5 Super-Easy Ways You Can Build Links in the Next 30 Minutes

[AndresS]

1. Article Marketing - An Oldie but Goodie

This is a traditional method of building links. It still works for getting instant traffic and building links.

Don’t blast your articles to hundreds of sites unless you’re at least submitting readable spun articles (remember, automatic spinning completely sucks - any program that does spinning automatically for you is going to churn out garbage articles). Instead, submit to the top 10 or top 20 article sites. These include:


Ezinearticles
GoArticles
Articledashboard
Amazines
Articlesalley



Time spent writing a 300 word article: 20 minutes.
Time spent submitting the article: 10 minutes.
Backlinks gained: 5-10.

2. Share Articles on Web 2.0 Hub Sites Like Squidoo, Hubpages, Zimbio, Xanga, and Others.

This is the latest trend in web 2.0 link building. Getting your article on powerful sites like Squidoo and Hubpages can do wonders for your linking. I think in the future these kinds of sites might just take over article directories. When you post an article feel free to include 3-5 in-content links within the body of the article - but not too many because it might seem spammy.

My favorites are:

Squidoo
Hubpages
Zimbio
Xanga
Wetpaint
Wikispaces
and Gather.



Time spent writing a 300 word article: 20 minutes.
Time spent submitting the article: 10 minutes.
Backlinks gained: 10-20.

3. Do-Follow Social Bookmarking.

This is a really easy way of building links that anyone can do. Social bookmarking is just like public bookmarking - submit your deep link URL, title, and a small description and the site displays your link for everyone (including the Google robot to see).

WARNING
Make sure you’re actually getting link juice from your social bookmarkings! Only submit to social bookmark sites that are dofollow and don’t use any kind of redirects to rob you of that beloved backlink.

The best do-follow social bookmarking sites include:


Mister-wong
Backflip
Spurl
Linkagogo
Mylinkvault
Spotback


Find the top 20 do-follow social bookmarking sites here. (http://www.caroline-middlebrook.com/blog/do-follow-social-bookmarking-sites/)


Time spent submitting links: 30 minutes.
Backlinks gained: 10-20.


4. Deep link and niche directory directory submissions.

These days I don’t really like massively submitting my homepage link to general directories spread out all across the web. Most directories are completely worthless, and those that aren’t want you to pay for inclusion or at least give them a reciprocal link (which pretty much defeats the purpose of trying to get a one-way backlink in the first place).

Instead of general directories, opt for deep link directories or niche directories. Let’s look at the benefits of each one.

With deep link directories you can alternate URLs, titles, and descriptions. This is going to make your backlinks look more natural because you aren’t submitting the same URL with the same titles and descriptions to a bunch of directories across the web.

Get 10 deep link URLs you want to promote and come up with unique titles, descriptions, and keywords for each one. Pay someone or spend some time submitting these to a couple hundred deep link directories. This is really going to spread the link love across many pages within your site (which is more natural), instead of just the homepage like a traditional directory would.

I also like niche directories too because of the relevant link that they offer. Take for example two directories which have the same link power, but one is a health directory and another is a general directory. If I have a health site then getting a link from the health directory is going to benefit my site much mofe than the general directory, simply because of the relevance. Google loves relevant links.

Check out this list of deep link directories (http://www.directorycritic.com/deep-links-directory-list.html) as well as this list of niche directories (http://www.directorycritic.com/niche-directories.html).


Time spent submitting links: 30 minutes.
Backlinks gained: 10-15.


5. Press release writing and submission.

Press releases are in high demand by webmasters who not only want to get free backlinks from press release sites, but who also want to try to create a media buzz with their sites. If you have something that you think might be newsworthy, take the time out to write and submit a press release. If you can’t do this yourself there are services out there that will do this at various costs - from affordable to enormously expensive.

The nice thing about press releases is that Google news will most likely pick up your press release if you syndicate it to enough places. What’s a link from Google News worth? I’m not sure, but I’m certain it can’t hurt!

Here you can find a list of free press release distrubution sites (http://nakedpr.com/2007/07/29/big-list-of-free-press-release-distribution-sites/) you can submit your press releases to.


Time spent writing a 300 word press release: 20 minutes.
Time spent submitting your press release: 10 minutes.
Backlinks gained: 5-10 + Google News syndication.

[dmi]

A great read! Rep added.

[sultanofseo]

1. Article Marketing - An Oldie but Goodie



in a recent live chat sesson with webmasters, Matt Cutts and Maile Ohye said that article directory links are gonna be devalued due to increased number of junk article sites and duplicate content.


