So it has been 4 days since I started submissions for Site 2 and 3 days since Site 1 submissions. By submissions I mean I sent out two spun articles (using 2 article submitters and ArticleRanks) which each contained links back to 3 corresponding articles (EZA, InfoBarrel, Squidoo) which had links to Site 1 or 2. So each of my two niche sites has their own EZA, and IB, and a Squid linking to them (homepage & inner page) and now those 3 properties (per niche site) have article/blogs linking back to them.
It’s still a little early but so far rankings haven’t moved much (from the recent submissions). Before I submitted the initial three direct-linking articles by rankings were:
Site 1: #15/#194 (home/inner – note the home started at #12 and dropped just prior to starting)
Site 2: #133/#284 (the homepage here started at #314 but moved up on it’s own just prior to starting)
Today the rankings are:
Site 1: #11/#59
Site 2: #42/#108
So Site 1 has moved up to #11 which isn’t much as it had usually been stuck at #12, but the inner page has moved from #194 to #59. Site 2 has made good progress for both the homepage and inner page. I will say that much of the movement came after I posted the direct-linking articles. I’m not seeing much effect yet from juicing my backlinks but I think that will take more time.
In the past when I set something like this up for a CB mini-site, I still included direct links to my site from some of the top directories and then pointed the lower tier directories at the links. Next time I think I might trying to point just a few more links directly to my site, but we’ll see where the rankings for these sites settle in a week or two.
I’ll check in every few days with an update.
