do if for my page too?
Thank, M.
-
There are literally hundreds of alternatives. All do require effort though, nothing in SEO should be easy.
Add me on Skype and I'd be happy to guide you through a few ideas
-
Matt, can you provide more info re: "As long as you continue to build links the correct way then you should do fine."?
If one have a shoe string budget, what alternative do they have?
-
Yes i could use some help, i will send you an e-amil latter.
Love the SEOmoz community
-
As long as you continue to build links the correct way then you should do fine. Just ensure they are very natural links on relevant sites and aren't based on anchor text links
If you need advice on how to build decent safe links just fire me a mail or something, I'd be happy to advise.
-
Thanks Matt!
I will keep on building links my way, and hope that Google catches on to them.
Although they have been first on my top keyword fore some time now...
-
WOW. They are using some SERIOUSLY OLD techniques. They have incredibly aggressive and poor link building methods, all based on exact match anchor text links and all from horribly poor domains mostly built to serve the purpose of creating links.
You will be safe in the knowledge that their rankings shouldn't last long at all - hopefully!
-
Google, off course!
Just as i thought, this tactic would do more damage than good in the long run, but i wasn't shore, because generally their thin content blogs have prety good PA and DA...
Thank you for two quick anwsers, Matt i have shared a link via private chat.
-
Don't do this. Please.
This is very risky way of trying to help your website rank and has become even more risky since the Panda and Penguin algorithm updates. One targets thin content (like these free blog sites will have) and one targets spammy links (which these free blog sites will also have).
What they are effectively doing is creating a link network. I'd like to estimate that they will be hit by Google at some point... Especially if the link network plays a big part in their link profile.
Care to share a link to their site for me to take a look at?
-
OK.... which matters to you more?
Helping your domain authority or helping your Google rankings?
Google? Yes?
So, do you think that it will help your Google rankings by putting up spammy blogs that are loaded with spammy links on every free service that you can find? If you have not heard about Penguin and unnatural links penalty, learn about them before answering.
Got a burning SEO question?
Subscribe to Moz Pro to gain full access to Q&A, answer questions, and ask your own.
Browse Questions
Explore more categories
-
Moz Tools
Chat with the community about the Moz tools.
-
SEO Tactics
Discuss the SEO process with fellow marketers
-
Community
Discuss industry events, jobs, and news!
-
Digital Marketing
Chat about tactics outside of SEO
-
Research & Trends
Dive into research and trends in the search industry.
-
Support
Connect on product support and feature requests.
Related Questions
-
How do Domain Authority and the Price of a Paid Listing Relate?
I'm just starting to do some in-house link building for the first time. Having looked at some of our competitors it seems that they have paid for links on some B2B sites and I was wondering how the Domain authority and the price charged were related. The follow up question is then how do you estimate the ROI of a link? So for example looking at a site with a DA of 30 and a page authority of 17 how much should one pay for the link? How do you decide how much you should pay for a link - and whether it is value for money? btw I'm not interested in buying links I'm curious 🙂 Thanks for any thoughts
Link Building | | Zippy-Bungle0 -
Should I link from my blog back to my product pages?
Hello... I just installed a blog on my Magento site. My question is whether or not i should be linking within posts on the blog back to the product or category pages that i am talking about...from an SEO perspective. If in my post i am talking about flashlights being important when preparing for a storm, should i link the word flashlights to the flashlight category on my site? I know I can do this, the question is should i, from google's perspective. A) should i link the word (flashlights) to that category on my page B) should i put a line at the bottom of every post that says something like "if you are interested in purchasing flashlights, visit this link" and hyperlink that whole sentence... THANKS!
Link Building | | Prime850 -
Blog. vs /Blog
I need to be able to explain to a client the difference from an SEO perspective between Blog. vs /Blog. www.website.com/Blog vs Blog.website.com The client wants to know which one will help there website with SEO. I belive both will but /Blog will more. I'm looking for a tangible answer only centered around this subject. Thanks,
Link Building | | cfield_splashmedia.com0 -
Blogs that Link to Random Sites
Posting articles on the MyBlogGuest article gallery can lead to several sites offering to publish your guest post on their blog. However many of these sites will accept any guest post that links out to anything from socks to hotels. Would you avoid guest posting on these sites? (if it would take very little time to do)
Link Building | | ProjectLabs0 -
Same Content on Different Blogs
We host our blog on WordPress as part of our site. The blog "address" is www.website.com/blog/post. If I were to take the same content that's on this blog and post it on a Blogger account we have, would Google consider that duplicate content? If not, would there be any benefit to doing this?
Link Building | | rdreich490 -
Page links vs. domain links
Hello all, I am trying to find out how Google weighs page inbound links vs. domain inbound links. I have a domain with about 100,000 inbound links and am adding a new page to my domain which at this time has 0 links. I will be trying to outrank a competitors page that has 6,000 inbound links to the competitors page, but only has 26,000 inbound links to my competitors domain . Is there a formula or a way to know how Google values a page link vs. a domain link?
Link Building | | digitalops0 -
When searching for high quality links, in a niche area such as real estate, does page rank factor into a search or is page / domain authority the most important factor?
After having employed many different methods for finding good link partners I am now finding it more difficult to reach out and identify good quality links for a niche area such as real estate. Does page rank factor into the search much or is it better to focus on page / domain authority as a major factor?
Link Building | | casper4340 -
Linkbuilding on deep Blog pages
So I think I've got a good strategy going but wanted to get others feedback on it... I've been link building on a lot of blogs via reviews and giveaways. Frequently, these blogs give my posts limited exposure on the Home Page because the posts quickly get buried by new posts and eventually pushed off the home page to the "older posts" pages. Sometimes, reviews never even touche the home page because they live one level down on a "reviews" page which typically has 0 inbound links and low page authority. In these cases, I will use OSE to find the blog post with the strongest back link profile and request a link on that page instead. Typically, these posts are 2-3 years old so the bloggers are usually happy to give an old page some action. I'm a bit concerned though..Since these pages are frequently old, their content has not changed for years. Essentially, the pages have gone stale. Am I getting any benefit from these links? They typically have the 2nd best Page Authority on the Domain, but I'm wondering if the lack of fresh content kills all the value.
Link Building | | znotes0