Building Your Own Authority Website

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Lately, a lot of articles talk about achieving better search engine ranking by building an authority website. So what is an authority website and how do you go about building one' In general, authority website is a large website full of resources on a specific topic. A good example of an authority website for search engine marketing industry is SearcEngineWatch.com. Let's now take a look at how you should go about creating an authority website for yourself.

Pick a Niche

When building an authority website keep in mind the niche you are targeting. Try to pick a niche that is as specific as possible. For example, if you are a travel website it would be pointless to create a travel portal; you stand very little chance against existing websites. But you can create an authority website that focuses on handicapped travel and their needs. There is a lot less competition and you will have much better ranking for the keywords you want.

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Content is the key to building a successful authority website. Fresh content differentiates commercial and authority websites in the eyes of search engine spiders. Commercial websites usually write content for their pages once and do not update it very often. Authority websites, on the other hand, usually provide content in the form of ......