Let’s face it everyone wishes for top search engine ranking but not everyone knows how to achieve this in the quickest time possible. If you don’t do link building, it’s going to be an uphill task for your blog or website to come any close to getting to good SERP positions. We’ve read too often many people have found success only after having done extensive link building to get them to the ultimate goal – Google Top 10. Of course this then translates to increased blog traffic, no. 1 SERP (Search Engine Results Page), more product sales etc.
But in this age and time and with the blogosphere being saturated with just too many bloggers competing for similar niches and therefore, similar keywords, don’t you think it take more than just hard work to make the cut. You’ve got to work smart not work hard if you want to make your link building effort work for you in the quickest time possible. I’ve found one that does.
Here is a Case Study of How To Use ebay free link To Save 9 months of link building.
Objective: Get Top Rank for Keyword Phrase ‘Work From Home Ideas’
The conventional way….
In this case study we’ll focus on the keyword phrase ‘Work From Home Ideas’. There are lots of ways to build backlinks. Most of these backlink techniques are easy to do but it takes time to see results. I remember when I was a complete newbie starting out, I was taught to just do everything- blog commenting, article writing, directory submission, reciprocal link exchanges, blogging. Well my hard work pays off proving working hard still works, though not the best way.
Results: Achieved Google Top 10 in Nov 2008; Time Taken 12 months (part-time)
The smarter way…
In this case study I used ebay free backlinks. If you remember my earlier post How To Get Free Backlinks From eBay, I shared how easy it is to startup an eBay blog just to get some free backlinks from eBay. Well you can use the same technique to rank for any of your selected keywords or keyword phrases. In this instance, I used ‘Work From Home Ideas’ as my preferred keyword phrase. Just remember:
- ensure that your name you’ve chosen for your business blog includes most of the keywords you are ranking.
- do lots of link exchanges with other bloggers using the same keyword phrase as your preferred anchor text
- treat your eBay blog like any of your blogs and give it due respect. Include internal linking from Squidoo lenses, linking from your other blogs, blog posts.
Results: Achieved Google Top 10 in Feb 2009; Time Taken 3 months
What we can learn from this case study
- working smart sure is better than working hard. Read up more to learn what other bloggers are doing to get things done, smarter, faster to achieve the same result.
- linking to quality sites with high PR, lots of inbound links prove the oldest technique works. Apart from eBay, guest posting on a top blog with high PR or submitting an article to Ezinearticle would have similar benefit than a similar post on your PR0 blog.
- we should be motivated to work on improving our page rank and building our blogs to one of great authority. As you can see from this case study, these are factors influencing top search engine ranking.
- I had intentionally used the same keyword phrase so as to determine how the same keywords will rank on ebay blog and more importantly make comparison with my blog. You should find similar success when you used other keyword phrases you are currently ranking.
Results again in a nutshell….
| Blog | SERP | Keyword Phrase | Time Taken |
|---|---|---|---|
| www.peterleehc | 6 | work from home ideas | 12 months(part time) |
| My ebay Blog | 12 | work from home ideas | 3 months(part time) |
Finding success in search engine ranking is not just for the experienced marketer, although he stands a better chance of doing so first compared to someone new. That’s because an older blog tends to be favored by the search engines as well as having higher PR. If you’re a new blogger, all the more you should start your link building now, as well as an ebay blog and you could still be on your way to top search engine ranking success.
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February 13, 2009 at 12:48 pm
I was just wondering do you happen to know of any high PR blogs that do allow guest writers?
If so would you be willing to share them with us?
I personally do not have a ton of time between 3 boys ages 6, 4 and 3 plus a husband and a 6 month old Boston Terrier plus I have 2 websites I run in addition to working with 4 work from home companies… so yeah my life is kinda hectic… but it works… and the more shortcuts I can find the better…
Thanks again for all your hard work
Christina T
February 13, 2009 at 10:31 pm
@ChristinaT: Hi Christina. Many bloggers in my community accept guest posting. But I suggest you visit them and join their community, leave some relevant comments on their blogs first.You can check them out on this post:The Easiest Way To Get Backlinks Starts Here They’ll be more than willing to accept you as guest poster.
Peter
February 13, 2009 at 12:54 pm
nice post. i could see how jumping in bed with someone named ebay could help out quickly, nice approach.
February 13, 2009 at 7:26 pm
@Roger@Event Jobs: Thanks Roger for visiting. Just visited your site – you have a great looking site. Hope to see you around and keep in touch.
