Hey Doug,

Glad you enjoyed the lesson.

Tiered linking is simply the act of building a link to your website from another web page, and then building more links to those links.

So in other words, you might have dougclyde.com with links pointing from a hub page, and then you would go out and build more links to those links. You could even go deeper and build links to that second tier of links if you wanted. But it's such a pain that typically you would outsource this if you were going to go very deep with this strategy.

As for guest blog posting, yes, it's pretty simple really. You just approach relevant websites and offer to contribute content free of charge. But like anything, they will need to see what's in it for them in order for anyone to be interested. There are also forurms and services out there that can help you connect with web masters looking for content.

Keep in mind, you can easily outsource the articles. Let's say you paid someone $15 to write an article about music in video games... You could then approach blogs with the article and offer them the exclusive publication rights at no charge, so long as they offer an authors resource box, which you could craft into a tasteful call to action. Just a thought. You could do it for less, but it's important that the quality is there if you are going after real blogs that actually have a readership.

Yes, tiered linking still works. But the biggest factor right now is getting a small number of good quality links rather than a lot of lower quality link pyramids. But building some pyramids to those already quality links can really help. Your best source for these links is guest blog posts. They can be purchased or you can go out and get them the old fashioned way by just reaching out to blogs and seeing fi they need any content.

Hey Vishal,

To better understand myguestblog I would go to the site and read their tutorials or email them with specific questions.

But you can also reach out to sites independently. If you think you can offer a site well written, and valueble content, just find those sites and reach out to the editors, share a few examples of your writing, and ask if they might have any guest blogging opportunities. Explain that you are not looking for money but instead you just ask for an author byline with a link back to your site.

Typically Link Pyramids work like this... You create one piece of quality content on a site/page that you hope to have rank well in Google. You might then go and get either a guest blog post or create a web 2.0 property that links back to that original post. Then you could go out and get a much greater number of lower quality links (purely because they are easier to get) and link back to that second tier. These are usually more web 2.0 properties, article directories, forum links, profile links, bookmarks, etc. You could go even broader with a fourth tier if you wanted. Then you would repeat. The goal is to give more authority to that second tier of links that you have pointing back to your main web property.

But you should be aware that while it still works, it's also become fairly risky. Google is pretty good at spotting these unnatural patterns. I focus on paid advertising for the most part these days. But if I was to go after free traffic I would try to generate content that could drive traffic because of it's inherent quality, and then publish that content on sites that already do well in the SEPS. IE, Guest blog posts, Youtube, Pinterest, Q and A sites, and so forth. And I would tread lightly on boosting those pages with more links. But when something really needed some help I might do it. But my goal would be to drive traffic, knowing that there would be an SEO benefit as well, rather than just hoping to boost a site with links that in themselves are not likely to offer enough value to drive traffic. 

Hope that helps.

Hi Vishal,

A link pyramid works like this...

You create some keyword targeted content on a page of your site that you hope to have rank well in Google. Then you create a number of high quality 1st tier links. These could be guest blog posts, Youtube videos, web 2.0 properties that you put a lot of time into, etc.

Then you create a second tier of links that point to the first tier of quality links. The second tier tends to be higher in volume but lower in quality.

The third tier points to the second and so forth. Each tier points to the preceding tier to give it more power.

Hope that clears it up. 

Great. That's a big jump so quickly. You can absolutely use this strategy to get a site to clime to #1 in Google. But it depends on the keyword and a whole host of other factors.

Let us know how it goes...

Hi Vishal,

I don't have any specific swipe file for you, but all you are doing is essentially contacting these sites and saying something along these lines...

Hi (name),

I'm a big fan of (site name). I really loved your recent article on (name an article they recently published). It really (now tell them why you liked the article). 

I'm also reaching out because I'm a freelance writer in (name the same niche/genre/market that the site is in). I thought I'd see if you needed any guest blog posts for your site. I'm not looking for any compensation. I'd just like to contribute to the site because I appreciate what you guys are doing. The only thing I ask for is an author byline with a link back to my site.

I've attached a few sample articles of some of my work. Let me know if you'd like me to submit something for consideration on (name the site again).

Thanks and all the best,

(your name).

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Something like that.

As for YouTube videos, there is a lesson here in the Insider Circle called "Youtube Ranking Secrets". Check it out.