{"id":22747,"date":"2019-08-08T12:18:09","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T09:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/?p=22747"},"modified":"2022-08-31T16:16:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T13:16:11","slug":"how-to-increase-website-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/22747\/how-to-increase-website-traffic\/","title":{"rendered":"How A Company from the Fintech&#8217; Space Grew from 4000 to 420K Visitors in Just 6 Months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This is a\u00a0<strong>TRUE SUCCESS<\/strong> story from Jibran Qazi \u2013 Founder of Hunter Canada, a cognitiveSEO long-time customer and SEO expert.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jibran Qazi is an SEO consultant, growth hacker, and founder of Hunter Canada, a company that helps tech firms achieve exponential traffic growth. Enjoy his story, written and documented by himself, and see how he managed to grow an app in the Fintech space, increasing its number of monthly visitors from 4000 to 420K+ in just 6 months.\u00a0 All organic traffic from Google, no PPC, no paid ads.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-22809\" src=\"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Increased_Website_Traffic_to_420k_Visitors_in_6_Months-2-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Increased_Website_Traffic_to_420k+_Visitors_in_6_Months (2)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Increased_Website_Traffic_to_420k_Visitors_in_6_Months-2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Increased_Website_Traffic_to_420k_Visitors_in_6_Months-2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Increased_Website_Traffic_to_420k_Visitors_in_6_Months-2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Increased_Website_Traffic_to_420k_Visitors_in_6_Months-2.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol class=\"summaryext\">\n<li><a href=\"#1\"><strong>Success Story of\u00a0420K+ visitors increase\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#2\"><strong>Social Proof<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#3\"><strong>The Numbers<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#4\"><strong>First 30 Days<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#5\"><strong>First 60 days (2 months)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#6\"><strong>First 120 Days (4 Months)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#7\"><strong>First 180 Days (6 months)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#8\"><strong>How To Get Exponential Results For Your Own Site<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#9\"><strong>The SEO Process<\/strong><\/a>\n<ol>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#10\">Negative SEO Check on Main (Mysite.com) + Subdomains<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#11\"><strong>Build Citations<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#12\">Add Your Link to Reliable Directory<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#13\"><strong>Add Text<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#14\"><strong>Moving Forward<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#15\"><strong>Using Phrases As Anchor Text<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#16\"><strong>The Link Building\u00a0Strategy<\/strong><\/a>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#17\"><strong>Forget About NoFollow Links<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"#18\">Conclusion<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class='cgn-shortcode-anchor' id='1' style='height:50px'>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<h2><strong>1. Success Story of\u00a0420K+ visitors increase\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The length of our contract was 6 months which started on May 29th, 2018 and ended on Nov 29, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s start with some social proof, shall we:<\/p>\n<div class='cgn-shortcode-anchor' id='2' style='height:50px'>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<h3><strong>1.1 Social Proof<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23172\" src=\"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/InvoiceShot-1024x517.png\" alt=\"Email screenshot\" width=\"1024\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/InvoiceShot-1024x517.png 1024w, https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/InvoiceShot-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/InvoiceShot-768x388.png 768w, https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/InvoiceShot.png 1066w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you zoom into the email,\u00a0you\u2019ll see I got them on the first page for \u201cInvoice\u201d and \u201cReceipt\u201d.\u00a0 Two massive keywords. Not sure if they are still there but during that time, they sure were.<\/p>\n<div class='cgn-shortcode-anchor' id='3' style='height:50px'>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<h3><strong>1.2 The Numbers<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22751\" src=\"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Number-of-visitors-and-traffic.png\" alt=\"Number of visitors and traffic\" width=\"733\" height=\"121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Number-of-visitors-and-traffic.png 733w, https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Number-of-visitors-and-traffic-300x50.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For obvious reasons, I can\u2019t share the exact numbers but this should give you an idea.