I remember when Matt Cutts announced the death of guest blogging. Many people read the article too fast, overlooking a very important part: Cutts was talking about spammy guest blogging. The kind with keyword stuffing and no quality content. 

Natural guest blogging is part of the list of techniques @ShaneBarker highlights in his post. Others include the skycraper technique, dead backlink recovery, infographics, and lists.

The most important advice remains the focus on quality. The more relevant and useful your content is, the more likely people will be to link to you without you having to ask for it. 

Read the article at http://www.semrush.com/blog/11-advanced-link-building-techniques-future-seo/

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Cendrine Marrouat