Comments on: Using guest blogging to enhance search engine rankings

By: ShandE

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By: James Duthie

James Duthie — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:45:28 +0000

@ EC – No problems. Glad you enjoyed it.

@ Tad – I recognise ‘digital marketing’ isn’t the most popular phrase, but that’s why I chose it. If I choose ‘online marketing’ and other keywords I’ll be competing against people like you. And then I’ve got no chance I’ll be happy to guest post for SEO 2.0. Will be in touch soon.

@ Kit-Kat – My buddy Ken Jones has promised to produce some tshirts for me, so I’ll start to hassle him on your behalf. See the comment above for reasoning behind the choice of the keyword ‘digital marketing’. I will start to target other keywords now that I’ve managed to pull some rankings. Perhaps another post to follow to see how this tactic performs on more competitive keywords.

@ Steven – No real need to know your PR. I suspected it was healthy based on your history and content base. Now… time to put your words into action and get your own guest blogging world tour started.

By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:18:54 +0000

Nice to see that guest blogging is working. And interesting to see you actually measuring the return. I’m a big believer in guest posting and need to do more of it myself.

By the way the PR for my home page and blog’s home page was 5 before the domain move. I assume both will be either 4 or 5 after the next PR update. Thought I’d let you know just in case you’re using the numbers in measuring results.

By: Kit-Kat

Kit-Kat — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:30:45 +0000

Great article. You’ve sold me on the concept of guest blogging. Now all I need to know is where I can buy my “I Support Guest Blogging” Online Marketing Banter t-shirt!

If you don’t have a t-shirt, I’d settle for a button.

Oh and I just checked WordTracker on “digital marketing” and Tad’s right, it’s not one of the better keywords. Search engine marketing seems to be the big winner so you might want to switch from digital to search engine marketing.

By: Tad Chef

Tad Chef — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:11:37 +0000

Hey James,

do not focus too much on PageRank. I think domain age and overall authority status count more. Then use the targeted anchor text you need. I’m not sure if “digital marketing” is the best keyphrase. What about online, internet or search marketing?

Besides that the biggest benefit of guests posting is reaching out to a new but targeted audience.

I like your writing style, you can guest post at SEO 2.0 if you like.

Tad

By: EC

EC — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:47:27 +0000

Wow, this is good stuff, thanks so much for sharing