Monday, 23 September 2013

Simple Solutions For Building Your Authority Site From The Ground Up

By Wilson Resturbee


Whether you are developing an authority website or blog, the planning stage is a crucial component of its success. Here's why this is true, even if it does sound wrong. The blueprint that you formulate allows you to create a foundation that will last.

It is important that when you begin your authority site that you do not advertise - there are many reasons not to do this. Of course this is a judgment call, and you can do anything you want with your site. But if you decide to monetize with ads early on, then be very sure you do so sensibly.

Though you have probably heard this a 1000 times, the quality of your content is of utmost importance. If you want to have an authority site that people absolutely love, quality content needs to be written at the highest standards. I would not recommend outsourcing this unless you hire very good writers. It is imperative that you have solid expert knowledge if you have an authority site of your own. Essentially, outsourcing requires you to use writers that will create very good content and do excellent research. Of course the alternative is you write the content because you should be the expert for your site. So that is a decision you have to make about how you want your authority site to develop.

More than ever before, your website needs to be relevant - this is what Google is looking for. So when you make your authority site, it must never deviate from being relevant at any time. Outbound linking to external sites is something that Google will look for when it spiders your website. And the site that you link to needs to be relevant to the content on your website. That may be an obvious point but sometimes it can be easy to violate that rule. When your visitor comes to your site, and your link is not relevant, it adversely affects their experience. In essence, you never want to link to something that is totally unrelated. User experience should be your number one priority.

The essence of an authority site is that it contains expert knowledge. People expect to find this type of information there. The two descriptions go hand-in-hand. Part of the huge problem with Google results is there have always been a lot of sites that offer junk information. Building an authority site, if that is your intention, you will avoid creating anything like this. It is essential that you become an expert about your particular topic prior to creating an authority site and posting content on it. Offering solid information to your visitors is something that you will need to read and research. If you can write information, you can also write about the experts in your particular niche. This will be great content for your site as well.

Anyone that has created an authority site understands how much careful planning and research goes into the process. One thing that is for sure, you cannot do a poor job of it if you want people to believe you. This is not a painful process, or at least it does not have to be. You just need to continue to update it as time goes on.




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