PR9

http://wordpress.com

PR8

http://blogger.com

http://livejournal.com

http://vox.com

PR7

http://blogsome.com

http://bravenet.com ( http://viviti.com )

http://edublogs.org

http://friendster.com

http://knol.google.com

http://home.spaces.live.com (MSN Spaces http://msnspaces.com )

http://squidoo.com

http://tumblr.com

http://weebly.com

http://webs.com

PR6

http://blog.co.uk

http://diaryland.com

http://gather.com

http://hubpages.com (Profile points must be 75 for do-follow links)

http://tblog.com

PR5

http://20six.co.uk

http://bigadda.com

http://blog.ca

http://blogskinny.com

http://blogstream.com

http://blogwebsites.net

http://blurty.com

http://clearblogs.com

http://www.easyjournal.com

http://free-conversant.com

http://freeflux.net

http://opendiary.com

http://sosblog.com

http://tabulas.com

http://terapad.com

http://thoughts.com

http://upsaid.com

http://viviti.com

PR4

http://blogeasy.com

http://bloghi.com

http://bloghorn.com

http://blogigo.com

http://blogono.com

http://blogr.com

http://blogstudio.com

http://blogtext.org

http://bloxster.net

http://freeblogit.com

http://insanejournal.com

http://journalfen.net

http://journalhub.com

http://mynewblog.com

http://netcipia.com

http://shoutpost.com

http://thediary.org

http://wikyblog.com

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Here are some amazing tips and resources about link building & generating crazy amounts of traffic.

Submit to Web Directories:
Do slow and continuous directory submissions for your site. This is an
important long term work and solution for any site. Start doing directory
submission from the very first day you site is up. Here are few free,
non-reciprocal directories:

http://www.dmoz.org 9
http://www.lii.org/pub/htdocs/home.htm 8
http://www.femina.com 7
http://www.gogreece.com 7
http://www.sacentral.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm 7
http://www.worldhot.com/ 7
http://www.123india.com/ 7
http://www.elib.org/ 7
http://www.ezilon.com/ 6
http://www.epooch.com/ 6
http://www.christiansunite.com/ 6
http://www.toronto1.biz/ 6
http://www.canadianeh.com 6
http://www.aardvark.co.za 6
http://www.nzs.com/ 6
http://www.aigam.com 6

I have a long list of directories. See list of free, non reciprocal directories.
(I am listing few sites here to make sure this thread does not go very lengthy)

Reciprocal Link Building:
Contacting webmasters of relevant sites requesting for have a link
exchange. Write personalized emails to request for link exchange. It will
be better if you write 2-3 good things about their site and tell them how
link exchange will benefit both parties. Also, mentioning good qualities and
PageRank is always good idea.

Do not forget to ask and give (1) URL of link, (2) Title of link, and (3) Description of Link

Now, main thing is How to find good link partner. Search google and other
search engines for terms like: “keyword reciprocal links”, “keyword
links”, “Keyword link exchange”, “keyword link submit”, “Keyword link
partner” etc.

Article Submissions:
Yeah, write quality articles which have some interesting and useful stuff,
and submit them to free article directories.

You need to put link back to your site. Let your article do double duty- (1)
bring traffic and (2) link building. You need to make your keywords
anchor of link to your site.

To be very frank, I see quick results when I succeed to place my 2-3
articles on high PageRank and high traffic sites. Some times we need to
submit article like submission to directories and sometimes we need to
request webmaster via e-mail. You need to tell them why they should put
your article on their site.

Here’s the list of top article sites you should submit your articles:
1. http://www.ezinearticles.com
2. http://www.goarticles.com
3. http://www.articlecity.com
4. http://www.a1articles.com
5. http://www.ideamarketers.com
6. http://www.searchwarp.com
7. http://www.isnare.com/
8. http://www.amazines.com
9. http://www.articledepot.co.uk
10. http://www.articledashboard.com
11. http://www.easyarticles.com
12. http://www.articlebin.com
13. http://www.articlebeach.com
14. http://www.articlehub.com
15. http://www.articlegarden.com
16. http://www.articlesphere.com
17. http://www.articlealley.com
18. http://www.articlesfactory.com
19. http://www.articlewise.com
20. http://www.articlegeek.com

Submit Press Releases:
Write press releases about your site or a section of your site and submit
them to press release distribution services.

