Setting up a Blog for more inbound links
-
Site A is my Main Site.
Site B is my Blog.Is using site B to link back to site A a good idea or should site A have it's own blog going after keywords?
-
My plan is to move the blogs and automated content to site A. I will be changing the design of site B. Hopefully google will reward me moving forward.
-
As for damage control I would just focus all efforts on Site A unless there is a clear differentiation in content. If you have useful content to publish do so on the blog of Site A and focus on social promotion and outreach. It's a much better use of time if you can get a few links from outreach than another one from a microsite.
-
You got solid advice from jamesscaggs.
Build the blog on the primary domain. Building a blog on another domain to "manufacture links" is something that has not worked with Google for several years - if it even worked well then.
-
James' advise was solid. Put the blog on your main site and focus your limited resources on producing quality content and on outreach to promote that content. You've got to get good links to at least one of the sites, and with that being as hard as it is, you might as get them to your main site--which means the content needs to be there. Once site A is overflowing with content people are clamoring to link to, then you can think about doing something with site B.
-
I have always done the site B method and it really has worked well till recently. Now I'm thinking of being more broad with site B keywords and go with the plan A route. The problem is getting good quality back links
So what should I do now for damage control? Leave site B up and go after more general terms and only link back once per article??
I really am looking for solid advice!
-
In most cases it's probably best for site A to have its' own blog on sitea.com/blog or something to that effect. This ensures any links coming to the blog get attributed to the root domains' domain authority.
If Site B, the blog, is sort of a standalone brand on it's own, then you could make an argument for making a separate site for the blog. Most of the time this isn't the case though b/c if you are simply writing articles on another site and linking back to site a repeatedly this isn't a good strategy.
In this case site B would represent a "micro-site" and I have been advising clients away from those since 2009.
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
-
Is this campaign of spammy links to non-existent pages damaging my site?
My site is built in Wordpress. Somebody has built spammy pharma links to hundreds of non-existent pages. I don't know whether this was inspired by malice or an attempt to inject spammy content. Many of the non-existent pages have the suffix .pptx. These now all return 403s. Example: https://www.101holidays.co.uk/tazalis-10mg.pptx A smaller number of spammy links point to regular non-existent URLs (not ending in .pptx). These are given 302s by Wordpress to my homepage. I've disavowed all domains linking to these URLs. I have not had a manual action or seen a dramatic fall in Google rankings or traffic. The campaign of spammy links appears to be historical and not ongoing. Questions: 1. Do you think these links could be damaging search performance? If so, what can be done? Disavowing each linking domain would be a huge task. 2. Is 403 the best response? Would 404 be better? 3. Any other thoughts or suggestions? Thank you for taking the time to read and consider this question. Mark
White Hat / Black Hat SEO | | MarkHodson0 -
When you get a new inbound link do you submit a request to google to reindex the new page pointing at you?
I'm just starting my link building campaign in earnest, and received my first good quality inbound link less than an hour ago. My initial thought was that I should go directly to google, and ask them to reindex the page that linked to me... If I make a habit of that (getting a new link, then submitting that page directly to google), would that signify to google that this might not be a natural link building campaign? The links are from legitimate (non-paid, non-exchange) partners, which google could probably figure out, but I'm interested to know opinions on this. Thanks, -Eric
White Hat / Black Hat SEO | | ForForce0 -
Benefits of having outbound links
Are there any strengths (benefits) in having outbound links within the site regarding SEO? If linking to reputable sites, would that help increase our SEO strength or does that only work if they links back to us?
White Hat / Black Hat SEO | | WebRiverGroup1 -
Search Results Showing Additional info/Links
Did I miss something? I was looking at search result listings this morning and noticed that Walmart has additional information at the bottom of their (non-paid (I think)) search results. Please see the attached image and you'll notice links to "Item Description - Product Warranty and Service - Specifications - Gifting Plans" How are they doing this? I just noticed the same on one of our competitors listings so It's not just Walmart and the links are item specific. (I have update the image) Z0yqKtO.jpg
White Hat / Black Hat SEO | | BWallacejr1 -
Commenting on blogs articles
Hi All, I have joined a new company and I am supposed to post relevant comments to blog articles. In the comment I want to provide them the source like www.example.com example.com example which of the above 3 will give me the maximum benefit with the backlinking.
White Hat / Black Hat SEO | | TranswebGlobal0 -
Is it bad to no follow all External LInks at the same time?
I am working on more than 40 EMDs. They are good quality brand sites but they all are interlinked to each other through footer links, side bar links. (and they dont have much of linking root domains) Now Some of those sites have been renovated with new templates and these new sites has very few external links (links going out to our own sites) but some of these old sites has 100s of external links (all these external links of course link to our own sites). But anyways, we are planning to no follow all those external links (links that are linking to our own sites) slowly to avoid penalty? question is, can it be bad to implement no follow to all those links on those sites at the same time?Will Google see it as something fishy? (I don't think so) Also, Is it good strategy to no follow all of them? (I think it is) What you guys think ?
White Hat / Black Hat SEO | | Personnel_Concept0 -
How Would You Go About Building a Private Link Network?
Assuming you need to build a private link network from scratch, how would you go about doing it? I am not looking for some shady tactic, but rather something that would be white hat, yet will help in our SEO efforts. Thanks in advance.
White Hat / Black Hat SEO | | ConversionChamp0 -
Can you set up a Google Local account under a PO Box?
I have a client that wants a Google local listing in a town he serves but does not have a physical location. Is it an issue to share an address with an existing company? Is is it better to use a P.O. Box? or is there a forwarding address company? Is this considered a black hat Local SEO tactic?
White Hat / Black Hat SEO | | BonsaiMediaGroup0