6 Unique Ways to Get Instant Links to your Site

bhartzer · #1 (**permalink**) 08-20-2008, 06:17 PM

It seems as though everyone wants something done quickly, or nearly instantly. We want success quickly. We want to be successful online and we want to get links to our web sites quickly. We want traffic to our web sites quickly.

There are many reasons why you would want to get an "influx" of links to one particular article on your web site. Perhaps it's a blog post. Perhaps it's just a new web site and a brand new domain name and you "want to do something" to jumpstart it somehow. I've put together a list of six things you can do right now to get nearly "instant links" to your web site. In many cases these six "techniques" of getting links are nearly automated, so your link will show up almost as fast as you can go check to see if it's really there. Some other techniques I've listed below are faster; and some require that you actually create some content (like writing a few blog entries).

I am not making any sort of "guarantees" at all whether or not these work or whether or not they're completely "white hat", meaning that if <a href="http://www.mattcutts.com">Matt Cutts</a> from Google picks up on it he won't have problem with it. And I haven't tested each and every one of these to see if the "links count" at all the search engines. In any case, though, there are legitimate reasons as to why you would want to get a link quickly. One reason I can think of right now is that you need to get a URL crawled quickly; especially when you're going to syndicate the content on other web sites. Duplicate content can be a real issue nowadays, and it's important to make sure that the content our site gets crawled first.

Here are fix ways to get nearly instant links to your web site:

1. Submit site to get-listed-quickly directories.

OneMission.com
Sign up as an editor, then add links in appropriate categories. Top level categories are better, not many links from home page
oneMission.com - the user-built directory

Easy Link Directory
A bid for placement web directory, submit a link to your site and bid to for placement; lowest bid is only $1.
http://www.easlinktrade.com/

2. Add your own blog at a few sites:

Start a blog. Unique content, link out to trusted sites, add tags, to posts with appropriate keywords
WordPress.com » Get a Free Blog Here

Start a Squidoo Lens on your topic.
Squidoo Homepage

Start a weather blog at Wunderground.com
Start a blog (choose free option) and
Wunder Blog Directory : Weather Underground

Other places to add your own content:
hubpages.com
zimbio.com

3. Add the link to your social media accounts.

Add a link to your social media accounts that you've already set up.
StumbleUpon
Del.icio.us/delicious.com
google.com/bookmarks
wirefan.com'
simpy.com
folkd.com
blogmarks.net
corank.com
megite.com/discover
dropjack.com
a1-webmarks.com
jumpup.intuit.com
spicypages.com

If you have the option available to you, consider adding "link bait" type articles, content to the web site and use the social media sites to help promote that content.

4. Add your site to new social media profiles.
If you plan on using the new social media profile in the future, then it might make sense to set up social media profiles for the site. There's a good list of social media sites at Social bookmarking services poster and community websites submitter: digg.com reddit.com netscape.com propeller.com Del.icio.us Stumbleupon.com etc..

5. Check for broken links at Web Directories
Check for broken links. Use a dead link checker to check for sites that are listed in the category where you want to be listed. Sometimes you can find a domain name that is listed (or one that you can buy) and redirect to your site with a 301 Permanent Redirect.
dir.yahoo.com
business.com
dmoz.org

Besides the Yahoo! Directory, Business.com, and DMOZ.org, there are most likely other authoritative sites or in your niche that list sites in your niche. Run a dead link checker script on those pages to find domain names, sites of formely competitive sites on your topic. Watch out for domain names that have trademarks, don't register those. Whether or not you actually get credit for those directory links is questionable, though. Once a domain name drops (goes pending delete) and is available, I tend to see them removed from the Google index. If you're after a directory listing, though, this may be an option if you don't want to wait or pay for the directory listing fee (some are as much as $299).

