Great tip for improving your link building

15 Sep 09 11:33 pm

I think Mark was just saying that some sites will require this.
What you do is really up to you.
My personal opinion is some reciprocal linking is ok.. just don't go over the top with it.
Google likes to see natural link building so if they see 1000 links coming in to your site but none going back out.. that doesn't exactly look natural does it...lol
Anyway.. just my opinion.
Regards
Troy

28 Sep 09 6:49 am

Just add to this that google rewards if you link to quality authority sites like news sites which are updated constantly and you even get link credit
Here is an example indexed by google from an outgoing link
on my site http://www.weddingplannews.com

Wedding Planning | Wedding Plan News News for 08/29/2009
Destination Wedding in the Caribbean? When you find a location that you like you may get in contact with a wedding planner. They have some resorts that ...
Alexa Traffic Rank for

25 Nov 09 7:09 am

In Mark' s last webinar, he mentioned the Firefox plug-in, SEOQuake, to find highly ranked forum pages. This is an excellent tool but I'm having difficulty finding forums that will allow me to place an anchor text link to my site in my signature. This is considered to be spamming by all of the forums I have checked. I'd appreciate your feedback on this.

Thanks!

Joan

26 Nov 09 6:27 am

Thanks, this is what I've been doing e.g., dog training forum.

01 Dec 09 9:47 am

HI Mark and Gang
I didn’t want to waste Marks time by signing up for the last offering and canceling with the 7 days just to get a piece of information that would have been handy so I will try the honest indian (dib dib dib dob dob dob) direct approach.

I have the professional package Traffic Travis and have access to all the great tools Mark was promoting this week so can't justify the cost to duplicate the tools but would you ask mark if he would be prepared to share a piece of info to me.

I already know how to get back links for .GOV and .EDU in the USA but I am Australian and want Australian .gov and .edu backlinks how do I go about that for Australia.

Cheers John

02 Dec 09 2:09 am

Troy,

Please do not be so patronizing to think that Mark has the only tools which are able to the jobs as discussed.

That was not a good answer to the question. If it's no we don't want to share it, I have no problem with that but your answer was a disgrace to this forum.

Please do not forget you reflect Mark's business and I have never been under the impression that Mark was in the business to withhold. In fact he has always been very generous with information which is as we all know a good way to get loyal followers.

As previously discussed I could have bought the free trial to get the information I wanted and canceled but that's not a morally acceptable thing to do from my prospective.

Disappointed not by the result but by the way you approached your response.

Regards,
John

02 Dec 09 3:33 am

Thank you Troy for your Apology. Accepted and in return I apologise for being to strong with my response but was frustrated with the approach. Thank you for explaining the circumstances and I look forward to communicating with your further.
regards John

07 Dec 09 7:09 pm

I am a newbie and find this site very useful for giving the broad overview of how affiliate marketers make their money. I signed up for the $1 trial and after looking at the tools, they are all free to find online, and I already am with Aweber.

I'm running into some problems with backlinks and how to find alot of do follow sites that will actually let your link stick and not give you access. Anybody have a strategy of getting alot of related mid to high page rank backlinks, without exchanging?

11 Dec 09 11:17 pm

Hi Ros,
This is basically called reciprocal linking and isn't a very affective SEO strategy.
I applaud your effort to contribute to the forum though.

Kind Regards
Troy

22 Jan 10 3:54 am

jrliem wrote:Hi Mark,

Do you know how long, in average, Google can detect backlinks to my site.
I created an article in squidoo about two weeks ago & I put a link to my site. I checked that it's a dofollow link.
But when I cannot find any links to my site in Google Web Master.

thanks in advance,
Samuel

It might take a few months before you could get backlinks from Google. Google does not list all of your links so you will have lower backlinks coming from them compared to other search engines. Do link to high quality sites to get relevant backlinks that Google would consider.

28 Jan 10 8:56 pm

jstalker wrote:In Mark' s last webinar, he mentioned the Firefox plug-in, SEOQuake, to find highly ranked forum pages. This is an excellent tool but I'm having difficulty finding forums that will allow me to place an anchor text link to my site in my signature. This is considered to be spamming by all of the forums I have checked. I'd appreciate your feedback on this.

Thanks!

Joan

I am interested in responses to this also
- having difficulty finding forums that will allow me to place an anchor text link to my site in my signature. This is considered to be spamming by all of the forums.
The difficulty of getting this done is minimized.
Also, how important is it in linkbuilding strategy? 20/100? 50/100? Or what?
Thanks - Caoimh

18 Mar 10 12:12 am

Troy,

In your opinion, what is a good ratio for incoming links and outbound links. I don't really want to have too many outbound links, as people might leave my site before they buy.

