Re: Are links from blog posts worth the effort?
I take on board all of the previous messages, including those with links to 'definitive' statements from Google sources.
My own experience is that I have a guitar chords website, I work out new songs on a regular basis, post them to my ( Blogger ) blog - which gives me an opportunity to be a bit more verbose, talk about the band, their latest album, include links to their official website etc..
Then I add the songs to my website.
Generally, the blog post is listed top 5 in Google search for 'artistname' 'song title' within 24 hours. As the Blog doesn't actually contain any guitarist resource, just a link back to the website page with the 'new' song, the effect is the same as if my website had top ranking for the user's search.
When I add a new artist to my website portfolio, usually when I have about 6 songs for the artist, it takes about one or two weeks for my site to reach top 5 rankings for 'guitar chords artistname' - thanks to the juice from the previous blog postings. Plus the blog posts also continue to feature, usually top 10.
I guess my point is that using the blog as a vehicle to write in more detail about what is on your site, and link to the site pages with the actual content, is a reasonable way to deploy a website and blog without competing with yourself, and giving the SE spiders, and your target audience, more textual content on the topics you are aiming to be authoritive on.
PJ
|