7 Steps to Rank Well During Google's Panda Updates (Part 2 of 2) From an SEO Company
1. 7 Steps to Rank Well During Google’s
Panda Updates (Part 2 of 2)
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Part 1 Review
• In part one, we discussed the
first four steps to rank well
during Google’s Panda updates,
including:
‣ Writing good quality content
‣ Developing a plan
‣ Writing link bait
‣ Blogging consistently
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Part 2 Overview
‣ In part two, we are going to
discuss the three remaining
steps to rank well, which
include:
‣ Building high quality links
‣ Optimizing through social
media
‣ Thinking like a marketer
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5. Building High Quality Links
‣ Instead of putting your time
into low quality directories,
you want to focus on higher
quality link building
opportunities
‣ Press release sites and
article directories still
provide value to share your
content
‣ The key is to focus on
writing good quality content
that will get picked up and
drive traffic
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5. Building High Quality Links
‣ In part one, we discussed
the importance of
developing link bait - high
quality content on your
Website and blog that
people want to link to
‣ We also discussed the
importance of writing for a
particular audience or
avatar, so it’s easier to
attract these Websites to
link to you
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5. Building High Quality Links
‣ Once you have good quality
content that has been
published on your Website,
reach out to these
companies that you have
written your content for and
build a relationship
‣ Over time, you will be able
to develop some high
quality backlinks that will
help with your ranking
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5. Building High Quality Links
‣ In terms of guest blogging,
take the time to build
relationships with influential
bloggers by commenting on
their posts and reaching out
to them
‣ Leave well thought out
comments
‣ Not only can you get a
backlink from the comment,
but you can even drive
traffic to your Website
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5. Building High Quality Links
‣ By providing high quality
comments over time, the
blogger will start to
recognize your name, which
will allow you to reach out
to them in the future
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6. Optimize Through Social
• As many of you are aware,
social media is growing in
importance for SEO
• Include your keyword, the full
link, and link your posts to
relevant pages on your site
• Focus on engagement
• Maximize engagement
through calls to action to like
your content, share it, or by
asking fans to share their
perspective
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6. Optimize Through Social
• Run campaigns designed to
maximize engagement such
as sweepstakes, trivia, and
fan sharing
• By approaching social media
from a qualitative perspective
while maximizing
engagement, you increase
shares, +1s and likes, which
influence your ranking
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7. Think Like a Marketer
• Because of Google’s shift
from low quality link building
to high quality content and
authority, you have to shift
back to thinking like a
marketer
• You have to think about what
avatars you want to appeal to
when developing content for
your Website and blog
• Not just the audience that
you want to sell to, but the
audience that you want to
link to you
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