Here are a few broken link checker scripts:
Xenu - Find broken links on your site with Xenu's Link Sleuth (TM)
404 Checker - Link Checker
Dead Links - Free Online Broken Link Checker: Site Wide! no more 1 by 1 pages

6. Make useful comments on some dofollow blogs. Here's a list of some dofollow blogs (blogs that have removed the "nofollow" tag on their blog comments. Keep in mind that you really DO need to make a useful comment (especially on my blog) because most of these (if not all of them) are moderated. If you want a link from my blog, make a useful comment on a *recent* post, not one from 6 months or a year ago.

Comment Hunt - CommentHunt.com - Get Links from High Page Rank DoFollow Blogs
Do Follow Blogs - Do Follow Blogs Directory
Courtney Tuttle DoFollow blogs - D-List | Court's Internet Marketing School - How To Make Money Online
Link Building Bible - DoFollow Diver - The Premier DoFollow Blogs Search Engine

Like I mentioned before, there are many reasons why you would want to links to a site quickly; and you easily force a search engine crawl of your site by doing any of these things. I tend to prefer to do as many as I can, especially when it comes to a brand new domain name or when I need a link to an article or press release on a site that I know is going to get "syndicated" somewhere. Hopefully this list is helpful. If you know of any other ways to get a link that I haven't mentioned, feel free to comment about it.

chowell · #2 (**permalink**) 08-20-2008, 08:27 PM

Bill, these are some great ideas that you've presented; several a bit out of the box.

Great post.

bhartzer · #3 (**permalink**) 08-21-2008, 09:55 AM

What I didn't mention is the fact that you can use these for "reputation management" purposes, as well. For example, if there are a few sites in the search results that you want to "move down" or "move to the 2nd page", then you would want to concentrate on getting links to the "good" results. You can use a few of these tactics to get links to them.

wdillsmith · #4 (**permalink**) 08-21-2008, 11:12 AM

Hubpages.com is similar to squidoo if you decide to try that route.

bhartzer · #5 (**permalink**) 08-21-2008, 02:15 PM

Quote:

Hubpages.com is similar to squidoo if you decide to try that route.

Actually, I recommend that you "try" all those routes. Create content on "all of them", as there are even others that are worth pursuing. Didn't mention all of them, just a few.

chowell · #6 (**permalink**) 08-21-2008, 07:02 PM

I think Google Knol also joins this list.

krisidious · #7 (**permalink**) 08-21-2008, 07:04 PM

I always click on these "how to get some links" links...
and usually get and always expect the same thing over and over...

however these tips were pretty unique and very helpful... thanks for the article...

cbosleeds · #8 (**permalink**) 08-22-2008, 04:35 AM

The tip about finding expired domain names that have existing links to them is excellent and very foxy indeed. I did pick up one domain name with a few existing relevant links in this way once, but I have to admit I've never considered going out and strategically hunting for them.

Great to have all this information in one place - even if you're aware already of most of what's there, it makes a great action plan!

cbosleeds · #9 (**permalink**) 08-22-2008, 04:37 AM

Oh, before I forget - there's another broken link checker here: XML Sitemap Tool for Google Yahoo MSN - this is probably the most accurate one I've come across.

iany · #10 (**permalink**) 08-22-2008, 05:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bhartzer

Dead Links - Free Online Broken Link Checker: Site Wide! no more 1 by 1 pages

Good stuff here, however, I just tried the above checker and it found 11 not vaild links. On clicking each link in report, they went to intended destination.

Ian

inertia · #11 (**permalink**) 08-22-2008, 06:12 AM

Some great tips there. The domain dropping thing tho!? Shhhh!

Here's a few links which I think can add to your post:

Link Building Methods

Backlink Builder

Do Follow Blog Search

YOUmoz | Linkbuilding Tips for Small Business - Linkbuild Your Way to Success Before You've Even Started - FOR THE DARK GREY HATTERS!

Peace!

EDIT: Facebook worked really well for one of my clients recently. Helped me establish about a dozen new contacts who were more than happy to exchange blog roll links and they were willing to do guest blog posts as well!