Thanks,

Steve Benedict
Financial Adviser

22 Apr 10 4:49 am

Good mention about link building. Your tips are really beneficial for me. Keep sharing

27 Apr 10 10:10 am

Hi jstalker,
there are a few other ways that i found to work quite well, in the google search box type in the keyword you would like to be ranked for, then select options which is located to the left underneath the search box, then click the + to expand the options, in here you will see all manner of related info, blogs, forums, the wonder wheel etc you will also see how many related articles etc has been posted in the last 24 hours days ,weeks and months
let me know if this help you

17 May 10 6:58 am

caoimh wrote: I am interested in responses to this also
- having difficulty finding forums that will allow me to place an anchor text link to my site in my signature. This is considered to be spamming by all of the forums.
The difficulty of getting this done is minimized.
Also, how important is it in linkbuilding strategy? 20/100? 50/100? Or what?
Thanks - Caoimh

In my experience, a lot of forums and blogs don't allow anchored links, however some do hyperlink any URL addresses. Meaning you can simply put your link in there and you (should) have your anchor text in there somewhere.

eg: "http://www.mysite.com/anchor-text"

The SERPs will pick up the words anchor+text pointing to your site.

This has seemed to work for a number of websites of mine, can anyone clarify the effectiveness of this VS direct anchor text?

But remember not EVERYTHING is about SEO.. If you reach a very busy forum on your niche that doesn't allow any hyperlinks at all it is always worth adding your logo or website address in your signature anyway and posting on a few busy posts - You will usually see your 'direct' traffic skyrocket.

This can be a very quick and effective way of getting in the face of your market while you are striving to optimise for the SERPs

Just my 2 cents

-Dave

11 Aug 10 3:49 am

can someone explain bookmarking a bit or at least give an example?

11 Oct 10 6:26 am

yes its very nice and important tips for improving link building techniques.

21 Dec 10 1:05 pm

if i find a quality site that will give me 1 link, should i link to a page i want ranking or the home page thanks

19 Feb 11 2:10 pm

I spent some time going over the information and there's a wealth of information here. Thanks everyone for all the great info!

21 Feb 11 5:55 am

A random approach will help in staying in the good books of Google.
Relevancy is often mistaken.
For example, a site dealing in golf products can be relevant to an auction site, even though both would be ranking for different keywords.

15 Apr 11 9:35 am

great tips thanks!

18 Jun 11 8:46 pm

Hi there, thanks for the sharing those information, good and great stuff you shared with us.. Keep sharing, learning from you guys.

10 Jul 11 7:40 pm

Here's my understanding of the backinks:

1.) Depends on the forum. Some forums have do-follow links and others are no-follow. The ones that are do-follow will count. But don't be afraid to post on the no-follows, because remember the purpose of backlinks is to get you traffic, and even a no-follow link can get you traffic. The big key with forums is to remember that interaction is the key to getting traffic.

2.) If it's in an area that can only be accessed if you are logged in, then no, those would not count for backlink purposes as a general rule. But again, remember, if the links bring you traffic, that's what you're after anyway.

3.) I'm not so sure that "link-bombing" is a safe practice. That sort of thing can get you banned at some social media sites. That said, depending on the site, then there may be some that are counted, but again, if it gets you direct traffic, then it is still beneficial even if it doesn't count as backlinks.

I could be wrong on some of this, but that is my understanding.

12 Jul 11 11:37 am

Hi Greg

"I now see that links posted on this forum don't count as they are marked as "nofollow". I will therefore remove my signature link."

Strongly suggest that you keep your signature link(s). These work for me every time I make a post on this forum, "Follow" or "No Follow".

The whole subject of link building seems to be a matter of opinion and counter-opinion, with no hard facts. I can see my supposed backlinks in Traffic Travis, but these tend to go all over the place. One day 320 links, the next 550, and so on. The other day I got a (small) sale from a neglected site that has no page rank, no more than 1 or 2 visitors a day and virtually no backlinks! With Google hiding the true situation, what can we do? Praying might have some value!

Regards and good luck to all on this thread.

Kieran

28 Jul 11 9:26 am

SEO that means search engine optimization is the most important to get tarffic for a site , I am looking good site who has good seo service and seo tools too.

29 Aug 11 7:33 am

A great tip indeed. Hope you guys will be able to apply this one! This will surely help for an effective link building. Thanks for sharing this information to everyone Mark!

13 Sep 11 11:07 pm

I definitely agree that to improve your link building we should have find sites that are relevant to our niche or somewhat related as well I think. The value and quality of our site depends on what kind of link building we practice so better if we know where we stand and the things we want to accomplish in the future. Also, never mind those sites that are not able to add much value to our site because they are just a waste of time and effort.

