Top 10 Link Building Tips
Link building is a major piece of the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) toolkit. Search engine ratings are raised by quality links to your website, and higher ratings lead to more visitors
Top 10 Link Building Tips
1. Having great, relevant content is obvious. But start a blog as a way to provide regularly updated content. This keeps lots of readers coming back and leads to lots of links to other related sites.
2. Press releases can really generate a lot of buzz for your site, so any time you can find something newsworthy to share, get a press release or two out there to invite others to link to your site as a place with good information.
3. Make time to guest post on other related sites and blogs. Nothing says credibility like a well-established site deeming your opinion worthy enough to put on their site.
4. Join several forums related to your niche or business and provide lots of quality information for free. A good forum reputation and link to your site in your signature can be a reliable source of backlinks.
5. Free online directories, such as the Open Directory Project, can provide increased site exposure and additional links.
6. Conduct surveys and questionnaires on your site. This established method gets lots of input and often leads to many high quality links.
7. Creating top 10 or top 100 lists of resources, tips, and ideas can bolster your status as an expert, especially if the list becomes the industry standard and is used by others as a link to an authority document.
8. Gather input and high quality links by conducting surveys and questionnaires on your site. Visitors enjoy an interactive experience.
9. Sponsor a market-related conference, contest, charity, etc. These backlinks are worth the effort.
10. Take advantage of Web 2.0 sites such as Digg, Squidoo, Del.icio.us, or Twitter, to create more links to your site. This will help you connect to your target audience.
