Backlinks rule the world (…let’s just say that’s a fact) ..and they should be an important part of your marketing efforts. But, what’s even more important are Deeplinks.
I briefly touched on deep linking in yesterday’s post but I didn’t use the best example to explain the power it has. Blog commenting is a great “backlink building” strategy but not for building deeplinks.
Comments that have long URLs were placed in my SPAM folder for some weird reason (..let’s just blame it on wordpress)
So, Why Are Deeplinks So Cool?
Besides the fact that they make your SEO efforts look more “Natural” to the search engines..
- They reinforce your SEO because they contain keywords inside the URL
- They force Search Engines Bots to crawl deeper into your site and index more pages
- They provides shortcuts for your readers making your blog more user friendly
- They help drive more traffic because the users can find what they want a lot easier
- They help build your Main Page Rank because rank is being build from the inside out
Now that we understand what these ‘deeplinks‘ do.. how do we get them? LOTS of them!! There are many deep linking strategies, too many to cover in this post, so I’ll give you my favorites. (…A.K.A, the easiest)
My Favorite Deep Linking Strategies
First of all, you want to start linking to internal pages from your own blog (like I did in the beginning of this post). This not only creates deeplinks for search engine bots to crawl, but they also give your readers the opportunity to visit other posts that you want them to see.
Next, you want to start publishing your articles in different places, not just article directories. You can also go to forums, and Ning community sites and share your content there. The key is to first provide value and then place a link back to one specific post.
Last but not least, YouTube links. Everytime you create a Youtube video that you place inside a post, you should place a link at the very top of the video description. …and the link should point to that specific post – easy right?
This will make Google happy, but also - and much more important than Google – you get to keep more visitors on your site, because they’ll be more likely to browse your site, instead of closing the browser.
I hope you enjoyed this post.. if you did please share it, retweet it, digg it, and stumble it - I’d really appreciate it.
I’d love to hear your thoughts about deeplinking.. are you doing it.. is there anything you want to add? Tell me in the comments below..
Have a great one…
Talk soon,
Hector Cuevas
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Thanks for the informative article. I would like to provide a tip. I track backlinks and the scores that they provide, and believe it or not Hubpages makes a quality high scoring backlink.
I was quite surprised with the results and now use it to build quality backlinks quickly.
TIP: They work if you don’t sign in, so comment as a guest.
Marty Ware
Online Management & SEO Consultant
.-= Marty Ware´s last blog ..Keyword Structure, Do You Need it? =-.
Marty
Thanks for that tip. That’s a great backlink strategy. Using web 2.0 properties like Hubpages, Wetpaint, Squidoo etc.. will help your SEO efforts..
But I’ll definitely try HubPages as a guest.. and see how that goes,
talk soon,
Hector
Hi Hector,
This is an excellent post. Thank you for sharing about linking the internal links. I’ll remember that one and thanks for reminding me about placing the link to the post in the video description. I have done that before but forgot about that tip lately.
Aloha and Blessings to you!
Nelly
.-= Nelly Paekukui´s last blog ..Building a Firm Foundation for an Internet Marketing Business: Are You Taking Action? =-.
Nelly, first of all, thanks for stopping by and welcome to my blog..
Yea.. there will be those who run into your videos in youtube (just browsing around) so you should always direct them to your blog.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts,
talk soon,
Hector
Hector man, when do you sleep ?
,download is ok,but my upload speed is soooo low, it takes all day to upload 3 minute video..Of course, I am gonna solve that challenge 
I mean, I am active as well, but you are a blog monster!
Now this post was again soooo great, I didn’t see this information anywhere else… I am using everything from what you wrote except video linking – the reason is I am from Serbia, we don’t have western internet speed yet
Keep ‘feeding’ us with ‘caviar’ – your posts are the most quality food for us marketers!
Melena I have never tried something like this before but maybe something for you to check out. You say you have slow download speeds. Why not use a sharing program and find a friend in the US that Has high speed and make your videos from powerpoint or something like that , that you can share and have them upload it for you from here. Just a thought.
Thanks Ross, thats what I had in mind as well. I am gonna send it via e-mail and a friend will upload it and give me the link.. thanks for your concern.
.-= Milena´s last blog ..How To Be A King Of The First Page On Google With Zero Cost =-.
Hey Milena,
Sleep? haha.. – I get a couple hours here and there when I remember to do it..
It’s great to hear you’re actually applying these tips.. because they work. Sorry to hear about your upload speeds.. maybe you can take Ross’ advice..
