There are basically two ways to get a lot of inbound links.
One, you can write really great content and then people will link to it off their websites.
Two, you can try and solicit inbound links from people that are important in your industry.
(TIP: When you take time to read a blog, leave a comment with a link back to your site. It only takes a few seconds and the inbound link will last as long as their site does.)
First, it takes a lot of work. You can cheat the system like a lot of Black Hat SEO guys do but it could cost you your domain and hurt the university – so don’t mess around with Black Hat techniques.
Second, I would make a spreadsheet to capture all this information. Set it up with headers of websites, blogs, twitter, etc…
Third, hit up Google and then Bing. I would start my search with Google, of course, and put in keyword terms that I believe my target audience would start for. Grab the first page of websites that come up for the keyword term and start putting them in your spreadsheet – these are the people to hit up for links.
Then head over to Google Blog Search and do the same thing.
Then set up Google Alerts for the keyword terms so it will start feeding you relevant information everyday (you could also use trackle or Alterian Techrigy to do the same thing.
Then use Twazzup.com and do a search for the same keywords like that and start following people you can reach out to.
Next find the top blogs and bloggers for your keywords, and use Yahoo Site Explorer on their site. You just put their website in the field and it will show you how many pages they have and how many inbound links. The inbound links are important because these are websites and blogs that are linking to this blog. They might be willing to link to you as well.
Next, go after directories. These are highly valuable for driving traffic.
Don’t forget to add your site to all the search engines as well. You can use Addme.com for that if you want – it’s free but they will start spamming you. Just so you know.
Next, I’ll talk about the writing great content and how to get it on major traffic sites.
This is a great post, lots of relevant information about link building. Thanks!
Great one information as link building is one of the difficult task for seo
thanks for sharing this articles
That’s a really interesting post. But i have a question “Does link building still has enough juice after the penguin update?” i am new to all this, so any help would be much appreciated
Thanks for information! What Pnguin think about this links?
Indeed off-page optimization (i.e. forum posting, search engine submission, directory submission, social bookmarking, article submission, press release promotion) drives laser traffic to your blog/site. I’ve been relying to this techniques for quite a while now and it has boost the PR of the site.
Love this post (actually puts theory into action)
It is an interesting concept worth pursuing to a point. You need to have great content to retain visitors, otherwise its useless. Need a fair amount of pages of content. We are trying to create good content at http://www.fulcrum-realty.com.
I also think than the penguin update has influenced some technics but not at all and many of them continue working. Oh! And great post =)
Great post. Thanks for sharing your opinion, and resources. I only have my doubt on addme.com link. I am not in favor of automated submissions.
That was a good read
I am a writer and a keen reader of blogs and content online. I have come across the ‘Black Hat Techniques’ you have spoken about and found it very to be useless for SEO. I’d also like to stress that content is the king to get your link going around. If you have good content, people will stumble onto your website and come back for more.
I’ve used this technique for 2 years and my website was ranking number 3 before the 24th of april. I had plenty of backlinks and a PR4. But when Penguin came into action, my website fell down to the bottom of the first page for my main keyword and the number of visitors was divided by 2. When I think about the time I spent building those backlinks carefuly, not using any black hat technique, it makes me pretty upset.
I think the best tactic is great content, which means well written, easy to understand and people find it usefull enough to link to it. Good stuff here.
Link building is changing more and more every day as Google continues to roll out changes to the algorithm. I suggest finding a blog that posts daily updates on the latest changes that have been made. At the end of the day quality content and quality links are really what matter.
With no follow everywhere does these commenting really count for backlinks. I dont find the comment backlinks ins google webmaster. does google ignore the ones that has nofollow ?
From what I understand Google likes to see a mixture of follow and no-follow links. This is because no single website contains 100% do-follow links…
Great post as usual. I think you are right about avoiding blackhat tricks, especially after the latest google update as they seem to have really managed to reward proper linking etiquette and punish automated spamming backlinks.
I have a website and submitted it on the directory listing website. In the beginning the website start appearing on the first page with the keyword but now again its impressions are going down. Any suggestions?
