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Shortcuts to Quality Backlinks (Page 1 of 2)

Building quality, one way links to your website can be difficult, time consuming and frustrating. It is generally agreed that the best way to build links is to build them gradually over time, relying on natural links to your original, frequently updated content. There are, however, a few shortcuts to building up links. They are not easy ways to make your site popular, nor are they guaranteed to work for everybody. They are simply some casual tips to help you obtain a few quality inbound links.

Submit Articles to Digg

Google absolutely loves Digg. The site is spidered very frequently and the domain has a lot of authority in terms of link building. Even stories with no diggs will still be spidered, so long as there is a navigational path for the spiders to use to reach it. Google cannot use the number of diggs as any sort of authority when ranking a URL, yet…

For the best long term effects only submit good quality articles to Digg. Or better yet, let your users submit the articles that they think are worthwhile. You will quickly get a reputation as a spammer if you keep posting unpopular content.

Other Social Networking sites

Submitting to social bookmarking and social networking sites can be hot and miss for some people.

Some social bookmarking sites such as Delicious and Twitter use “nofollow” on their links so they cannot influence rankings. Other sites, such as Furl, do not.

Having your links on a few social network profiles may also be useful in building up the number of links. For others it is simply not worth it. While some, such as Facebook, do use “nofollow” on their links, some do not. However, the weight that these links carry is relatively low, despite the authority these domains actually carry.

“Widgetbait”

“Widgetbait” is a term thrown around for an object that is added to a user’s website or blog. This item features a link back to the author’s website. If the object is installed on many thousands of websites, this results in many thousands of backlinks. The classic examples of widgetbait include online quizzes, IQ tests or horoscopes.

While these links are valuable to some, for others the quality of the link and the traffic it brings is just too low. If the text of the link bears no relation to the page in which it is contained, Google becomes suspicious. Additionally, the text that links back to the site must relate to the widget, and, the link must go back to the author’s website, not a third party site. A classic example of spammy widgetbait would be an IQ test that features a text link to an online dating site. Google would soon hear of this and the sites involved, including the sites distributing the widget and the site being linked to would be penalised.

The Best Kind of WidgetBait: Just Build Something Useful

The best type of widgetbait is to simply create something that people want to use. Classic examples of this are Winamp Skins, modifications for forum software such as Invision Power Board and plugins or themes for WordPress. Why are these good ideas? They will result in you being listed on the official website of each respective product. These sites are popular and the links they feature carry a lot of influence.

Shortcuts to Quality Backlinks (Page 1 of 2)

Building quality, one way links to your website can be difficult, time consuming and frustrating. It is generally agreed that the best way to build links is to build them gradually over time, relying on natural links to your original, frequently updated content. There are, however, a few shortcuts to building up links. They are not easy ways to make your site popular, nor are they guaranteed to work for everybody. They are simply some casual tips to help you obtain a few quality inbound links.

Submit Articles to Digg

Google absolutely loves Digg. The site is spidered very frequently and the domain has a lot of authority in terms of link building. Even stories with no diggs will still be spidered, so long as there is a navigational path for the spiders to use to reach it. Google cannot use the number of diggs as any sort of authority when ranking a URL, yet…

For the best long term effects only submit good quality articles to Digg. Or better yet, let your users submit the articles that they think are worthwhile. You will quickly get a reputation as a spammer if you keep posting unpopular content.

Other Social Networking sites

Submitting to social bookmarking and social networking sites can be hot and miss for some people.

Some social bookmarking sites such as Delicious and Twitter use “nofollow” on their links so they cannot influence rankings. Other sites, such as Furl, do not.

Having your links on a few social network profiles may also be useful in building up the number of links. For others it is simply not worth it. While some, such as Facebook, do use “nofollow” on their links, some do not. However, the weight that these links carry is relatively low, despite the authority these domains actually carry.

“Widgetbait”

“Widgetbait” is a term thrown around for an object that is added to a user’s website or blog. This item features a link back to the author’s website. If the object is installed on many thousands of websites, this results in many thousands of backlinks. The classic examples of widgetbait include online quizzes, IQ tests or horoscopes.

While these links are valuable to some, for others the quality of the link and the traffic it brings is just too low. If the text of the link bears no relation to the page in which it is contained, Google becomes suspicious. Additionally, the text that links back to the site must relate to the widget, and, the link must go back to the author’s website, not a third party site. A classic example of spammy widgetbait would be an IQ test that features a text link to an online dating site. Google would soon hear of this and the sites involved, including the sites distributing the widget and the site being linked to would be penalised.

The Best Kind of WidgetBait: Just Build Something Useful

The best type of widgetbait is to simply create something that people want to use. Classic examples of this are Winamp Skins, modifications for forum software such as Invision Power Board and plugins or themes for WordPress. Why are these good ideas? They will result in you being listed on the official website of each respective product. These sites are popular and the links they feature carry a lot of influence.

Link Building Methods – SEO

IAcquiring quality links can be difficult, but there are a variety of methods out there that can help you with link building that will improve your site’s search engine rankings.

Method 1 – Link Exchanges – One great method of link building is to use link exchanges. This is really not that difficult and it will provide some great links to your site. What you’ll need to do is contact people that have similar sites or blogs that revolve around the same topics. This is important because links on sites that are not relevant to your site are not going to help out your site at all. Make sure that you link to the sites you want to link back to you. Then you can send out emails letting people know that you have linked to their site and you are wondering if they would put in a link to your site as well. This can bring some quality results when you are trying to build up quality links.

Method 2 – Try Paid Reviews – Paid reviews is one of the best methods for link building, since it helps to you to acquire links that are permanent and embedded in anchor text. What you need to do is to find top quality reviewers that have blogs where they post reviews of other sites or blogs. Then you can pay someone to write a review of your site or you can write the review yourself and pay someone to put it up on their blog or site.

Method 3 – Submit to Directories – Submitting to directories is another option that you have when you are trying to build up links. Usually it doesn’t take a whole lot of time to submit your site to directories. Submitting to niche directories is an excellent idea that can provide quality links that are liked by the search engines. However, it is important to realize that not every directory is a quality one that you should be submitting to. If you are just getting started, this is a great option.

Method 4 – Article Marketing – Article marketing is one of the top methods of link building as well. This is a great way to get quality links to your site out there. However, it is important that you use quality articles to top directories. Of course if you do shoddy work, you can expect shoddy results when you use this method. If you are not a top quality writer, then hire a good writer to write your articles for you. When you submit these quality articles to directories, you need to make sure that they relate to your site in some way. Also, make sure that you write a quality resource box and include a text link to your site as well. This will ensure that you get the best possible results from this method of link building.

Method 5 – Social Networking Sites – Social networking sites can also provide you with some great links if you know how to use them. You can post quality information on sites such as YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, and Yahoo 360. These are popular sites that provide links that can help to build up your link popularity and help you increase the rankings of your site on the search engines, and also greatly increase your efforts to make money online.

These are just a few of the best methods for link building out there today. While the two way links can work, the one way links are the best ones, even though they are a bit tougher to get