Hi Chaps, What would you think it the most important of online marketing/link building..This is what I think: Quality Article Submission - 50% Relevant Blog Commenting - 30% Directory Submission - 10% Press Release - 10% By % I mean degree of importance, more than man hours/effort required... Thanks Rob
You also missed out things like social bookmarking, like minded sites to backlink - even buying links etc. For me article submissions, social book marking and even things like signature creation are all vital.
Some more effective factor rather than article, blog, web directory or press release. These are not acceptable or enough for a site social bookmarking not forget with these factor. Social Bookmarking is also a important part for link building.
In the travel industry guest book entries from visitors using sites like Tripadvisor appear to work for both traffic and positioning. Would this fall under blog commenting?
If you want to do internet marketing then do not forget Social bookmarking and Classified ads. They have high degree of value in internet marketing.
I would put quality, one-way links from highly relevant (related) sites well before everything else you've listed.