66 Ways to get Links to Your Site

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SEO link building (getting one way inbound links to your site) can be difficult at times. This page list 66 different ways (plus one bonus) to get links to your site and improve your search engine credibility. As a free bonus, most of these techniques also result in extra traffic.

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  1. Submit your web directories (e.g. DMOZ
    Web directories are still the mainstay of SEO link building. Be sure to visit this very useful list of 101 free directories you can submit your site to. That's 101 extra links to your site on top of the 66 different techniques listed on this page.
  2. Use your Twitter account
    Links from Twitter don't convey SEO value directly. Instead they have the potential to create buzz within Twitter itself, and that's what Google notices. Popular tweets will show up (albeit temporarily) at or near the top of Google's search results. This sends visitors to your site (as does Twitter itself), and over time you'll attract links from 3rd parties who discover the page through that original Tweet. One of the best ways to use this technique is to start a blog. Your blog should have a particular focus, and contain articles that will appeal to your target market. These articles will tend to be more interesting than sales copy, and tweets about them are more likely to attract clicks from Twitter users. This technique can be also be used as a source of visitors for lead generation.
  3. Comment on an article on MegaResponse
    Commenting on blog articles is another staple of SEO link building, but most blogs set the nofollow attribute (cancels out the SEO value you'd otherwise receive). MegaResponse doesn't cancel the SEO value. Here's my strategy for maximising both the SEO value conveyed and the likelihood of having my comment approved. Rather than the usual 'nice post' comment that everybody else makes, I read the article properly and contribute something useful to the author's conversation. This might be additional information, something I disagree with and my reasons for doing so, or an example of something that happened to me that relates to the author's blog entry.
  4. Get a Delicious account
    Delicious is a social bookmarking site, and makes it easy to share web content with others. It works best when you link to content that deals with a specific topic of interest. That's probably not your site's homepage. For example, an Elvis fan site might link to a page titled '21 things you didn't know about Elvis'.
  5. Write a guest article for a popular blog in your industry
    A blog that complements rather than competes with you, and that targets the same clients, can be an excellent source of high quality links. It's also a great source of leads. Contact the blog owner, and offer to write an article about a specific topic. If the owner accepts, write your article and submit it for consideration. Your article should include at least one contextual link. Blogs known to accept articles written by guest authors include MegaResponse, Web Marketing Talk, Lead Generation Expert and Online Success Magazine.
  6. Write an article and submit it to Ezine Articles
    Ezine Articles is the web foremost article publisher. It's the hardest site to get an article published on, but delivers the most SEO value back to your site. Ezine Article has a huge community (i.e. built-in source of traffic to your site). This makes it an excellent site to use for article marketing. From an SEO perspective, the link in your article is nofollowed. This means SEO value isn't conveyed to another website through this link. You need to use the link in the article's author profile to get SEO value. Be sure to write an author profile that the reader's of your article will be interested in, so they'll click through and visit your site. Find out more about article marketing.
  7. Create a Squidoo lens and link from it.
  8. Create a Facebook page and link from it.
  9. Conduct your own online survey with Survey Monkey.
  10. Submit a classified ad to Adland Pro.
  11. Create a slideshow and upload it to Slide Share.
  12. Upload a video to You Tube.
  13. Ask a supplier to link to you.
  14. Ask a client to link to you.
  15. Place an ad on Craig's List.
  16. Submit your site to the Ablaze Directory.
  17. Create a PodCast.
  18. Find a suitable forum, start posting, and link back to your site from your signature.
  19. Start a poll in your favourite form.
  20. Get a link from your professional association. If your professional doesn't have an association, start a virtual one.
  21. Comment on an article in Online Success Magazine.
  22. Start your own blog (e.g. wordpress.org).
  23. Submit your blog to Stumble Upon.
  24. Submit your blog to Technorati.
  25. Write an online testimonial for a supplier and link back to your own site.
  26. Run a competition.
  27. Create a viral game.
  28. Write a press release.
  29. Place an ad in US Free Classifieds.
  30. Create an external page on Hub Pages.
  31. Write a case study and publish it on Fast Company.
  32. Create a funny cartoon, link it back to your site, and send it wide and far (viral).
  33. Join the Best Of in your area and submit a blog article.
  34. Comment on an article in Web Marketing Talk.
  35. Ask a friend to link to you.
  36. Submit your site to Index King.
  37. Comment on an article in the Compass Coaching Blog.
  38. Give out website award buttons that link back to your site.
  39. Comment on an article in Beyond Networking.
  40. Email your clients with an offer and ask them to pass on the good news.
  41. Ask for a retweet.
  42. Start an affiliate program.
  43. Start your own directory.
  44. Write a catchy song and offer it free on your site (link bait).
  45. Write a fun ebook and offer it free on your site (link bait).
  46. Run your own webinar.
  47. Submit an article to Go Articles.
  48. Start a second highly focussed Twitter page.
  49. Submit your site to Foqe.
  50. Start using an email signature.
  51. Start your own forum.
  52. Submit your site to Link Cruncher.
  53. Comment on an article in the Lead Generation Blog.
  54. Send out your own email newsletter.
  55. Offer a free report for download.
  56. Submit your site to Post Your Link.
  57. Submit an article to Buzzle.
  58. Join the Sales and Marketing forum and start posting.
  59. Join Jaiku and start an activity stream.
  60. Start using Raw Signal.
  61. Take part in expert sites such as Yahoo Experts.
  62. Create your own external content with Doodle Kit.
  63. Create links on dropjack.com.
  64. Get linked on One View.
  65. Submit your site to Good Directory.
  66. Pick a single keyword phrase for each page on your site and optimise its content around that term.
  67. Rysite Article Directory.

    Bonus Link Building Methods!

  68. Slideshare Comments
    Join Slideshare and verify your account. Use the search tool to find presentations in your market. View a presentation then post a comment about it. Don't merely say 'nice presentation'. Add to the conversation. If you disagree with something, say so and explain why. If you have additional information to add, be sure to describe it properly. Then link to your website.