22 Sep 11 8:11 am

Hi MarkLing,
Thanks for sharing some useful tips to find relevant niche directory and forums.

23 Oct 11 11:29 pm

bigarsenalbear wrote:I learnt a lot from this post, but I was wondering: why do the links have to come from sites that are "relevant"? (I take it this means "in the same niche as your own site")

If you were creating links to get traffic through people clicking on them, then I guess the sites would need to be relevant (someone on a dog training site probably won't click a link to a muscle-building site).

But in terms of boosting your search engine rankings, does Google really take into account the topical relevance of the site you get the link from? Or does it just look at the authority and page rank of that page?

I believe this question was already answer on this thread: Do your backlinks have to come from sites in your niche?

All the best!

15 Nov 11 6:49 pm

I have the professional package Traffic Travis and have access to all the great tools Mark was promoting this week so can't justify the cost to duplicate the tools but would you ask mark if he would be prepared to share a piece of info to me.

19 Nov 11 11:12 am

hey...

When you are doing quality link building, then you keep in mind following things.

1. Proper domain name where you are taking link.
2. back link of the site where you are taking link. (check the back link of the site using back link checker tool).
3. Unique IP (in same IP don't take link of same URL and same title. If IP where you are taking link, URL of your site and it's title are same then Google will count all the links as a single link).
4. Relevancy: take link only at those site which one is relevant to your site
5. neighbor links: Check the neighbor link. These should be banned site's link(porn etc).

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26 Nov 11 7:37 am

Thats good tip. But if you want to create, lets say 20 articles related to 20 different topics on your website, it is okay to submit those 20 articles on same directory. What do you think?

28 Nov 11 9:13 am

johnsonmick76 wrote:Thats good tip. But if you want to create, lets say 20 articles related to 20 different topics on your website, it is okay to submit those 20 articles on same directory. What do you think?

You can submit it to just one directory, but it's so much better if you submit one to a different directory. This will give you 20 backlinks, from 20 different sites.

Hope that helps. Have a good day!

09 Dec 11 7:37 am

Thanks brother for the tip but now according to new panda update we can not make links in comment it will not going to be tracked by bots its the major way to increase backlinks please provide us its backup so we can start increase the backlinks again

10 Jan 12 9:49 am

MarkLing wrote:The backlinks you want are from high quality, relevant sites with a PageRank that is preferably higher than your site.

Start by searching for sites relating to your niche. You are looking for relevant and quality Web sites, so you need to find sites that have a Google page rank of more than your own site and that are relevant in some way to your industry and your Web site visitor. Using search engines, enter a variety of phrases then, review the sites you see listed.

Tip: Combining your search phrases with 'add link', 'add listing' or 'add URL' will find Web sites offering to publish links to other sites. Some may be free, some may require a reciprocal link and some may require you to pay for a listing. If you are only looking for free listings, try adding 'free' to your search (e.g. 'add free link').

Thank you for such a great post. I really appreciate you.

23 Jan 12 12:10 pm

Great Tip , Thanks Alot...
To Find Website That Relavent to my niche type in google :
" keyword " inurl:"blog" site:.edu -"you have to be logged in"
This is something that i do.

27 Jan 12 10:52 pm

Thanks for the article. I have always found it difficult to build link for my Job site, but I will start now.

01 Feb 12 3:16 pm

Have a look at MassBlogPoster they provide various services for improving traffic. I am happy dealing with them.

06 Feb 12 10:24 pm

Please could you help us to find really quality back links? Is there any resource which includes a list of them?

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11 Feb 12 2:04 pm

What about services that promise a huge number of links from high PR, EDU, and GOV sites? Do these really work?

23 Feb 12 9:56 am

What about services that promise a huge number of links from high PR, EDU, and GOV sites? Do these really work?

Getting a backlink from a high PR, EDU or GOV site will help your page rank but you have to make sure that you are linking to a site relevant to yours. Otherwise, it might do you more harm than good as search engines also look at relevance now between sites and keywords.

Hope that helps. Have a good day!

26 Feb 12 6:46 am

Does Free listing works for you?

Most of the sites that offers free listing always requires reciprocal links.

09 Mar 12 7:30 am

This is such an amazing thread! I'm learning a lot and gaining tips which will improve link building. I've also tried different methods about it such as blog and forum posting, using SEO Quake tool to identify page rank and if it is a follow or no follow. These are just some methods used but there are still a lot of learnings and information for us to explore and discover.