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Peter
February 13, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Wonderful article. I’m new to your blog and just subscribed to it. I think you have a wonderful layout.
Regarding a thought. Then name and url matching the business name or main keyphrase is huge. We have a blog, washington-real-estate-news dot com and has always ranked for ‘washington real estate news’ Since, we started several blogs using keyphrases as the url and meticulously manage each one.
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February 13, 2009 at 7:32 pm
@Colleen: Having a well chosen domain name will definitely give you that extra edge not just for SEO but for your marketing efforts too. Thanks for subscribing to this blog and hope to see you around.
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Peter
February 13, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Linking is key but hard to get a good start
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February 13, 2009 at 7:36 pm
@Alex: Of course it’s easy to get a good start. Use blog commenting – that’s a good start. Thanks for the visit.
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Peter
February 13, 2009 at 6:43 pm
Magic really happens when you combine working smart and working hard. Too often these two traits are positioned to opposite ends. Interesting numbers you got…
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February 13, 2009 at 7:21 pm
@Jake Stone:Thanks Jake for dropping by and welcome to my humble blog. I guess all of us are always on the lookout for doing things better, smarter. Maybe it’s called working hard at working smart? Hope to see you around.BTW I just visited your blog and left a comment too.
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Peter Lee
February 13, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Hi,
Great article, i hadn’t considered eBay before i guess if you can link a good keyword phrase its a good addition to your seo efforts. For me its been a lot of hard work and dedication to push my blog, still a long way to go though. Your other post on top commentator got me searching through my wp plugins panel for the plugin and i found one or two other great additions like the thanks for commenting plugin.Its quite amazing the amount of stats that you can see at a glance from your wordpress admin, don’t you think?
Thanks for the read
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February 14, 2009 at 3:03 am
@Bill Masson (WWAH): Hi Bill, thanks for visiting. I just visited your blog and just browsing found many interesting stuff. Will visit it again. Hope to see you around here and keep in touch.
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Peter
February 13, 2009 at 10:36 pm
When doing anything that requires some labor it is always best to work smart, the problem is not everyone tries to find the smart way around. Too many people get shown a particular way of doing something and continue doing it that way. Others find smarter ways of doing a particular task, and not only does that task become easier, it also becomes more productive.
Thanks for sharing your ‘smart’ way of doing things Peter. I remember your eBay post but I still haven’t taken the time to try it yet.
Sires last blog post..Changing Your Lifestyle Doesn’t Have To be Painful
February 14, 2009 at 3:08 am
@Sire: You’re right about not everyone is trying to work smart, although sometimes I feel it depends on what kind of guidance a newbie receives or how much he himself wants to learn or improve.Essentially how determined he wants to succeed.
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Peter
February 23, 2009 at 4:57 pm
Being a newbie means you have the chance of doing things right so it is best to do research to find out how its done properly rather than develop bad habits that can be hard to change.
February 14, 2009 at 1:36 am
Great tip, the ebay thing is news to me. Going to implement this.
The Blogger Sources last blog post..Top 100 Blogging Tips
February 14, 2009 at 3:12 am
@The Blogger Source: Hi Michael, good to see you not wasting time at it. Let me know once you’ve got your ebay blog started and we can exchange links. I just commented on your ’101 blogging tips’ post.
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Peter
February 14, 2009 at 2:12 am
Hi Peter,
Seems a very good way to increase your links. I will try out this technique. I have found a way to check my links, since WebsiteGrader it is not working properly. I just download it the SEOToolbar from SEObook, its a very effective tool.
February 14, 2009 at 3:23 am
@Marketing Business Review:Hi Luis, oh thanks, that’s good. I’ll hop over to your blog to check it out.
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Peter
February 15, 2009 at 1:55 am
Hi Peter,
How is your link building going? I hope my new links will count for the next G PR update.
February 14, 2009 at 2:58 am
hi peter,
i am glad i can visiting your blog again.huff this week is really hard for me to do make some research for search engine. but it was not bad,i have my good result in search engine with my other blog.
btw, do you know about update PageRank this about 2-3 days?because half of my friend have drop their PR include my other blog. its been a hard days i think but it will be good for tomorrow.success for us peters.cheers
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February 14, 2009 at 3:34 am
@joe comp: No I’m not aware of any page rank update. So soon? Well let’s wait and see if I have any change. So far nothing.
