SEO link building questions before I start

This is my first post and I have been building up a set of questions in what I know and have learnt about SEO and link building over the years. Link building isn't really something I went into myself and always outsourced.

I have done a considerable amount of research, I think it's about time I crack on and actually make progress. I have some questions before I feel comfortable and willing enough to do so. In addition to answering my questions, if you have any other advice, please fire away!



Where to link to
The first and probably the most important question I have: If I have a site about three different topics, X, Y and Z (www . xyz . com), that all relate and I publish a page/article/post about something to do with Y with the title being "How to [something about Y] with [something else]" and keyword phrase of "[something about Y]" which has the following URL:

www . xyz . com /y/how-to-something-about-y-with-something-else/

Would I do link building for the:

www . xyz . com - [something about Y]
Or
www . xyz . com /y/how-to-something-about-y-with-something-else/ - [something about Y]

My first thought is the latter, build links based on the actual page/article/post. I just wanted to confirm as a lot of what I read directs just to the domain.



Tier 1 links: Page rank 6+
I plan to write articles for high PR web 2.0 and article websites, along with commenting on high PR blogs for the first tier. I will also be bookmarking each page/article/post on high PR social bookmarking sites.

This will ideally be completely controlled, completely unique and manual work.

Tier 1 location question: Is there any other specific locations I should be building content for on my first tier of links?

Tier one quantity question: How many tier one links should I build? I have a list of 20 odd high PR web 2.0 sites, 10 or so article sites and a good 100 blogs/commenting sites related to my niche. Would I need to provide content on all of these if relevant to my keywords?

I ask this because for just tier 1 this could be a lot of work and I don't want to waste valuable time when I could spend it writing quality, useful blog posts that I deem more important for my visitors. Having said that, I need to get them to the site first!

Tier 1 content question: 20 web 2.0 sites and 10 or so articles sites is technically 30 articles to create, for one blog post. 2-3 of these a week and that's 60-90 additional articles to write.

This is a simple question, can I not just write a single article and rewrite the content of it, for example through manual spinning - or will I be penalised for this? How do most people deal with this if they don't want to spend $5.00 each of the 60-90 articles a week (Minimum $300.00 minimum) on Fiverr.



Tier 2 links: Page rank 3+
I plan to link to my tier 1 links through article directories, general directories, wikis, social bookmarks, blog/image/forum comments.

Tier 2 quantity question: Is this enough? should I move any of these out into tier 1 or tier 2?

Tier 2 automation question: When it comes to tier 2, I was looking to automate this process, but make it as human as possible and not SPAM. Slow, progressive link building (possibly 5-10 links a day across all articles, as opposed to 5-10 links a day for each article).

While the work will be automated, the links to post to will not be found automatically.

Is this a good course to take?

Tier 2 location question: Is there any other specific locations I should be building content for on my tier 2 links?



Tier 3 links: Page rank 0+
Linking to my tier 2 links, I looked at doing this fully automated, but not so much as SPAM content. While the work will be automated, the links to post to will not be found automatically.

Tier 3 location question: I plan to produce links through: article directories, social bookmarks, link directories, profiles (Forum, blog, site etc), stat sites / Pingbacks / Tracebacks. Does this sound OK or should I move some out into other tiers?

Tier 3 automation question: Ideally completely automated, 1 - 5 links to each tier 2 link every 2 - 3 days.

While it is fully-ish automated, the quality will be maintained and controlled by myself. Time will be put into the profile detail, titles, links etc.

Tier 3 location question: Is there any other specific locations I should be building content for on my final tier of links?

Finally, the end of my questions for now...

Final question: I release 3 blog posts a week, 2 of which could definitely attract visitors through low competition, low search 2,000 - 10,000 search keywords. Should I be doing my link building for each and every post, and can I do them right after release?

Finally, thank you for your time. It's much appreciated.