Here are few sites which you may find good enough

http://www.clickpress.com
http://www.webwire.com/
http://www.emediawire.com
http://www.businesswire.com
http://www.prwebdirect.com -
http://www.theopenpress.com
http://www.free-press-release.com
http://www.pressbox.co.uk
http://www.i-newswire.com/
http://www.pr9.net
http://www.pr-inside.com
http://www.newswire.ca/
http://www.pressreleasenetwork.com
http://www.marketwire.com
http://www.urlwire.com/
http://www.prweb.com (small contribution)
http://www.prurgent.com
http://www.prleap.com -
http://www.prnewswire.com
http://www.prfree.com/
http://www.openpress.com/
http://www.softpressrelease.com

Social Networking / Social Group Sites:
Social networking sites like www.myspace.com are very useful these days
to not only get links but also huge traffic. One more benefit of being
active is you get thousands of friends to make and then convert them into
your customers.

Participating in social group / networking sites are proving boon now a
days. There are scores of such sites available these days. People are
making money by selling the list if their friends at those site. This is a
great way to have links and traffic.

Participation in Link Programs:
There are some good link programs in which you help others to get them
link and other help you. Following are few good ones to join.

http://www.linkmarket.net/
http://www.linkleads.com/
http://www.infowizards.com/
http://www.linktraders.org/
http://www.linkexchanged.com/
http://www.linkexchangeit.com/
http://www.linkpartners.com/
http://www.123exchangelinks.com/
http://www.links-pal.com/
http://www.ads4links.com/
http://www.spocka.com/
http://links-for-you.com/
http://www.webmaster-link-exchange.com/

I also recommend Co-op Advertising Network of DigitalPoint
All are free, enjoy using them.

Link from .org and .edu sites:
The education and organization sites are considered more valued sites and
links coming from those sites are valuable link. You need to search those
sites.

Just find out some forums and blogs of the organizations and education
body which have content relevant to your site. Make blog comments and
put links in them, make sure your comment is genuine and not spam.
Read the whole topic and find something to comment on the topic… job is
done.

Same way leave your links in forums signature. There is few hot topics on
forum signature telling importance at seo point of view and traffic point of
view. Go ahead and do it, you’ll make valuable links.

You can do the blog comment and forum sign at non .org and no .edu sites.

Social Book marking Site Submission:
Now a day’s people are taking interest in social bookmarking. So, I
thought I should start the service of social bookmarking. Yeah, it is worthy
enough to pay someone to do social bookmarking.

For those who are new to it, in social bookmarking system, users store
lists of Internet resources, which they find useful. These lists are
accessible to the public for their views and comments. This became a
great seo technique now.

Here are few good social bookmarking sites:

http://del.icio.us/ 8
http://www.digg.com/ 8
http://www.blinklist.com/ 6
http://ma.gnolia.com/ 7
http://www.furl.net/ 8
http://www.diigo.com/ 6
http://www.complore.com/ 5
http://www.tallstreet.com/ 0
http://gamingtags.com/ 3
http://indiagram.com/index.php 5
http://www.goesby.com/ 4
http://teachershare.org/openig/ 4
http://www.chaamp.com/ 1
http://www.a1-webmarks.com/ 0
http://www.tektag.com/ 0
http://www.bookmark.it/ 0
http://www.wirefan.com/ 4
http://www.linkatopia.com/ 4
http://www.optimiz.us/ 0
http://www.web20toolbar.com/ 0

I hope you’ll find this info useful… feel free to leave your comments below.

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Thankfully, we won’t be talking about those regurgitated strategies today. Instead, I have compiled over 100 out-of-the-box strategies to increase your link popularity and send tons of traffic your way.