13 Mar 12 12:16 pm

I agree with your all the tips.Forum Posting, Keyword research, Blog Commenting, Article Submission, Directory Submission all these techniques play a important role in the website optimization.

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14 May 12 9:17 am

Link to the sites your competitors are linking to!

Once you have identified your main competitors based on the industry you are operating in and on using the same keywords, you can easily find out which are the websites linking to them. Chances are the websites linking to your competitors will also be interested in linking to you, provided you are just as good as competition.

However, some backlinks might come from directories and sponsored links. In this case you can simply submit your own website to those directories or invest part of your budget in sponsored links.

2. ‘Content is King’ – Create top-quality content!

The uniqueness and quality of your content is essential in building an effective link building strategy. Most powerful way to get others to link to your website is by creating high-quality content.

3. Use Social Media Platforms for LinkBuilding!


Social media sites are powerful not only for promotion, but also for your link building strategy. They are great for both click-thru traffic and helping your search engine rankings.

Some of the major sites that could be used for getting traffic and links back are:

* Squidoo.com
* Facebook
* Hubpages.com
* Twitter.com
* Digg.com
* Del.icio.us
* Wikipedia (offers high quality backlinks, but difficult to obtain)

Search engines have been offering lately a high importance to social media sites and links coming from them. For example, if you set up a Twitter profile and begin “twittering” the Googlebot wil soon be crawling it. It is therefore, a freat way to get your sites indexed in the search engines, or letting the search engines know when you add new content to your page or your other social networking sites.

4. Use Blogs & Feed directories for Link Building!

A very efficient way to get more links back to your website is to submit your site to all relevant RSS feed and blog directories.

Few popular directories include:

* Technorati
* Google Blog Search
* Bloglines

5. Build content to get links (Link baiting)!

Focus your effort on creating interesting and useful content! Sometimes making people want to link to you naturally is the best strategy.

6. Directory submissions!

Submitting your site to directories is an easy way of getting links. The links aren’t usually very good quality, but it’s a good place to start.

7. Article Writing & Submission!

Getting backlinks from article sites is one strategy that needs to be included for successful link building. One example of article site that is highly used at the moment is ezinearticles.com. There you can submit your own articles with links either inside your article or at the bottom of the article in what’s called an “author box”. Apart from getting a link back from the particular article site you are posting on, you may end up getting hundreds of backlinks if your article is picked up by other websites from there. That is because according to the rules of the article sites the website owners can take your article from the article site and publish it on their own site, so long as they keep your links/ ‘author box’.

8. Location Use in Getting Link Opportunities!

For all businesses location is very important. Based on your location you might want to increase your presence and traffic on a particular target group. Therefore, submitting your site to any relevant local directories can provide valuable links and may help you to rank higher in regional searches.

9. Link brokers and purchasing links!

If you have a budget to invest in your link building strategy than you should consider purchasing links. However, keep in mind that Google is paying increasing attention to links that might be bought.

10. Forum & Community links!

Interacting in public forums and communities can be a great way to get links back to your site. Forums and blogs are hosting a large number of visitors, most of them trying to post their link while engaging in conversations or leaving comments. Not all forums are willing to except link, but as long as you are not spamming, most of them will.

Nevertheless, a high number of forums and blogs have a “nofollow” tag on their links, which effectively blocks the search engine spiders from counting the link as a vote.

11. Donations to charity!

Since charity websites usually have a good PR in Google and are generally well seen by all search engines, linking to them might give a boost to your link building strategy. In exchange for a donation most charity websites will probably be happy to offer you a link back from their homepage.

12. Social media and Web 2.0 links!

Simply by setting up your own presence on social media networks and linking back to your main site you can increase the efforts of your link building strategy. As with most things, you need to create some good quality content for your social media account, but this can be a very powerful tactic since these sites are often highly regarded by the search engines.

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02 Jun 12 8:42 am

This is an exciting tip i am going to share with you that to submit your website to css gallery and get backlink once approved. Make sure your site contain css before following such css directories. Hope this might be interesting for you.

11 Jul 12 10:54 pm

Wow! Never knew this until now...thanks

25 Jul 12 6:44 am

Thanks for the tips it helps a lot. :)

07 Aug 12 7:20 pm

Here are some more tips:

Launch an RSS Feed - this increases your websites exposure and can result in backlinks when people share your articles.

Share videos on YouTube - get indexed by the world's largest platform for videos. This is one of the best ways to get backlinks.

Submit to high ranking directories - Don't waste your time on the small ones. Go to the mega-directories such as DMOZ, Business.com and the Yahoo Site Directory.

Give away Free Ebooks - write an Ebook at least 1500 words long and submit it to a document sharing site like Scribd.com. In your Ebook provide links back to your site.