Either way, I hope you solve it. I’ll keep providing the best I got.
talk soon
Hector
Good Morning Hector,
These are all very good ways to build backlinks. I have used these methods and they do work great.I might also add spinning articles is also a good way to build backlinks and improve your Alexa rating in Google’s eyes.
Have a great day,
Anne
.-= Anne´s last blog ..What Is Your Financial “Plan B?” =-.
Hey Anne,
I have slightly different views when it comes to article spinning. In my experience.. sharing the same content on different sites has not been a problem for me at all. My Alexa ranking has shot down from the millions to 277,000 in less than 2 months of blogging and using these strategies.
Here’s the deal with duplicate content – Google cares about duplicate content when it’s on the same site and maybe on the same server. So I wouldn’t spent to much time spinning and rewriting articles.. – but then again, that’s just my experience.
thanks for stopping by,
talk soon
Hector
Hi Hector,
Once agin you have provide great value and one that I did not know about but I am learning. Just one question, you say to likn to other posts on your blog to create deeplinks but does the related posts at the bottom of each post count?
Tristram Lodge
.-= Tristram Lodge´s last blog ..Want To Be My Facebook Friend? Facebook Friend Request – Social Etiquette =-.
Tristram,
Definitely.. the related post do count as internal deeplinks to other posts. Having that plugin activated can be an extra way to keep people on your blog. But linking within your posts will get you the most clicks. – guaranteed
thanks for your thoughts,
Have a great one
Hector
Great tips! I’ve been struggling with some of the issues you posted about and now have some fresh ideas to draw inspiration from.
.-= LISA TORRES´s last blog ..Creating A Downline MLM Network Marketing Retention Plan =-.
Hey Lisa,
I’m glad I was able to help
talk soon,
Hector
Hi Hector! This seems like a great way to increase SEO, I just have one question about an element you mentioned, and that is republishing your articles other places (like on Ning networks) – I have read over the years that decreases your SEO and PR because it is duplicate content – can you speak to this concern? Thanks!
Hey Nacie..
first of all thanks for stopping by.. now I’m just gonna copy & paste my reply to Anne which addresses this same issue.
**I have slightly different views when it comes to article spinning. In my experience.. sharing the same content on different sites has not been a problem for me at all. My Alexa ranking has shot down from the millions to 277,000 in less than 2 months of blogging and using these strategies.
Here’s the deal with duplicate content – Google cares about duplicate content when it’s on the same site and maybe on the same server. So I wouldn’t spent to much time spinning and rewriting articles.. – but then again, that’s just my experience.**
Added to that.. I don’t give a crap about what Google thinks about my content. Although I want search engine traffic.. I write for people, not Google – keep that mentality and you’ll do great
hope that helps..
Hector
Hector,
Great content as usual.
Many do not realize how important these links are.
There are many great blogs out there and don’t
leverage this strategy.
Have a great day!
Tommy D.
.-= Tommy DiPietro´s last blog ..Bat Boy Is Loose And Found Leveraging An MLM Funded Proposal! =-.
Tommy,
Yea bro.. if more blogs started using these tips, they would have a lot more people consuming their content.
Thanks for stopping by
Have a great one
Hector
Hi Hector,
Great tips here my friend. I must admit I don’t post links to a lot forums mostly because I just run out of time will give it more attention now that I’ve read your post. Thank you.
~Marcus
.-= Marcus Baker´s last blog ..Do You Believe Like Jessica Watson Believed? | Business Personal Development =-.
Marcus,
Yes.. placing links in forums is a great strategy – making sure you don’t break any forum rules of course.. – but it sure does bring targeted visitors to your site. And if you place a deep link, their more likely to read the post and browse the site.
thanks for stopping by my friend,
Have a great one
Hector
Wow Hector,
I am definitely going to study this post over and over again. Being new to the blogging game, I have been learning a lot of great info so far and this is some of the best I have gotten.
I’m still trying to learn about SEO for my blog and I had no idea I was supposed to do any of this stuff. Thanks for sharing and I look forward to learning more.
Fred,
Glad to have you here.. Feel free to look around my blog.. there are a lot of golden nuggets in different posts that I think you’ll find useful.
Thanks for stopping by …I’m glad to help
Have a great one
Hector
Well Hector… every time I come to visit I learn something. I had no clue what a “deeplink” was. I learn something every day.
I’m really grateful,
Coach Freddie
.-= Coach Freddie´s last blog ..Do You Have Good Karma Or Bad Karma =-.
