Get New Inbound Links

Link building is an important step when striving to improve your website ranking,  because good inbound links from authoritative websites with appropriate anchor text can make the difference in your rankings.

But link building is not as easy as it appears to be. Link building involves market research, competitive analysis, in depth analysis of potential links and requires  a good ability to sell when asking people for links. However, by the end of this article you will discover new ways of increasing your link popularity, all because you will learn how to use Advanced Link Manager more effectively when conducting link building campaigns.

There are different types of links, which can range in quality and there are different ways to get them. Here are some important link sources and a briefly explained way to get them:

• Links from authority websites – These links should be your start point in a link building campaign because they can make the difference in you rankings
• Directory links – Try to stick to the most important ones, like Yahoo Directory, DMOZ, Best of the Web, Business.com and also add some  industry specific directories (you can search for those using your industry specific keyword and “directory”)
• Blogs – Links from relevant blogs with targeted anchor text will add value to your link popularity
• Online PR – Can have good value if you can use the targeted anchor text
• Links from your partners or friends – Ask your partners and friends to link to your website and again use targeted anchor text
• Review links – Companies producing software can get review links which can be obtained just because you are well known or by offering incentives

Conducting an analysis of your competitors and trying to get links from their referrers can also help you improve your link popularity. This will result in securing you a higher rank in search engines.

Now that you know what types of links you can obtain and have an idea where to get them from, let’s see how you can do it. Continue reading →