Link Building Tips and Resources

There's no doubt that directories have lost PR at Google but I think they're still worth submitting to.

There seems to be a lot of different opinions about how much value there is in submitting to directories. I started slowly submitting to only free ones in December of 2007. As of today, approximately 200 directories have added links to my best site, all for free. Here are my results for that site:

December 2007 Unique Visitors = 11,986 per day average
March 1-25, 2007 Unique Vistiors - 17,322 per day average
Net change = +44%, +5336 unique visitors per day

I then wondered whether I have had increases over that same time period in previous years. Upon checking I found that I had, but those years that site was only up an average of about 8% comparing December to March.

I purposely haven't done any other marketing on that site since December ... only directory submissions.

I have also submitted some of my newer, lower PR sites and have seen definite worthwhile rises in daily unique visitors. One PR1 site with only 37 new directory links is up from approximately 800 daily unique visitors to 1100 or so.

So anyway, I'm convinced and will continue to make directory submissions a regular part of my promotional strategy on all my sites.

Some tips on directory submissions:

1. Many of the webmasters are not even considering submissions. When they didn't become Yahoo! overnight, they gave up (but the site is still there, wasting our time).
2. Many other sites say they'll accept free listings, but I suspect that they don't really. They'll send you an email asking you to upgrade to paid and that's the last you hear from them.
3. The backlinks I'm seeing at Google are just as often PR-0, 1, or 2 as they are higher PRs so don't think that only PR-3+ directories are worth submitting to.
4. Unfortunately, some directories are very picky. They may not list your site because they thought your background should have been one shade darker or some other such nonsense. Some also seem to (without saying so) reject all sites with less than a certain PR no matter how great the site is. Don't take it personally. Just keep submitting!
5. It take a while (up to 2 or 3 months) to see the real benefits so don't despair!

 

Wonderful information, thank you!

 

tnx mr Kumar for your tips in link building,specially finding a good link partners..This is a big help for me because i'm still a trainee for link builder.. I hope you can give me some other good tips in link building..tnx..;-)

 

good job, thans very much

 

nice..
thank in advance..

 

This is a great information. Thank you very much. I am truly appreciate your help

 

great post Kumar...very helpful ideas. if anyone has any input on the benefit of hosting your own blog...much appreciated

 

A very good collection and very useful for a web master.
Thanks a lot and keep the good work going.

 

kumar nice post ever i seen and you are quite helpful for new commers and can provide them basic information about starting linking of their sites. best luck -- I learn a lot and going to implement it all for my site www.telreviews.com i just up.

 

Great tips and info Mr Kumar. I will check some of the sites out

 

Here are some of my linkbuilding tips:
http://kennethdreyer.com/my-26-best-link-building-tricks/

 

Great lists Mr. Kumar! I believe that Link building is the great way to optimize since it takes time to build links and crucial too...

 

Thank you for this. You know some people would even sell that information. So refreshing to see someone not trying to make money out of this kind of info....

 

Good post good a link builder to make link exchange soon

 

thanks alot

 

thanks for sharing the informations kumar. Link building is tedious work and its more like never-ending since you would always want more PR.

 

Thanks for the info. I've book marked this page and shall use it when i start my link building

 

great research thanks for sharing

 

thanks for such a great list but i thought there some problem in dmoz.org

because before 6 month i have submitted my site in dmoz.org still not included

 

I read this article about one way link building.

I hope this is worth to share!

http://www.submithelper.com/User/User_ArticlesShow.aspx?SubjectID=570

* Create a useful, interesting web site and other sites will naturally link to it. The vast majority of the thousands of links to THIS site were not requested.
* Go on with the basic SEO like Directory Submission, to submit your site to major directories, such as Yahoo! and DMOZ.org, in the appropriate category.
* Write articles and submit them to newsletters which are then archived online.
* Hunt for sites that complement yours and ask them to publish your articles.
* Submit brief, useful hints to newsletters for the same reason.
* Submit articles to article directories. You can speed up this tedious work by using ArticleAnnouncer, the tool professionals use.
* Publish articles on your site and invite other sites to publish them on their sites, with a link to you.
* Write testimonials for products you love. Companies often post testimonials on their site with a link to the submitting site. Joe Vitale has taken this tactic to extraordinary lengths. For examples, trying doing a search on Google for "joe vitale +testimonial".
* Participate helpfully in forums which allow a text link to your site in a signature. Start with the friendly, helpful AssociatePrograms.com affiliate forum. Read the forum instructions first, or you risk making an ass of yourself.
* Consider buying text link ads on other sites, for example from Linkadage or Text Link Ads. (Remember that Matt Cutts has written unfavorably about buying links.) Better still, arrange for articles to be published on other sites with a link to your site in them. You may have to use some innovative thinking to achieve this. The results make the effort worth while.
* Buy ads in newsletters on your topic which are archived online.
* Locate industry-specific directories and submit your site to them. For example, if your site is on a health topic, look for health-related directories.
* Give away free ebooks and white papers that contain links to your site.
* Create simple web-based free software. Tell other sites, newsletters and forums about it and ask for a link to it.
* Create downloadable software which contains links to your site.
* Get listed in business directories.
* Create a blog and get it listed in blog directories.
* Join business associations which list their members' sites online.
* Write regular news releases and submit them to topic-related web sites and Internet news wires such as PRWeb and Business Wire.
* Make arrangements for other sites to archive your newsletters on their sites.
* Get your white papers published on other web sites.
* Submit your free ebooks to ebook directories.
* Submit your downloadable software to software directories, such as Download.com
* Locate a popular site in your niche which would appreciate having you as a regular columnist. Write tips, lively commentary, product reviews, or whatever topics suit your niche.
* Syndicate your material to other sites. Create a content syndication feed (RSS feed) and include a link to your site. Use PHP rather than Javascript to ensure search engines parse your headings and links.
* Do something funny or outrageous or brilliant and people will link to your site without being asked.
* Use gimmicks. If people see something odd on a website, they'll often tell other people about it. You can also alert newsletter publishers and suggest they mention your gimmick in their newsletter. For example, Jim Crawford tells us how to make a sound play with a mouseover.