Freddie,
I’m glad I was able to help… you’re very welcome
Have a great one
Hector
Hector,
You provide great information on how search engines index their content. Besides other people’s blogs, how do you learn about how the search engines do what they do and how to improve one’s visibility within them?
Hey Seth,
Thanks for stopping by.. Besides other blogs, I read and participate on different forums.. search on Google for specific topics that interest me, and so forth.. The most important part is that I only bring you the topics, after I implement them.
I need to feel comfortable with what I’m sharing, so then I can sleep at night.. :0)
Have a great one
Hector
Hey Hector,
Everytime I stop by your blog it is a tidal wave of information. Must admit this is not a topic I am very well versed in. But you better believe that I will be soon.
As always thanks for helping all of us get the exposure we are looking for.
Also to the coummity, just a friendly reminder. I have just submitted my article to Hector’s contest that is due this May 20th @ 12am midnight.
Just think, if Hector gives information away like this in his blog, just imagine the info the winner will get? Hope you get a ton of entries friend.
Cheers,
Carl
.-= Carl´s last blog ..Write Out Your Game Plan For Selling On The Internet!!! =-.
Carl,
Building links is critical to getting traffic and getting ranked highly in the search engines, even though it’s a time consuming activity – it needs to be done.
Thanks for your entry to the contest – did you copy and paste the code on step 2.. because I haven’t received notification of the trackback.. let me know
Have a great one
Hector
Hey Hector,
Great job explaining why deep linking is important. It’s great for SEO Marketing Strategy as well. Just make sure you are linking a keyword that is relevant to the post. Search engines love this!
Chat with you later…
Josh
.-= Josh Garcia´s last blog ..See How Quickly You Can Attract More Leads With SEO Marketing =-.
Josh,
Yes.. you’re 100% correct. Search engines pay attention to anchor text – CLICK HERE is a waste of a link.. when it could say something like BLOGGING TIPS..
thanks for this added tip
Have a great one
Hector
Hi Hector!
You are an ongoing source of excellent information! Thanks so much for sharing. Backlinks are a very hot topic, and they work well to increase traffic.
Best,
Darlene
Hey Darlene,
Thanks for stopping by..
I’m glad you enjoyed the inf
Have a great one
Hector
Hey Hector,
Deep linkining is very important as it helps bring some congruency to the topic and what has our experience been like with this subject.
This way there is now an unique relationship between the two.
Please are immediately drawn into this.
Chat with you later,
Jerome Ratliff
.-= Jerome Ratliff´s last blog ..MLM Training Event Makes Jerome Ratliff’s Head Explode =-.
Hey Jerome… thanks for comment
Have a great one
Hector
Hector,
Awesome info! @nacie just spin your article when you post other places and it looks like different content to the search engines.
john
.-= John Stone´s last blog ..Pain Is Beautiful =-.
Hector,
I learned about deep linking long ago, specifically linking inside your posts to other posts… This is truly the best way to keep traffic on your blog and get a better chance at generating a lead or making a sale.
YOu just don’t seem to stop sharing these wonderful posts man… thanks!
Jordan Schultz
~social-Media Specialist~
.-= Jordan Schultz´s last blog ..Mike Dillard’s MLM Traffic Formula 2.0 Is Finally Complete And So Am I =-.
Jordan,
Internal linking is something I see you do a lot, and I’m sure it’s working out great because if it didn’t, you probably wouldn’t do it.
It’s also very apparent that it’s working because of your great Alexa ranking – which goes down the more page views you get..
thanks for sharing your thoughts bro.
Talk soon
Hector
Great info my man. I just started implementing some deeplinking strategies on my blog. Thanks again for sharing. Awesome!
-Loreal
.-= Loreal Hartwell´s last blog ..Take Action =-.
Hey Loreal,
I hope these tips helped you out.. Thanks for stopping by
talk soon,
Hector
Hi Hector,
Thanks for giving us more of the “meat.” This post is sooo awesome!! I am learning lots of new ‘tricks.’
Thanks for sharing!
Ilka
.-= Ilka Flood´s last blog ..Words of Wisdom to Live By and Apply to Your Business =-.
Ilka,
I have lots more in store for you guys and gals.. I’m glad you enjoyed it
talk soon,
Hector
Hey Hector, awesome stuff today.I definitely like the tip about linking to other posts in your Blog. This will certainly help others hang around a little longer on your blog.
.-= Brian Tomlinson´s last blog ..Blogging – Finding Your Passion in Writing =-.
