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Brian is the founder of Backlinko, and now an internationally recognized SEO expert. After failing with his first five online businesses, Brian finally struck gold with a site in the personal finance space in 2012. He created Backlinko to teach the lessons he learned along the way.

Since launching Backlinko, Brian made a name for himself by publishing insanely practical strategies that marketers can use to grow their online business. Backlinko is now one of the most popular marketing blogs online.

After selling Backlinko to Semrush, he started another successful venture, Exploding Topics. But he also stuck around to continue to help set the standards for Backlinko, and we’re thrilled to still have him around as a contributor.

Latest articles:

How to Get Backlinks With Guestographics

How to Get Backlinks With Guestographics

What’s the secret to getting authority links? It’s not an easy question to answer. But you probably know other people that are able to generate backlinks to just about everything that they publish. How do they do it? Do they know some link building secret that you don’t? Actually, yes, they do! It may happen behind the scenes, but some people know how to get backlinks with ease. I’m one of those people 🙂 And today I’m going to show you one of my favorite SEO strategies of all time: the Guestographic Method.

Link Building Case Study: How I Increased My Search Traffic by 110% in 14 Days

Skyscraper Method: +110% Traffic in 14 days (Link Building Case Study)

Here’s the brutal truth about link building: There are WAY too many people in internet marketing today that think “great content” is enough. They say, “if I publish great stuff, people will naturally link to me”. If only it were that easy… If you’re serious about getting high quality links, you need to be very systematic with how you create and promote your content. Otherwise, you’re taking the “cooked spaghetti approach” to SEO: throwing a bunch of stuff against a wall and hoping something sticks. Well, today I’m going to show you a technique that almost guarantees that you get high-quality links from every piece of content that you publish. Keep reading to learn how…

CPA Marketing: The Ultimate Guide (Updated)

CPA Marketing: The Ultimate Guide (Updated)

When it comes to monetization, I’ve tried it all. I started with Adsense… but was let down by the low CPCs. Then I promoted affiliate products… but I couldn’t get the traffic to convert. Then I tried CPA marketing… and quickly realized that it was THE best way to monetize. (In fact, CPA helped one of my sites go from 0 to $10k/month in record time) And in this post I’m going to show you everything you need to know about CPA marketing.

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Google’s 200 Ranking Factors: The Complete List

You might already know that Google uses over 200 ranking factors in their algorithm… But what the heck are they? Well, you’re in for a treat because I’ve put together a complete list. Some are proven. Some are controversial. Others are SEO nerd speculation. But they’re all here. And I recently updated this entire list for 2023. Let’s dive right in.