I’m new here, just joined. I’m happy that I’ve found this forum.
I am here to find some tips and tricks on how to promote our joke website.
I got stuck with the backlinks…, so I hope you can help with some new ideas.
Do you have any kind suggestions, please?
I’ve already tried lots of techniques, but I just cannot find out what do I have to do differently.
( I visited forums, reached out to websites, I have social media sites - but no measurable results )
I really would appreciate any constructive advice
Hi
Backlinks are very important if you want to get ranked higher.
Just prepare some webmaster articles that have some connection with the existing content on your website.
Link your main article to webmaster articles and then approach for sites that have good domain authority, and publish your article there only linking to your main article.
You can various good guest blogging opportunities in Facebook groups.
Most search engines regard links which you place yourself as worthless, so you need to concentrate on earning backlinks, by having high quality content which other sites will choose to link to.
Be aware that creating backlinks with the intention of manipulating search ranking is a violation of the TOS of all major search engines, and may result in your site being penalised, so read the rules and think carefully before you act.
Yes, I would like to earn backlinks, I am getting familiar with the rules (thx for the links),
but if after 80+ sent emails, with only 3-4 negative replies,
I feel that something is odd and I have to figure it out and make it work…
I did not send out email templates, I choose the sites and the authors, I wrote my own words…
The best way to get other sites to create high-quality, relevant links to yours is to create unique, relevant content that can naturally gain popularity in the Internet community. Creating good content pays off: Links are usually editorial votes given by choice, and the more useful content you have, the greater the chances someone else will find that content valuable to their readers and link to it.
As an aside to the quest for “backlinks”, with over half of all web traffic now coming from mobile devices, being mobile friendly has become a ranking factor. So that is something that can be worked on that is under your control.
Sorry, but as explained above, links which you place yourself are not regarded as valuable by search engines, and may do more harm than good.
As for using forums for backlinks … Any reputable site - including forums - will mark user-submitted links “nofollow”, as we do here. Link-dropping on forums is more likely to get you banned from the site than anything else. It will certainly get you banned from SitePoint forums.
Hello!
Thank you for pointing this out!
Although the site is not responsive in web browser,
it has a mobile version.
I suppose that should be enough,
or
the responsive site would mean a great plus in your experience?
I will see into this social bookmarking, and classified ads
and guest posting worth a try, too, as above suggested.
I have a few blog comments and forums - where it was adequate -, but I do not want to be banned and make any harm.
Not at all. I fixed-width website and a mobile version belong in the 90s. What about people with tablets and smaller screens? They don’t want to see a horizontal scrollbar.
Nofollow links and harmful acts are definitely not the goal,
but how do people make their sites popular, how can I spread the word “hey! check it out, this is my joke website, hope you’ll like it and have fun!”
This can be done via putting out my links. So, somehow I have to earn valuable backlinks, but at the same time I want many many people to know about my site…
Well, the mobile version runs on tablets - no horizontal scrollbar
But I see your point, and thanks for the reply, you made me think about improving this.
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Any reputable site - including forums - will mark user-submitted links “nofollow”, as we do here. Link-dropping on forums is more likely to get you banned from the site than anything else. It will certainly get you banned from SitePoint forums.
, and way better than the other joke sites.