Oooh! Another few tip! Search Google for allinurl:contact "insert target keyword" and send loads of emails out which follow this format:

greet
praise their site (kiss arse!)
inform them of yours and what your trying to do (make it sound like a non sales approach)
ask them to give you the benefit of their superior knowledge and review your site. (kiss arse!)
ask for link (dont specify where)
offer something in return
give thanks for their time

This is a general list and should be changed depending on the nature of the site and the request. Sometimes it's better not to mention linking at all in the first email.

Most wont reply but the ones who do will be great links!

dubbing · #12 (**permalink**) 08-22-2008, 07:06 AM

excellent post Bill...

Quote:

Check for broken links at Web Directories
Check for broken links. Use a dead link checker to check for sites that are listed in the category where you want to be listed. Sometimes you can find a domain name that is listed (or one that you can buy) and redirect to your site with a 301 Permanent Redirect.

wouldnt such multiple 301s be deemed as spam by S.Es?
is there a cap on such re-redirects?
is it ok to re-direct them from different server/ip ?

littlegiant · #13 (**permalink**) 08-22-2008, 09:49 AM

Wow... Not just one but several lists of dofollow blogs. Thanks!

cbosleeds · #14 (**permalink**) 08-22-2008, 10:00 AM

There's another list of dofollow resources here if anyone needs it: Do follow blogs and resources - the bumper list

bhartzer · #15 (**permalink**) 08-22-2008, 11:45 AM

Quote:

wouldnt such multiple 301s be deemed as spam by S.Es?
is there a cap on such re-redirects?
is it ok to re-direct them from different server/ip ?

Are you saying that the search engines would have a problem with me owning more than one domain name and redirecting them to my current web site? I know several companies who own thousands of domain names and 301 redirect them to their current existing web site.

Using a 301 Permanent Redirect to redirect domain names that own is perfectly fine. It does not have to be redirected from another server, it can be redirected from the same IP address.

inertia · #16 (**permalink**) 08-22-2008, 11:54 AM

I think what he's saying is that the practice of buying up old domains and 301ing them to your own site is black hat.

But how exactly would the SEs know? Its another one of those practices that the SEs cannot penalise because people would go out buy old URLs and 301 them to competitors sites.

bhartzer · #17 (**permalink**) 08-22-2008, 12:15 PM

Quote:

buying up old domains and 301ing them to your own site is black hat.

Black hat? I would not think of that tactic as "black hat" at all. In fact, companies buy other companies all the time: they buy their competitors. And along with those acquisitions come domain names. So, if Burger King bought McDonald's then would you expect that Burger King's website/domain name to redirect to the McDonald's website?

Quote:

SEs cannot penalise because people would go out buy old URLs and 301 them to competitors sites

If you bought old URLs and redirected them to competitors you would actually be helping those competitors, not hurting them. So, I don't understand why someone would want to do that?

briguy · #18 (**permalink**) 08-22-2008, 02:27 PM

Thanks as lot for this thread bhartzer..especially the new ways and tips to promote my site/blogs and

Quote:

Originally Posted by bhartzer

If you bought old URLs and redirected them to competitors you would actually be helping those competitors, not hurting them. So, I don't understand why someone would want to do that?

First thought that comes to mind is about someone buying old URLs andusing them to hurt competitors is someone buying "adult domains with bad histories" and redirecting them to a competitor especially if the competitor is "non adult related".

Anyway thanks again and looking forward for more tips!

bhartzer · #19 (**permalink**) 08-22-2008, 05:03 PM

Quote:

buying "adult domains with bad histories" and redirecting them to a competitor especially if the competitor is "non adult related".

That brings up a good point. It does not have to be an "adult" domain or a former adult site that could hurt a competitor.

Let's look at this scenario:
Site A is a competitor of Site B. Site A and Site B are both in the same industry, let's say they're in healthcare (as an example).

Site A has 200 backlinks and Site B has 150 backlinks. They rank 1st and 2nd for their major keywords.

