Your favorite ways to build back links - the results
February 26th, 2008I have been interested in what people think of link building and how they go about doing it. I was curious about new ways and possibly if the old ways have lost their appeal. Here is what I found.
The results for your favorite ways to gain backlinks:
Your #1 favorite turns out to be Forum Posting with many more votes than the rest. Obviously, there are some great forums to gain links from and actually the links are pretty good if they are in a thread that discusses what your link is about. I also think it is one of the easier ways to gain links, and so they are probably not very valuable.
Your #2 favorite way to build back links is directory submitting. I have to wonder that since forum posting is #1, directory submissions might mainly include free directories. Since more valuable directories charge a fee to review and edit the submission and build the directory’s value. I have to agree that submitting to directories can be a great way to gain quality backlinks, but obviously, from reputable sources.
Your #3 favorite is writing and submitting articles. This can be a great way to gain quality links if the article is written with enough insight to attract people’s links to it. More people viewing your article means more traffic to your site as well. A hot way to build back links too. Stay away from article submitter sites that spam your article everywhere. There is etiquette necessary when submitting articles.
Your #4 favorites are a tie between social bookmarking and blog commenting. Since these methods are fairly easy to do, they most likely carry less weight. Social bookmarking is a good way to increase exposure and more traffic which results in more links and more attention which is the best reason to use it. Blog commenting is an ancient way to build links since so many of the methods have had their link strength neutered. I feel it is a great way to gain attention from the blogger and network with fellow bloggers in your niche. However, for the sake of building links, its just not as popular as it used to be.
Link exchange and link trade is at the bottom and this seems reasonable given that two way links are devalued. Three way linking has started to replace two way, but the results are going to be the same.
A big surprise to me was blogging to gain links. It was at the bottom. Was it blogging to simply gain a link that was so unpopular? I think blogging is one of the best ways to gain links because it attracts, informs, and entertains people. These are reasons why people will link to you and visit your site! The better you blog, the better the result.\
I see some patterns with these responses and I can understand why. It seems link building is some kind of necessary chore of building a site instead of an opportunity. Why not an opportunity to build public relations? Why not an opportunity to network and meet new people? Why not an opportunity to blog about personal views, experiences, and information in a way that attracts links to you? I am not saying that the Law of Attraction is at work here, but people generally know what is useful and will reward it when they see it.
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