Yea Brian, it’s a really good strategy to do.. and the best part is that it’s so simple.
thanks for stopping by
Have a great one
Hector
Thanks Hector! So much value here, you are awesome! Now just to be sure I understand, the link I should use in a blog comment, either in the section requesting my website should be my home page to keep it out of the WP spam folder, and if in the comment body at all? Then any reference from article directories, social bookmarking or youTube use a specific post link. Right?
Thanks again for such great content as usual!
Vicki
.-= Vicki Berry´s last blog ..You Are Already Programming Your Mind – Let it Be for Success =-.
Hey Vicki,
Glad to see you here. & yes you got it.. when entering your website (in the website box) that should be your homepage because if it’s a long URL, it’ll end up in the spam folder. There shouldn’t be any links in the body of the comment because them the plugin will think it’s spam and also place that in the SPAM folder.
Any other link, from any other source should link to a long URL for all the reasons I mentioned above – I hope that cleared it up
Have a great one
Hector
Thanks Hector! I just wanted to be sure I was clear, this is great stuff! Now, I have another question that I’ve not had answered on the forums yet and that is that I had understood that submitting your ~own~ links on social bookmarking sites was not as favorable as having someone else submit the site. Although this is what we are doing with TUT in order that we can get the link to have shared, is there any validity to that? I read it first from Charles Heflin on SocialMediaScience.com some time back http://www.socialmediascience.com/social-media-marketing/social-bookmarking-tricky/ What do you think?
Thanks again!
Vicki
.-= Vicki Berry´s last blog ..You Are Already Programming Your Mind – Let it Be for Success =-.
Hey Vicki…
I read the article and he’s right about a couple things.. Having your content bookmarked by 10 different people, meaning manually bookmarked, (not just pressing the DIGG button) IS better for SEO purposes because the content shows up in ten different accounts. That makes perfect sense. NOW.. what I DON’T agree with is where he states that you CAN’T bookmark your own content because the search engines will de-index your pages from the search results – and the reason I don’t agree is because:
– I’m still showing up in the search engines when people Google my name
– I’m on page one for “MLM Business Blog” and
– My posts get indexed 2 hours after I publish them
..so this isn’t theory, or social media science – these are facts ………..and I like facts :0)
Now, you don’t wanna go nuts and start bookmarking all your content across 10 different sites all at once – because to them it just looks fishy.. The key is to be natural. Bookmarking your own stuff ONCE a day and having people “Digg It” is most definitely NOT An Issue..
I hope this answered your question..
Thanks so much Hector! I knew you’d have a great perspective on this, and I feel much better now! Your explanation agrees with what I had suspected, but I wanted to believe it was not just wishful thinking on my part. A measured approach, bookmarking in moderation, seems the way to go!
Appreciating You, You’re Awesome!
Vicki
Anytime Vicki
take care
Hector
I’ve definitely gotten a couple of golden nuggets from here to use in my own strategies. Thanks for the great Info as always Hector!
.-= Steve Harlow´s last blog ..Setting Attainable Goals: Focus On The Short Game =-.
Steve,
Glad to help..
Have a great one
Hector
Hector the Alexa Director. I bet this is a bad overlooked strategy you have some great tips that are simple to do but yield great results obviously. I love reading your posts because I know I come away a better marketer.
Steve Shoemaker
.-= Steve Shoemaker´s last blog ..Sunday’s Lesson About The Millionaire Mindset =-.
Steve,
“Hector The Alexa Director” – I ‘ll take it :0) …I think you just gave me my new Tag Line..
I really appreciate your comments bro.. my hopes with this blog IS to make all of you better online marketers. I hope it’s working.. :0)
talk soon,
Hector
Thanks for explaining this word. I’ve been using these strategies without knowing that they were called “deep linking” Thanks again!
.-= Cara and Jennifer Oberfoell´s last blog ..Effective Communication Techniques; A Review of “Your Attention Please” =-.
Hey Cara & Jenn
Thanks for stopping by – glad I could help
talk soon
Hector
Thank for the great tips Hector, as usual.
.-= Peter R Fuller´s last blog ..Secrets of greatness: Practice and hard work bring success =-.
Hey Peter
You’re very welcome – thanks for stopping by
- Hector
Hi Hector,
thanks for your awesome tips. I haven’t been aware of the enormous meaning of deep links so far so I learned a lot through your post.
Take care
Oliver
.-= Oliver Tausend´s last blog ..What is the best MLM Network opportunity ? Revelation of an Anti-Secret VI =-.
