Hoople
msg:4013152 | 9:17 pm on Oct 25, 2009 (gmt 0) |
For a small site in a micro niche or one just starting out they will help somewhat. For a medium site (>35 back links) they'll be part of the generic links. Don't count them toward your 'joining your neighborhood' links or establishing the site as an authority. I would look to see if the newspaper has a forum divided by region; then you could get widget + location links. Beyond 50-75 backlinks the value diminishes greatly. If the site topic is not related to news or newsprint media I wouldn't bother as most tend to nofollow links.
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Future
msg:4013165 | 9:40 pm on Oct 25, 2009 (gmt 0) |
1 backlink will atleast get you 100+ unique visitors, depending upon popularity of those newspapers. Also beware of this kind of link-building technique ;)
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gouri
msg:4013222 | 12:15 am on Oct 26, 2009 (gmt 0) |
1 backlink will atleast get you 100+ unique visitors, depending upon popularity of those newspapers.
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Do you think this is possible even if the newspaper article does not show up in the SERP for a specific keyword search? | Also beware of this kind of link-building technique ;) |
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If I post one comment in articles related to my subject in 5 different newspapers, would that be considered ok? That would be 5 backlinks. I don't think that's a lot. I don't want it to appear as if I am only commenting to have backlinks.
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stephen186
msg:4013372 | 7:03 am on Oct 26, 2009 (gmt 0) |
I guess for popular newspapers to approve your comment, you really need to write something useful and relevant to the topic. But these are only useful for traffic and i guess will not count towards SERP rankings as most of these comments are no follow but that does not really prevent you to not comment there.
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martinibuster
msg:4013378 | 7:36 am on Oct 26, 2009 (gmt 0) |
Interesting discussion... What impact would that have on non-search traffic? Would there be growth in awareness of your site?
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