Top 10 Link Building Tips
on January 24th, 2010 by admin
Link building is the most important part of SEO. Backlinks not only helps SERP, but also helps to gain PR. If your site is new, you better get some oneway backlinks first before you actually start exchanging links. Here are some of the best link building tips for you to follow:
- Submit your site to Web Directories. This is a pretty monotonous process that can get you several hundred backlinks if you have the time. An alternative would be to hire a manual directory submitter. Here’s a list of web directories you can use. You can also find more directories here.
- Submit Press Releases to PR sites. A basic press release about your website’s launch can be released to several PR websites, who will distribute it to various online news outlets. A good way to get a free link.
- Reciprocal Links with Similar Websites. Its important to pick sites that are of high relevance so you’ll not only get links but traffic. Reciprocal linking can be useful from the beginning but don’t overdo it. You can find link partners by emailing them directly or searching through webmaster forums.
- Article Submissions. Create a short article on your niche topic and submit it to article directories for a backlink and some traffic. You might get more links if your article is picked up and published on other websites. Here is a list of article directories, which can be sorted by Google PageRank.
- Social Bookmarking Websites. Certain social voting websites like Netscape or Digg are often crawled by search engines and their links do help to get a website indexed. 3spots has the biggest list of social voting and bookmarking websites I’ve seen so far.
- Forum Posts: This is probably the easiest way to get lots of back links fast. Find forums that fit your subject, have high page ranks, and allow do-follow links in your signature, then post regularly to these forums.
- Blogs on Other Blog Platforms. Use existing blogs you have on other blog networks. Or set up different versions of your blog on different blog networks like Wordpress.com, Blogger and Xanga. Link to specific webpages on your website.
- Comment on Other Blogs. Many blogs have a space to enter your website address when you comment on a post. When you submit your comment, it is displayed with a link to your site. Do-follow Diver is a free tool that can help you find these do-follow blogs.
- Guest posting on other blogs. Like article and press releases, this one involves having readily available content you can send out to certain blogs in your niche. This is great for getting relevant links and traffic.
- Social Media Profiles. There a whole bunch of social websites online which allow you to insert a link to your website on the profile page. Sign up for some of them, preferably using a username and avatar that brands your business or you as a person. This might come in useful when you decide to promote your site via the social website in the future.
TIPS:
- Remember not just to link to your home page, but also sub pages deep within your website.
- Also keep in mind the importance of good internal linking.
- Remember to vary the anchor text (the text that you click on) of the link to your website.
- Watch out for no-follow links!
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