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no. 102
How to Increase Your Domain Authority
5 Ways to Trigger The Most Important Factor in SEO
How Google Works
Links Keywords
Authority Relevance
Off-site On-page
Links are authority
more links = more authority
links from authoritative websites =
much more authority
How much authority do I have?
How do I find out?
Source: The MozBar Chrome Extension
It’s the likelihood that
pages on your site will rank.
It’s the value of a link
from another site to your site.
Some Links Are Worth
More Than Others
There are a lot of little factors…
1. It’s from a page on a domain with high authority
2. It’s from a page without a ton of outgoing links
Many outgoing links =
less authority per link
3. It isn’t just another link to your homepage
4. The text in the link is descriptive ...not just ‘click here’
It’s good when the link text
Includes the target keyphrase
It’s bad if all the links include
the target keyphrase
But most sites have few or no keyphrase-focused backlinks
1. From a site with high Domain Authority
2. From a page with few outgoing links
3. To a deeper interior page on your site
4. The anchor text includes your keyphrase
High Value Links
1. Links in press releases
2. Links in social media posts
3. “nofollow” links
No Value Links
Bad Link Building
Dumb ways to try to get links
“Please link to me now.”
“Pay me and I’ll get links to you.”
“I’ll pay you to link to me.”
“I write good article for you.”
“Take my infographic and link to me.”
“You have a broken link. Link to me.”
“I like this page. Link to me?”
“Take this badge …and link to me.”
“Take this badge …and link to me.”
“Order from this menu of links.”
Buy Links at Scale: PBNs (Private Blog Networks)
1. Link Building
Guest Blogging and Digital PR
Blogger Collaborative Content Marketer
More blog posts Links, better quality, more friends
Nice blog, buddy! This is what great
marketing looks like
Classic PR Targets
1. Associations / Trade publications
2. Industry blogs
3. Local media
4. Big business sites (become a columnist)
I wrote an article for you.
Here it is.
Aaron Orendorff
Expert Guest Blogger
2. Link Attraction
Combining influencers with high-value content
lead
lead
traffic
conversions
lead
traffic
conversions
search
email
social
lead
traffic
conversions
search
lead
traffic
conversions
rank
lead
traffic
conversions
rank
content
links
lead
traffic
conversions
rank
content
links
content
relationships
source: How to Find Influencers, Orbit Media
Source: Mark Schaefer, Orbit Media
The 5 Types of Influencers
Who creates links?
Source: Mark Schaefer, Orbit Media
The 5 Types of Influencers
There are two kinds of people on the internet
1% Content creators
99% Content consumers
and contributors
5 Types of Content Creators
1. Bloggers and Editors
2. Journalists
3. Researchers
4. Podcasters
5. Event Producers
lead
traffic
conversions
rank
content
links
content
relationships
lead
traffic
conversions
rank
content
links
content
collaboration with
content creators
Social media is the world’s
greatest phonebook
1. Contributor quote
2. Expert roundup
3. Deep dive interview
Three Types of Content Collaborations
“Hi, Mark! Would you like to
contribute a quote to this article?”
“Hi, Mark! Would you like to
contribute a quote to this article?”
“Sure, Andy! No problem.
How does this sound?”
“Sure, Andy! No problem.
How does this sound?”
“This is perfect. Thank you!
I’ll let you know when this is live...”
“Hi, Mark! Would you like to
contribute a quote to this article?”
1. Content quality (expert POVs)
2. Better social reach (ego bait)
3. Grows your professional network
Three Benefits of Collaborative Content
1. Content quality (expert POVs)
2. Better social reach (ego bait)
3. Grows your professional network
Three Benefits of Collaborative Content
…with content creators who create links
and therefore might one day pass
authority from their site to yours.
What content attracts links?
source: BuzzSumo, Moz
75% of content has zero links
source: BuzzSumo, Moz
Steve Rayson
Co-founder, Buzzsumo
...if you want to create content that achieves a high level of both
shares and links then you should concentrate on
opinion forming, authoritative content...
or well researched and evidenced content.
Steve Rayson
Co-founder, Buzzsumo
...if you want to create content that achieves a high level of both
shares and links then you should concentrate on
strong opinion
original research
lead
traffic
conversions
rank
content
links
content
collaboration with
content creators
lead
traffic
conversions
rank
content
links
original research
collaboration with
content creators
The average lifespan
of a marketing website is
2 years 7 months
But how can I get influencers to
check out this awesome research?
source: 2019 Blogger Survey, Orbit Media
“What do people in our industry
often say but rarely support?”
Find the missing stat
Source: Foundation
What else attracts link? Tools
Contribute to other
people’s content
“Hey would you like to
contribute to my post?”
“Hey would you like to
contribute to my post?”
“Sure! How about something
about marketing collaboration?”
“Hey would you like to
contribute to my post?”
“Hey would you like to
contribute to my post?”
“Sure! How about something
about marketing collaboration?”
“Sounds great, buddy!”
Get creative!
If I had only $100 to do link building…
3. Do Something Press-Worthy
You make the news. The news makes the links
What do you believe that
most people would disagree with?
What do you think will happen in the future
that most people think is unlikely?
What questions are people in your industry
afraid to answer?
4. Link Reclamation
You got mentioned, but where’s the link?
source: Talkwalker Alerts
source: Talkwalker Alerts
Let’s email the editor…
Specific, considerate…
The response…
Grateful!
5. Link Swapping
The “grey hat” world of mentions
Quick wins for links and mentions
1. Associations / directories
2. Related organizations
3. Sponsorships
4. Past Contributions
5. Friends
Everything in marketing
is based on relationships
If you’re not making friends,
you’re doing it wrong.
Friendships
@crestodina
Andy Crestodina
THANK YOU!

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Editor's Notes

  • #132 Link Reclamation
  • #147 Alumni associations, awards, etc.