So you don’t know how to get links? 1002 ways!

You don’t know how to get links? Try These 1002 ways!

A web developer friend recently asked how he could get links, so here you go, Students.

Ask for links

• Request a link from the local chamber of commerce
• Contact the webmasters on the phone and ask for links
• Email webmaster and ask for links
• Request friends and family to link to you
• Ask to be listed on governmental resources
• Research for articles in your niche and ask them to link to you
• Search sites in your niche linking to dead sites, ask them to link to you instead
• Search sites in your niche linking to inferior sites, ask them to link to you instead
• Find hubs or authority sites in your niche
• Research competitors backlinks – Ask to be listed on there too
• Work for a cause and produce something useful for it; contact organizers and let them know

Link Networks

• Create own private networks
  • Create authority hubs – sites that link to your own and competitor sites
  • Create multi-tiered networks that feed links into your sites
  • Build real value niche sites, cross-link to other relevant sites in your network
• Create a public link network
  • Let people trade links.
  • Favor your own sites directories
  • Start Submitting to paid directories
  • Start Submitting to free niche directories
  • Start Submitting to the big free directories
  • Start Submitting to free general directories – avoid directories with no editorial process.
• Start Creating your own directories
  • Link to your own sites
  • Start Three-way link exchanges
  • Start Creating niche directories, become the authority in that niche.
  • Start Creating general directories – charge a minimal fee to cut out the junk.

Buy links (how to get links)

• Start Paying for blog posts.
• Start Paying for reviews.
• Start Making donations – get listed on charity sites, open-source projects.
• Send bloggers freebies
• Offer bloggers cash
• Start Offering DMOZ editors something for a fast review.
• Start Offering forum moderators cash or freebies for a mention.
• Start Giving away merchandise for links – USB, beer, t-shirts, etc.
• Buy whole sites and expired domains – monitor places sites are often sold.
• Buy a word in an existing article.
• Become a link broker -pick the best for yourself
• Sponsor a student project 

Give away stuff (how to get links)

• Give away tools and geek stuff.
• Templates
• Plugins
• Code snippets
• Stat counters
• Logos
• Contribute to open-source projects
• Start Branding merchandise
• Start Offering discounts to people placing links on their site.
• Learn How to Release an extension or plugin for browsers and other popular software
• Start Building a website for a local charity or university group that can attract quality links – Spend some time getting the links to distribute 

Content (how to get links)

• RSS feeds
• Give away articles
• Submit an article to the industry news site
• Write for other sites for free.
  • ezinearticles.com
  • goarticles.com
  • isnare.com
  • Write for other sites and get paid.
  • Publish a distribute white papers
  • Become a guest blogger
  • Become an editor
  • Get listed in Google news.
  • Get listed in Yahoo News.
• Create press releases
  • Prweb.com
  • Internet.com
  • Businesswire.com
  • Prnewswire.com
  • Bacons.com
  • E-releases.com
  • Prfree.com
  • Pr.com
  • Webwire.com
  • Marketwire.com
  • 24-7pressrelease.com
  • Pressreleasenetwork.com
  • I-newswire.com
  • Keep Track of who picks up our articles or press releases. Offer them exclusive news or Content.
  • Start Publishing ebooks laden with links and encourage people to distribute for free.

Exchange Links (how to get links)

• Start Joining link exchange networks
• Contact webmasters directly
• Start a link exchange network.
• Start a webring(come up with a web 2.0 name but don’t call it a webring)
• Join a webring Forums=
• Links in signatures
• Links in profile
• Links in posts
• Post yourself
• Pay people to post often.
• Ask people you know.
• Entice established members
• Swap signature links with other reviews regularly.
• Start Leaving testimonials on other sites.
• Start Reviewing and recommending local businesses and ask for a link back
• Review products services and ask for a link back.
• Provide graphic. E.g., Voted best website 2022
• Learn how to Get your own site and products reviewed by other blogs.
• Become an expert
• Give interviews on your industry.
• Interview well-known bloggers and content creators.
• Start Leaving real comments on other blogs.
• Learn to Leave feedback without spamming or trying to sell.
• Point out helpful errors
• Make suggestions
• Flatter someone on their success
• Compliment someone on a great post
• Link to people likely to link back
• TrackbacksToo lazy to categorize
• Hire a link building expert
• Start a flame war
• Become an official partner
• Build a list of backlinks that others will link to
• Learn how to get paid to build a website and get a link back.
• Start Submitting great designed sites to web and CSS galleries
• Start Performing surveys and studies
  • Start Publicizeing survey results – Publish several articles from the same survey, controversial or unusual results
  • Become an editor of DMOZ and other sites
  • Make media contacts, provide stories for links.
  • Start Finding sites doing website of the day, recommend your site.
  • Find top site lists and submit and get listed.
  • Get financial sites listed in Google finance.
  • Cartoons – include link code.
  • Start Sponsoring events – small meetings, put money behind the bar – Others will blog and thank you.
  • Set up a Squidoo page
  • Provide web hosting for a link
  • Provide web software for a link
  • Join organizations and associations and get listed as a valued member.
• Become an expert on what you do. 
• Start Contacting editors and writers, and let them know you are available as a source.
  • Try a link on each article or each time you are quoted.
  • Try to get your own bio page.
  • Drive affiliate links to your own sites.
• You should Make it a requirement to link to your site in all contracts with:
  • Resellers
  • Partners
  • Subcontractors
  • Vendors

Photographs (how to get links)

• Of yourself with celebs
• Of something stupid
• Start taking photographs With well-known people in your industry
• You should be the first to post pictures of an event or social product.
• Create diggable stories often and submit them to social sites
• Study what works for each social site
• Learn How to give your story a push from friends.
• Learn to Entice top members
• Start Creating bogus accounts and push your own stuff.

 Linkbait (how to get links)

• David and goliath
• Taboo, sex
• Outrageous
• Unusual
• Tell a secret – Be the first with the news.
• Humor
• Lie – make up a number like 1002 Link building is a constant ongoing task even for sites that are already number one.

So you dont know how to get links? 1002 ways! (how to get links)

Keep a record of all efforts, sites submitted to, people contacted, etc. A lot of this list comes from other sources, mostly arron walls, and Brandon Hopkins. To be honest, I don’t remember where some of these came from, so if I have stolen your ideas, then let me know.