Question: Until recentley (the last six months or so) a high ranking was achievable by submitting articles to article directories (providing they were 40%-60% unique), it no longer seems to be the case. Have links from article sites been de-valued at all?

Google’s Answer: In my experience, not every article directory site is high-quality. Sometimes you see a ton of articles copied all over the place, and it's hard to even find original content on the site. The user experience for a lot of those article directory sites can be pretty bad too. So you'd see users landing on those sorts of pages have a bad experience. If you're thinking of boosting your reputation and getting to be well-known, I might not start as the very first thing with an article directory. Sometimes it's nice to get to be known a little better before jumping in and submitting a ton of articles as the first thing.

source (http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/11/10/google-answers-some-tricky-questions)

[akdiver]

Very Very nice post. Much appreciated. Some usual advice I have not actually heard before. Rep Added as well

[rarebiz]

6. send me unique 200 words post with your link, and i'll put it up in my do-follow pr3-4 blog permanently. time spent: less than 10 minutes.
just drop a PM :)

[suganindia]

thanks a lot for your ideas

lol i cant stumble pages in dp

[mr moro]

great post
thanks

[SEOTherapy]

I appreciate your effort to share your link-building tips here AndresS. My personal favourite and the one that I use the most would be your first and fifth strategies.

[AndresS]

in a recent live chat sesson with webmasters, Matt Cutts and Maile Ohye said that article directory links are gonna be devalued due to increased number of junk article sites and duplicate content.

source (http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/11/10/google-answers-some-tricky-questions)


Actually I believe Matt Cutts is referring to the webmasters who submit their link to hundreds of article directories, as he says "not every article directory is high quality". I only suggest submitting to a handful of high quality article sites like:
1. Ezinearticles
2. GoArticles
3. Articledashboard
4. Amazines
5. Articlesalley

[Just As New]

Great info. Exactly what I needed as I'm just about to start link building, it's really handy to have quite a few stratergies in one place.
Nice one!

[coated]

There's a lot of valuable information here, thank you for taking the time to write this tutorial.

[doubler]

I've picked up some ideas through this post, thank you very much dude for sharing this great update with us.

Thank you!

[michelleBCN]

Great tutorial but "Time spent writing a 300 word article: 20 minutes."? That's a very short amount of time to write something original and well-informed, isn't it?

[Buckyuk]

I have added my site to bookmarks in mister wong over a week ago, but it does not show up anywhere when i am checking my backlinks.
Is this normal?

[AndresS]

Great tutorial but "Time spent writing a 300 word article: 20 minutes."? That's a very short amount of time to write something original and well-informed, isn't it?

I can write a 500 word article in around 30 minutes. I suppose it depends on how much experience you have with the topic. If its something you're doing for your website you really should have some kind of experience with the niche already.

I have added my site to bookmarks in mister wong over a week ago, but it does not show up anywhere when i am checking my backlinks.
Is this normal?

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think they update Google webmaster tools that often?

[crispycheesy]

This is a very good read except that I'm still unsure about the public-release method. Frankly, I just don't get it and I wouldn't paying a small amount of fee if anyone who can run an effective PR campaign for my sites.

[sandeepdude]

nice technique....
thanks for sharing it here...

[discuss4u]

I think most of of know all these. But not all people will take the time to do that.

Thanks for sharing such a good piece.

[earn-2.com]

I think most of of know all these. But not all people will take the time to do that.

Thanks for sharing such a good piece.

Exactly right,All webmasters and net savvy have Laziness.

[Mitch900]

Wouldn't submitting to 5 different article places mean 5 cases of duplicate content? Seems that one would be a better option, no?

[ayman]

really great

thnx alot :)

[charon]

Thanks for the great post. Very helpful for someone that may not have known about these.

The only thing I might add is that you mentioned to only submit to a handful of high quality article sites (as seen on the quote below). Ironically, submitting to "Go Articles" or "Article Dashboard" will send your articles to thousands of their member article sites.


Actually I believe Matt Cutts is referring to the webmasters who submit their link to hundreds of article directories, as he says "not every article directory is high quality". I only suggest submitting to a handful of high quality article sites like:
1. Ezinearticles
2. GoArticles
3. Articledashboard
4. Amazines
5. Articlesalley

[astoneuab]

Really good post, I have had some of my best backlinks (believe it or not) come from Mr.Wong's haha. Again, great post

[locux]

Excellent resource, thank you for the writeup.

[AndresS]

Ironically, submitting to "Go Articles" or "Article Dashboard" will send your articles to thousands of their member article sites.

