How To Get Inbound Links

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Hi All,

Other than articles with my links included in the bio and submitting to directories for one way back links and adding comments on blogs, sending out press releases ... what is the best way of getting other backlinks ?

Also, when finding out who links to your competition, reverse engineering is it called ? ... how do you get them to link to you - do you simply send them an e-mail asking them to link back or is there something more to it or that I can do to ?

I've never sent out e-mails asking people to link to me - so far, I've only ever used Directory Submitter (Bryxen) to submit my sites to the directories and I've used the methods mentioned like comments and articles.

I'm after ways of getting back links that do not require me to pay for them.

Thanks in advance everyone.
#search engine optimization #inbound #links
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    • Are you basing your statement on experience? Because your advice is dead wrong.
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  • Here are tips you can take to encourage people to come back to your site while improving your search engine performance.

    1. Compelling content
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    4. Writing articles for other sites
  • Hi Jane,

    I've heard that guest posting (asking webmaster for a link exchange or article in return for a link on one of their pages) is extremely effective. One of the most powerful links.

    Plus, it's whitehat too.
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    • Cheers everyone - quite a bit to be going on with now with all the suggestions.

      The majority of outbound links are affiliate links so I've no choice there, especially as I earn from those links.

      Just after more inbound ones to get a better listing on Google.

      Thanks again everyone - much appreciated !!!
  • Matt's spot on. You need to have more inbound links than outbound links. It's perfectly fine to have outbound links (after all, that's what makes this a world wide "web"!), just remember that you need more links pointing to you than pointing to other people.

    Calfred brought up a great tip. Guest posting is a great way to get inbound links AND get your name out in front of targeted traffic.

    One thing I would suggest you do to get your link building going... Take a look at the top 3 Google results for your target keywords, see what kind of links they have, and see if you can get links from the same places.

    For example, if your #1 competitor has links from a bunch of directories, go to those directories and see if you can get listed there, too. By doing that, you're already starting to close the gap on your competition.
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    • Thanks again ...

      One site in particular used to be #1 on Google for a highly searched term in the finance market but the site is now on page 2.

      What I've found is that the big boys in the industry (in the UK) are now above my site, Confused.com, Moneysupermarket, big banks etc ... is it ever possible to get above them again as no doubt they have loads of people linking to them, even through affiliate links ?
  • Blog commenting and Forum Profiles are a pretty easy way of getting backlinks to your site.
  • Cheers everyone ...

    I have Comment Kahuna for blog commenting but I find it very slow - does anyone know if it such be such a long process ?

    CK just seems to help me find blogs to comment on and that is about it - it does have an auto fill feature but from my little knowledge, I presume it is best to have as unique a comment as possible.

    As I want to quicken up the commenting promotion - is there something better to help me ?

    The only things I've heard of are ScrapeBox and Blog Comment Demon - can anyone tell me which is the BEST software out of these 2 and do they exceed Comment Kahuna ?

    Or is there something better again without heading down the route of xRumer which I've now dismissed ?
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    How To Get Inbound Links

    Hi All, Other than articles with my links included in the bio and submitting to directories for one way back links and adding comments on blogs, sending out press releases ... what is the best way of getting other backlinks ?