SEO cold start of the project

SEO cold start is the process of building search engine visibility for a new website or project from scratch. This stage is usually difficult because search engines have low trust in new websites, and a series of strategies are needed to increase the website's weight and visibility.

After completing the coding, the project needs to do an SEO cold start. The steps are: increase website inclusion -> purchase external links -> content optimization -> continuous monitoring and adjustment

The rhythm and progress are as follows: after 100 pieces of exquisite AI + human-edited content or 5,000 pieces of pure AI garbage, start making external links. The goal in the first stage is to increase the weight of the site to 15+, and at least include 300+ domains (this number will be more if the website does not have any traffic). There are two ways to make external links in the startup stage:

1. The slower and more controlled way is: slowly add and find external links one by one + friends in the community build a website and accumulate some external links.
2. The way to compare the price is: buy it directly, about 5,000 yuan, and you can increase the website’s external links to 15+ within a month.

Submit webmaster tools stage

After we have completed all the main functions of the website, we need to add different webmaster tools according to the language we are currently working on. Here are the main search engine webmaster tools to submit to:

• Google Search Console (Global): https://search.google.com/search-console - The most important webmaster tool, providing index status and search performance data

• Bing Webmaster Tools (Global): https://www.bing.com/webmasters/ - Microsoft's search engine and also provides search results for Yahoo

• Baidu Webmaster Platform (China): https://ziyuan.baidu.com/site/ - China's largest search engine, requires Chinese mobile phone number verification

• Yandex Webmaster (Russia): https://webmaster.yandex.com/site/ - Russia's largest search engine

• Naver Search Advisor (South Korea): https://searchadvisor.naver.com/console/site/summary - South Korea’s largest search engine, requires a Korean mobile phone number or Line account

• Yahoo! Japan (Japan): https://search.yahoo.co.jp/site/ - A search engine with a high market share in Japan

Content construction

This part is a very critical part of the cold start. The main content of the website needs to be constructed to ensure that the search intent above the search index is covered. This amount is based on business. I have given a relatively high amount, which can be appropriately reduced according to the market.

The approximate amount required for a cold start is:

• 500+ pure AI keywords, long-tail words, and low-difficulty texts: mainly covering search intent.
• 80+ core high-quality AI+ human-edited articles: used for deepening and ranking, as well as improving Google’s evaluation of us.

After completing a cold start, each week:

• 40+ pure AI keywords, long-tail words, and low-difficulty texts: mainly covering search intent.
• 2+ core high-quality AI + human-edited articles

External link construction

There are only two ways:

1. The slower and more controlled way is: slowly add and find external links one by one + friends in the community build a website and accumulate some external links.
2. The way to compare the price is: buy it directly, about 5,000 yuan, and you can increase the website’s external links to 15+ within a month.

After completing the cold start, the main thing is to use the rankings of major websites to increase traffic and find relevant external links.

External link resources

This part is really important. A large number of external links are needed to ensure the increase in traffic. I will provide some common external links to help everyone. I also hope that everyone can add more external links!

There are some things that need to be modified in the table, feel free to @me on WeChat

Bio Link Platform

1. https://linktr.ee/ - can create do follow external links and social media reference landing pages
2. https://wlinky.com/ – Customizable bio link page with multimedia and SEO tools
3. https://tap.bio/ – Mobile-first design that allows users to create mini web pages with multiple links
4. https://carrd.co/ – One-page website, perfect for portfolios and landing pages
5. https://bio.fm/ - Drag-and-drop customizable platform
6. https://shor.by/ - dynamic link customization with messenger integration
7. https://milkshake.app/ – Create a mini website directly from your phone, perfect for influencers
8. https://lnk.bio/ – Unlimited links, user-friendly design
9. https://campsite.bio/ – Link management platform with social media buttons and analytics
10. https://beacons.ai/ – Customizable bio links with monetization and branding
11. https://bento.me/ – LinkTree alternative with beautiful profile page, DA 35
12. https://read.cv/ - Platform for creating beautiful, professional resumes and portfolios, DA 35

URL shortener

13. https://bit.ly/ – Popular link shortening service with powerful analytics tools, DA 91
14. https://tinyurl.com/ – Simple URL shortener with customizable aliases, DA 95
15. https://rebrandly.com/ - Create branded links with detailed tracking analytics, DA 78
16. https://bl.ink/ - Enterprise-level link shortening with in-depth analysis, DA 75

Personal Information Platform

17. https://about.me/ - Create profile page with social links and customization, DA 83
18. https://flavors.me/ - Personal start page, integrating social links and multimedia content, DA 72
19. https://vcard.link/ – Create a virtual business card that displays social media and links

Social Media Platform

20. https://linkedin.com/ - Professional social networking platform, DA 98
21. https://twitter.com/ - Weibo platform where users share updates and links, DA 94
22. https://facebook.com/ – Social networking platform, create a personal or business page, DA 96
23. https://instagram.com/ - Visual platform for sharing pictures, stories and links, DA 93
24. https://pinterest.com/ - Visual search engine, image-centric content, DA 92

Content sharing platform

25. https://medium.com/ - A platform for writing and sharing articles, DA 95
26. https://tumblr.com/ - Blogging platform and social network, DA 85
27. https://wordpress.com/ – Create blogs and websites, DA 92
28. https://ghost.org/ – Professional publishing platform, DA 90
29. http://codementor.io/ - A code platform that can be used as a ranking-leading website, but it needs to maintain an account.

