Building links is the most important thing you can do to help boost your niche sites up in the search engine ranking. I know you have heard me say this before, but I’m gonna say it again and again and AGAIN, until it sinks in.
I know it takes some doing, because it took me a while to really GET it too.
Today I want to talk about the power of RSS submission, and provide you with a little proof and an exciting little moment I got to have today.
RSS submission ~ What is it?
Just about every page on the internet has an RSS feed. If it doesn’t you can probably make one for it. I’m talking about all the places you go to build links, blogger blogs, squidoo, knol, vox, even myspace blogs have an rss feed.
You can take each and every one of these feeds, and your money site feed, of course, and submit it to directories. These RSS directories are similar to article directories. People can go to them to search for information or sites related to what they want to know about.
The are a few cool things about RSS directories though.
1. Each time you update your blog, lens or site your RSS listing updates as well.
2. Your titles become the link back to the post in your RSS feed. If you use your keywords in your titles (as you KNOW you should be) you have created a perfect anchor text link back to your site.
3. Not only are these directories great for building links but they also rank in search engines as well.
Submitting to RSS directories is one of those monotenous tasks we as internet marketers have to do. Yeah, it’s not fun and in fact, it can be pretty mind numbing, but it works. So take the time and do it.
Where can you find these RSS directories to submit to? I created a list of my own after going through a huge list of RSS directories. A lot of them don’t work anymore, so you will have to go through and make your own list. You can also google RSS directories or something similar and come up with even more.
Once you have a list the quickest and easiest way I have found to get through this process is to create a bookmark folder on your computer. Bookmark all the sites in one folder. You can then click the “open all in tabs” and they will all open at once, you can just click through and add your rss feed to each site. Close the ones you do as you go through. It takes me less than 10 minutes to get this done.
** If this explanation seems like greek or you just don’t get it I have outlined the whole process in a FREE ebook. I use bookmarking sites for the example, but the process is the same, just use the RSS submission sites instead of the bookmarking sites. **
I knew this process worked for getting backlinks because I’ve had a lot of sites do much better in the rankings after going through this process. It wasn’t until today that I had some fun proof that they will rank in the search results as well. I work on a new site each week. This week I am working on a Rival Slow Cooker and Crock Pot Recipes site. I did the RSS submission on Tuesday ~ yes the day before yesterday, and this is what I found today.
You can see the actual listing here.
So I would say YES, it is definitely worth submitting your RSS feeds to RSS directories. I love the feeling of having 4 out of the top 10 sites pointing to MY sites. That’s what it’s all about. 
Go ahead, put “add to RSS directories” in your internet marketing strategy, I swear it will help you out. (I have it in day 2 of my promotion schedule.) If you don’t have a plan to market your sites, check out this awesome website marketing strategy ~ it’s pretty much exactly what I do. If you follow these steps you will see an increase in traffic. And we all know what more traffic equals. More MONEY!! and that’s what it’s all about, right?
If you have any questions please feel free to leave them in the comment section below. I’ll do what I can to help you get it figured out.
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RSS submission has been one of the most effective strategies indeed. The task may be tedious and some may decide to skip this task. Big mistake. One can always outsource this kind of job. This investment can be one of the most worthwhile investments an Internet marketer can make.
Hey Kaye,
Yes, this is different than pinging. Pinging informs sites you have updated, the directories actually have your updated content.
Jackie
Perfect timing! I just was reading an article with a list of places to submit to but wasn’t sure how to do it and then here is how. Thanks
One question, is this different than when we ping various sites? 
Thanks in advance.
RSS is a powerful tool and another great way to gain more links is to add your feeds to relevant sites, forums and social networking sites if you can. Great list of directories. Thanks.
Once a site is ranked for specific keywords there’s no need to add to it. Most of my sites have between 5 and 10 posts.
The only time I really update them is if I find a related keyword that is going to make me money. Then I’ll add a post on that keyword and then build some links to it.
Jackie
Loved this post!
Also loved how you build a niche site a week. That’s actually what I had a question about.
Do you have a schedule to add content to your other niche sites as well?
And how do you do that?