Is anyone else noticing more real-time keyword ranking movements lately? We have seen some of ours jump up quickly (within days) of landing a good backlink. Just curious to see if anyone else has seen anything on their sites like this.
From what I hear it’s almost impossible to watch it daily because it moves so much, according to the guys at Marketing Over Coffee.
The best idea to get links is to make advantage for the users, so there will link u by himself and u doesnt need any own building anymore if u can help a lot of people with ur own content
Great info, been looking to build backlinks. Thanks
I really like some of the points raised. I look forward to more articles.
I run an SEO training class. I mostly focus on creating great content and driving links and social engagement that way. Every now and then, I’ll post a blog comment that looks a little spammy, because I put the keyword I’m targeting as my name. I tend to do this very infrequently, because overdoing it will knock you down in the results. The majority of the links pointing back to my site are for my brand, my own name, or the actual URL of the page. Then, I’ll sprinkle exact match and partial match text throughout.
SEO is so important in being ranked by Google. An amazing blog post, thanks for sharing your knowledge
nice information people should follow the information tips. I put the keyword I’m targeting as my name. I tend to do this very infrequently, because overdoing it will knock you down in the results. thanks a lot
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Very nice written and informative article. I really enjoyed reading it and being a constant reader of your blog I recommend adding same quality of post in regular intervals.Despite building decent traffic to my website though SEO and blog-simply by posting- I have not been able to build any traffic to my website.One idea came to mind from this article: how much you can save from being just genuine link building tactics.thanks a lot sir
Did anyone get hit with the most recent google update? I was wondering what effect it had on the links to your sites.
Blog commenting as a technique has diminished in relevancy over the past few years, now most valuable technique is guest blogging, but great advice nonetheless.
Hi Don,
Thanks again for another great post. Awesome list of resources…
Link building is changing more and more every day as Google continues to roll out changes to the algorithm. I suggest finding a blog that posts daily updates on the latest changes that have been made. At the end of the day quality content and quality links are really what matter..
good post, all spent a lot of time optimizing our website and then forget and inbound links are more important than we think!
Hi
cool post but nofollow link are useless
Great info, been looking to build backlinks. Tnx
This article is a great example of how inbound marketing can work for you. Just translate the ideas in this blog post to your small business. For example, instead of writing about search engine optimization and inbound links, write about ways to fix your clogged drains if you’re a plumber or how to avoid yellowing teeth if you’re a dentist. Then add some multimedia, especially some video, and send the post out to your social media profiles and ask for additional tips, differing viewpoints or reader experiences.
Great job Don!
I think google prefer text. It mainly rank those sites whose has a good number of informatics text for back link. I am lucky because my ranked keywords are very strong for this reason. And google does not penalize me.
This article is a great example of how to work with your inbound marketing. Just post your ideas back to your small business. For example, search engine optimization and incoming links, instead of writing how clogged Run, a plumber or a dentist if the tooth is not just about the writing. The media, especially the video for some, and additional tips to add to your social media profiles, or experience different points of view for the reader to send a message.
I love the site but like others have stated before me Google is changing the structure everyday.
Fantastic website you have here but I was wondering if you knew of any
forums that cover the same topics discussed here? I’d really like to be a part of community where I can get opinions from other experienced people that share the same interest. If you have any suggestions, please let me know. Thanks!
Hello just
happened upon your blog via Google
after I typed in, “How Do You Get Inbound Links to a New Website or Blog? | Don Schindler” or perhaps something similar (can’t
quite remember exactly). Anyways, I’m happy I found it because
your subject
material is exactly what I’m looking for (writing a college paper)
and I hope you don’t mind if I gather some material from here and
I will of course credit you as the reference. Thank you.
Hello,
Thanks for this great post, i am a beginner and i need a good info for my new blog.
Getting back links these days is all about interaction! That can be commenting on great blogs, writing guest posts or other awesome content.
Just curious to see if anyone else has seen anything on their sites like this.Awesome journal.Thanks for information!
This could be one of the areas where it is both a science and an art. If you get it right there are so many different avenues you can utilize it from blogs all the way to a work from home business. The internet sure is an amazing thing.
Kelly
I new to this and I’m very thankful that I found your site. Your article help me a lot. Thanks!