5 (Old-School) Channels of SEO Every Newbie Must Know!

The world of search engine optimization may seem too dynamic for newbies to cope with all the tactics, theories, algorithms, updates and jargons. For someone totally new to seo, it’s best to always begin from the basics. Seo has come a long way from the early days of the internet. And thankfully, the worst is behind us.

There has been a significant decline in black-hat seo (malpractices) techniques as more and more marketers and webmasters have realized that there’s actually no need for “stuffing keywords” or to “get backlinks from irrelevant sites”. Moreover, people like Matt Cutts, Head of Google Webspam, have constantly been transparent and interactive with webmasters by clarifying any myths surrounding search result ranking.

There are quite a few traditional, you can say old-school, seo channels which newbies can learn about when they are entering the big, mazy world of search engines. Consider a few like below:

Forum Participations: Internet forums are online discussion boards based on niche topics such as online email marketing, forex, gaming, software development, religions etc. A quick search can help find the forums best suited to your needs. Online bulletins are good place to share what we know and gain knowledge about what’s new in our specific industry.

Link submission: For relatively new websites or blogs, submitting the site URLs in link directories can prove beneficial for quick caching and gaining some relevant backlinks. Some of the top free link directories include Google, Dmoz, Alltop etc.

Blog commenting: Commenting on other’s blogs is a good practice for networking. Since most blog comments are no-follow the link juice may not be transferred. Nonetheless, commenting is highly effective because human visitors may still click on your links. And not to forget your blog/site does get some added exposure.

Bookmarking: StumbleUpon is the biggest source of online traffic in the USA. Digg used to be a highly favorite bookmarking site until some time back. Delicious is a preferred bookmarking site as well.

Blogging: Last but not the least- the king of all seo techniques- blogging. Blogs reign because they are loved by search engines as the major source of fresh, unique content. Starters often find blogging easy to begin but difficult to maintain. However, there is plethora of blogging tips, best practices available on the web that bloggers can make good use of.

The above channels are good source of getting both information as well as a link back. That way, you can learn about seo while you are still doing it.
It’s important for new learners to not to underestimate the power and importance of these channels. This is the very basic that it could get. And every internet search marketing guru would vouch to using these channels at some point of time.

For how long have you been in the online search optimization world? What channels would you recommend to a newbie? What best practices have stood you in good times? What’s the most revolutionary thing you have noticed in the recent times in SEO?

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