Contextual Backlinks – Why Search Engine Spiders Love Them and Getting More BluePrint   by Matthew Anton

in Website Promotion / Online Promotion    (submitted 2011-09-23)

All links are important; however, some backlinks are more beneficial than other links. One such type of valuable link is contextual links, which borders around key words and are more highly sought after. The primary reason is that when the search engines index and crawl a page, it uses artificial intelligence commonly known as search engine robotic spiders. Some portion of Google judges the merit of these hyperlinks with regard to where it is located on a page. This means that the search engine is aware of whether the link is placed simply as a footer link, blog roll, or as a header link. Moreover, the search engine spiders know when the link includes pertinent content or simply mismatched. This is because the search engines goal is to help the end user find relevant information, and the search engine rightfully assumes if content and links are about the same topic, it will be more beneficial to searchers.

Acquiring contextual backlinks

From the above paragraph, we know the importance of the contextual backlinks, which are loved by the search engines. The logical next step is to find the medium from where webmasters are able to acquire these links. Two excellent methods for creating these popular links are article writing and blog commenting.

Blogging for link creation

When webmasters create their own blogs, they do not have to limit the number of hyperlinks that can be embedded, the content, and the frequency of posts. Therefore, many individuals prefer to choose leveraging the success of already existing blog platforms, such as Xanga, Blogger, and WordPress. A search for free blogging will provide a large number of choices of public blog domains that allow webmasters create their personal blogs. The toughest part of setting up your blog is the initial time that one needs to invest to register. While applications to automate this process are available, most of these are expensive or limit the number of sites that can be used for submission.

While posting on your blog, be sure to write original content even if it is not of very high quality - of course quality helps. This ensures that the search engine spiders view the content as unique and provide high ranking during an online search operation. It is recommended that at least four-hundred and fifty words be written. However, if you write more words, the probability of being found and ranked higher for long tail related key words increases. With these suggestions, you should now go ahead and register with the popular blog platforms.

After creating your personal blog network, you now have the foundation for content submission and acquiring contextual backlinks. A word of advice here; insert the links in the beginning, middle, and end of the content (appears more natural, as opposed to article directories with resource boxes). The next method is article submission, which is similar to blog posting. The primary difference is that the article directories are highly regulated and the guidelines are more stringent. Therefore, webmasters need to have higher quality content while submitting to the public directories, which typically face quality control review.

Article submission

In comparison to blogs, there are a large number of public article directories available on the Internet. When you begin article submissions, try to find directories that are ranked at least PR 1. A list of these directories can be viewed on directorycritic and other lists. After registering with the directories, webmasters can commence writing and submitting their articles. Some webmasters may face certain difficulties while some webmasters would be successful in submitting the articles. It is very important that you maintain high quality to ensure the passing of a manual review for uniqueness and grammar. Individuals must track the directories that accept the articles and resubmit the articles that are not accepted by the directories (to avoid wasting your content). An excellent method to track your article submission is using folders and Excel.

Using private networks for webmasters who are busy

Some individuals take up online business as a part-time opportunity and do not have much time to submit to the public networks. The private networks are an excellent method for such individuals. However, unlike the public directories, private networks charge a certain amount of money to its users. After paying the membership charges, webmasters are able to post blogs and submit articles like their own personal networks. The important benefits of the private networks are working with live sites and procuring new Internet Protocol addresses, which otherwise would have been inaccessible. Some popular private networks include BuildMyRank and Link Vana, which accept unique articles that are not spam. However, with the large number of free platforms that are available, the advantages of the paid private networks are questionable.

Creating your personal network

Webmasters own the blogs created by them on the numerous public platforms. In addition, individuals who use public directories are at the mercy of the public domain regulators. However, webmasters have an additional method they can utilize to create contextual backlinks. This method is to build your own empire. However, this method needs more knowledge, skills, and capital than the above-mentioned methods. Nonetheless, the profits and benefits gained by this method are far greater than all the other methods.

Several sites, such as GoDaddy auction showcase expiring domains every day. This gives webmasters the flexibility to choose the amount they want to spend on buying these domains. The value of a domain is determined by factors, such as the number of effective backlinks, its pagerank, and the extension (.com, .org, etc). After buying the domains, webmasters need to diversify these by hosting on various C classes Internet Protocol address. Google and other search engines do not provide high ranking to domains that originate from the same IP address. After modifying the nameservers, setting up hosting accounts, installing a backend platform, webmasters are able to post numerous postings similar to public blogs. The difference being that here, individuals retains complete control and diversity of their link destiny.

To conclude

Purchasing from sites like flippa is an option, which is very expensive. Webmasters can create a large number of effective contextual backlinks by posting on public blogs, article submission to public and private directories, and occasional guest blog posts. The only factor they must remember is to post original, unique, and relevant content to ensure the links are picked by the search engine spiders.

About the Author

Would like to say thank you to Go Articles. I'm an online marketer that enjoys reading/writing about topics in the industry, and I also have various other niche interests; I enjoy learning about new things and researching topics. For my services I can be reached at http://backlinksvault.com (to buy backlinks wholesale), or links to your existing links service with http://backlinksindexer.com