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22828 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Google-analytics-Number-of-visitors-1-1024x792.png\" alt=\"Google-analytics-Number-of-visitors\" width=\"1024\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Google-analytics-Number-of-visitors-1-1024x792.png 1024w, https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Google-analytics-Number-of-visitors-1-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Google-analytics-Number-of-visitors-1-768x594.png 768w, https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Google-analytics-Number-of-visitors-1.png 1039w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Which lead to over 350K downloads of their app.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-22829\" src=\"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/App-downloads-Google-Analytics-1-1024x637.png\" alt=\"App-downloads-Google-Analytics\" width=\"1024\" height=\"637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/App-downloads-Google-Analytics-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/App-downloads-Google-Analytics-1-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/App-downloads-Google-Analytics-1-768x478.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s break down the month by month increase.<\/p>\n<div class='cgn-shortcode-anchor' id='4' style='height:50px'>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<h3><strong>1.3 First 30 Days<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Success to these guys was a 30% increase in the first 3-6 months. I handed this to them in the first 30 days.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In fact, I more than doubled it. Over 60%.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22830\" src=\"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/First-30-Days-numbers-in-Google-Analytics-1.png\" alt=\"First-30-Days-numbers-in-Google-Analytics\" width=\"578\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/First-30-Days-numbers-in-Google-Analytics-1.png 578w, https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/First-30-Days-numbers-in-Google-Analytics-1-300x268.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class='cgn-shortcode-anchor' id='5' style='height:50px'>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<h3><strong>1.4 First 60 days (2 months)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During these months and pretty much every month after I started, the growth was (As expected) simply exponential.<\/p>\n<p>370%+ increase in traffic in just 2 months.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22754\" src=\"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/First-60-Days-growth.png\" alt=\"First 60 Days growth\" width=\"613\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/First-60-Days-growth.png 613w, https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/First-60-Days-growth-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Over 1200%+ increase in just 3 months.<\/p>\n<div class='cgn-shortcode-anchor' id='6' style='height:50px'>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<h3><strong>1.5 First 120 Days (4 Months)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Over 3000%+ increase in traffic. In fact, this was the first time the traffic went over 140K.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22831\" src=\"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/First-120-days-growth-1.png\" alt=\"First-120-days-growth\" width=\"669\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/First-120-days-growth-1.png 669w, https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/First-120-days-growth-1-300x212.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class='cgn-shortcode-anchor' id='7' style='height:50px'>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<h3><strong>1.6 First 180 Days (6 months)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is where I took them over 8000% in organic growth and had over 420k people in total. All in 6 months.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22832\" src=\"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/First-180-Days-growth-1.png\" alt=\"First-180-Days-growth\" width=\"680\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/First-180-Days-growth-1.png 680w, https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/First-180-Days-growth-1-300x164.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class='cgn-shortcode-anchor' id='8' style='height:50px'>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<h2><strong>2. How To Get Exponential Results For Your Own Site<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To get such results in your own niche, you must rank for some high volume keywords. I got this Fintech company on the first page for the following massive keywords:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Invoice;<\/li>\n<li>Receipt;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23468\" src=\"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/invoice.png\" alt=\"invoice\" width=\"658\" height=\"728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/invoice.png 658w, https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/invoice-271x300.png 271w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23469\" src=\"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/receipt.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"804\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/receipt.png 804w, https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/receipt-300x280.png 300w, https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/receipt-768x716.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Considering they weren\u2019t even close when I benchmarked everything in the beginning, these are pretty solid results.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I literally beat out sites like Wikipedia, Shopify, Office.com and many more established sites with massive advertising budgets.