Best Backlink Strategies?

homeworkin · 10-21-2009, 09:39 PM

I have a retail website that is about 4 years old (PR4). I plan to sell it within a year, I prefer my online money makers (less effort!), but it will be worth a LOT more if I can get it higher in Google. Right now it is at #68 of about 2,090,000 results. However, this is a really competitive niche where there are big players with deep pockets who have been around twice as long as I have. And there are constantly jumping in newbies who are good at getting social bookmarking traffic spikes.

I am placing well for a lot of long tail keywords, even have quite a few number 1 spots for good phrases. But, for the main keyword I think my best strategy is going to be incoming links. I have a lot of links I have put out there already - articles, authority sites I write for, blogs, social bookmarking, directory submission services, forum signatures, all kinds of places. I actually have more backlinks than some of the top 10 sites, but I can't seem to out do them on SERPs.

I just did some more tweaking to my home page to get my key word in better spots and I am slowly building more links.

So, what are your best backlink strategies that won't risk getting all my hard work banned in Google?

10-21-2009, 09:39 PM	#1
homeworkin HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Rocky Mountains Posts: 113 Thanks: 11 Thanked 40 Times in 29 Posts	Best Backlink Strategies? - White hat I have a retail website that is about 4 years old (PR4). I plan to sell it within a year, I prefer my online money makers (less effort!), but it will be worth a LOT more if I can get it higher in Google. Right now it is at #68 of about 2,090,000 results. However, this is a really competitive niche where there are big players with deep pockets who have been around twice as long as I have. And there are constantly jumping in newbies who are good at getting social bookmarking traffic spikes. I am placing well for a lot of long tail keywords, even have quite a few number 1 spots for good phrases. But, for the main keyword I think my best strategy is going to be incoming links. I have a lot of links I have put out there already - articles, authority sites I write for, blogs, social bookmarking, directory submission services, forum signatures, all kinds of places. I actually have more backlinks than some of the top 10 sites, but I can't seem to out do them on SERPs. I just did some more tweaking to my home page to get my key word in better spots and I am slowly building more links. So, what are your best backlink strategies that won't risk getting all my hard work banned in Google?
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