I use a variety of methods for link development including: * Link baiting articles/tools * Legitimate memberships (Chamber of Commerce, Directories, etc.) * Text Link Ads * Comments in blogs/forums * Paid articles w/ in-content links * and more My question is; How do I quantify the value of links I've acquired? For example, the amount spent (directly, or indirectly by virtue of time spent obtaining a link) on a link should be correlated to it's weight in helping my rankings. I know better than going strictly by PR. I also use the seomoz "trifecta" tool to value links, but what other metric should I use to value a link I've acquired?
1. Directory Submission – it is useful if the directory has quality links and doesn't contain bad links. Check out my list of directories. 2. Forums Posting – links from other quality forums are ok but it's better if you will get links from related forums. 3. Blog Commenting – when I do blog commenting I make sure that the blog is related to my site. 4. Submission to Bookmarking Site – make sure that you don't spam the bookmarking site with lots of submission links from your site. Remember you need permanent link if you spam them, your link/account will get deleted. Check out my list of bookmarking site. 5. Yahoo Answer Posting – useful for frequently crawling of search engine. 6. Submission to Niche Directory – it's good to get links from niche directory. It adds value to your link relevancy. 7. Article Submission – it doesn't give high traffic but the keywords that is use as anchor text in article content helps to improved SERP. 8. Press Release Submission – like article the keywords in anchor text helps in SERP and also helps for promotional campaign. 9. Blog Post – if you have blog for the site that you were optimizing and has related blog post with keywords on content linking to your site, the keywords that you use as anchor text will help your site improved rankings. It also give traffic to your site.