Bookmark Platform

30. https://reddit.com/ - Community driven platform, discussion threads and shared links, DA 99
31. https://stumbleupon.com/ - Discover and share new web content, DA 90
32. https://digg.com/ - News aggregator, user submitted stories and links, DA 94
33. https://scoop.it/ - Content curation platform, share articles and create collections, DA 84

Forum platform

34. https://quora.com/ - Q&A platform to share expertise and backlinks, DA 93
35. https://stackoverflow.com/ - Programming-focused question and answer platform, DA 91 (user reputation > 2000 can obtain do-follow links)
36. https://warriorforum.com/ - Internet Marketing Forum, DA 70
37. https://digitalpoint.com/ – Active Digital Marketing and SEO Forum, DA 82

Blog Platform

38. https://www.blogger.com/ – Free blogging platform, easy-to-use interface, DA 94
39. https://www.weebly.com/ - Website builder, integrated blogging functionality, DA 89
40. https://www.ghost.org/ - Professional publishing platform, DA 90
41. https://dev.to/ - Developer community blog platform, links in articles are do-follow, DA 59

Business Directory

42. https://www.yelp.com/ - Business directory where businesses can list their details, DA 92
43. https://www.yellowpages.com/ – Online business directory, reputable, DA 91
44. https://www.foursquare.com/ - Discover local businesses and services with reviews and links, DA 89
45. https://www.crunchbase.com/ - Company information platform, website links can be embedded, free to use

Project display platform

46. https://www.producthunt.com/ - A platform for uploading projects, do follow external links
47. https://github.com/ - Open source collaboration platform for technology professionals, DA 95
48. https://dev.to/ - Developer-centric platform, programming community, DA 87
49. https://www.sideprojectors.com/ - Marketplace to sell and buy interesting side projects, DA 31
50. https://www.landingfolio.com/ - Web design inspiration directory, if your website design is excellent, you can submit it, DA 34

Search engine

51. https://duckduckgo.com/ - Global privacy search engine
52. https://www.ecosia.org/ – European search engine, using Bing’s index data
53. https://www.qwant.com/ - European search engine, focusing on privacy protection
54. https://www.mojeek.com/addurl/ - Independently indexed search engine
55. https://search.brave.com/ - Global search engine, uses its own crawlers and other search engine data
56. https://swisscows.com/ – Swiss search engine focused on family-friendly search results
57. https://www.startpage.com/ - Global search engine, using Google search results but protecting privacy

Professional Community

58. https://hashnode.com/ - Developer-focused blogging platform, DA 80
59. https://substack.com/ - Communication platform, subscription model, DA 85
60. https://www.behance.net/ - Creative work display platform
61. https://dribbble.com/ - Designer community and portfolio platform
62. https://www.instructables.com/ - DIY project sharing platform
63. https://www.slideshare.net/ - Presentation sharing platform
64. https://www.academia.edu/ - Academic paper sharing platform
65. https://www.researchgate.net/ - Research social network
66. https://www.ted.com/ - Idea sharing platform
67. https://www.goodreads.com/ - Book Community

AI Tool Directory

68. https://theresanaiforthat.com/ - AI tool directory, providing do-follow backlinks, traffic 4.8M (February 2024)
69. https://www.futurepedia.io/ - AI tool directory, providing do-follow backlinks, traffic 1.177M (February 2024)
70. https://topai.tools/ - AI tool directory, traffic 1.996M (February 2024)

Developer Resources

71. https://freestuff.dev/ - List of free services for developers, DA 24
72. https://free-for.dev/ - Provides a list of free developer tier software, DA 23
73. https://www.opensourcealternative.to/ - If your product is open source, it can be listed here, DA 31
74. https://www.libhunt.com/ - Trending open source projects and their alternatives, traffic 740K (February 2024), DA 39

Other valuable platforms

75. https://www.starterstory.com/ - Sharing of successful entrepreneurial stories, DA 51
76. https://unita.co/ - Community directory, if your product is community based, you can list it here, DA 32
77. https://tinyalternatives.com/ - Directory of mobile apps, websites and technology products, DA 6

Here are some tips when using these platforms:

• Create a complete profile including relevant details, introduction and links
• Share valuable content and interact with the community
• Add your website or article link in the appropriate section
• Use analytics tools to monitor the performance of your backlinks
• For paid external links, evaluation