This article contains all of my link building secrets, so I suggest you take some time to digest it. Grab some herbal tea (or Redbull) , whichever one works best for you, and don’t forget to bookmark the article for future reference.

The first juicy link building tactic is to create your own Ebay blog. Did you know you can
get backlinks directly from Ebay? That’s right. Ebay provides their members with their own personal blogs. Take a look at SEO superstar, Jim Boykin’s eBay blog. Notice the contextual links within the article which include his desired anchor text. If you check the source code, you will also find that these links are followed. You can create your own eBay blog and start building a few of your own high-powered links.

You can also build links with contests. Holding a blog contest is a great way to grow your blog’s audience, build inbound links, and improve your search engine presence. John Chow and John Cow have both used contests to rapidly increase his blog popularity.

You can promote your contest through the following sites…

Contest Blogger
ThePrizeBlog
ContestHound
DisregardMe
ReviewWow
MyBlogContest
TheLinkBait
ContestBeat
Blog-Contests
TheContestWinner
MyBlogContests
AboutBlogContest
ContestBlogcat
Contester
SubmitYourContest

Overall, contests are one of the best ways to generate buzz, backlinks, and new readers. Ben Cook has written an excellent article on what hosting a blog contest can do for you.

CSS galleries are another untapped source of traffic and links. FreelanceSwitch.com has received over 25,000 visitors from CSS Galleries . If you have a savvy CSS design, be sure to submit it to all of the major CSS galleries.

CSSMania
CSSRemix
BestWebGallery
WebCreme
CSSElite
CSSDrive
CSSHeaven
CSSTux
CSSGlobe
CoolHomePages
Each of these sites can send you quick and easy traffic.

Another site that can send you some good traffic is KillerStartups. They review over 30 internet startups every day. This is an excellent link opportunity and an excellent traffic strategy considering that the site has an Alexa ranking of 5,255 at the time of this writing. You can submit your site to http://www.killerstartups.com/submitted/.

Lists are another great way to build some quality inbound links to your website. No, I’m not talking about creating resource lists for social media sites like Digg and del.icio.us. I’m talking about building links with sites like listible.com.

Listible is a Web 2.0 property that allows you to create lists of resources. By joining the
community, you can create your own list and add resources to existing lists. Where
appropriate, you can add your own link, but remember to add value to the community first. Become a valued contributor to the site before you start posting your own links.

You can use this same strategy on the following sites…

Listverse
ListafterList
Listphile
OnmyList
Whatali.st

Here’s a technique that I was hesitant to share, but I’ve decided to trust my readers not to abuse the following information.

During some of my recent research, I discovered a hidden linking technique on Flickr. This discovery came to me while studying the backlinks of Glitter-Graphics.com. If you examine their backlinks on Yahoo Site Explorer, you will find that a large portion of their backlinks come from Flickr.

For example, here’s one Flickr page that contains their link…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/95572727@N00/211239773

Ok, so where’s the link? If you scroll down the page a bit, you will find a butterfly flapping it’s wings. That butterfly is actually a link to http://www.glitter-graphics.com.

Here’s the source code for the link:

<a href=”http://www.glitter-graphics.com”><img src=”http://dl6.glitter-graphics.net/pub/10/10666z5mfbj3yf7.gif” alt=”myspace layouts, myspace codes, glitter graphics” height=”50″ width=”100″></a>

They were even able to include their keywords in the alt tag.

You might also notice that this Flickr page is a pr 4… Not bad.

Ok. I don’t want to spoil any more of the fun. I’ll let your imagination determine how you
might use this nifty little trick.

Speaking of tricks, here’s another interesting find. It’s called Cool Site of the Day. This site lists some of the most interesting sites from around the web. Best of all, you can submit your site as well if you think it’s up to snuff. Not only does this present an excellent link opportunity, but Cool Site of the Day is known for sending thousands of visitors to their featured sites.

If your site is chosen, it will be featured on the homepage and announced to their email list of over 150,000 subscribers.