Site B buys a few domain names that are automotive-type domains. Those automotive domains have 1000 backlinks, mostly automotive links (no healthcare links). Site B redirects those auto sites to his competitor, Site A.

Since Site A's backlinks are now primarily automotive backlinks, and not healthcare backlinks, Site A's links are not about healthcare, they're primarily automotive.

Could this hurt Site A's rankings?

dubbing · #20 (**permalink**) 08-22-2008, 08:09 PM

* buying relvant links would be good....but wouldnt there be a certain "cap" after which S.E would look at it spam?

lets say "healthcare" related 100000000 domains (assumption) in general

Site A has natural 10 links & site B is a new company ...both in health care....

assuming site B keeps on buying related links over years....wouldnt the large of re-directions reflect as spam to S.Es ?

*I was told that re-directing (301) from different server/ip would still make old domains appear in SERPs

bhartzer · #21 (**permalink**) 08-23-2008, 08:21 PM

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I was told that re-directing (301) from different server/ip would still make old domains appear in SERPs

I do not think that is true. It shouldn't matter where you redirect the domain from (which server), as long as it's a 301 Permanent Redirect.

A 301 is a 301 is a 301. Which nameserver the domain is on doesn't matter at all.

sheena · #22 (**permalink**) 09-10-2008, 03:51 AM

That was a great list to get instant links to your site. You can also try using the do follow forums, and do follow social bookmarking.

techknowl.com · #23 (**permalink**) 09-14-2008, 05:45 AM

But do these social networking sites has a back link value?? also for a noob its very difficult to get approved by directories unless they pay..
Anyway thanks for the list

inertia · #24 (**permalink**) 09-15-2008, 07:57 AM

Since reading some of the posts about buying old domains and 301ing them to your own i decided to dig a bit deeper. I found a few articles which suggest that when domains change hand all the links are devalued. I have since decided that this is BS as there are 100s of legitimate reasons for a domain to change ownership and devaluing links due to this would be very harsh.

Matt Cutts says a few things which relate to the topic but he keeps quiet about the issue as well. I did find this on Yet Another Matt Cutts Video Post | TheVanBlog | Van SEO Design

Quote:

One of the questions asked about purchasing an older domain name and redirecting it to the current business site. While the question wasn’t phrased this way I get the feeling the real question was could you take advantage of links pointing to an older domain that has just become available. Some have theorized making use of older domains as a way to avoid the mythical sandbox or to take advantage of the existing links for an older domain. Matt’s answer was interesting in that he said as long as the links to the old domain were related to the new business everything would be fine, but buying a poker domain for example can cause problems if you’re using it now for your shoe site. I think the key here is to do a little research before purchasing an expiring domain. While you may be able to inherit some of the positives associated with that domain you can also inherit some of the negatives. Buying a domain that had been banned in the recent past would probably leave your site banned as well.

As usual, nothing concrete, "buying a poker domain for example can cause problems" - what problems, the sort of problems that come from link value being neutralised or more serious de-indexing problems? So should I buy old poker domains and 301 them to my competitors? I think the lack of literature from Matt on this topic shows that Google can do little to penalise this practice (which is essentially link buying).

Quote:

Originally Posted by bhartzer

Since Site A's backlinks are now primarily automotive backlinks, and not healthcare backlinks, Site A's links are not about healthcare, they're primarily automotive.

I dont believe this would cause any problems for site A, whose on site content will still have no relation to auto-motives. Surely masses of unrelated links are worth very little and as a result the relevant links are still the main juice.

dubbing · #25 (**permalink**) 09-15-2008, 08:07 AM

good "dig" inertia.....but my Q would be .....

*wouldnt there be a cap on such domain buying? for e.g lets consider healthcare sector

lets say "healthcare" related 100000000 domains (assumption) in general

Site A has natural 10 links & site B is a new company ...both in health care....

assuming site B keeps on buying related links over years....wouldnt the large of re-directions reflect as spam to S.Es ?

shouldnt there be "cap" on buying such domains ?

