Don’t necessarily knock off blog commenting, just because of nofollow. The link may not give you any PR juice, but other readers can (and do follow) the link to see what you are about.

A long term commenter can end up being offered the chance to do a guest post. Just make sure whenever and wherever you are adding comments that they are relevant and add to the discussion.

cd :O)

Think you have covered most link building strategies here. Submitting exe-files (make an exe-file out of your ebook) to software directories is another approach to viral link building.

I use mostly article marketing and press releases. But I like to mix it up occasionally by making blog comments/posts, social bookmarks, and making pages with squidoo and other web 2.0 sites. Another popular and effective backlink strategy is high page rank profile links. They can be hard to find sometimes especially in a small niche but you simple create a profile after registering to their site and see if you can leave your link in the profile or about me section, some will be follow links you can even ad anchor text for supreme seo! Cheers!

hmm making forum profiles with backlinks in them are used by many and at least a couple of automated scripts’7programs..
i wounder if that page is greyed out on google toolbar pagerankindicator dows it help (the main forum has hig pr and do follow)?

We have seen the fastest results coming from text link brokers. By choosing the right links we have been able to increase link popularity by 1000′s in just a few days.

Not every niche has the right links to generate these results, but if you are in a niche that does, hat’s off the fastest and most effective in increasing page rank and getting top 10 in major search engines.

We also publish videos on numerous video sites. In addition to getting traffic as a result of these videos, each page also has a backlink to our site with our pre-defined anchor text.

As an add on to article marketing I also leave comments on articles from Ezine articles. You can leave your URL and it does not seem to have the no follow rule set.

Here are some of my preferred methods

A network of mini blogs, hubs etc linking into each other once then into the main blog at the centre of the hub.

Question sites to answer specific questions in respect of a topic directed back to a blog post which has the answer

Articles should be submitted to multiple sites to get the max exposure so a degree of automation is needed here

Videos with appropriate tags to your target sites have to be a consideration but again should be sent to multiple video submission sites with an App such as Tube Mogul.

Maps of each of your sites should be susmitted to search engines to help with directory submissions.

And I could go on all day……..

Good post by the way

Perhaps this might be an old trick that is natural and white hat SEO regarding building quality backlinks, however here is what I recently started doing:

1. I used the following codes to find relevant high quality blogs/forums regarding my niche.

site:.com inurl:blog “post a comment” -”comments closed” -”you must be logged in” “ADD YOUR KEYWORD”

site:.org inurl:blog “post a comment” -”comments closed” -”you must be logged in” “ADD YOUR KEYWORD”

site:.edu inurl:blog “post a comment” -”comments closed” -”you must be logged in” “ADD YOUR KEYWORD”

site:.gov inurl:blog “post a comment” -”comments closed” -”you must be logged in” “ADD YOUR KEYWORD”

2. Once you choose a code add your keyword(s) in the “ADD YOUR KEYWORD” section.

3. Then, when you find blogs/forums to comment, you can either comment or copy & paste the url to a software program like “fast blog finder” to make sure the blog is a “do follow” blog. I’m sure their are other programs, however the program based on your keyword search determines which blogs are “no follow and do follow” so that you won’t waste your time. It’s not auto-generated regarding comments, therefore you do have to manually write your own comments etc.

4. Once you have submitted blog do the following:

A. Copy the URL of the page you commented on into the “Website/URL” field.

B. Give it a title (a brief summary of your content is good, or if you want to play it ultra-safe just enter the name of the site).

C. Select a category (not necessary but it doesn’t hurt).

D. Choose your ping services (I just select them all).
click the “Submit” button and you’re done!

Once you’ve pinged the pages you’ve commented on, you’re done!
Within a few hours (or possibly just a few minutes), Google will spider the site you commented on, find your link and give your page credit for a high-quality in-bound link.

Once all 10 links are found by Google and credited to you (which shouldn’t take more than a few days), you should start to see your site climbing in the rankings.

That’s It?

Regards,

Hugo

I agree with a lot of the points on this posting… I also go to the websites like Google Profiles (PR10) to create backlinks. This is very easy o do and it only takes a few minutes to create an account and add your links. One quick way of getting backlinks on a PR10 website.

I have been using blog commenting strategy in the last few months and have seen great results; my page rank has moved from zero to 1 and traffic rank from millions to hundred thousand and do have free visitors from 500 to 700 per day.
This method is cheaper, you pay $47 as a one off payment to the provider of this service and get 700 plus PR4-8 sources of high quality word press blogs. The trick here is to contribute positively other wise your comments will not be published.

Backlinks from Link Brokers are very expensive! I contracted one broker last year and paid $2999.95 for a period of 6 months… I did not see any good results from this strategy. After 6 months, canceled my membership.If it has worked for you, then good luck!