Much like Digg, Cool Site of the Day also has a ripple effect. The featured sites are often picked up by journalists throughout the world. Some of the previously featured sites have been quoted on the BBC News website, featured in USA Today, picked up by radio stations and quoted in a number of other media outlets.

Sites similar to Cool Site of the Day that you can submit to include…

CoolPick
AskMen
CSOTD
TopsiteoftheDay
Yahoo Picks
Blackstump
Family First

Do you have a unique or entertaining website? If so, you can drop your links at the following websites…

Leenks
I-am-Bored.com
Bored
BoredatWork
Ubersite
College Humor
Stimes
Ebaumsworld

Would you like to turn your blog posts into podcasts without having to do any extra work? Well, I can’t see why you wouldn’t because doing this offers your readers a new and unique way to absorb your content, not to mention a ton of new link opportunities.

One of my favorite tools, Odiogo.com, will instantly give your blog a voice. Odiogo will automatically convert your RSS feeds, text articles and blog posts to iPod-ready audio files. Once you’ve installed their free service, you can then submit your new podcast to all of the podcast directories, generating tons of new backlinks to your site. If you sell software, you can generate 1,000s of links by distributing demos of your software to directories across the Web. All you have to do is convert your demo software into what’s called a PAD file . You can create your PAD file using a free PAD generation tool known as PADGen.

You can then submit your PAD file to over 1,000 download websites.

If you want, you can automate this process at SubmitMySoft.

Utilizing this technique will bring you lots of high quality links and can also increase your sharware sales.

Keep in mind that you can distribute a number of different types of files on download sites, including screensavers, widgets, toolbars, Firefox extensions, Internet Explorer Add-ons, and much more. Get creative with your marketing strategies.

You can use a similar technique to distribute a demo of your software, pdf ebooks, videos, and audios to torrent sites.

Submit your content to the top 35 torrent sites.

Michelle MacPhearson has a step-by-step guide to getting traffic with torrents on her website. I strogly suggest that you check it out and start benefiting from this unique traffic and link building strategy.

Releasing your content on torrent sites is one of the best ways to seed a viral marketing campaign.

If you’re distributing a free ebook, then you’ll want to submit it to all of the most popular
ebook directories…

MindlikeWater
ebook2u
Jogena
WisdomEbooks
GetFreeEbooks
EbookPalace
EbookMall
Scribd
Published.com
Ebook88
Virtual-Ebooks
EbooksTemplateSource
Ebook Tags
Ideamarketers
EbookJungle

Syndicating your ebook is an excellent strategy for building your list, increasing your traffic, and building links to your site.

If you run a web application, you can add your site to…

SimpleSpark
Web2List
Go2Web20
FeedmyApp
Makeuseof
Emily Chang
Find Apps
Listio
AllthingsWeb2
Search Free Apps
2.0 Websites
BuzzShout
Web2.0Searchr
NeoBinaries
Reflexz

Social media campaigns are one of the best ways to build links. Unfortunately, most marketers are still not taking advantage of the many benefits provided by a strategic social media campaign. In 2008, viral marketing will be one of the best ways to generate hundreds of inbound links, increase your search engine rankings, increase your RSS subscribers, and build buzz for your website.

Some of the best social bookmarking sites for sending a flood of traffic to your website include Digg, Del.icio.us, StumbleUpon, Reddit, and Propeller. However, keep in mind that there are also a number of niche social bookmarking sites and upcoming stars like Mixx.com that can send hundreds of targeted visitors to your site.

Andy Hagan provides the Top 29 Niche Social Media Sites (That Actually Send Traffic) on his blog.

Best of all, you can leverage these smaller social bookmarking sites to help you get to the front page of the major players like Digg and Del.icio.us. In fact, vandelaydesign.com has a step-by-step guide on how to do exactly that.

For an extensive list of social bookmarking sites, check out this list. You’ve probably heard about building links with Youtube, but you may not have uncovered this unique strategy revealed by Neil Patel.

