Content Writing

Well its been a while since i posted but it has just been a crazy busy time as i am admist the process of Link Building for all of my affiliate websites, mostly Rooms in Scotland and Rooms in Edinburgh. The main focus has been on content writing and atricle submissions which i feel are the two most effective ways of obtaining backlinks.

I have writtent several travek related articles and submitted them to five article websites such as Go Articles and Article Factory. The idea is that people will read them and then use them on their website and since i have a link in my author section i would get a link back to my website for every atricle used. Now its not just about links, it also about getting relevant links as since the articles are travel related then it would stand to reason that travel related website would probably use them. This is a fantastic way for getting one way relevant links back to your site.

I have also been doing some content writing, basically increasing the amount of useful information on my websites. After all we all know that Google loves unique and useful content, so the more you have the better quality your site will be. I created some pages about castles (like stirling castle) and walks (speyside way) in scotland and then submitted them to wikipedia as to get a link back from a quality source. Even although these links dont pass link juice(they a nofollow links) they still pass as a quality link so they are still useful.

Well any way its time to get back to work, more articles to write and content to create, it is a busy life!

SEO con artists

You have to love the SEO scammers out there, really they are a ray of sunshine on a cloudy day. I had a phone call the other day from a company which was interested in helping one of my websites to the top of google. They could “guarentee” a top 10 placement for 12 months and they had a “special” relationship with Google that allowed them to do this.

Well here is the basic heads up for anybody who is thinking about using a SEO company, if you see the words “guarentee” or “special relationship” anywhere in the company slogan then walk away. It is more than likley going to be a scam.

As for my phone call from this company well i had a little more fun with them, i said i was happy to do it myself but i was then told you cant get top 10 rankings by doing it yourself! Shit! i better just close down my internet business now, are we in the Martix, is anything real? The last time i checked i was top 10 for competitive keywords such as “accommodation in scotland” and “hotels in scotland”.

Well i have to say after i mentioned the words ppc and oragnic i think the guy kinda figured i may know what i am talking about, this was due to the fact that after mentoning those all i heard was “beeep” and the scammer had dissapeared into oblivion.

Well anyway that was my fun for today, just remember if you want high ranking then read up on SEO via books or the internet and if you must use a SEO company make sure they are respectable and reasnable. Just remember if it looks to good to be true then it normally is…