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Guest Blogging Question? How many links in an article?
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I am being offered by a blog to have more than 5 links in an article that points directly to our money sites. The blog is in the same niche. This is the first time i am being offered more than 2-3 links in an article. Should i do it?
How many links should be in an article so not to be penalized by Google? Does it look unnatural to have more links in an article that points to the same site but different pages?
Thanks
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I was originally taught by my SEO sensei that you can include 1 link for approx. every 100 words. Still, I wouldn't do more than 1 or 2. You definitely don't want to include more than one link to the same page. Here's a video of Google's (former?) Matt Cutts on that.
Be very careful when guest blogging for links. Here is what Cutts had to say about Guest Blogging:
I wouldn’t recommend relying on guest posting, guest blogging sites, or guest blogging SEO as a linkbuilding strategy.
http://searchengineland.com/matt-cutts-stick-a-fork-in-it-guest-blogging-is-done-182147
If you are guest blogging for links, I would suggest reading Cyrus Shepard's The Rules of Link Building here on the Moz Blog. He states that you should never ask for the anchor text, and I agree. Worry more about the quality of the content and less about the link.
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Hey Wayne,
Again there is no rule for it but the censorship and keeping the article quality alive is in your hand. I have seen articles that contain 5 links in total and still contain the quality on the other hand there are articles where 2 links does not make sense.
You said 5 link all going to one money making site, this sounds fishy to me!
Hope this helps!
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You are doing guest blogging for the links? Then just 1 will do it to get you penalized. Forget about guest blogging for links, instead, create great content and promote it trying to get a natural link.
If you are doing guest blogging, don't do it for the links. If in one article you write it happens you have an excellent article to link to in one of your properties then link to it. But do NOT write so you can insert a link.
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Depends on the extent , but I never use more than two links per article. As much a link with the anchor of the keyword and the other "brand link". Greetings ! -
I use maximum 2-3 links if the post is about 500 words, but i think it is depending on the amount of the text
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There is so many articles online talking about this topic. A blog should contain under 6 links which under 4 is the most desired. is not the quantity is the quality of the links. A resource i found is below:
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