Link Building Tips For Obtaining Relevant Backlinks

Since generating links to your website is by far the most important aspect of any internet marketing campaign, it’s imperative that you find ways to not only build as many links back to your site as possible, but to obtain relevant links that will generate traffic and improve rankings.

Although link building can be a tedious task that can be extremely difficult for some people, it can also be fun for other people. However one thing is for sure, you have to be in the link building mind-set. Either you’re in the mindset 24/7 and are always ready to obtain your next link whenever the opportunity arises or you have to set 3 hours aside to get in the zone to build as many links possible.

It’s best to have both mindsets. Always look for an opportunity to get links. But also recognize that to obtain truly relevant links, it’s necessary to set a special time aside to do so. After all, strategic link building is crucial to any SEO campaign competing in a tough industry, it well worth the time.

I recommend you spend some time creating a list of URL’s of pages you could possible get your link on. Create this list in a spreadsheet document such as Excel so you can add columns and perform tasks such as sort and filter.

Once you have a spreadsheet ready, here are a few ways to create a list of relevant possibilities…

• Determine who your competition is and perform a link: search. [ie: link:jameseo.com] Export all results to csv. Then find all the sites linking to sites “related” (Google’s related) to your competition.
• Manually visit the top 100 sites for your top 2 – 10 targeted terms and see which ones are directories, blogs or have link (resources) pages.
• Use special search operators such as intitle:Keyword Phrase “add link”, inurl:directory intitle:keyword, intitle:keyword inurl:resources, etc.

These 3 techniques should help you create a nice size list. The size of the list normally depends on the competition. I aim to find at least 1,000 sites. This list will increase along the way. There are a variety of link building tools to help you generate even longer list of URL’s.

So, now that you have a huge list of URL’s you have to set a few hours aside to manually go through this list. Depending on what stats you have on each URL, the order you go in is up to you.

Because the list was generated by analyzing relevant sites, no matter how much time you spend on it, it will help your rankings (assuming onpage SEO is intact).

After you visit all the sites on your list or just need to take a break from THE LIST. Here are a few other ways to get more relevant backlinks;

• Contact other webmasters and let them know about your site. These webmasters should be websites in your industry with a lot of visitors
• Notify forums. Every industry has forums. Letting visitors that participate in these forums know about your site can generate buzz.
• Find blogs in your industry with huge RSS subscribers. Ask them to review your site. Normally all their visitors/commentators will review your site as well.
• Convert all your text content to podcast using text to voice software (Or you can record someone reading it). Then submit your podcast to podcast directories.
• Do the same with PDF’s and ebooks by simply adding table of contents and converting the file type to a PDF. Then you can submit them to free ebook and PDF directories in return for links.
• Write a press release. Your website can get picked up by a major site with high PageRank. Helping rankings or sending traffic your way.

Once you’ve performed these techniques and you’re still not on top, it is recommend you find long term, passive link building strategies like creating badges or pictures for people to add to their site. [ie: page counters with backlinks, Wordpress blog theme footer links, etc.]

Furthermore, if you are linking to any sites, make sure that they know. Good luck!

Here’s an expert link building video.

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We will bookmark your press release in a variety of social networks including Digg, Reddit, Yahoo Buzz & so many more.

We’ll also distribute your press release to top news social networks such as Topix, Newsvine, IdealistNews & more.

After mastered the basics, we submit your press release to industry specific social networks..

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• Sports News? [FanNation - The Republic of Sports] & [Twackle All Sports News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & Twits]
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Due to the value of our services and valued relationships with editors, webmasters and clients, we cannot disclose our full distribution lists.

We also have a list of 100’s of secret news submission pages. Here’s a random few:

• Entertainment News Submission
• Columbia Business Times
• PagasPlanet Articles
• Associated Press
• The University of Kansas
• News Album
• FAIR’s Media Contact List
• My Journal Carrier

Again, we wish we could tell them all to you.

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We can guarantee you links on various sites, that the post will be posted on industry related blogs, and a few extra things like adding the to various sites we run on other newswires and online linking interfaces.

Yes, press distribution is a VERY popular way to grab the attention of news editors. Think of the possibility of an editor of a major news channel calling to write a story, or seeing your company on the homepage of major news sites. If the story is good, it can go beyond the 1,000’s of things we do for your website. Especially if distributed by professional SEO specialists.

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Due to the value of our services and valued relationships with editors, webmasters and clients, we cannot disclose our full distribution lists.

Sending an online news release is so easy. Just fill out the form on our contact page and start increasing your online visibility today, or call a link building expert at (858) 731-0858!

7 Questions to Ask Yourself About Your Website’s SEO Linking

1. Are you linking to all of your most important pages from other pages within the site?
2. Are you linking with other related domains you own? Do they share the same IP Address?
3. Are you linking to popular sites relevant to your content?
4. Are you using keyword-rich anchor text in your internal links? Title attributes?
5. Are you using an SEO optimized sitemap, internally linking to all important pages of the site?
6. Are opening all external links in a new tab (target=”_blank”)?
7. Are you linking to site competing for your same keywords?

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