*301 essentially pass the page-rank.....lets say a company has PR of 6 & just requires such old domains to boost traffic(revelant)....& the PR of such old domains may be below 6.....in such cases would 301 would still be advisable ? or a simple dns fwd would suffice ?

govindseo · #26 (**permalink**) 09-23-2008, 07:24 AM

very good tips thanks for sharing......

Thanks!

inertia · #27 (**permalink**) 09-23-2008, 08:06 AM

Just to add a little tip to this thread. Make sure you gleam as much company history from clients as possible.

We built a new site for a client recently. We asked him if he had any old domains but he blatantly didn't know, or he'd forgotten. I have since found 5 old domains which they own - they have PR, loads of links and a decent history. These domains would have gone to the dogs if i hadnt "stumbled" across them.

Now it turns out that over the years our client has purchased quite a few smaller companies, including their websites. The new site we built has popped into the rankings on page 5 for their big keywords and considering the domain is young, has little to no links or PR I'm putting my money on it being down to the old domains which we have just 301d to the new site.

Quote:

*301 essentially pass the page-rank.....lets say a company has PR of 6 & just requires such old domains to boost traffic(revelant)....& the PR of such old domains may be below 6.....in such cases would 301 would still be advisable ? or a simple dns fwd would suffice ?

It doesnt matter what PR the domain that is redirected has for 2 reasons. If they bring traffic who cares about PR - would you rather have PR or traffic? The second reason being, if they have some PR (even less than 1) isnt it still worth forwarding that PR to the new domain? What about the trust from that domain as well? Although i dont think trust is passed through 301s in the same way as links.

nixwebo · #28 (**permalink**) 09-24-2008, 11:53 AM

Thanks for the great post! I will start putting many of these to work for me immediately. I have a lot of traffic going to most of my sites already but as far as website traffic goes, the more the merrier right? I hope others make use of your knowledge as well.

dubbing · #29 (**permalink**) 09-24-2008, 12:22 PM

Quote:

Although i dont think trust is passed through 301s in the same way as links

301 essentially creates a transfer of PR & not links...links have to be manually changed....

myx20 · #30 (**permalink**) 10-08-2008, 08:32 PM

This post is nice. I'm fond of reading this kind of post. It gives me a light bulb (new idea hehe

) Thanks for this nice post.

Question:

Why forums signature isn't included in the list?

links.robber · #31 (**permalink**) 10-14-2008, 04:26 PM

Great post and knowledge full post.

Thanks dear

inertia · #32 (**permalink**) 10-14-2008, 05:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dubbing

301 essentially creates a transfer of PR & not links...links have to be manually changed....

This is wrong and i can prove it. The company that i mentioned in my post above have started to show links to the 301d domains in Google Webmaster Tools - i promise you of that.

dubbing · #33 (**permalink**) 10-14-2008, 05:43 PM

Maybe the someone changed the links manually.....just 301ing wouldnt automatically change the links....

inertia · #34 (**permalink**) 10-14-2008, 06:01 PM

Trust me dude! Ill PM you the proof...

dubbing · #35 (**permalink**) 10-14-2008, 06:18 PM

lets check.....I still cant fathom how 301 can automatically change all the links....

if that was true....google would have bought all dead domains & 301-ed to itself

inertia · #36 (**permalink**) 10-14-2008, 06:26 PM

Why would the biggest search engine in the world buy old domains? I dont think they need the PR or the traffic personally. A link is a reguest - the 301 is the response which says this page has permenantly moved here to which the request hits the new page and a 200 response is returned sayin "yep im over here"...and the connection between the initial request and the new URL is created!

dubbing · #37 (**permalink**) 10-15-2008, 05:01 AM

what I am saying is the backlinks wont update by themselves.....one has to change it manually....

what you are saying is the new page/url will be indexed by 301.....yes....& it can be indexed by other means as well...

inertia · #38 (**permalink**) 10-15-2008, 05:26 AM

What im saying is if the 301 is in place then you dont need to change them manually. Ever!

dubbing · #39 (**permalink**) 10-15-2008, 05:34 AM

still awaiting for PM........

how would you or (SE) change them manually? if you dont have access to them first place.....actual links are spread on different pages

inertia · #40 (**permalink**) 10-15-2008, 05:48 AM

Bloody hell man! Read my post again...

