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31 Tips on Gaining Links

Category: Web Development Author: Gary R. Hess

Everyone wants links, but most of the time bloggers only tell half the story. There are many ways to go about your link hunting adventure.

Here is a list of 31 ways to gain links.

  1. Comment on blogs (dofollow and nofollow, doesn’t matter)
  2. Use a signature in forums
  3. Profile links (Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Lookup.com)
  4. Bookmark sites (Mister Wong, Delicious, Magnolia)
  5. Link exchange
  6. Ask blogs for links
  7. Pay for links
  8. Pay for Reviews
  9. Create an excellent resource page
  10. Create something funny
  11. Write great content
  12. Create a widget
  13. Create extensions/plugins
  14. Entrecard drop (on sites with top 10s)
  15. Use social media (Digg, Reddit, StumbleUpon)
  16. Write an article and submit it to article directories
  17. Submit your site to website directories
  18. Submit your blog to blog directories
  19. Submit your feed to RSS directories
  20. Twitter it
  21. Use trackbacks
  22. Link to other blogs
  23. Guest blog

Unique ways

  1. Write an eBook and give it away for free. Submit it to directories.
  2. Create a podcast. Submit it to directories.
  3. Hold a local convention
  4. Hold contests
  5. Give out a scholarship
  6. Create a web design
    • give it away for free with a link in the footer
    • submit it to wordpress design directories
    • submit it to CSS Garden
  7. Create hubs at Hubpage
  8. Create a page at Squidoo

There are many more ways to gain links, the sky is the limit. The most important tip to remember is be unique. Uniqueness will find links by itself.

Written: Sep 3, 2008

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7 Responses to "31 Tips on Gaining Links"

  • adieska
    September 3, 2008 @ 10:35 pm

    nice list… thanks for share it bro…

  • Jim Estill
    September 5, 2008 @ 3:16 pm

    Never under rate the obvious. Write good content.

  • callcentergal
    September 10, 2008 @ 4:13 am

    Thanks for that list. I also agree with Jim, everyone loves something interesting to read. ;)

  • bagus
    September 11, 2008 @ 11:06 am

    I just do commenting and social media website method..basically content is the king right? so I also agree with Jim :)

  • horisly
    October 28, 2008 @ 6:46 am

    Great content is the top tip, with great content then many things will come.

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    December 26, 2008 @ 2:14 am

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  • Miley Cyrus
    February 5, 2009 @ 7:58 pm

    Im taking your advice and commenting on a blog. Your blog. Thanks for the cool list.