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What is off-page SEO, and how do you use it?

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Question added by Yasmeen Husam , Web Developer , Al Fahid Systems
Date Posted: 2018/11/06
AHMAD ALSHATANAWI
by AHMAD ALSHATANAWI , WEB MARKETING & SEO SPECIALIST , Creativo GBM

What is Off Page SEOOff page SEO refers to techniques your can use to improve the position of a web site in the search engine results page (SERPs). Many people associate off-page SEO with link building but it is not only that.

 

Unlike On- page SEO, Off-page SEO refers to activities you can perform outside the boundaries of your website. The most important are:

  • Link Building
  • Social Media Marketing
  • Brand Mentions

We will examine these in detail below, but first let me explain about the importance and benefits of off-page SEO.

Ryan Ahmed
by Ryan Ahmed , Digital Marketing Executive , Budget UAE

Off-page SEO is not just about links. It's deeper than that. eg. brand mentions (your site URL or brand name mentioned on another site without a hyperlink) are an integral aspect of off-page search signals.

Off-page SEO simply tells Google what others think about your site. For example, if you’ve got a lot of valuable links pointing to your pages, search engines will assume that you’ve got great content – the type that provides value for users.

Otherwise, why would people waste time linking to it?

People only cite, reference and share content they like. Even in a brick-and-mortar business, if your product is helpful and affordable, you’ll get a lot of word of mouth referrals from your current customers.

So, Off-Page SEO refers to all of the activities that you and others do away from your website to raise the ranking of a page with search engines.

On-page SEO happens within the site, while off-page SEO happens outside the site.

ravi vats
by ravi vats , Backend Developer(Python/Django - Rest Framework) , delhivery

Off page SEO is all the methods which you use to bring traffic on to your blog/web page from websites other than yours.

 

Its basically a method to get backlink from other websites.

 

Various methods are:-

 

Guest Blogging

Article Submission

Directory Submission

PDF/PPT Submission

NaveenKumar R
by NaveenKumar R , Seo Analyst , Kwint IT Service Pvt Ltd

Off page SEO is used to improve the position of web sites in the SERP(Search Engine Results Page).off-page seo is having a techniques to build a link building.Many peoples are using in this off page SEO.They have a different SEO techniques in the off-page SEO

prabhakar Tripathi
by prabhakar Tripathi , Senior Engineer , Vikas Group

Off page SEO refers to techniques that can be used to improve the position of a web site in the search engine results page (SERPs). Many people associate off-page SEO with link building but it is not only that. In general, off Page SEO has to do with promotion methods – beyond website design –for the purpose of ranking a website higher in the search results.

Waleid Elmobarak
by Waleid Elmobarak , مدير عام مركز معلومات , وزارة التعليم العالي والبحث العلمي

Off-Page SEO and the Power of Quality Links Just as keyword stuffing used to be an acceptable practice that’s gone the way of the dodo, so too is the practice of buying or trading spammy backlinks in an effort to increase page rank. The search engines have been wise to these practices for some time, and filling your page with irrelevant backlinks will actually get you penalized rather than promoted. Although the search engines take into account both the number and quality of your backlinks (as well as the number of referring domains), quality is much more important than quantity. The key takeaway is that while backlinks are integral to off-page SEO, a single quality backlink from an authoritative site is worth more than 10 or even 100 low-quality links. Link building isn't always the easiest task, but here are four strategies, according to Neil Patel, that you can use: Writing guest blogs to promote yourself as an expert in your field Write content that mentions influencers in your field, because posts like this are highly popular Scour blogs (particularly influencer blogs) in your field for broken links, and then suggest replacing the broken link with content you’ve written on the same subject Take advantage of the popularity of infographics by creating lots of them For more insights on how to create linkable content, see our article:4 winning strategies to write content that other people link to. Other Off-Page SEO Best Practices Although quality backlinks are the backbone of an off-page SEO strategy, there are other techniques you can use to increase site authority and encourage more links. One is adding your business to local listings and internet directories, including things like Google My Business, Yelp, Yellow Pages, and other local listings. Once added, make sure all the information is accurate, and that your name, address, and phone number are consistent across all platforms. Another way you can engage in off-page SEO (while also increasing trust and brand recognition) is by participating in discussions on sites like Quora and answering questions on other Q and A sites, especially if you have expertise you can share with the community. A final off-page SEO technique you can use is submitting backlinked content to various sharing sites, including image, audio, and video sharing sites. Some of the most popular of these include: Video: Vimeo and Dailymotion Audio: SoundCloud and Podbean Image: Flickr, Instagram, and Pinterest Search engine optimization best practices are evolving all the time as web user and online consumer behavior changes, and right now the best approach to SEO is having a solid strategy in place to address both on- and off-page elements. On-page, the main concerns are quality content and making sure the technical aspects of the site have been optimized for speed, efficiency, and keywords. Off-page, the most important thing you can do is encourage quality backlinks from authoritative sites, because this will guarantee search engines see your site as relevant and important, and you'll be rewarded with a higher rank. https://digitalmarketinginstitute.com/blog/complete-guide-to-on-page-and-off-page-seo

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by alnaeem Tag aldeen alnaeem Ebraheem , مدخل بيانات , مؤسسة محمد عبدالله ابراهيم القباع

Creating websites for search engines through SEO strategies and methods used to get traffic to your website by reaching advanced results in the search engine results page such as google

Owais Jaffar
by Owais Jaffar , Head of SEO and Social Media , Knowledge Path

Any activity done off the website that target the entire website or specific pages is called off page seo. A basic example is link building, others include Social platforms and their associated traffic, blogs, articles etc. These are the basic ones that affect the popularity, i.e. ranking of the website or specific pages that you want to target according to your digital strategy.

Muhammad Tahir
by Muhammad Tahir , Digital Marketing Manager , BusinessBid

Off-page is a part of SEO which includes the activities to increase the authority of the website. 

Most people think off-page is all about link building but it is not only link-building, but it also helps to increase rankings, PageRank, domain authority and more exposure to your website. Link-building cover the most part of off-page as its still work as ranking factor for search engines. 

The search engines crawl the referring domains and pages to generate the data report about how many other urls are pointing to your website. This helps search engine algorithm to identify that which website is doing better and more liking by users.

User experience is also a big factor to rank a website in search engines. 

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