When do you stop?

Since all of my sites are fairly new (the oldest is 4 months old) I have been putting a lot of effort into building backlinks. I have used directory submission, link exchanges, and article submissions to build up my backlinks.

All of these require a lot of time and effort and I was wondering at what point do you stop actively developing links for a site?

Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

PR10??? I wouldn't stop doing link exchange.. but won't buy link once it is out of sandbox

 

I'm glad you started this thread. I recently read an article in Revenue magazine about this very subject. The author's philosophy was to basically not go after backlinks at all and focus on creating quality content. He stuck home with me when ho pointed out how much of a time vortex getting backlinks was.

When I think about all the time I spent going after links I have to agree, to a point. Recently I have abandoned getting backlinks in exchange for building quality sites. I can't say that it paying off, yet, but I will say that when people finally do come to my sites they will be getting higher quality content instead of just some crap I threw up there and has a ton of moderately relevant links.

My new strategy is to build kick ass sites first and then buy high PR and traffic links. We’ll see if that works.

My 2 cents.

 

to me, the answer is "never"... but the time taken to get the links should not be the main priority... getting content is more important...

 

Dont stop. Links mean traffic. But not only links, you must have fresh content , and update regular your content. Write new articles etc.

Or its come anytime and your user say. It's haven't new thing.

 

Thanks for all the replies so far.

I am beginning to think that it is time to switch gears and use my time to develop fresh content for my sites.

How often should I add new content to a site (i.e. 1 new page a day)?

 

nichevalue --

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Q...

 

Not to mention how boring it is requesting linkbacks!

Personally I've had more quality backlinks from writing good articles and having them published elsewhere with credit.

 

never stop just do both. Get higher quality content and others will want to link to your site.

 

Ever Never stop thats it!

 

Yea, that makse sense. I mean if you have quality links and are somehow getting some good traffic, if your content sucks then it probably doesn't matter much.

 

Great thread!!

My philosophy is to outsource the backlink work & concentrate on writing good quality content & articles. The money you spend outsourcing is peanuts compared to the revenue you make by writing great content.

Write good content + outsource backlink work = great ROI

 

Keep building links.. or alse find a solution to your problem by building a automated link exchange system... Ask me if you want one.

 

I am interested in hearing more of what you offer.

 

yup, ppl always shy on spending money..they just don't understnad you have to pay to get more

 

Keep working hard it 'll give you chance to have great site

 

Link building is very important at the early stage. After that, you should spend more time on the content bulid.

 

Simple Best formula.

Then you want to pretended urself now that you have do not nothing at the moment. One day leave the computer, sleep well , enjoy with your family, gf. Go for shopping. and then next day Again put all double efforts for promote your sites which you already know .

 

I don't know if there's ever a point where I completely stop building links, but I do cut back once a site becomes established. I usually start a new site with a burst of submissions and link exchanges, then focus more on getting quality related links instead of quantity as the site ages.

 

I mostly do it for one month for one site. And whenever I get bored with development and want to pass the time then I would start building links