Linking

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.  read more »

I have been using a technique that works quite well. The idea is, you search for other sites using your keywords, and figure out how to get your link on their site.

Here's what you do. Go into your stats for your site. Find out what people are typing in to find your site. So, for instance if they are using Michigan Fishing, Michigan Salmon Fishing, Lake Michigan Salmon Fishing, etc. Jot those down.

Now go to Google and type in your keywords, starting with Michigan Fishing. Go to each site. Dig around the site and find either a contact page or an email address. One way or another you need to contact them.

Once you've done this with all of your keywords and about the first 5 pages of Google for each. You've now compiled a very nice list of sites that your readers might be interested in. Contact each site, and see if they will trade links with you. It's a good idea to have their link on your site when you send the email. This shows that you are honest.  read more »

Weblog Empire http://www.weblogempire.com/ is like a dating agency for blog links! I know everyone is saying that reciprocal linking is dead. I still think that there is value to having links back and forth. To me, as long as you don’t spend a ton of time trading links, it’s worth it. Weblog Empire is a great place to exchange links quickly.  read more »

It’s very important to exchange links with other sites and blogs. Once you’ve decided on your topic or niche, do some research and find some other sites and blogs who are writing on the same topic. Keep track of these sites. Because later on, when you have 30 or 40 articles, your going to want to exchange links with these people.  read more »