Welcome to the nineteenth tutorial of my SEO tutorial series. In the last post, we discussed one of the great techniques to grow your user-base/viewership, increase the sales of your product and at the same time, improve your SERP ranking. Yes, I am talking about Guest Posting.
Today, we're going to discuss another method that can be used to improve your SERP ranking. The best thing about this method is that it doesn't require much efforts and the sad part is, the method is not free. You'll have to spend your money to be able to get backlinks from this method. But how and why? You will know after reading this tutorial.
Ever noticed how some people include their testimonial on various products page and they leave their site's link at the end of their comment? Ever wondered why they include their website link to the testimonial page? I guess NO (for the majority of people). Providing a valuable testimonial with your link included is the best way to increase your SERP ranking.
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The reason why I consider it best is because the testimonials are highlighted on the homepage of the site which serves two purposes:
- Drive the people to your site.
- Increase your SERP ranking because of its high impact.
Why is the impact of links in testimonials high?
Usually, the homepage of most sites has great metrics such as high page authority and low citation flow. That's ideal and is exactly what Google is looking for. Though it should be noted that Google doesn't care about the MOZ metrics and instead, they follow their own algorithm but the truth is, the Page Authority metrics seems very close to Google's own algorithm.
In Google's view, the links that are mentioned on the homepage of any reputable site means that the mentioned site is very important to be included in the Top 10 results.
Why is this method working robustly?
That's because most of the SEO optimizers are busy in experimenting on FREE methods. Some of them believe that Free backlinks can suffice them while some of them believe that spending money on backlinks is a waste of both, time and money. Therefore, most of the people haven't realized the power of links from products' testimonial page.
Which products to buy in order to get backlink opportunity?
The only part which requires your time is the search for valuable products and thanks to the creators of products, we get new opportunities every day. Most of the products' homepage has high metrics because of their marketing on media and press sites. Such sites gain popularity and visitors in a very short period of time. The product can be anything from digital to physical. It can be web hosting service or it can be kittens delivery to home.
Sounds great, right? But you must make sure about the following things before you select any product:
- The product must allow you to write testimonials after you purchase their service.
- The testimonial section should be located to the URL which has high-metrics. Usually, the homepage of such sites has good metrics. But some sites don't show testimonials on the homepage. Instead, they keep a separate page of "Testimonials". Just make sure that the page has good metrics.
- If the product is new and you have an opportunity to get your link at their homepage, if you believe that the product will trend well in future, then take immediate action.
How big should the budget be? Is it costly?
It totally depends on what product you are purchasing. To be honest, if the product I am buying is physical, then I can happily buy and resell to people at discount. That way, I'd save a big sum of money and at the same time, my link will be live on the product's homepage. Take the example of iPhone from Amazon ;)
Even if the product is digital and you have just a single license, then I believe that there's no harm if you completely transfer your license to someone (without violating the agreement with product's owner). For example, You purchased web-hosting service for 12 months. You can either offer web hosting account to someone for 12 months at discount. I mean, if you purchased at $200, you can sell for $180. That way, your link on their homepage will stay alive and you'll save money big time.
How to search the products?
Well, there are many techniques that can be used. Google is your best friend. You can filter the search results by time. Don't know how? Have a look:
Search with Google in the following format:
"your keyword here" + "product"
" your keyword here" + "ebook"
"your keyword here" + "buy now"
"your keyword here" + "Amazon"
Hurray!
Important Info:
Honestly speaking, People never share their successful secret but I've shared not one but many of my secrets with you here. Why? because I believe that we should help each other. Do you believe the same? Then don't hesitate to support the work. Be it in the shape of upvote or resteem. And make sure to follow me at @princewahaj to know more secrets. In my coming posts, I'll reveal some great techniques that you can use to boost your SERP ranking. I am sure you'll love them!
Previous Tutorials:
1st: How to Optimize Your Steemit Content for Search Engines
2nd: How To Give Your Steemit Content Even More Visibility In Search Engines And Beat Your Competitors
3rd: How To Benefit From Images You Use In Your Steemit Content - Internal & External Links - The Proven Method
4th: How To Generate Steemit Content Ideas - Keyword Research - Exact Search Volume Of Keywords From Google!
5th: Turn One Keyword Into Thousands Within Minutes - Long Tail Keywords - The Proven Keyword Research Technique
6th: Understanding The Leading SEO Metrics - Domain Authority And Page Authority
7th: Understanding The King Of Metrics In SEO Industry - Majestic - Trust Flow And Citation Flow
8th: An Introduction To Semrush - Keyword Estimated Traffic Calculation And Difficulty Score By Semrush
9th: Keyword Difficulty Analysis - The Second Core Part Of SEO - How To Find Out Your Ability To Compete - Steemit Metrics
10th: How To Perform Keyword Difficulty Analysis - The First Complete Strategy Explained - Can You Beat Your Competitors?
11th: Keyword Analysis Made Easy - Find Out The Competition Of Keywords In One-Click - The Proven Method Revealed
12th: How To Automate Your Keyword Analysis Task - Analyze Thousands Of Keywords With The Blazing Speed
13th: The Summary Of All The Proven Strategies Related To On-Page SEO
14th: Introduction To Off-Page SEO & The Strategy Of Social Networks To Boost Rankings With Social Signals
15th: Introduction To Backlinks And The Backlinks History
16th: Introduction to No-Follow and Do-Follow Backlinks & Their Importance
17th: Introduction To Link-Building Strategies - Blogs Commenting Explained
18th: Use Cases of Blogs Commenting Strategy - Forum Posting & Signatures Strategy Explained!
19th: Guest Posting Strategy Explained! - Step by Step Guide to Guest Posting
This looks like great advice. I'll read it carefully and consider incorporating it. Your SEO series is wonderful and I have used several of the strategies successfully with other posts.
Wow, I am honored with your appreciation and support, Tom. You can't imagine how much it means to me. Thank you for your continuous support! I am glad that you were able to see the results by using the mentioned strategies.
Thanks once again!
Here is also a good manual on several important things to keep in mind while you’re creating a video testimonial (a real-life video testimonial was used as an example, it is also included): 7 Best Practices for Making Video Testimonials
This is an interesting tutorial series but I believe if I have to really learn from it, I have to start from tutorial #1
Good writing bro,Your tutorial help to learn.
So useful post I ilke it bro !
Thanks!
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