Basically, if you embed one of the YouTube videos on your website, they link back if you are one of the top 5 sites to drive traffic to a particular YouTube video. A link from YouTube is a good link, regardless of whether it’s no follow or not. People get way too
hung up on the whole “no follow” deal. The key is to build links where it makes sense.

Website reviews are another way to generate some excellent inbound links and get valuable feedback on your website.

There are a number of websites that will review your website for free. However, make sure you get involved in the community before you ask for a review. Here are some of the best forums for getting feedback on your website…

UK Webmaster World Forums
Anizone
DigitalPoint
NamePros
GameMakerGames
Webmaster-Talk
Webmaster-Forums
Webdev Forums
Webdesign Forum
Web designer Forum
Ozzu
Critics-Corner
Site Owners Forums
Sitepoint Forums
Warrior Forum
V7n
SeoChat Forums
Search Engine Watch Forums
DnForum
DevShed Forums forums.devshed.com
aBestWeb
KillerSites
Successful Blog
CreamAid
Site Critic
Hallway Testing

Want to exchange reviews with other blogs?

Here’s another interesting find…ReviewBack. This site allows you to exchange reviews with other blogs.

Reviewback is an excellent alternative for those who don’t want to spend their money on ReviewMe.

There are numerous sites that do blog review trading. Here’s an excellent list from Courtney Tuttle.

Do you comment on other blogs? If so, why not get some more attention by becoming a top commentator. There are many blogs which feature their top commentators in the sidebar. You can see an example of this at JohnChow.com.

Here’s a list of sites that have this plugin installed.

If you write about web design ,graphics, or programming, there are hundreds of tutorial
sites that will link to your tutorial. Here are just a few of them…

Good-Tutorials
Tutorialized
Pixel2Life
Photoshop Roadmap
Flash Perfection
Dzone
Rnel
Design Float
CG Tutorials
Pslover
Tweako
Tips Clique
Fstutorials
Graphics World
Tutorials Garden
Photoshop Pack
Tutorial Kit
Kaos-Tutorials
Total Tutorials

These sites do not duplicate your article but rather link back to it on your own website.
Many of these tutorials receive 100’s or even 1000’s of visits.

(Quick Hint: Tutorialized.com also has a section for SEO and marketing tutorials.)

Tutorial sites are an excellent avenue for extending the reach of your content.

Speaking of web design. If you are an experienced programmer, you can use your skills to obtain thousands of inbound links with your own custom wordpress themes. This is one of the strategies that Carlocab.com used in achieving a frontpage ranking for the highly competitive keyword phrase “make money online”. Wpdesigner.com and Performancing.com are some other websites that have used this tactic extensively.

If you know how to design your own Wordpress themes, they can provide you with a goldmine of links. However, if you don’t know how to program your own theme, you can always have someone create one for you.

You can also create a design in Photoshop and then have a site like Wpcustomization.com create a customized Wordrpess theme based on your design.

Once you have created your Wordpress theme, it’s time to promote it.

Here’s a list of places where you can submit your wordpress theme for increased exposure…

Wpdesigner
Wordpress Theme Viewer
Weblogs Tools Collection
Wordpress Theme Codex
JohnTp Wordpress Blog
Blogflux
ThemesBase
BloggingThemes
Wpskins
Wordpress Theme Forum
Fresheezy
EmilyRobbins Blog
WpSnap
WpThemesFree
Blogging Themes
Wordpress Wow
Wordpress Theme Base
Free Wordpress Themes
iThemes
Rock-Kitty Themes
Web2Feel
Themes-wp

There is also a growing list of forums that will happily take your theme listings.

DigitalPoint Forums
Theme Vibes
Graphic Design Forum
Easy Wordpress Forum
Bloggeries
Webmaster Talk

Each of these websites will help to increase the number of people who download your Wordpress theme. There’s always a sense of satisfaction everytime you see a blog using one of your creations.

The Web 2.0 world has transformed article syndication. Article marketing is NOT dead. It’s just different.

In fact, one unique website has turned article marketing into a social networking activity. It’s called Gather.com. Check it out and submit your own articles. Get involved in the community and you can then share your articles with all of your friends.