The search engine doesn't change them. You don't change them. There is no need for anyone, anywhere to manually change them because the 301 does what is needed without the code being changed. I dont know how i can make this any clearer...?

Ill PM you.

dubbing · #41 (**permalink**) 10-15-2008, 05:55 AM

welll...thats the status code...you are talking about....the backlinks are still there ... !

will talk in PM

full house · #42 (**permalink**) 10-17-2008, 02:41 AM

does the main point is to submit your site to fast approval directories?

kohc0004 · #43 (**permalink**) 01-16-2009, 12:14 PM

Thanks for the sharing the information. Some other great ways in link building is to create a css style site design.

Submit to css galleries sites and cool sites for website reviews. You will get plenty of quality backlink and traffic.

Another powerful way is to create a widget. Submit your widget and when someone uses it, you get a backlink. It works pretty viral.....

Create a program or software and submit to download sites which I have shared in a forum post. Another powerful method is creating pdf articles or reports with your links in it. Then submit to content sharing sites. These method are google friendly in the sense that the link is found with content.

Regards,
Jerry

onlineshine · #44 (**permalink**) 01-19-2009, 06:46 AM

According to my experience, Submitting our website in high PR Social Bookmarks, Networks, Directories, relevant Forums, Relevant Blogs, Articles, Press Releases, Reciprocal linking with related high PR websites would be of help in building more back links. Also, if we can make sure building guaranteed back links a minimum of 25-30 on a daily basis would help in improving the SERPs and PR.

Toni Anicic · #45 (**permalink**) 01-19-2009, 07:43 AM

I love the idea on number 5 (buying expired domains found in relevant categories in major directories), it's really rear to find some new useful information on link building and this one was out of the box!

nickoran · #46 (**permalink**) 04-20-2009, 07:39 AM

Really good advice, im working through all of the tips above for a client at the moment, really could do with organising this lot into an excel list or something for the future

Richardr · #47 (**permalink**) 05-11-2009, 08:16 PM

I have posted blog comments at blog posts that are more than 6 months old but you say not to do so. Is there a google prohibition on that or just not good form. Most of the time I don't bother to try to post a comment unless there is recent activity - within the last 2-4 weeks. Other wise the comment is discarded.
I guess my question is should I not post on a blog post over 6 months old and why?

nickseo · #48 (**permalink**) 05-12-2009, 05:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richardr

I have posted blog comments at blog posts that are more than 6 months old but you say not to do so. Is there a google prohibition on that or just not good form. Most of the time I don't bother to try to post a comment unless there is recent activity - within the last 2-4 weeks. Other wise the comment is discarded.
I guess my question is should I not post on a blog post over 6 months old and why?

There isnt a google prohibition (that i know of at least) and i dont see any reason for not posting in blogs that old except that your link may not be there very long.

jordy3738 · #49 (**permalink**) 06-12-2009, 08:02 AM

Content that is worthy of linking to will generate tons of links, effortlessly too. I started a site in December and Yahoo recognized it as authority site and gave me over 500 links.

williamc · #50 (**permalink**) 06-12-2009, 08:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kohc0004

I openly declare here that I am trying to target the keyword "personal growth development". Initially, I thought its a pretty easy competitor with only 3 inbound links. Normally, I only check the #1 rank competitor's site. But as I looked down, I'm surprise that my other competitors having more content, higher PR, website optimized and containing thousands of inbound links! What caught me shock was these competitors are not #1!

It does not have anything to do with relevency. You are simply not seeing all the links the #1 listing actually has. Either they were not yet indexed due to it being a fairly new website, or they are using tactics such as 301's from an older linked site. And you are correct, if you do not know this already, you know very little about SEO.

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