Rank Fast with these Topical Authority Tactics Ep.589
In this podcast episode featuring SEO Specialist Matthew Bertram, the focus is on demystifying Topical Authority in SEO and providing actionable…
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Submitting your website - Do useful comments on blogs help? -#seopodcast 46
Blog and forum comments build backlinks only when they add genuine value, and new websites get indexed faster by submitting sitemaps to Google, Bing, and Yahoo Webmaster Tools and getting links from social bookmarking sites.
Key takeaways
- Submit a sitemap through Google Webmaster Tools before attempting to ping Google, as Google requires submission first.
- On Bing and Yahoo, you can ping your sitemap directly without a prior submission step.
- Spam blog comments get deleted and add no value; only useful, relevant comments earn approved backlinks.
- Social bookmarking sites like Stumble Upon, Delicious, and Digg help new sites get indexed and drive traffic.
If you're going to make a comment on it, make sure it's of value.
About this episode
This episode covers submitting or pinging your website to get your website listed on Google, Yahoo and Bing. We discuss inbound links, creating those links on blogs. We discuss the good ways and the bad ways to comment on blogs. Search engine marketing is easy and fun. Find our facebook page at www.e-webstyle.com/facebook. Houston Search Engine Marketing. You can now watch our podcasts live every Friday morning…
Questions this episode answers
How do I get my new website indexed by Google quickly?
Create a sitemap and set up a Google Webmaster Tools account, then submit your sitemap there. You can also get links from highly trafficked social bookmarking sites like Stumble Upon, Delicious, or Digg, which both help indexing and drive traffic to the site.
Do blog comments help with SEO and link building?
Only if they are genuinely useful and relevant. Generic complimentary comments are recognized as spam and get deleted. Comments that add real value to the discussion are more likely to be approved, earning a legitimate outbound link from that blog.
Is it worth registering with both Bing and Yahoo Webmaster Tools?
The hosts say it is better to do it for speed, even though Google, Bing, and Yahoo eventually share information and will find each other's indexed sites. Once you have set up Google Webmaster Tools, adding Bing and Yahoo takes little extra effort.
What is link baiting in the context of blog comments and reviews?
Link baiting, as described in this episode, means writing a genuinely valuable review or comment on a relevant blog or podcast, then letting the site owner know about it and asking them to reference your website, earning you a backlink in return.
In their words
You could get a link from Google's homepage. And if we knew how to do that, they wouldn't be calling us more.
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Terms defined in this episode
- Ping
- A URL request that notifies a search engine your sitemap has been updated. On Google, you must submit your sitemap via Webmaster Tools before you can ping; on Bing and Yahoo you can ping directly from the start.
- Social bookmarking
- Sites like Delicious, Stumble Upon, Blink List, and Digg where users save and share links. Getting your site listed on these can help new sites get indexed and generate traffic.
- Link baiting
- Writing a valuable piece of content, such as an article or review, for a relevant site and asking that site to reference your website in return, earning a backlink.
- Webmaster Tools
- Accounts provided by Google, Bing, and Yahoo that let website owners submit sitemaps and manage how their sites are crawled and indexed by each search engine.
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Matthew Bertram
AI keynote speaker · Owner & CEO, EWR Digital · President, ModalPoint
Matthew Bertram is an AI keynote speaker, creator of DIG™ (Digital Information Governance), and owner and CEO of EWR Digital. He helps energy and industrial leaders win visibility in AI search (GEO and AEO), is President of ModalPoint and CMO of the Oil & Gas Global Network, hosts The Best SEO Podcast, and has authored eight books including LLM Visibility. More about Matthew Bertram.
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