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40 Ways to Build An Army of Inbound Links
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Imagine yourself having an entire army of inbound links marching into battle every day fighting to pump up your page rank and to drive new visitors to your site. Visualize notable bloggers and webmasters citing your work and proudly referring their greatly sought after readers to your site every day. This dream almost sounds too good to be true.
Inbound links are the key to driving traffic to our blogs and websites. Google uses inbound links as one of the most important factors in determining your page rank which can in turn determine your position in it’s search engine listings.
If we want traffic then we’ve got to get some links pointing at our sites and this article is an exhaustive list of ways to do just that:
- Write amazing articles
- Write a huge list post
- Offer something for free.
- Put on a fun contest.
- Write a critique of something.
- Demonstrate authority on a subject.
- Write great link bait.
- Link to other people’s articles.
- Talk positive about other bloggers.
- Thoroughly revise your articles.
- Have an amazing design on your blog.
- Think outside the status quo.
- Write a tutorial.
- Submit your site to free directories.
- Submit your site to paid directories.
- Publish an interview with a leader in your niche.
- Publish an article about a leader in your niche.
- Guest blog on other related blogs.
- Buy a link from another blog owner.
- Sponsor a post on another blog.
- Hire someone to build links for you.
- Post your link in your signature in a forum.
- Comment on dofollow blogs.
- Exchange links with a peer.
- Sign people’s guest books.
- Ask for a link.
- Leave your reviews of products you use.
- Ping Technorati and others with your new articles.
- Get involved at Yahoo! Answers.
- Make friends with other bloggers.
- Create and use a del.icio.us account.
- Create an about page.
- Create a contact page.
- Only post original content.
- Stay with it for the long haul.
- Ask your readers to link to your articles.
- Link to articles that have trackbacks enabled.
- Make friends with some other bloggers.
- Don’t be a spammer.
- Buy a review from another blogger.
Nicholas Cardot
Nick uses his blog Site Sketch 101 to express his passion for helping bloggers and webmasters connect with real people through brilliant designs, unique content, and genuine creativity. Nicholas Cardot has 186 post(s) at Site Sketch 101
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Walter said:
You have stated everything that’s needed but I would like to add that a powerful attitude to get it done. That is: hard work and perseverance.
No matter how you know the strategies, without the right attitude nothing will be gained.
Nicholas Z. Cardot said:
Walter >> You’re absolutely right that attitude is everything. Without the right attitude you’re not going to get very far.
Eric B. >> Oops. I fixed number 19 so it should make more sense now. Sorry about that and thanks for pointing that out.
Eric B. said:
For number 19, do you mean to actually buy an entire link directory, or to just pay to have a link in the directory?
fandy said:
All those are great.
the one that I always do and should do,
make list of web directory or blogs which are I can summit my blog post/artwork.
And thank for your nice post…
Nicholas Z. Cardot said:
fandy >> Blog directories are a great way to get some traffic back to your site especially if you have something substantial like artwork that you can submit to it.
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Fred McCoy | Megalongcat said:
Pretty good list of resources for building inbound links. Some of them are general but others really hammer the nail on the head. Thanks~
Diane C said:
I found this list of ways to promote a website very helpful. Your posts are always educational and helpful to someone who is thinking about starting their own blog in the future.
Arisu said:
Very helpful, Nicholas, thanks!
Your blog is like a tutorial to blogging success
Nicholas Z. Cardot said:
Arisu » Thanks Arisu! That is exactly what I want my blog to be. I remember when I was in High School I looked back on the things that I did when I was in Grade School and I thought, “Wow. I was such a little kid and I can’t believe that I acted that way.” When I was in College I thought that way about High School. Now that I have a successful blog I think that way about my first blogging ventures. “Wow. I knew so little about blogging. No wonder it was such a failure.” Because over time I’ve learned what it takes to be a success and back then I just didn’t know what I know today.
I think that many bloggers are at that point. They want to be successful and they are trying a lot of things, but they just don’t know what they might know later down the road with years of experience. My goal is to help cut down the amount of time that it takes to gain that knowledge of how to run a successful blog. My goal is to make it easy and fun!
Diane C » I hope that you start one soon. I would love to see it!
