My link building tactics

Let’s say you have quality content on your site. And you know how to do on-page SEO. You need starting boost in links pointing to your site, so people can find you and talk about your content? Here are some of the things that I do to get backlinks for my site:

1. Forum signatures

I have bunch of messages on couple of forums across the internet. I regularly put links of site that I promote in signature and keep them there for at least 6 months. Google probably can recognize sig links and devaluate them, but they helps. Every link helps, even no follow links helps.

2. Forum discussions

After finishing a site, I find some appropriate niche forums and start thread about site, asking people to comments, give advices and their thoughts. People like to be smart ass-as and tend to reply if you want to hear them.

3. Do Follow Blog commenting

There is bunch of do follow blogs around with very high page ranks. They have bunch of posts with just a few comments and with also high page rank. Use Google to find few lists, pick the relevant and start commenting. When posting a comment, try to add some value don’t post just excellent post, Thank you and similar posts. They will not be approved. Try to enter into discussion. If you can’t, then better don’t post at all.

4. Social bookmarking

I am not experienced with this type of promotion, but it is highly valuable. Take a look at this list. http://www.evilscience.org/list-of-380-do-follow-social-bookmarking-sites/
Try to add your site to some of them. If you have quality content then add Social Buttons to your site and people will do that for you. Try to learn how SB sites work and perform, add other interesting sites not just yours.

5. Link exchange

Try to exchange links with some of the top ranking sites in your niche. You’ll get surprised when you realize that many webmasters will give you link for free or gladly exchange links with you. Contact them over email and give your email personal touch. Don’t send generic mail across the internet. Those mails will get quickly trashed.
Do not overwhelm your site with link exchange; five sites from first two pages will be enough.

6. Free directories

This is excellent way to get free links. Find yourself some good list and start submitting. If directory is low quality for example they are without PR and accept every sites (bad ones and good ones) then skip it. There are thousands of good free quality directories. When you submit to directory, do know that their PR is just quality grade. Usually lower pages don’t have rank, but still submit to them.

7. Paid directories

I don’t practice this type of submissions. But generally if directory takes money just to cover their time spent, then it is good one. If directory take outragesly big amount of money then skip it. Google might look at that as on buying links.

8. Contests and free stuff

From time to time organize some contest or free stuff giveaway. People like free stuff and they will give you bunch of links if prizes are worth while.

9. Trackback links and Sources
When writing a content give trackback link to your resources. It is morally thing to do.
And from time to time you will get backlinks from them to.

10. Friend links
If site is yours then there is nothing wrong to ask your friend webmasters for links. If you don’t have friend webmasters then start to get ones. I am ready for any of my friends to give free links and so they are for me. 200 starting links for the start is not small thing.

11. International links
Take some time to get links from .de .se .ru .fr and other country domains links. Why?
This will mean that people talk about you worldwide and you are becoming authority site. Don’t find any international links, find your niche international links.

12. Article directories

This is great way to get backlinks. Write some promo article with around 300-500 words. Then put your link in it and submit it to free article directories. After a few submissions, write new article. Don’t send same article to all directories.

There are also few things you should know. Don’t do all this for one day. Take half an hour or hour daily and make a plan. Try to get 10 backlinks daily, or even more if you think it’s needed. Be consistent. If you decide to make 15 backlinks daily then stick with it. Don’t do 15 link for 7 days and then next 7 none. You can even after every 10 days add +N links for your strategy.

I am not giving resources sites directly; it would be too easy for you. Just search with Google and you will find anything you need to know. Compile your lists and dont gave them to public.

Anyway these are just my personal opinions. This tips maybe would not work for you, so take them with certain reserve.

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