You can also expand your article marketing by converting your articles into PDF files. Once you have done this, you can then post PDF versions of your articles to Scribd and FreeIQ.

Another site I like to submit my articles to is Work.com. This is a very valuable site to
get backlinks from, especially if your website is related to business or marketing.

Search Engine Journal has an excellent article on how to add Work.com to your link building campaign.

One of the best linking strategies that people take for granted is the power of their own internal link structure.

I suggest that you read the SEO Fast Start Guide by Dan Thies to learn about optimal internal linking within your own website.

Simply by optimizing your internal link structure, you can increase your search engine
rankings.

Do you have an ecommerce website? If so, here’s a list of sites where you canlist your products.

Wikis are another excellent source of inbound links. The key is to become a valuable
contributor of the community before you drop any of your links into related articles.

Here’s a comprehensive list of wikis you can start contributing to.

Another one of my favorite link building techniques is interviews. Interviewing other
bloggers can generate lots of buzz and incoming links. One blogger who has benefited greatly from interviews is Leo from ZenHabits.com.

Neil Patel provides some excellent tips on how to leverage interviews for links and traffic.

Don’t be afraid to ask for an interview. I promise, most bloggers don’t bite

Hold on to your seat, because I’ve saved one of the best link building tips for last.

It’s known as widget marketing. Widgets are mini internet applications that are offered via a 3rd party. They can easily be integrated into web pages, Facebook profiles, iGoogle start pages, and more.

Because of this, a widget can spread your link to thousands of other websites.

The web is quickly becoming a world of widgets. Amazon.com has their own widget to let customers show off their favorite Amazon products. USA Today offers a widget that enables bloggers to display the latest new updates.

Why shouldn’t you have one also? If you don’t know how to program, don’t worry. You can instantly turn your blog into a widget at WidgetBox.com.

Blue Hat SEO has released an interesting article on how to use widgets to funnel hundreds of links and visitors into your sites.

You can promote your widgets on the following websites…

Widgepedia
Google Widget Directory
Yahoo Widgets
WidgetBox
SpringWidgets
Widget Gallery
Snipperoo Widget Directory
RateitAll Widgets
Friendster Widget Directory
Netvibes Widget Diretory
Xanga Widget Directory

You can also turn your widget into a Facebook app with App Accelerator. Popular Facebook applications can send thousands of visitors to your site per day. It’s just a matter of being creative and taking action.

Start implementing some of these strategies, and you will quickly see increases in your traffic and search engine rankings. Taking action on just ONE strategy each day can make an incredible difference.

If you know of other untapped linking strategies, please feel free to share them in the comments below.

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This video shows very interesting possibilities of combining niche feeds from all around the internet, therefore increased traffic should increase your PR overtime and once setup should run by itself.

Top RSS Aggregators

http://www.blogdigger.com/add.jsp (PR7)
http://www.blogpulse.com/submit.html (PR7)
http://www.feedage.com (PR6)
http://www.2rss.com (PR6)
http://www.blogstreet.com/bsibin/add.cgi (PR6)
http://publisher.yahoo.com/rss_guide/submit.php (PR6)
http://www.plazoo.com/en/addrss.asp (PR6)
http://www.feedbite.com (PR5)
http://www.feedraider.com/ (PR5)
http://www.feedsubmitter.com/ (PR5)
http://www.feedsee.com/submit.html (PR4)
http://www.feedfury.com/ (PR3)
http://www.goldenfeed.com/AddFeed.aspx (PR3)
http://www.feedest.com/feedAdd.cfm (PR3)
http://www.rssmad.com (PR3)
http://www.feedbase.net/Add.php
http://www.rssmicro.com/feedsubmit.web
http://www.rssmotron.com/feed_eater.php

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You’re probably wondering what the blazes is popular about a link! Well, in a word – plenty! Link popularity refers to the ranking assigned to your website by the search engines, and it determines the ranking your page gets when keywords are entered into a search engine. So, you’re probably wondering, how do I make my link popular?

