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You recently created (or bought a blog), and now aim to get backlinks to start ranking in the search engines. But which are the best methods for a new blog? This was the question I posed to Lynn Terry who runs the hugely popular Clicknews site. Below is an outline of her response.

1. Niche directory – whatever niche you’re blog is on, most likely there’s a niche directory out there for it. Seek these out via a Google search, with the following formula: niche + blog directory. For example, if you’re blog is on the topic of surfing you would type into Google the following: surfing + niche directory. Niche directories are usually good sources of relevant, good PR, one way backlinks.

2. Blog Directory – similar as the above method, but these tend to only accept blogs and cater to a variety of niches. Some of the more established blog directories on the web include; Blog Catalog, My Blog Log, Blog Flux, and of course DMOZ. Submit your new blog to each one and make sure you also link to the “blog profile page” from your site.

3. Guest Blogging – we’re big fans of guest posting, and have written extensively on the subject. One of the absolute best methods for getting in front of a relevant audience and as a bonus, securing the almighty backlink. How does this method work? Quite simple really. Find blogs in your area of specialty, send them an email via their contact form and pitch them on a guest article. They will either say yes or no, but always worth a good try.

4. Article marketing – this is an excellent method to get backlinks to a new blog and involves writing a series of articles, about 5 or so and submitting them to an article directory, such as Ezine Articles. First create an account, write your article in their dashboard and wait for approval. Ezines is nicely moderated, so they tend to keep junk out, which is a good thing and article approval takes anywhere from 3 days 7 days.

5. Social media – Some social networking and social media sites send juice back to our blogs, the key as mentioned above is relevancy. For example, if you run an internet marketing or affiliate blog, a good social media site for you would be Sphinn. But on the other hand if you run a shoe blog, Sphinn is a waste of time for you. So look for social media sites that complement your topic, become a regular active member and periodically submit your articles for a boost in the search engines.

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Missy Diaz is primarily a freelance writer (and blogger) that offers a popular guest blogging service to website owners. She also creates WordPress powered websites and blogs and is the author of Super Blogga, a fun action packed pocket guide aimed at new blog owners with over 70 bite size tips available as an ebook and on Amazon.

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