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Link building is probably
the most important part of search engine optimization. Search
engines like Google or Yahoo use complicated algorithm to rank
websites. There are hundreds of factors which can affect your
search engine ranking. But one of them is more important then
others - number and quality of links pointing to your website.
So what are the most common
ways to achieve some quality links? One of the oldest solutions
is directory submission. In these days there are thousands of
directories where you can submit to. Most of them are free, some
require link back to add your listing and some of them are paid.
It is necessary to say that links from these sites have very low
value unless they come from very reputable source like DMOZ or
Yahoo directory. On the other side, you can very easily gain a
lot of backlinks in a short period of time. When you submit to
the directories you should keep in mind that many owners offer
free submission only when they start the directory. As soon as
it looks established then usually require payment for every
listing or at least reciprocal link. With this in mind you
should find some source listing promptly new directories and
submit your website as quickly as possible.
Another way can be forum
marketing. Sign up for niche forums, set up your signature and
start making useful posts. You will get not only quality
backlinks (some big forums have very high pagerank so a few
links from such websites are invaluable) but also some targeted
traffic. Some forum readers may click the link in your signature
and others will visit your website later. By making quality
posts you can become recognized as expert in your niche so
people will tend to believe you and some of them will remember
your URL.
Very popular link building
method these days are blog comments. If you are time from time
visiting some blogs and have what to say, always post the
comment. The comments come with link to your website. You can
also search for some list of do-follow niche weblogs and visit
these sites more frequently in order to make comments.
If you are good writer your
can write an article and submit it to article directories. There
are many webmasters looking for website content. To get what
they need they are visiting article directories and reprint
articles which they like. All articles include authors bio with
1 or 2 links to his/her website. So you will get at least one
link from every article directory and every time somebody will
reprint your article.
Follow these steps and when
you gain some decent page rank you can offer link exchange to
webmasters of related websites. Create a special page with links
and add some which you would recommend to your visitors. Then
contact the site owners you link to and ask them to link back to
you. In the email offer them HTML code of your link. You will
save time to your link partners and increase the % of webmasters
who will link back to you. From my own experience you can expect
about 20 % success rate.
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