<\/p>\n<div class='cgn-shortcode-anchor' id='9' style='height:50px'>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<h2><strong>3. The SEO Process<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since I can\u2019t share exactly what I did for legal reasons, let me share some \u201cgeneral tips\u201d. I just applied my 3 step formula again:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Fix what\u2019s wrong (Site Architecture).<\/li>\n<li>Optimize Site (On-Page SEO).<\/li>\n<li>Build Links (Starts from day 1).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re new to SEO, or not sure what \u2018link juice\u2019 is,\u00a0start here.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22761\" src=\"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/My-SEO-Process-Timeline.png\" alt=\"My SEO Process Timeline\" width=\"559\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/My-SEO-Process-Timeline.png 559w, https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/My-SEO-Process-Timeline-300x108.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The only difference is instead of approaching these steps in a sequence, you should perform all 3 steps at the same time in a holistic way.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now you can use lots of tools for the first two steps (Depends on your preference really) but the main one that really helped me get this site (Plus my other clients\/sites) to the next level was hands down, Cognitive SEO.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s why:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you want the deepest backlink data, there is just no comparison.<\/li>\n<li>For the past 3 years, I\u2019ve been using it for the initial NegSEO cleanup and then ongoing monitoring.<\/li>\n<li>When I\u2019m considering getting a backlink from somewhere which looks a little odd, CognitiveSEO allows me to take a deeper look.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Guys, the thing is if you want great results, you have to use quality tools. CognitiveSEO is one of them. So generally speaking, here is how you should usually approach a site.<\/p>\n<div class='cgn-shortcode-anchor' id='10' style='height:50px'>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<h3><strong>3.1 NegSEO Check on Main (Mysite.com) + Subdomains (help.mysite.com)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Always do a NegSEO check on your main domain and any subdomains first. Sometimes spammy links from your subdomains can kill your traffic over time. I love how CognitiveSEO allows me to look up subdomains for NegSEO as well. Very important.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22762\" src=\"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/NegSEO-Check-on-Main-Mysite.com-.png\" alt=\"NegSEO Check on Main (Mysite.com)\" width=\"1048\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/NegSEO-Check-on-Main-Mysite.com-.png 1048w, https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/NegSEO-Check-on-Main-Mysite.com--300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/NegSEO-Check-on-Main-Mysite.com--768x303.png 768w, https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/NegSEO-Check-on-Main-Mysite.com--1024x405.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1048px) 100vw, 1048px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When disavowing, always make sure you manually check the metrics of the sites you want to disavow. Sometimes you can disavow good ones as well and that could hurt you a lot.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>There is a world of difference between a spammy site vs a low quality site. You need to disavow spammy site not low quality sites.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to Cognitive SEO, 97% of Google is made of low-quality sites. Check out Google\u2019s very own backlink profile below:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22764\" src=\"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Link-Profile-Influence-cognitiveSEO-metric.png\" alt=\"Link Profile Influence cognitiveSEO metric\" width=\"709\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Link-Profile-Influence-cognitiveSEO-metric.png 1044w, https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Link-Profile-Influence-cognitiveSEO-metric-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Link-Profile-Influence-cognitiveSEO-metric-768x541.png 768w, https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Link-Profile-Influence-cognitiveSEO-metric-1024x722.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class='cgn-shortcode-anchor' id='11' style='height:50px'>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<h3><strong>3.2 Build Citations<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Citations are links from local business directories. It is surprising how so many businesses (Established or not), have not paid any attention to these.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Quality citations are a great source for backlinks and another great way of diversifying your backlink profile.<\/p>\n<div class='cgn-shortcode-anchor' id='12' style='height:50px'>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<h3><strong>3.3 Add Your Link to JoeAnt<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If there is one directory that I swear by to this day, it is JoeAnt. Love how they\u2019ve maintained their quality throughout all these years. So always make sure you are present on JoeAnt.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It will give your site two things. A quality backlink and another diverse source that your backlinks is coming from. In this case, it would be from a directory.