Link Building with Widgetbox

November 28, 2008 by Collin LaHay
Filed under: Link Building 

This is a link building tip submitted to me by a close friend of mine who does real estate investing in the Go Zone.

The site is called Widgetbox. Widgetbox calls itself the site that helps people express, connect, create, and in form using web widgets that can be easily shared and distributed anywhere on the web. Widgets are free chunks of information that is meant to be ported or embedded into any website/blog.

Well, if you take a look at my widget, you can see that I have created a Widget that features my RSS feed inside it, and allows people to port the widget to their blog or website. Well, I doubt I will get many people putting a widget of my RSS feed on the homepage of their site, but the main reason I have created this widget is because Widgetbox also gives me a dofollow link to the homepage of this site.

It is incredibly easy to use Widgetbox for link building purposes, so I have outlined the steps for you to save you time.

1.) Visit Widgetbox.com and click on “Join” on the top right.
2.) Setup your account and log in.
3.) Go to My Widgetbox and click on “Make a Widget.”
4.) Click on the “feed” option and enter your RSS feed URL.
5.) Create your widget and publish it.

Okay, now you should have an RSS feed widget page live with a dofollow link back to your blog/website. Now a random link without any related content won’t help you a whole lot, so the strategy here is to add a comment to your own page and have it include a paragraph or two of related content about your site. This will add a lot more content to the page and hopefully add some keyword-related content for when Google finds the page.

That about sums it up, you should now have a link to your site with a paragraph or two of related keyword-rich content. Remember, if you need a live example, check out my widget.

Comments

12 Comments on Link Building with Widgetbox

  1. Ryan @ Linkbuildr on Fri, 28th Nov 2008 1:48 pm

    2. Another goody Collin! Those widgets have little to no problems ranking for most long tail keywords as well!

  2. BusinessX on Sat, 29th Nov 2008 4:40 pm

    3. Thanks for the info, working on a couple now. Actually, using one widget to cross-promote between sites. Wondering if I should use the Java rather flash for more link juice? Regardless, the widget box site link is helpful.

  3. busby seo test on Sat, 29th Nov 2008 7:51 pm

    4. nice info again from you,thanks collin

  4. Gerald Weber on Sat, 29th Nov 2008 9:26 pm

    5. I added this widget about a week ago but I didn’t know it was a do follow link that they give you. That’s good to know. :-)

  5. Jordan Pearce on Mon, 1st Dec 2008 8:06 pm

    6. I like it! And you can place the widgets elsewhere too ha-ha.

  6. vardis on Wed, 3rd Dec 2008 3:31 pm

    7. Nice lateral thinking! I’m gonna do it!

  7. Wordpress Themes on Wed, 10th Dec 2008 4:10 pm

    8. Thanks mate. nice info there. I am subscribing to your posts right away.

  8. JerseyGuy on Tue, 23rd Dec 2008 3:39 pm

    9. That same Go Zone friend of yours is a friend of mine also and he hopefully will help me do this quickly for my site. He’s pretty good at that stuff!

  9. wireless Internet Card on Tue, 30th Dec 2008 8:36 am

    10. This is very nice site. It provides a lot of information.

  10. Alex the Freelance Twin on Mon, 26th Jan 2009 5:42 pm

    11. The widget is a Flash box, and Google can’t crawl Flash very well. Which means that might not translate into a backlink after all.

  11. Mark on Sat, 21st Mar 2009 12:09 am

    12. If you are after backlinks from WB you should join their blog network.

    In order to get real links from widgets you need to include your information in noscript or noframe tags.

  12. mlm home business opportunity on Sun, 28th Jun 2009 7:14 pm

    13. damn that’s fine! that was so quick to setup… almost TOO easy hahaha

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