Promoting Your Website: 10 Quick Link Building Activities

February 23rd, 2009 by Daniel Kane

by Daniel Z. Kane

It is no secret. The more links you can obtain, the higher your site will rank in Google, Yahoo, and MSN. Not all website owners, however, are aware of how many ways there are to obtain links.

These ten activities frequently produce excellent results.

1. Submit your site to directories. There are well over 1,000. Some require a reciprocal link or payment, but most are free.

2. Submit your site to online classified ad pages. Most are either free or very inexpensive.

3. Initiate link swaps with other website owners. Seek out those whose sites are on subjects related to yours, but avoid contacting competitors.

4. Podcast. You really need not be a techie to do it.

5. Submit videos to video sites.

6. Register at social bookmarking and other social sites.

7. Issue press releases. A quick search will yield lots of advice on how to do it, and services and software that can help. It is much easier than it sounds.

8. Blog. It’s almost a must. Link from your blog to your website.

9. Do some article writing, and distribute your articles to article distribution sites. There are lots of services and sotware tools to help automate the process. This is the single fastest single way to obtain lots of links. Can’t write? Do a search for “article writers”.

10. Post on forums and comment on blog sites. Caution; do not spam.

There you have it…10 quick ways to get links to your websites. Try as many as you can and you’re almost certain to see good results.

About the Author:

Daniel Z. Kane is a university dean and the creator of several higher education websites on scholarships, online degrees, financial aid, accelerated online degree programs, and career education.