Search Engine Optimization

Link Building Tips for Your Website

Visibility of your website on Google depends on links. If you not have links, you will not be found on Google for any keywords, no matter how your on-page optimization is. In this article we outline link building tips.

Directories.

Submit your website to different online directories. Only submit to worthwhile directories. Ignore the spammy ones. You can search for directories with this command “keyword + links”, “keyword + related websites”. Put in link in local directories, global directories and niche based websites.

Trade Links With Websites

DO NOT trade with every website. Only with FEW authority websites in your field.

Interviews

If you can get interviews from authority figures  in your field – do it. Bloggers will award you with a couple of in post links. Just be sure to tell the world about interview if you don’t have broad readership.

Link out

Link out to websites and bloggers you read. With services like Technocrati, bloggers will notice you and might give you a link back.

Write a Guest Post

Do a guest post in your niche. This way you can select the anchor text of your links and get authority outside links to the post(which pass the PR to your website)

Ask webmasters what they want

If 20 website in your niche tell you they want a specific guide or a tool, it is likely they will link to it. This is considering only webmasters you asked. Consider other, smaller sites. Link potential is very high if you produce something that everyone needs.

Teach

If you teach other on a topic, you will get links. Make sure you’re in position to teach and really know your stuff. If you’re in a saturated market, pick a specific sub-niche. For example in SEO, there are authorities in link building, keyword research, patents, news etc.

Comment on blogs / networks.

This is way to build more readership to your website. Bloggers always read comments and explore co-bloggers. If you provide insight, people will be interested in you and your website. At some point they will link to you.

Create a contest

If you have enough readers, create a contest. Participants will link to you from their blogs.

Compile Resources

If you have a lot of bookmarks and know a lot of “dark” spots on the net, no so easily found, compiling them into one list can get you link from appreciative readers.

Controversy

Create controversy in your field. Say something barbarous, funny or mind altering. Confused, hating, angry and readers with a sense of humour will link.