Online business, be it a store or blog requires traffic. To build
traffic one needs to build authority & trust in the eyes of search engines.
That's not easy, that's not a quick fix. One of the important ways to build
authority is by adding quality content. Remember what they say - Content is
King ! And trust me, it is till date. I have realized that the hard way after
making mistakes in promoting my estore. But now that I have learnt, I would
like to share a little bit of what I know.
Other than the site being content rich, what is required is that
you build trust. That is possible ONLY when trustworthy sites link back to you.
While you can get thousands of backlinks by some scarppy tool in a matter of
few minutes, that would not help. What would help is building quality links
from high authority, high PR sites that would give you a lot of link juice and
trust flow. Too techy ?
Let me make it simple. Blog guest post, blog comments, directory
submissions and forums involvement are few ethical white hat methods to build
backlinks. Yes it is tedious to get links from them. But hard work and patience
pays - ALWAYS. It has, for me. Let's talk about forum backlinks in this post.
WHY FORUMS?
1. They have huge flow of traffic
2. The authority of these domains is usually high
3. The trust flow to links from forum is high
4. You get links from forums after you establish credibility. (
10-50 posts, 1-10 likes)
5. You get DO FOLLOW link from forum profile to your home
page
6. You can include your do follow link also in your signature
(after 10-50 posts)
7. They are permanent links
8. The increase your SERP ranks
9. They are ethical
Good enough reasons ? Forum backlinks can help you in a big way. You can register in a
few forums and check what kind of trust flow they get to your site in a tool
like Majestic SEO. Usually forum links get you trust
of atleast 25 to start with. As the links become older, the trust increases.
CAUTION
1. Do not spam the forums. You may be banned.
2. Build links gradually. 2-3 links a day is good.
4. Be helpful on forums when you are answering questions. Be
detailed. Be respectful.
5. Do not just focus on the backlink. Be a subject matter expert.
6. Do not go overboard and register in every forum that you see.
Not all forums are good. Backlink from a forum in your niche would have greater
benefits.
LIST OF AUTHORITY FORUMS
Below is the list of high authority forums that can help you in your off-page SEO.
WHAT NEXT?
Above is the list of high authority forums. Start building you
backlinks! Be honest and ethical about what you are doing here. Although the
intent is to get backlinks, once you become active on forums, it is addiction.
Remember the set of practices that you need to be cautious about.
If you like this post remember to bookmark it and share with your
colleagues. If you know of any other forum that gets you high trust, please
leave it in the comments for others to take benefit from.
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