Linking Basics

The best way to get links back to your site is to go to other blogs, forums, social networking sites, etc. and place your link there.

For social networking sites you may have to sign up and create a profile. Which is fine because there you should be able to include your link, and better yet, you can share information about you and your site. There are tons of social networking sites: activerain, myspace, facebook, youtube, friendster, classmates, digg, del.ici.ous, flickr, linkedin, mybloglog, squidoo, technorati, twitter to name a few. New ones appear all the time. Also, it is a good idea to write some interesting original content on each of these sites. Something that will entice readers to visit your site.

For blogs and forums, the best way to go about it is to visit other sites in your niche find threads that you can contribute to. Look for questions, or areas that you have expertise in and post good, helpful information. You don't want to say, visit my site it's great...LINK. That is considered spam. You want to contribute and be a helpful part of the conversation, and then put your link in your signature.

When visiting all of the above mentioned sites, keep a list of their URL's and their email addresses. You can also try exchanging links with these sites. Send them each an email telling them that your readers would find their content interesting and ask them if they'd consider exchanging links. Lots of people will not respond, but you may get a few.

Finally, the best way to get links to your site is by writing outstanding, knock your socks content. Information that you cannot find anywhere else. Breaking news, helpful information, insider information, gossip, tips, tricks, secrets, etc. written in an entertaining easy to read format. If you write great content, people will link to it by nature.

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