<\/p>\n<div class='cgn-shortcode-anchor' id='13' style='height:50px'>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<h3><strong>3.4 Add Text<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Try your best to turn your main pages (Pages you want to rank), into long copy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These days, you need to have around 3000+ words. You don\u2019t have to do it right away but keep adding text little by little.<\/p>\n<div class='cgn-shortcode-anchor' id='14' style='height:50px'>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<h3><strong>3.5 Moving Forward<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Most of these changes that I\u2019ve mentioned here take the first 30-60 days. Usually 60 days as all the changes you are making need to get re-indexed as well.\u00a0I used a service called One Hour Indexing for this.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Oh wait &#8230; What about backlinks?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Again, nothing special here either. Just you typical, manual, white hat link building (Blog comments, Forums, Directories, etc).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to SEO, it\u2019s link building that takes most of my time. 2-4 hours a day at the very least. I recommend getting 15-20 links a month and see how your site reacts to it. Then you adjust your numbers accordingly. That\u2019s really it.<\/p>\n<div class='cgn-shortcode-anchor' id='15' style='height:50px'>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<h3><strong>3.6 Using Phrases As Anchor Text<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Forget about one or two-word anchor texts. Most of the anchor texts that I use are between 5 to 7 words. Yes you read that right. It looks natural and it works.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In most cases, using the keywords isn\u2019t necessary either.<\/p>\n<div class='cgn-shortcode-anchor' id='16' style='height:50px'>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<h2><strong>4. The Link Building\u00a0Strategy<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now, this is something I haven\u2019t seen anyone discuss so I would like to share this. After finding quality link opportunities,\u00a0where and how do you point them?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Well first, never link to the homepage. As the homepage usually already has enough links coming in. I\u2019ve read case studies where they only link to the homepage and get great results. Like I said earlier, everyone has their own style and this is what has worked for me.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Once I reach the top, I randomize this pattern every 30 days so it all looks natural for Google as well. Think of link building as putting different coats of paint. Just make sure each coat (link building cycle) is different.<\/p>\n<div class='cgn-shortcode-anchor' id='17' style='height:50px'>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<h3><strong>4.1 Forget About NoFollow Links<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Forget about NoFollow or not. Just get links that fall in your pre-determined metric\u2019s range (One I mentioned above).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You need both kinds of links (Heck I say get all kinds of links from all kinds of CMS\u2019s) so you\u00a0get quality links from diverse sources. That\u2019s the key to successful link building.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please stop ignoring \u2018NoFollow\u2019 links. If they are coming from a good authoritative place, get them. Nofollow links from Forbes or Wikipedia are still world-class links. Never check if a backlink is NoFollow or not. Haven\u2019t done that in ages.<\/p>\n<div class='cgn-shortcode-anchor' id='18' style='height:50px'>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<h2><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the day, if you do the following, you\u2019ll get great results:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pay attention to where and how the \u2018link juice\u2019 of a site flows. Be obsessed with link juice.<\/li>\n<li>Make smart changes that work for you and Google. A healthy balance here can always be achieved.<\/li>\n<li>Write about things your competitors aren\u2019t.<\/li>\n<li>Never stop getting backlinks.<\/li>\n<li>Use proper tools to get a deeper look at your backlinks (Current and the ones that you want to acquire).<\/li>\n<li>Run your own tests.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s pretty much it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Disclaimer<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>This is not a paid post. cognitiveSEO made no agreement with the author.<\/em> <br \/>\n<em>This is Jibran&#8217;s success story, written and documented by himself.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Please feel free to share your thoughts on this story with us.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the author<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-22767\" src=\"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Jibran-Qazi.jpg\" alt=\"Jibran Qazi\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Jibran-Qazi.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cognitiveseo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Jibran-Qazi-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0 Jibran Qazi is an SEO consultant, growth hacker, and founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/huntercanada.ca\"><strong>Hunter Canada<\/strong><\/a>, a company that helps tech firms achieve exponential growth.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a\u00a0TRUE SUCCESS story from Jibran Qazi \u2013 Founder of Hunter Canada, a cognitiveSEO long-time customer and SEO expert. &nbsp; Jibran Qazi is an SEO consultant, growth hacker, and founder of Hunter Canada, a company that helps tech firms achieve exponential traffic growth. 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