I've never heard of that before, I don't believe these article directories go out of their way to syndicate their articles to other places like iSnare does (and even then you have to pay iSnare for this).

Really good post, I have had some of my best backlinks (believe it or not) come from Mr.Wong's haha. Again, great post

Lol me too. Mr. Wong has been good to us.

[itmommy]

nice post! will try submitting to mr wong and other sites :)

[tweakwindows]

Great tips.Thanks:) Will try to implement all of them.

[Stevo30]

Great ideas, I looked at alot of those directories in the lists and many are paid.
Do you think they are worth paying the fee's to get a featured listing and deep links?

[vstar]

Wouldn't submitting to 5 different article places mean 5 cases of duplicate content? Seems that one would be a better option, no?5 different directories = 5 different articles ;)

[Promoman]

Great post. I wish I saw this a year ago.

Not clear on submitting articles as someone else has asked here - Same article to 5 different article services or 5 different articles?

[ethel]

Nice post. It really help especially for the newbies. Thanks for sharing.

[mk24]

Thank you! i'm new to all this stuff so this post is great for me! bookmarked!

[mk24]

Great post. I wish I saw this a year ago.

Not clear on submitting articles as someone else has asked here - Same article to 5 different article services or 5 different articles?

Yes I would like to know this as well!! EDIT: oh wait.. i saw the post above... 5 directories - 5 articles. but then wouldnt that mean 100 minutes for part 1, submitting to directories? 20 minutes for each article x 5 articles.. ?

[xproy]

Hi Andress!
ur post is great have both techniques example and the resource.

thanks

[experienceadvertising]

Nice work...definitely a nice read and good ideas!

[AndresS]

You can submit the same article to multiple directories or you can submit different articles..

OR the best way is to probably buy Article Rewriter Pro and manually spin your articles, this will save time and shake Google's duplicate content penalty.

Great ideas, I looked at alot of those directories in the lists and many are paid.
Do you think they are worth paying the fee's to get a featured listing and deep links?

Most are reciprocal or paid.

PM me if you want a list of 400 free deep link directories.

[AndresS]

Sorry dbl post.

[100kjob]

I guess the best practice is to submit 5 different articles to 5 different sites instead of submit one article to 5 different sites.

Wouldn't submitting to 5 different article places mean 5 cases of duplicate content? Seems that one would be a better option, no?

[Mitch900]

I guess the best practice is to submit 5 different articles to 5 different sites instead of submit one article to 5 different sites.

Or just submit 5 articles to Ezinearticles, the only one worth submitting to, work up to Expert Status and then Platinum Status.

Different folks, different strokes?

[teamnirvana]

A well informed article for newbies like me.

Thanks for sharing this information.

[mbomb]

Is it also best we submit unique articles to the Squid Pages, Xanga, etc? Or can we use the same we've submitted to the article directories?

[jingwen]

I found some good sources at here,thanks for share it.

[AndresS]

Is it also best we submit unique articles to the Squid Pages, Xanga, etc? Or can we use the same we've submitted to the article directories?

It is always best to submit unique articles, or at least articles with rewritten first paragraphs.

[Jonathannatural]

Are the links to the listed article sites followed?

1. Ezinearticles
2. GoArticles
3. Articledashboard
4. Amazines
5. Articlesalley

[Joseh7]

thanks for the info :)

[Visagoo]

Thank you for the tips. I am working on building links to my site.

[AndresS]

Are the links to the listed article sites followed?

1. Ezinearticles
2. GoArticles
3. Articledashboard
4. Amazines
5. Articlesalley

Yes, I don't think I've heard of a nofollow article directory.

You will typically find nofollows and redirects for many social bookmarking sites.

[DavidJBrooks]

Thank you for this fantastic post. I'm a newbie trying to make head and tail of all of the different options for article submission, trying not to get analysis paralysis, and it helps greatly to have a few fundamentals laid out in comparison.
Cheers
Dave B.

[allroads]

Great post. Thanks a lot.

[johnsonm]

Thankx For Sharing

[Crazihos]

Some great tips here, thanks for that. bookmarked:D

[Buckyuk]

I have created a couple of accounts with Mr Wong, and have made a few bookmarks on each, but it wont allow me to make them public.

If i create a bookmark and select to make it public, it just goes to private and i cant change it, hence, im not gettinq any backlinks from it, does anyone know why this is? or how i can fix it?

[vistasad]

Usually don't like articles and tutes on a forum. But this one is highly instructive.
What criteria have you used to rate these five article directories as amongst the best?