Building Profile Backlinks The RIGHT Way

Many of you have heard about high PR profile pages and how they can help you drastically with your search engine rankings. Profile pages on ALL kinds of websites. I have experimented with this type of backlinking over the past few months and I have some invaluable tips for the eager learners.

Hold onto your chairs boys and girls, because we’re about to take the offroad approach. Down and dirty. Just the facts, the way I’ve seen them.

So what are high PR profile pages anyway? Basically, these are websites that have a 6+ Google page rank where you can register and setup a profile page. There are literally thousands of these floating around the net. When people join these sites they get their own member profile page on that website.

The cool part? Well the majority of these profile pages let you add one (or often more) ‘dofollow’ backlinks. Links that have Search Engine ranking weight for YOUR website.

Now there’s definitely a fine line between setting up a respectable profile page and just spamming. I don’t condone spamming whatsoever and coincidentally Google doesn’t either.

Here are the exact tactics I use for my profile pages to pass as value driven content.

I’m going to teach you how to make your profile pages weigh hundreds of times greater to Google than the stone-age spammer methods, and how to automate it when you’re ready.

So before I go into some ‘meat’ regarding profile pages I want to tell you about my experience with setting up profile pages. A few months ago I joined a service from the Warrior forum whereby every month I was emailed a packet of high PR backlinks. This included detailed instructions with screenshots showing how to register with each site and where to place your backlinks. Huge time saver! (I’ll let you know more about the specific service at the bottom of this post). Straightaway I decided to add my own technique to the process.

To cut a relatively short story into an even shorter one…. within about 2 – 3 weeks my rankings for the sites I was setting up profiles for went from around #233 in Google to #17 and another site went from #14 in Google to #3 (frontpage!!) where it still sits solidly today. I was baffled and awestruck. Had I found the magic SEO bullet? It was just such a ridiculously large increase in such a ridiculously short time.

Now I’m a busy guy always cooking up new ideas and adding features to my existing sites etc, so I really didn’t have time to create profiles by hand. A few weeks after my first successes I outsourced the profile backlink building to someone else. Although the job was done exactly as promised and on schedule, the results were… well… non existent. Even a month after the work was done, no change whatsover. In fact, some of the rankings had actually gone down.

So Here’s What I Learned

This will mean the difference between totally wasting a few hours of your life, and turning those few hours into the best you’ve spent all year. No bull.

The nice gal I hired to setup profile pages for me created 2 backlinks on each profile page then moved on. So what’s the problem? The problem is there’s absolutely NO relevant content on the page. Each profile page was nearly identical to every other profile page (which were empty, mostly BLANK pages) so the search engines had no contextual structure or topic to relate the link to in ANY way. Because of that, my profile pages were devalued and thrown into a dusty cabinet somewhere next to the trashcan.

Before I go into the method in which I set up these profile pages I also want to point out that when I set up my profile pages previously I only set up 19 of them. She setup 38!

Hence, the power of content relevance versus just numbers.

Now With The Down & Dirty ( How to Win :] )

1. Keywords In Username

When you setup a profile page most of them ask you to enter a user name. The majority of these sites include the username in the url of your profile page. Having your keyword within the url can add quite a bit of weight to your page and can help with your rankings. You need to be careful with this as it can be classed as spamming if you just stick your keywords in the username field. Instead, add something like ‘andy-article-writer’, or ‘john-pens’, or ’sarah-jvmarketing’. By adding your name before your keyword you are drawing less attention to your keywords from a human perspective. You also don’t need to put ALL your keywords in your username. If you have a two word keyword phrase that you are wanting to rank for then even adding one of the words to your username is better than adding none. If my targeted keyword was ‘promotional pens’ then I could use ‘andypens’ or ‘andy-pens’ as my user name.

2. Content Relevance

A big mistake people make when they add their links to the bio section is adding their links and nothing else. You can’t tell me that doesn’t look spammy. What you need to do is spend a minute to write a short bio to include with your links. This is a great way to come across instead of just some spammy A-hole taking advantage of other peoples webspace for links. This is what adds value and relevance to the page and lets it stand out ‘contextually’. Also good to add are some ‘normal’ interests so you look like a real human being. Preferably something you know the website owners/admins can relate to.

Here’s an example of a GOOD bio section:

Hey I’m an internet marketer and {impact} graphic & web designer based out of San Diego, California. I’ve helped dozens of businesses solidify their brand identities and explode their web presence into profit. From simple 4 pager websites with a blog, to full fledged eCommerce solutions like Dragonfly Fringe- I’ve done it all.

I also enjoy my sun-shiny weekends on the beach, gaming on occasion (recovering Starcraft addict), and renting out good flicks.

What I did is surround my links with relevant and intelligent content. Google ranks pages. When it leads a user to information it doesn’t take them to just a site, it takes them to a relevant page on that site. By adding relevant keywords and content to a page, Google can identify what your page is about and what it’s ‘related’ to. And let me tell you, it makes all the difference!

3. Avoiding Content Duplication Damnation

If you have a content spinner such as WordFlood or any other spinner that uses the {word1|word2} syntax then you can use it to spin variations of your bio. Then just submit a unique bio for each profile page. If not then just write your profile pages on the fly and make some conscious alterations.

4. The Details That Count

There’s often other sections you can choose to fill in too. Like ‘Occupation’. If your anchor text is ‘Article Writer’ you can add the words ‘Professional Copywriter’ or ‘Professional Article Writer’. Just more added relevance.

Another good idea is adding a profile photo. Real members upload an image of some kind. This doesn’t have to be a photo of you (although advisable). You can add an avatar or emblem of some sort. This just shows the webmasters that you’ve put time and effort into joining their site and adding value to their community. You never know, you may really like some of them and pop back every once in awhile.

It’s always worth taking a few extra minutes per profile page. You could set up 30 profiles really fast without adding these other elements but I WARN YOU: it will be time and effort wasted on void results.

5. GEO-Targeting with Profile Backlinks

Profile pages are GREAT for increasing ranks for geographic keyword phrases. If you’re targeting a specific town or county then add them to the ‘Location’ field. For example if you’re a plumber in Manchester, then add the word ‘Manchester’ to the location field. These are ALL visible within your public profile.

The backlink package which I refer to in this post is Angelas Backlink Packets. This is a pretty convenient service and only costs $5/month. You’re sent an email at the beginning of each month which contains your backlink packet. The  packet contains clear visual instructions on where to easily obtain backlinks from 30 high PR websites. These are mostly sites where you can setup profile pages. The sites are all PR6 upwards with some even as high as PR9.

But I don’t have time to hand submit profiles all day… what can I do to automate it?

Many internet marketers such as myself are jumping up and down, raving about this brand new Profile Maker from Sick Marketing. This puppy’s packed with so many great features I can’t even begin to describe them all here. (Click Here to read my review on it).

So sparing the details, the bottom line is:

• Spinnable bio text, keywords & links
• One-touch account email confirmation
• Easily create your own packets or use High-PR packets provided ea/mo
• Automatically inserts your targeted link (keyworded where available!)
• Link wheeling option
• Automatic captcha image verification with Decaptcher or Bypass Captcha accounts
• One-touch pinging of created profiles
• What are you waiting for?!