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Satkrit said:
Very nice article. You really summed up everything thats needed.
Nicholas Z. Cardot said:
Satkrit » Great! I’m sure there’s more but I thought this would make a pretty comprehensive list.
Matt Longley said:
Hey, you would be surprised how many links spammers get! =P Nice article though, one great way to get links is to submit your rss feeds to rss directories, and then submit articles to article directories. You can submit them to quality directories, or submit articles using rewriting software like unique article wizard to thousands of directories. The best way for bloggers is just to write quality content and interact with other bloggers, then to syndicate your content on as many channels as possible. Keep up the good work Nick!
Nicholas Z. Cardot said:
Matt Longley » I’ve just recently started submitting my articles to some article directories and I’ve been submitting this site to RSS directories almost since day one. I should have definitely put those in the list because those are great additions. I’m not familiar with the rewriting software that you’re talking about though. You’ll have to tell me more about that.
Arisu said:
Nicholas>>
Well, you´re doing just that. I don´t know if I would have consider bloggin again if I haven´t found sitesketch101. So doble thank you!
Louis said:
Re: #19
According to Google, paid links will get you penalized. Please see this article on Google’s help pages.
Nicholas Z. Cardot said:
Louis » Good comments. I think Matt Longley pretty well answered it so I have nothing more to add.
Matt Longley said:
@ Louis, Paid links will get you penalized, but that doesnt mean that you should stop using them. You just need to be careful about how you use them. You have to remember that there is nothing illegal about buying links. Google just doesnt like people to manipulate their search results, and that is one obvious way that people do it.
The main thing is just to avoid the link networks. If you want to buy links buy them within content on someones website, and contact the webmaster via email or phone about purchasing advertising on their website.
Dont get your links placed in obvious areas that would be labeled as paid links. Like an area that says advertise here, with links below that. Another thing is to buy links over a period of time. If Nick’s site got 20 pr 5 links in one day, that would be really suspicious if he did not have links from hundreds of lower PR sites. So spread out your link purchasing over a period of time and make sure that your link building portfolio is growing naturally with your paid links.
Also remember that google wont penalize you for buying links unless it is really obvious that you are doing it. Example, if buying links would get a website penalized for receiving them, then I would buy links and link to my competitors to get them penalized. Usually what happens with paid links is that the site selling links gets penalized, or the external link juice is not passed from that site to other sites. So worst case is that you waste your money on links that give you no value, and that is usually the case with the links you would get from sites in a large paid link network.
Kaplang said:
excellent list, I cannot think of anything that you may have missed off
Nicholas Z. Cardot said:
Kaplang » Thanks. I hope that you make good use of them.
Internethowblog » That’s certainly a good point. You don’t want to hire someone that will link in a way that will get you banned from Google. Thanks for pointing that out.
InternetHowBlog said:
Hi Nicholas. Nice tips, however I wouldn’t agree with Hiring Someone to build links. I can never trust someone to this for me. Because building link is tricky. As you know, you can get banned by Google if you build links in wrong way. I learned this hardway for one my sites. I would stick to writting good content, writting guest posts, and writting articles for directories etc.
However, very useful and helpful points you mentioned above. Love your site and will be back soon
Have a nice day.
Robomaster said:
I very much agree with you; you shouldn’t pay someone to do a job like that…
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John Sullivan said:
Hi Nick
Just wanted to say that the site is looking awesome and that was some cool tips
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See you at the TOP
thanks
Nicholas Z. Cardot said:
John Sullivan » Thanks John. You’re definitely an encourager. Thanks for the stumble. I’ll see you at the top also!
Typhoon said:
Gr8! The ways you have told can be taken as “Quick Tips” as you ended up telling important tips for making inbound links in just 1 line each. That’s Superb
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Extreme John said:
I really like how you wrote this, so many “list articles” can be super huge and full of additional junk and pictures I don’t need.
Short, three to four word tips made this perfect! I have a few things to try now too so it helps, this is going in my Sunday Smash.
satria said:
it’s realy good for share thanks for info.. i will try it
Nicholas Z. Cardot said:
satria » Great! Put these to use and you’ll see great improvement in finding inbound links.
