Link Building - Effectively and Efficiently

Link building could be very hectic if not done properly, but when a proper strategy is applied it could give huge benefits with hundreds of new links every month. There are so many ways by which one could start his link building campaign today. Following are the methods which are proven to give you links.

1. Directory Submission:

Submit your site in the paid and free quality directories, some of which are mentioned below:

Dmoz.org
Ezilon.com
Yahoo! Directory
Gimpsy.com
Wowdirectory.com
Alivedirectory.com
Goguides.com
Joeant.com
Skaffe.com

You can find other free and paid directories which are not mentioned here. All submissions should be manual, do not go for automated directory submission software’s. Many of the directories set their criteria for maintain quality so, must read terms and guidelines before submitting. Automated software is not able to do that.

But many of directories offer back link for giving you link for free so you have to give them link in cost of finding link from there, be sure that you are linking the directories from other sites rather than you linking to them. It is good manner for 3 way linking. I am just discussing here for getting 3 way links because Google has started banning two way linking sites.

Learn first how to submit to directories, always prefer those directories which have high PR and provide them link from your other site to create 3 way linking.

2. Article Submission:

Write original, unique and quality articles which are relevant to your site content and submit to the quality article to directories. Many of the article directories give credit to the author so you can give the link in the author profile which will be published with your articles which will you submit. I am mentioning some quality article directories here where you may submit your articles.

Ezinearticles
Articlealley
Articlesfactory
Articledepot.co.uk
Elib.org/articles
Articles-Hub
Articlecity
Articledashboard
iSnare
Buzzle

Original articles are always beneficial because how much link you get for your article it will be great for you.

3. Press Release Writing / Submission:

If your interest is in news then you may submits some recent news to the news sites which offers news from various parts of the world, if you want it for links then it is tough job for you to write some recent news so hire a news writer and call him to write some quality news and then submit press release to the following news sites.

PRweb
PRfree
I-Newswire
PRlog
PR
PRurgent
TheOpenPress
PRleap
PR9

4. One way, two way and Three way Link building

Find the sites which are related to your site theme business and call them to link you and in the same manner give them back links from your site.

There is many of the public webmaster where you can go for the back linking programs where you can send personal mail for link exchange. And you can send link request via email to the site owner for link. There are several ways of linking but I’d suggest you to prefer 3 way link building.

One way link building: You will get links from site, you will not provide any link in return.

Two way link building: You will link the site of your partner somewhere on your website, and your partner will give link to your site from somewhere on their site.

Three way link building: Your partner will link your site and you will give him link from your other site its looks like more natural and more beneficial than other link building methods. It is better way for linking, because Google changed their algorithm and start banning the sites which has two way linking.

I’d suggest you few Webmaster forums, where you can find your link partners. These Top 10 Webmaster Forums could be a good place to start.

• DigitalPoint Forums
• v7n Webmaster Forums
• SEO 1 Forums
• Webmaster Talk Forums
• Web Talk Forums

5. Purchase Links:

Many SEO’s are using this short cut to obtain links. They go for the sites which are relevant to their sites and they purchase links from that site. But, before buying such links you must know how to buy links for your site and always remember the following basics before going for purchasing links.

• Google PR of page.
• Back links of page.
• Type of site (Blog, Web directory, Forums etc.)
• Traffic it receives.
• Give preference to those links which are for long term / permanent as search engine (especially Google) likes aged links.
• Search Engine Rankings of that site.
• Type of link you will get Relevancy, outbound links.
• If you’re purchasing site wide then number of page indexed on Google and %of pages in actual index.
• Age of Website/Document.
• Place where you will get link.
• Quality of content of website (also, weather it is original or not).
• Tag they’re using (If you’re getting no-followed links, then they are only useful for traffic it will not help you to improve your rankings.).

6. Forum posting:

Register in different related forums and participate in the discussion and place your signature links their, you will find a huge traffic from there and back links. Well, many SEO says that the signature links may devalue your site but I think this will give you number of back links just be sure to use your website business name instead of using a keyword rich anchor text in the signature. I’ve seen that using anchor text links doesn’t help much as too many links coming single place is not liked by Google. You can see here the signature links in many of the forums.

• Digital Point Forums
• v7n Webmaster Forums
• SEO 1 Forums
• Webmaster Talk Forums
• Web Talk Forums

7. Ask Bloggers to review your website:

This is another effective link building method even it is costlier than others it may give you huge benefits. You may ask some review sites and some bloggers for review your site for your required niche. You may find the bloggers on many forums who are ready for blog review at affordable costs. But you must know the some useful tips (see the article Top 6 Tips when Opting for Blog Reviews) when you are going for Blog Reviews.

8. Donate to Charity:

There are several charities which could link your website if you donate them. This could also help your website as these charity websites get massive amount of authority links.

9. Make some web script:

Remember phpBB the free forum script? So, how did it got a PR8 website? They helped the online community by providing a free forum script which included a back link to their website. phpBB script is the largest used forum script on the internet now. There are also some scripts which will help you in getting links as blogger templates, wordpress templates and these days most popular is pligg based templates for social media sites which will give links with huge traffic.

10. Link bait:

Link bait is process of obtaining links naturally. If you write a resourceful article which contain the good information and helpful to the industry then you will get natural one way link without an effort.

Write your industry specific article which would help the industry. This resource could be used by others in the industry and they might link back to you, giving you a free one way link. For example SmashingMagazine wrote an article about 80+ AJAX solutions for professional coders, received massive amount of links check it here!

Must Read Link Building Guides:

• Search Engine Watch 131 Legitimate Link Building Strategies.
• Jim Westergren’s Link Building Guide.
• SEOBook’s 101 Link Building Tips to Market Your Website.
• John Scott’s Link Building Tactics.
• Search Engine Round Table’s Link Building Basics.
• David Eaves’ Alfonso the Coffin Makers Guide to Link Building.
• Small Business SEM’s The Ultimate Guide to Build the Perfect Link.
• Nick Wilson’s 2007 Guide To Linkbaiting: The Year Of Widgetbait?.

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