Search engines are discretionary, giving status and ranking
to sites that have links to their pages from related,
quality sites. It’s a simple formula, but a very important
one. Google created the system, and now virtually all the
most popular search engines employ it to rank your web
pages in their indexes.

The more commonly used your keyword is, the harder it will
be to achieve link popularity, but without achieving this
step, it is almost certain your site will never rank highly
on any search engine. But don’t be discouraged; there are
tried and true ways of achieving link popularity using the
most competitive keywords.

There are a few things you should be aware of. The first is
that just linking up with a large number of other websites
will not achieve link popularity. In fact, it may have
quite the opposite effect. This is particularly true when
pertaining to websites that are nothing more than “link
farms” – pages containing line after line of indiscriminate
links. Search engines may aggressively discriminate against
your website if you are associated with a link farm, so
steer clear of them!

The next thing to bear in mind is the quality of the site
you are linking to. Never link to a page you have
reservations about your visitors seeing. The last thing you
want your website to appear as is indiscriminate and cheap.
Linking to sites of poor quality will only lessen your link
popularity, if not completely destroy it.

So let’s get to what you need to do to achieve supreme link
popularity and improve your rankings to stellar status on
all the popular search engines.

The first step, and the fastest way to get your foot in the
door, is to get a listing in a popular directory, such as
Open Directory Project and Yahoo. If your site is
business-related, you will want to be listed on Yahoo, and
despite the fact that it will cost you around $300 a year,
it will be money well spent. If your site is
non-commercial, the listing will be free, but it will take
time and follow-up to actually get it listed. Open
Directory is gives you a free listing whether you are
business-related or non-commercial, but be prepared to make
a lot of follow-up inquiries before you see your site
listed.

You are aiming to get listed in the highest level of
appropriate category, and this just takes some common
sense. For example, if your company ships Alpaca wool from
an Alpaca farm located in the middle of Nowhere, Tiny
State, do NOT submit your listing to “Retailers from
Nowhere, Tiny State.” BIG MISTAKE! All you have to do is
look a little deeper – and submit your listing to the “Fine
Alpaca Wool” category. You will not only associate yourself
with culture and quality, but you will be listed in a
national category.

The next step after you have attained directory listings is
to locate other quality sites that will increase your link
popularity. Try to find sites that are in some way related
to yours, so not only will your link popularity increase,
but your customer base may also be expanded. You want to
avoid your competitors and look for sites that are useful
to your site’s visitors. Let’s look at the Alpaca Wool site
example. Linking up to a site that sells knitting supplies
would be helpful to your visitors, and the chances of the
knitting supply site wanting to link up to your site are
also greater. By linking to a related site that will be
relevant to your website’s traffic, you are increasing both
of your site’s business prospects – and both of your sites’
link popularity.

Not all sites want to link to other sites, so you will have
to do some research when you are looking for possible
linking partners. Google is an excellent starting place for
your search. Make sure you enter keywords that you think
quality customers will also enter to find your own site.
Remember, your criteria are quality, highly ranked,
non-competing websites that have a links or resources page.
Go to these sites and objectively assess them. Look at the
quality of the product, the graphics, and the ease of use.
Then check out the other sites they are linked to, and
determine if your own site would fit in with the crowd.

When you decide you have found a good prospect, you must
set out to woo them. The first thing to do is to add a link
on your own links page to their site. This is an essential
first step; it shows good faith, and ups your chances
significantly of their reciprocity. After you have added
their link, you must contact the webmaster of their site.
Since this is almost always done by email, you want to make
sure it is immediately clear that your message is not junk
mail. This requires that you tell them right off the bat
that you have added a link to their page on your site. A
hook like this almost always insures the reader will read
on.

