Hubpages

Hubpages

Hubpages is one of the highest ranked Web 2.0 sites in the world. Currently Hubpages has an Alexa rank of299 and a Google Page Rank of 6.  That means it has massive organic traffic pouring in regularly, estimated traffic would be around 10,000+ views per day. Many of its free blogs, or “hubs,  hold a page rank of 3 or higher and can top many search rankings for specific phrases and words.  This is a powerful tool.  And, it’s free.

You’ve got to incorporate Hubpages into your SEO strategy for any website.  The basics of it is going to be writing unique, worthy content that is related to your keywords and niche.  Place a maximum of two links on the entire hub, they are really tough on spammers and self-promotion.  It’s also a smart choice to provide a few links to other sites that are somewhat related, not direct competitors though, keeps you looking honest and fair.  The more content that is on the hub, the more weight for your backlinks will be created on the web. More content = more link juice, when it comes to Hubpages and Google. You should even be able to get those links to age page rank, maybe as high as PR 4 over time with updates and user interaction(comments).

Take the time to write unique content for the hub, it will payoff and you will receive a lot more weight in search engine rankings and toward your SEO efforts.

HubPages is one of the most demanding web 2.0 platforms on the web.  They are one of the authorities on free, self-run blogging sub-domains and you’ve got to respect that.  The types of hubs which will be published the most often are well written and unique content only.  Don’t waste your time spinning content or using any duplicate sources, just write quality, user worthwhile articles that reflect correctly on the topic and general theme.  It’s also important to add some relevant, .gov or authority based links that are not from your own website.  This helps make your hub look more well balanced and not highly biased toward linking for your domains only.  Just don’t give away free links to your competition, pick links that help improve your authority but don’t interfere with your marketing goals.

SEO Tips for creating Hubpages:

• Articles 150-500 words work best; placed 3-4 unique articles targeted relevance for your site
• 5 or less articles per hub
• Add link widget/tool and add relevant pages and your domain
• Allow comments, no outbound links
• Make more than one!
  

Do not place more than 2 links per hub to your main domain.  This can get your account or hub rejected, it’s better to make more and add content that will get you rankings.

SEO Backlink Bonus Opportunities:

• Run a search in Google
• “subject or keywords” site:Hubpages.com
• Add comments with your links for some backlink juice
• Create networks with other hubs and get comment links and included into link lists

Web 2.0

Web 2.0

The new evolution of interactive websites in the world today, Web 2.0.  Sites like Squidoo and Hubpages offer free blog hosting and systems where people can easily interact and build their own “niche” of web space through automated content management systems.  Anyone can do it, and although there isn’t a real chance at profits or big traffic on a sub-domain blog, there is some strong potential for SEO opportunities..
What is Web 2.0?

• Free Blog platform
• Content management systems that interact with amazon, flickr, and other media sites
• Subdomain that exists off very powerful primary domains -> www.squidoo.mydomiainiscool.com
• Hundreds of thousands of people interacting and visiting different blogs/lenses/pages inside the main domain

All of these sites require only quick registration and a valid email address, many users have multiple accounts in various interest, activities, professions, basically anything you can imagine.  So there are potential readers/visitors that you need to connect with and network.

SEO Tips for Web 2.0 Sites:

• Smart Profile building: add your website, keywords in anchor texts and description areas
• Write content that is keyword rich to your target search phrases
• Images are a plus; keywords in description, title, captions
• Include “link widget or tool” on the blog; insert related links to other websites AND your own domain
• Keep it natural

This way for most Web 2.0 sites you can easily setup a nice blog with 2-3 articles, some extra useful links, and a few comments.  Building a quality backlink resource for your primary domain(s) and the sub-domains can gain page rank.

SEO Recommendation:

1. Always take the time to write unique content for the Web 2.0. It will absolutely pay off in terms of backlink juice..

GoArticles

GoArticles

GoArticles is another excellent article site that has massive amounts of visitors per day and thousands of categories to add your articles too.  In terms of SEO there are some advantages here over Ezine, they do accept articles instantly so you can get your backlinks quicker.  The page rank is very competitive with Ezine currently and both will give good weight for your links. I would recommend GoArticles over Ezine for your primary “marketing” efforts with articles that are going to be submitted to multiple directories. Start with GoArticles, give it a day and then start pushing the article to other domains.
Article Requirements:

• 300+ words
• One link in the body (different than authors/bio area)
• One link in the authors area

SEO Tips:

1. Make sure to use your targeted keywords often throughout the article, mix and vary the tenses and phrases for a more natural look
2. Keep the body link targeted to a related section of your site with strong anchor text
3. One main link in the author’s area/bio, most likely to your main
4. Bold key phrases and headlines

Anchor text is everything so make sure to place intelligent keywords in your links and get the most out of your backlink juice.  GoArticles is an excellent resource and make sure you are taking advantage of it.