Fred Hatman said:
Really good stuff, Nicholas! Given that my SA-positive blog- http://www.fredhatman.co.za – discusses the good and the bad about South Africa ahead of the World Cup soccer finals in 2010 – and the USA team will be competing here – I would love to forge some links with other bloggers and get listed in directories in the US. But I’m ignorant about which ones would be really helpful. Do you and your readers have any recommendations? Thanks, Fred
Nicholas Z. Cardot said:
Fred Hatman » You’re best bet would be to find other sites that are related to your topic. This will increase the possibility that the users that visit you will be interested in your content as well.
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Kathy said:
You write incredible articles.Thanks so much for sharing Nicholas. I have been pulling my hair out trying to come up with ideas to increase my blog traffic and page rank. I wrote a post on my blog to share with my readers here:
http://onlyfreestuffhere.blogspot.com/2009/08/how-to-increase-page-rank.html
Have a great day!
Nicholas Z. Cardot said:
Kathy » Be sure to browse around some of the articles on here to learn how to enhance your readers experience on your site and be sure to ask as many questions as you want and I’ll be glad to tailor some articles to your particular needs. I appreciate your taking the time to leave some feedback and connect with me. I hope that you will again in the future.
Joomla Programmer said:
Nice tips, If we follow all these steps then really we can be on top. Thanks for sharing such article.
Ste said:
It’s good to see a useful inbound links post, I’ll stick around and have a look around you blog.
Oh, btw, I found you via Tycoon Blogger.
Nicholas Z. Cardot said:
Ste –> Awesome. Well, I’m glad that you did find me here.
deltacubed web design said:
Thanks for the article – a nice, easy but very comprehensive list. We all know how vital quality inbound links are so anything that can help is worthwhile.
Thanks, @deltacubed.
Nicholas Z. Cardot said:
deltacubed web design –> You’re welcome. They really are important and I think that most bloggers really don’t work hard enough to develop them.
Ron Boracay said:
This is like an endless list or choices to create or get more inbound links.
The most effective for me is:
* Interacting with other bloggers through comment or email
* Creating some link bait
* Posting a great list of resources prior to a hungry niche
* Be creative and unique.
Seth W said:
The key is not spamming no matter what you do. There are endless options though for getting good quality links to your blog.
ZXT said:
Wow long list! I can only be sure of one thing right now…don’t be a spammer
Adam Haney said:
Here’s one I didn’t see, (probably because it isn’t always applicable). For designers post an attribution in the footer of websites you’ve created. Sometimes clients may object to this, so don’t push, but often time I’ve found that if a client is satisfied with my work they have no problem with a small unobtrusive link back to my web design site.
Ron Boracay said:
Just like creating a wordpress theme that do have a automatic backlink to the creators site when the theme is used.
Pinaybackpacker said:
This is an excellent post Nick! This is definitely a keeper. I’ll copy and paste it on my notepad so I can go back to it every week.
Right now, I’m having too much fun with No. 4 hehe.
Thanks for sharing these. I think I’m already doing 1/4 of these so I got loads more to do.
Ron Boracay said:
All of us are enjoying the 4th technique. And, for me, if given the right budget and the right usage, that number 4 tip alone can give you a big boost of links!
ZXT said:
I think we are all enjoying tip no.4. Maybe when I gain a little bit more readers then I will host my own contest…hopefully in the next few months and will invite you all to join.
Arisu said:
If you do, let us know
And yeah, contests are better when you have a lot of people to participate!
Robomaster said:
Excellent information. I am trying hard to do all of these and believe it is helping me work my way up there!
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Nicholas Cardot said:
Robomaster –> Good. There’s really no quick fix to building inbound links. It takes dedication and hard work. You’ve got to keep doing the right thing at your blog each day.
scheng1 said:
It’s better to read the blogs by major news websites. Some allow linking through Name/url in comments. I got a few links through Reuters before they require registration.
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Nicholas Cardot said:
scheng1 –> That’s a cool idea as well.
Dimi said:
Great list thank you so much! It will come in handy for my new site http://feedgrids.com
Nicholas Cardot said:
Dimi –> You’re welcome. I hope that it does help. Your site looks great, by the way.
LIC India said:
Amazing! Thanks for sharing these