Next, be sure to be flattering and let them know how much
you appreciate their website. Make sure you emphasize that
you have actually visited their site, and that their site
is not just a random pick. Give them the address of your
links page, and ask them to check out the link for
themselves. It’s a good idea to mention that they will not
only benefit from the increased traffic your website will
direct their way, but you will also increase their link
popularity. Briefly, explain why link popularity is so
essential, but do this in a sentence or two so you don’t
sound like a professor! Finally, tell them you would
greatly appreciate if they would reciprocally add a link on
their own links page to your website.

Go through this process with as many appropriate sites as
you can find, bearing in mind the criteria of quality and
non-competitiveness. After you have emailed all relevant
sites, be sure to check these website frequently to see if
they have added a link to your page. Give it about a month,
and if no link appears, try another charming email. Then
give it another month, and if your site is still absent
from their links page, it’s time to remove their link from
your own links page. The only time you want to pursue a
link further than this is if you believe a site is crucial
to your link popularity and your business needs. Just
remember to keep all your communications complimentary and
cordial.

Then set up a schedule to check your ranking in search
engines frequently to see if your link popularity has
improved. This is not achievable in the blink of an eye. It
will take some time and a good deal of work. There is no
way around the labor-intensive quality of improving your
link popularity, which is why search engines regard it with
such importance.

By the way – make sure you have a beautiful, streamlined
site or you will never persuade anyone to link up to you.
Be prepared to keep plugging away at this process, as long
as it takes, until you achieve link popularity stardom!

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The kind of visitors that you need are those who are interested already in the content and products you have to offer. Those who will benefit the most from what your website has to offer.

This is the reason why your visitors should be highly targeted ones. Now, you may be wondering, what is the best way to get targeted website traffic directed to your site?

Here are 5 tips that provide effective techniques to increase your web site traffic.

1. Search engine optimization. This should be first and foremost in your mind. Whichever way you put it, in the online world, search engine rules. To be known in this business is to be recognized by major search engines. Your site needs optimization in these search engines. Know the importance of links and site tactics.

2. RSS. Blogs and RSS feeds go hand in hand. Since more people are into blogs, website owners are finding that this has become a valuable tool in getting website traffic. Once you input RSS feeds into your blogs, expect a great number of targeted website traffic to come pouring into your site.

3. Viral marketing. One way of getting more website traffic is by giving out freebies to your visitors. Consumers come running at the first sign of something free. Many websites offer free reports that their visitors can download and be able to use.

One example of a freebie that can bring a lot of website traffic is updated report and tutorials on using software like RSS for all kinds of website.

The viral marketing techniques you should are the ones, which you can brand with a link to the company and that can pass around with no trouble at all. Programs that goes with what your site is all about is another viral marketing suggestion you may want to consider.

4. Article marketing. This works big-time. Whenever article marketing is used, major changes for the better have been made on many websites. Not only were website traffic increased, the profits are also doubled. Article marketing is an effective means of getting targeted visitors into your site.

Submit your articles to article directories and published on websites. Before you know it, your content will be displayed on various websites and read by customers who would even be attracted to what you are offering.

The technique in article marketing is to write quality and informative articles that focus on your niche market. Publishers are always on the search for fresh new contents. Once they see your articles, they would want to use them in their publications. When this happens, your link popularity will be given a boost along with your search engine rankings.

When writing articles, look for the right keywords to target. They should then match the topic of your site. It is best to try and use keywords that have very high traffic but with low competition from existing websites.

5. Ezines. This is for those who have ezines. You can building up a huge opt-in list of subscribers to your ezine in order to bring in more website traffic to your site.

Use your ezine to give out tips and suggestions to your readers. When you have built up a good relationship with your readers, they will remain faithful to you and try to come back for more of what you have to offer.

Your ezine should be directly related to the topic of your site and gives information that will be very much helpful. You will realize that once you continuously manage your site based on a single focus, you will be regarded as an expert on that field. When you are considered an expert, visitors will come looking for you to seek out ideas and suggestions.

There are other sources of website traffic that can work well also but not as effective as the ones mentioned above. Examples of these are forums.

Website traffic is a continuous process that website owners have to maintain. Try to use these techniques that the experts have found to be beneficial. Or you can think up others ways of for your own.

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