Hey Oliver,
I’m glad I could help.. thanks for visiting
talk soon
Hector
Hey Hector,
Yes you are right, deep linking is a great strategy for traffic.
I am going to focus on this also.
Thanks for sharing,
Have a great day.
- Jiri
.-= Jiri Majkus´s last blog ..4 Tips How To Become Successful Internet Marketer =-.
Hey Jiri, thanks for stopping by..
I’m glad you’re taking action on the info – good stuff
talk soon
Hector
Hi Hector
Don’t know if you will find my comment at the bottom here!!
Great Deep-linking tips, always try and inter-link with my posts, this is a great way to keep your readers on your blog, and like you say, Mr Google loves this.
Thanks
Marc
.-= Marc Ward´s last blog ..Sharing Your Experiences Of Gratitude To Inspiring Others =-.
Marc,
Deeplinking (and inter-linking) is a great strategy and should be taken seriously even though it’s so simple to do..
thanks for stopping by
Talk soon,
Hector
Hey Hector,
Thanks so much. I am new to this and never heard of deeplinks. Now I know what they are and how to get some!
Laurie
Laurie,
Welcome to my blog, it’s great to have you here..
I’m glad I could help
thanks for stopping by
Talk soon,
Hector
I have to say that this is one of the most informative articles I have read. Great job! I am posting on my Facebook wall. Great post!
.-= Kyle Clouse´s last blog ..Is Involvement the Key? A Life Lesson from 4 Year Old Ethan. =-.
Thanks Kyle,
I really appreciate that
thanks for stopping by
Talk soon,
Hector
I see that as we go through this process of responding to each others articles, backlinks are automaticly creater for us. Do you know how long they stay active? Which brings me to my real point. As a tribe, shouldn’t we be sharing links? We all have outgoing links for various things, so why not add some for each other? What do you think? Thanks, Jim Chism
.-= Jim Chism´s last blog ..Do You Want to Learn How to Attract Targeted Traffic? =-.
Dear Hector,
Awesome…*
I love this work.
Good luck & God bless.
Fouad,
Thanks for your comment
Have a great weekend
Hector
Man Hector You killing it champ! Deep linking + back linking = more traffic and page rank. What can I say another value packed post.
Well done Man,
*Jonathan Sweeting*
.-= Jonathan Sweeting´s last blog ..Better than Email Marketing!? Instant Teleseminar Secrets Exposed. =-.
Hey Jonathan..
Thanks for your comment bro, and you’re right doing these things WILL get you more traffic.
Have a great weekend
Hector
Backlinking is a critical tool for building SEO relevance. This is a really solid article that delivers a lot of gold nuggets! I use SEO Smart Links to help add in post links that I may have forgotten to internally link as I blog. One more tool in my toolbox.
.-= Kimberly Castleberry´s last blog ..Social Media Metrics, Measuring Your Impact for Maximum ROI =-.
Kimberly,
Thanks for that tip – SEO Links is a great plugin that anyone focusing on search engine traffic should use.
Glad to have you here
Enjoy your week
Hector
Hi, I like your views. I was also thinking in the same way. Please write some more on similar topics and continue posting new ideas. Thank you.
Matthew
Thanks for stopping by & commenting
talk soon
Hector
You can definitely see your enthusiasm in the work you write. The world hopes for more passionate writers like you who aren¡¯t afraid to say how they believe. Always go after your heart.
i would like to say thanks for this post…. fantastic job.
Lately I have been doing a lot of directory submissions to build up my backlinks. I write an article and then submit it to the following sites for approval: 1. Ezinearticles.com (constanly crawled by google) 2. Goarticles.com (huge site, lots of traffic) 3. Rysite.com (tweets articles + quick indexing) 4. Articlealley.com (easy to submit to) 5. buzzle.com (has a high PR and is very popular) By submitting articles to those sites, i have recieved a lot of traffic. Especially from rysite.com because i get traffic not only from my article, but they tweet it to a following based on your keyword and as a result I get traffic from twitter as well. Hope that helps!
nice post…. yeah ^_^ thanks
Brilliant tips for backlinks. You really post very articles Hector. Being a newbie to linkbuilding I’ve come across very important points on this post. SEO Links is a great plugin and every internet user should try to get find out more on SEO and SEO links.
Great post as Always Hector, I have discovered that article directories really help rankings and traffic especially the Alexa rankings.
About the deeplinking, I dont have much time for doing this but am using a plugin that auto links keywords in posts.