A study by BuzzSumo that analyzed 1 million articles found that list articles generate more backlinks than other content formats.
This is an example we published in September 2018:
This article was very successful, generating many comments.
The last two techniques we have seen are effective. They focus on form. But be careful never to skimp on substance.
Articles in the form of “ultimate guide”
It’s no longer a secret: creating high-quality content takes a lot of time BUT is very effective in improving your positions in the SERPs.
Becoming a reference on a topic can allow you to be cited by other websites.
If your blog posts aren’t interesting, or the quality of your writing is poor, don’t expect to get backlinks.
My advice: you can interview experts on certain topics within your content. They will be the first to share your content on their blogs and/or social networks, and you will gain credibility.
At Livementor, we have written an ultimate guide on the importance of keywords in SEO :
As you can see, it generated a lot of comments and is on the first page in the SERPs for a very competitive query!
This type of article can really set you apart from your competitors and attract huge traffic.
Don’t be afraid to become a reference on a topic.
Two final tips for the road
1. Link anchors
If this seems blurry to you, that’s normal.
Let me explain to you what it is.
You have to be careful not to overuse link anchors.
What is a link anchor?
It usually appears in blue on web pages. When you click on it, you are redirected to another page.
There are 2 types of anchor:
- Optimized anchors: the backlinks are placed on a keyword (e.g.: natural referencing strategy).
- Natural anchors: the backlink is placed on a brand name.
When it comes to backlinks, there is one essential rule: “80/20”.
20% of backlinks on optimized anchors for 80% of backlinks on natural anchors.
Google’s algorithm doesn’t like it when optimized anchors are overused to boost traffic to specific pages.
So don’t overuse it!
On the other hand, when you make optimized anchors, be efficient!
2. Focus your SEO juice
It’s important to focus your SEO juice on the pages that are most important to you.
Example :
Your sales pages for example!
Here, in an article I wrote for another blog, I made an anchor to the e-commerce training we offer at Livementor.
Because this is a page for which I absolutely canada telegram data want to be present in the top 3 search results.
III) 2 techniques to obtain quality backlinks
Let’s get to practice!
A promise made is a promise kept.
I told you at the beginning of the article that I was going to reveal techniques to you for effectively recovering good backlinks.
Here we go!
In this part, I will return to our example from earlier.
So we are once again the owners of a blog that writes articles about mountain hiking…
STEP 1: Find sites/blogs that are likely to link to you
The first step in this technique is to find link builders who are likely to link to you.
What you can do is type a keyword dave tanger hr director – operations that you are targeting for one of your content into the Google search bar or a general keyword that is related to your business.
Example :
Now copy the address of the first result and put it into an SEO analysis tool like Ubersuggest or Semrush .
Ubersuggest is easy to use, especially for people who are new to SEO.
Click on “search”.
You will then have results:
- On the website
- On the authority of the site
- On the authority of the page
All of this is extremely interesting and can database d help you in your quest for backlinks.
If you want to understand in detail how this SEO tool works, I invite you to go to Neil Patel’s blog.
This tool is very good when it comes to improving your backlinks.