This document outlines 6 actionable SEO techniques that can be used right away. They are: 1) finding broken link building opportunities on Wikipedia, 2) discovering untapped keywords on Reddit, 3) finding link prospects on Delicious, 4) copying Adwords ads to make killer title and description tags, 5) hacking Wikipedia for keyword and topic ideas, and 6) doing data research via end user value by analyzing questions on Quora and keywords on Ubersuggest. Each technique is explained in 1-2 paragraphs with steps on how to implement them for link building and content optimization purposes.

1. 6 Actionable SEO Techniques
You Can Use Right Now
By:Sonia

2. People that succeed with SEO do two things
very well:
1. They identify SEO techniques that get them
results.
2. They put 100% of their resources into
executing and scaling those techniques.

3. “How do I find SEO strategies that actually work?”
Tackle one of the 6 white hat SEO techniques below.
1. Find Broken Link Building Opportunities on Wikipedia.
2. Discover Untapped Keywords on Reddit.
3. Find Link Prospects on Delicious.
4. Copy Adwords Ads to Make Killer Title and Description
Tags.
5. Hack Wikipedia for Keyword and Topic Ideas.
6.Data Research Via End User Value.

4. 1. Find Broken Link Building Opportunities on
Wikipedia
Broken link building has it all…
1.Scalable.
2.White hat.
3.Powerful.
When a Wikipedia editor stumbles on a dead link, they
don’t delete the link right away.

5. They add a footnote next to the link that says “dead link”:
This footnote gives other editors a chance to confirm that the
link is actually dead before removing it.

6. Here’s how:
First, use this simple search string:
site:wikipedia.org [keyword] + “dead link”
For example, if you were in the SEO space you’d search
for something like this:

7. Next, visit a page in the search results that’s relevant to
your site:

8. Hit ctrl + f and search for “dead link”:
Your browser will jump to any dead links in the
references section:

9. WikiGrabber-tool that allows you to search for dead links
on Wikipedia pages.
Once you’ve found a dead link, now what?
Re-create that dead resource on your site and replace the
dead link in Wikipedia with yours.
That would only land you a single link (and a nofollow
link at that).

10. Here’s how to get the most out of the dead links that you
find:
Take your broken link and pop it into ahrefs (or your
link analysis tool of choice):
A long list of sites that you can contact about their
broken link:

11. For example, the dead link I found on the SEO Wikipedia entry
has 380 backlinks from 152 referring domains.

12. 2. Discover Untapped Keywords on Reddit
Reddit is a keyword research goldmine.
Let’s say you ran a site that sold headphones.
Head over to Reddit Search and search for “headphones”:
If there’s a subreddit in that space, head over to that subreddit.

13. Keep an eye out for threads where people tend to ask a lot of questions
(like an AMA or Q&A thread).
Scan the thread for potential keywords. Terms that pop up again and
again are perfect.
For example, I noticed this model of headphones mentioned a few times
in a headphone Q&A thread:

14. Average monthly searches of keyword

15. 3. Find Link Prospects on Delicious
The popular bookmarking site Delicious.com is one of
the best places to find people that have shared content
in your niche.
Here’s how:
First, head over to Delicious and search for a broad
keyword related to your industry:

16. Find content that’s similar to yours and has a lot of bookmarks:
Then click on the bookmark link.
Now you’ll see all of the people that saved the link:

17. Look at one of the profiles to see if they have a website listed:
If so, head over to their site to find their contact information:

18. Finally, reach out to them to let them know about your similar
piece of content.

19. 4. Copy Adwords Ads to Make Killer Title and
Description Tags
The Adwords ads that you see for competitive keywords are the
result of hundreds (if not thousands) of split tests. Split tests to
maximize clicks.
For example, let’s say you were going to publish a blog post
optimized around the keyword “glass water bottles”.

20. First, take a look at the Adwords ads for that keyword:
In our “glass water bottles” example, we have phrases like:
1.BPA-free
2.Keep you hydrated
3.Durable
4.Reusable

21. Here’s how the title and description tags might look:
As you can see, these tags include words that are proven to
generate clicks.

22. 5. Hack Wikipedia for Keyword and Topic
Ideas
The Keyword Planner only gives you VERY close variations of
the keywords of your seed keywords.
So if you enter a seed keyword like “weight loss”, it will spit out
keywords like:
1.Weight loss tips
2.Healthy weight loss
3.Fast weight loss
4.Weight loss diet

23. Here’s how:
Head over to Wikipedia and enter a seed keyword (I’m going to
use the keyword “insurance” in this example):
Keep an eye out for sections on the Wikipedia entry that display
closely related keywords and topics.
These sections are…
The “Contents” box:

24. Callouts and sidebars:

25. Internal links: And “See Also” sections:

26. 6.Data Research Via End User Value
Google isn’t an advertising company. They’re a big data Company.
Every tool, platform, and device they design has one purpose: to get
data from users and use it to build a stronger system.
Your goal is to double your search traffic by heeding the wisdom of the
crowd.

27. How do you get relevant data about your users’ interests?
Quora will be helpful. Here are the basic steps:
Step 1: Go to Quora. On the homepage, type your primary keyword
(e.g., blog traffic). Hit the “enter” button.

28. Step 2: Analyze the result with the most answers. Click the most
interesting or relevant headline and read the answers from users.

29. Step 3: Extract ideas for your content.
Another common way to get user data is through keyword research
by Ubersuggest.org

30. References:
1) http://backlinko.com/seo-techniques
2)Web design and development Birmingham

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