Okay, I fully get how important backlinks are in SEO. So, let's just "imagine" that I have some bucks set aside for SEO and I've done the social networking scene, articles and directories. My thinking is to now secure some PERMANENT one-way links from niche related sites. What would be your recommendation on how to accomplish this?? Preferred source ?? Thanks very much for your input!
I suggest you to search for in-content permanent links from related blog post. For me, content section carries highest value in backlinks. Getting a permanent in-content backlinks from existing relevant blog post with low outbound links is my strong recommendation.
Good tips Atniz - in-content links are the ones to aim for. There are companies who can get you in-content permanent links but their rates are not cheap (be prepared to spend at least $1000 per month). If your budget doesn't extend this far, you'd need to scour the link sales section of these forums for in-content blog posts, but decent blogs will be difficult to find and it will be quite a time consuming exercise.
Profile links is a way to go (can ofer quote) Blog commenting and Forum posting (on related blogs/sites) is another way