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Do you like to talk with people and build relationships?
Have you ever told someone how you feel about their blog post?
Have you ever left a comment on a web site?
If you have never written a comment on a web site, on a blog post, then you are missing the easiest way to get inbound links to your Etsy site and increasing your SEO.
The biggest factor in SEO is “inbound links”. The more, the merrier. You want as many links pointing at your site as you can get.
Almost every time you leave a comment on another web site, it will give you the opportunity to link back to your site. This works for your Etsy site. This works for your own web site.
I know you like to lurk, to read and not get involved. Most people do. It’s easier. It’s safer. No one will disagree with you if you don’t say anything. No one will make fun.
Remember being 13 and going to a school dance? It was scary. I stood against the wall and wished I had the nerve to ask someone to dance. When I finally did risk humiliation, I found out that it was kind of fun. It didn’t hurt at all. I actually liked it.
As you grow up, you find out that having friendships, talking to strangers, just any communication, it’s all pretty good. There are the occasional awkward moments, but you get through them. There’s much more benefit to talking than to staying silent.
In the Internet, the same is true. If you leave comments for people on their sites, they might check out your site and leave you a comment. They might start a conversation on their site.
Every comment you make links back to your site.
Now, if you talk too much, you can get a little overbearing, so don’t get carried away and make your self a pest. Be natural, like you would in real life. You know how to talk to people in real life, so do that same thing on web sites.
Also, not every web site offers the link. If you talk to someone, but they don’t want to talk back, then find someone else to talk to. Comment on the sites that allow you to input a link to your site.
Imagine improving your SEO, just by talking. How easy is that?
I love talking. Thanks for the tips.
Thanks for the note. felt like talking to me. I rarely leave a comment, but I do read your article. Great stuff. I’ve also went through your ebook the Etsy girl mentioned. The problem is that we don’t have control of our website. We can’t use google web administrator’s tool. But I use everything else google provides. The best tool is google Analytics. Thanks again for teaching us.
Your tips and posts have helped me more than any other on the web so far! to the point, I like that. Thank you so much! I am off to find interesting sites and leave a comment now and then. Not being much of a talker in real life, but prefer to write anyway.
I downloaded your PDF Book on Search Engine Optimization. I’ve read half of it, and am intrigued enough to continue. Thanks for slowing down and not assuming too much technical knowledge on the part of your readers. Also, the graphics put a smile on my face. So, if I am confused, I don’t take myself too seriously, and continue on.
I have a question inspired by this recent blog. How does just responding to a website improve SEO? Does the response include a link to my website? Actually I don’t have a website, but I learned how to put one together for my wife. Any link I would leave would be hers.
Enough for now. More later.
Thanks,
Don
Yes. Most comments in blogs allow you to put in a link to your own web site, just like you did here. Click on your name and it goes your site, just like magic!
Thanks so much for all the great articles. I’m having a blast with all these cool SEO tools. Since our Etsy site is a collective of four women we’ll have no problem talking it up all over virtual town:) You’ve been such a great help building our site…now, we’ve even started a blog…Fortune 500, make room for one more Walton!
Take care~ Johanna
After months of procrastinating over the SEO thing, I downloaded your free guide and started getting busy. In the two days I’ve been searching out, and talking on, sites related to one of my Etsy products, Google analytics has shown a jump from 0 to 132 page views. I can send you a screen shot if you would like it.
Thanks for the advice and encouragement, Conrad.
Wow! That’s great to hear! Yes, please send me a screenshot. Can I use you as an example on the site?
I love it when people succeed.
I will have to check this out! I like what Tess has said about results!
Thank you, Molly, http://www.etsy.com/shop/Elizabethjewelry
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Thanks so much for all the great articles. I’m having a blast with all these cool SEO tools. Since our Etsy site is a collective of four women we’ll have no problem talking it up all over virtual town:) You’ve been such a great help building our site…now, we’ve even started a blog…Fortune 500, make room for one more Walton!
Take care~ Johanna