Top 10 Ways to Improve Your Site’s “Link Pop”
- Post comments on message boards and discussion groups. Be sure to make useful, relevant statements based on the topics being discussed. Comments that only contain a link will usually be deleted or banned. By making valuable contributions, people will want to check out what else you have to say.
- Give awards to sites you find especially outstanding. Include a graphic and a link to your website with the award title.
- You can simply email other webmasters and ask them to link to your site. Describe how your site will benefit their readers, and provide a pre-coded HTML link they can paste into their site.
- Blogs have a lot of power. Don’t underestimate them. Talk to bloggers about linking to your website and posting about it. Bloggers are constantly seeking new content, and the blogging community is ever-growing.
- You can write a site review and send a link to the site’s webmaster. An opportunity to advertise a great testimonial is too good to pass up, right?
- Start a contest to sell ad space on your newsletter if your site distributes one. Advertise a website in your publication to sites that give you free links.
- Write free articles for an article directory (search “article directory” in Yahoo! or Google for submission options). Your work can be read and published for free this way. Don’t forget to include a link to your site in your Bio Box. Provide a clause that allows the article to be reprinted for free as long as the Bio Box is included. As a result, when people reprint your work, you will be able to quickly add extra links to your page.
- Write to webmasters and compliment their sites. Usually, they will include your kind words in a testimonial section, and a link to your site will add credibility to the quote.
- Create your own reciprocal linking campaign. Send an email to webmasters of quality, relevant sites you want your readers to see. Choose wisely! Describe how your site will benefit their readers, and how prominently their link will appear. Include a pre-made HTML link to your website that can be easily copied and pasted.
- Get your website listed in as many directories as you can. Directories are the best way to gain targeted traffic to your site, according to webmasters. When your site is listed in a directory, users will view it as a reliable resource tailored specifically to their search criteria. You can submit your website quickly to hundreds of Link Directories by using an ink Directory Submitter.