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Peter
February 14, 2009 at 9:00 pm
The best link building strategy is having good content in your blog, for example if you post great lists of thinkg, tips, free resources, and other useful information your members will love it link to your site and you will gain lots of backlinks.
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February 14, 2009 at 9:59 pm
@Jimmy: Thanks for dropping in. Yes the good old ‘content is king’ is still very true despite how much debate it has seen. It also helps in establishing your name and blog and your authority in your area of expertise.
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Peter Lee
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February 15, 2009 at 9:04 am
I’ve bookmarked your site. My brothers and I have been exchanging strategies for increasing SERP and we had not thought of using the ebay blogs. I will be implementing the ebay blog strategy in the very near future and advising them of it as well! Thanks for the tip.
February 15, 2009 at 10:43 am
@Hip Hop Music:Thanks for dropping by. Yes ebay links will help in your link building and overall SERP. But it does take some time to see results.
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Peter
February 15, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Nice post Peter; ebay has a few golden nuggets tucked away, you just have to find them.
Btw, DSWM is PR3 with the TC plugin if you wanna add it to the list.
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February 16, 2009 at 11:15 am
@Dennis Edell: Sure Dennis, I’ll do that in a short while.
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Peter
February 16, 2009 at 8:08 am
Hi Peter,
Interesting idea … I didn’t even know ebay had blogs. Might just be worth starting one up and posting an article from time to time.
Thanks,
Todd
Success with Todds last blog post..Happy Marriage Tips
February 16, 2009 at 11:16 am
@Success with Todd: I’m not surprised about that. There are still many people who don’t know this.Well you know now.
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Peter
February 17, 2009 at 2:56 am
A great post that explains offsite SEO in a easy-to-understand format. I agree that reciprocal linking is a dying practice.
Thanks a lot for sharing this with us.
It will help me a lot in my future projects
February 17, 2009 at 9:28 am
hi Peter,
It’s not too often that I read something new, but this is one of those times. Like others above, I had no idea eBay had this feature. Thanks!
BTW, I clicked through to your eBay blog. Nice! Smart idea. ~ Steve, the always-learning trade show guru
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February 17, 2009 at 10:48 am
@Steve | Trade Show Guru: Hi Steve, I really think many people area still unaware of free ebay links judging from the commenters here. Well I’m glad I shared it here.
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Peter
February 18, 2009 at 1:21 am
Hello,
Wow ! A really extraordinary outstanding and comprehensive collection of ideas. I hope you don’t mind me having written a translation (and set a link to your original post ) on my blog for the many German people interested in SEO, who are not so familiar with english..
February 18, 2009 at 9:36 am
@MarbleHost.com: Sure by all means. Thanks for your visit.
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Peter
February 22, 2009 at 11:44 pm
The eBay trick or call it tips is one the best things I got from this blog. Thanks for the secret Peter!
Make Money Onlines last blog post..Ben Got Hit By Dengue Fever
February 23, 2009 at 12:06 am
@Make Money Online: Yeah many people still refer to free ebay links as a secret. Well it’s an open secret on this blog now.
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Peter
March 10, 2009 at 9:06 pm
you have to find links with high pr. If you get them you will rank high.
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April 24, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Hi, Peter. I am going to try the ebay blog. I don't know if anyone has mentioned this, yet, but ebay does allow you to put links in your “about me” page – just a thought for those with an ebay account and a non-ebay blog. There are terms and conditions, but they are not too limited.
September 2, 2009 at 12:20 am
A great post that explains offsite SEO in a easy-to-understand format. I agree that reciprocal linking is a dying practice.
September 2, 2009 at 12:32 am
So far reading so many link building related article, this one I like the most. Is very make sense and just exactly it this. Especially when you talk about the link from .gov and .edu is exactly what I think so. Keep it up.
September 2, 2009 at 5:20 am
A great post that explains offsite SEO in a easy-to-understand format. I agree that reciprocal linking is a dying practice.
September 2, 2009 at 5:32 am
So far reading so many link building related article, this one I like the most. Is very make sense and just exactly it this. Especially when you talk about the link from .gov and .edu is exactly what I think so. Keep it up.
July 31, 2010 at 12:27 pm
Hi Peter
I know you wrote about this some time ago, but do you still think eBay blogs are a good part of someones, SEO tactics?
I only ask as there are so many ways you can spend your time, it would be good to get some focus. What success have you had personally?
Matt
August 3, 2010 at 5:46 am
@sell things on ebay: I've stopped using ebay blogs since they stopped such facilities for members. No loss there are just so many other ways.
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