{"id":1166,"date":"2019-01-17T04:43:23","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T04:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webigg.com\/blog\/?p=1166"},"modified":"2019-01-17T04:43:23","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T04:43:23","slug":"link-building-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webigg.com\/blog\/link-building-in-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Link Building in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Links go hand-in-hand with your content plan.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Google has stated that content and links are its #1 and #2 ranking factors, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Makes sense, then, that building a quality backlink profile should be a key part of your SEO strategy in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There are a few types of links you\u2019ll want to focus on.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Editorial Links<\/p>\n<p>Editorial links are backlinks that you earn because your content is so awesome. They\u2019re not links you get from guest-posts or because you requested them from another webmaster.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s an additional reason why you need to produce amazing, relatable, shareable content. Because it will get you backlinks from other websites.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, editorial links are the most valuable types of backlinks. You\u2019ll likely notice that your rank goes up when other authors start linking to your articles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Whitehat Acquired Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you do decide to pursue a backlink strategy, make sure that you play by the rules.<\/p>\n<p>There are countless sites online that will sell you backlinks from private blog networks (PBNs). Although you might be tempted to take that kind of shortcut, you\u2019ll be playing with fire if you do so.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why? Because it\u2019s a blackhat technique to pay for backlinks.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can be sure that Google is on the hunt for those PBNs. Once they\u2019re discovered, the links won\u2019t pass any page rank, and you will have paid for absolutely nothing.<\/p>\n<p>Even worse, though, you could find that your site gets penalized by Google. If that happens, all your SEO efforts won\u2019t mean anything.<\/p>\n<p>So do yourself a favor: only pursue whitehat links.<\/p>\n<p>Make Sure Your Site is 100% Technically Correct<\/p>\n<p>Technical SEO is admittedly the less glamorous side of SEO.<\/p>\n<p>But it still has an incredible impact on your rankings.<\/p>\n<p>One out of place element \u2013 anything from duplicate content issues to outdated sitemaps \u2013 could be a cause of rankings drop.<\/p>\n<p>Going into 2019, it\u2019s important to have someone adept in technical SEO to take a look at your site and ensure all there\u2019s nothing going on behind-the-scenes that could hurt your search rankings.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a lot to cover here, but I\u2019ll go over some of the biggest technical SEO factors you need to be aware of \u2013 and on top of \u2013 in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Move Your Site to HTTPS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re getting to the point where it\u2019s mandatory to have a website that uses the secure HTTPS protocol instead of the insecure HTTP protocol.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For starters, Google gives a bit of a ranking bump to sites that use HTTPS.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Beyond that, Google Chrome began marking all non-HTTPS sites as \u201cNot secure\u201d in July 2018.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a website that you\u2019re trying to position as an authority on a subject, it\u2019s going to be difficult to accomplish that when Google Chrome users see \u201cNot secure\u201d in their browser bar as they\u2019re reading your content.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more details on our products and services, please feel free to visit us at <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/webigg.com\/search-engine-optimization-services-company.html\"><strong>Search engine marketing New Delhi<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webigg.com\/internet-marketing-services-company.html\"><strong>Internet Marketing Company India<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webigg.com\/\"><strong>Online Marketing Companies<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webigg.com\/search-engine-optimization-services-company.html\"><strong>Internet Marketing Company<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webigg.com\/internet-marketing-services-company.html\"><strong>Internet Marketing India<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Links go hand-in-hand with your content plan. In fact, Google has stated that content and links are its #1 and #2 ranking factors, respectively. Makes sense, then, that building a quality backlink profile should be a key part of your SEO strategy in 2019. 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