I use article marketing, forum marketing, blog commenting, social bookmarking sites, social networks and link directory submission (a little) to build my backlinks. Article marketing is good for I get traffic from article directories but I feel a little frustrated because at the beginning the page rank is always 0.
I especially like forum marketing and blog commenting for I can always learn some new stuff from others. As for backlinks, I prefer forum marketing and blog commenting for I do have higher page rank comments being approved and published.

Hi! Interesting things about how to build some backlinks. Most of them need for a lot of time but the most important things, is worth the time if you post regularly.

And most important is diversity. I think that would be a great way to prevent the search engines from thinking you are gaming the system.

Thanks for sharing this.

One good way to get some viral linking is to write an excellent article or preferably blog post but use a really strong related image or video which you have personally created to go along with the article. Be sure the image or video has proper alt and title tags along with a link to your site. You could possibly even draw a funny cartoon if you have the gift of drawing then scan the image and add it to your article. Next, you’ll send the article to your email list.

I see this commonly used in the religious arena. Somebody will write a religious passage or use one that speaks to many people but then they also add their own image or video with links to their own site. As the list of email addressees view their mail many of them will forward it onward if it really catches their attention.

The next think you know you’ll have relatives and friends forwarding it to everybody they know and the effect just keeps snowballing. Meanwhile your site is steadily building new links.

Another benefit for using this technique is that images are used widely by the three major search engines. In the example above, if somebody’s searching for a picture of an angel and the image you personally created for your article was a really cool picture which you drew of an angel it just might be the first image to pop up in their search. When the person searching clicks on your angel image they will then be taken to your site.

I am just learning how to do this so I appreciate all the help.It’s nice when your just starting out and somebody gives you a helping hand. I learn something every day and when I figure it out I can’t wait for the day I’ll be able to give a helping hand. Thanks again!
Sarah Vargo

Hi,
I am new to link building, however I have had my first go at it today and for a technophobe I have to say it waqs pretty straight forward.
The spinning took me a while and 2 attempts to get right but I got there.
I guess I will wait and see if the hype is all it is built up to be, For a free service I have to say I am impressed.

Heres hoping to a long beneficial relationship with http://www.freetrafficsystem.com

Shane

I look for ways to contextual, do-follow, relevant links that stick a long time, and ones that I’m allowed to use my own anchor text. Usually article marketing, blog content syndication (more so this method) allows for all of that…

I also do manual directory submissions to 100 general directories … and then find some niche specific directories.. I also use auto Social Bookmarking services, submit my RSS feeds around, social profiles… etc.

Diversity is key I’d say…

I find a really good thing to do is use article marketing as a base for my links. Once you have a bank of articles being distributed you just need to submit the odd ones to top up your banklink generation. This then gives time to concentrate getting some good blog posts and quality links to the site to help build the authority.

Mix it up with article marketing, Profile links work really well at the minute if you get them indexed, software directories, parasite hosting and social bookmarking are my bread and butter but I like to diversify and experiment.

Just started trying blog commenting, will let you know how it goes.

Thanks for the post and the open discussion will be coming back to check on people replies.

Dave

We actually just came up with our own variation on the above systems. We’re syndicating our content.

We run a horse racing site whereby people will be able to get daily, updated news articles appropriate to their blogs. In exchange, we gain links (and hopefully visitors) from their sites.

It’s a win win for both parties, and definitely counts as one way links.

You can see the site where we explain how the process works by clicking on my name above. I’d like to think that we’re the first ones to do this particular form of marketing.

Nice job Hugo, I’ve just tried those search strings and have found some real gems. Thanks

I have had great results using social directories and bookmarking sites. One of my favorite tools is onlywire. With one push of a button I can post my status to top site, like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace Digg and much more.

I also use article writing, social net working etc. Though blog commenting is a time consuming method I follow that too.

I’m using articles marketing.. Email marketing is one of the cheaper way to boost you PR, as well as getting free traffic. Commenting on blog also is the great way to get high ranking.

I have read so many e-books and webpages and each claiming this or that strategy is good or bad. The idea of the “nofollow” tag is still a little bit confusing. I published articles on hubpages, several social network services and blog comments having the “nofollow” tag yet in my google webmaster tools account I discovered that google listed those links. Any explanation for this?

My first experience with link brokers was bad so I quit because after you pay recurrent fees nothing happens. Directory submission services? Go round them and do it yourself.

My major linking strategy is blogs: my own blogs, free blogs and guest bloging.

Socialbookmarking has given my sites quite good rankings.

thanks for sharing almost everything in link building strategies. btw, blog commenting will be good when the link is dofollow. i found that blog powered by blogEngine is almost always dofollow..

So far I’m just experimenting with article publishing and directing taffic to income producing sites.
I am also using videos to help create lists

that’s a great list of SEO linkbuilding strategies… Personally I use Blog Commenting and Artilce Marketing as the primary strategies.

Wow Hugo(above),

I just tried that and it seems to work quite well. That’s a new tool in the box!

Good post, high PR blog commenting has always been my number 1 route but unfortunatly many of the blogs are spammed to death which means the amount of PR they pass can be pretty low.

this is good method, as for backlink, i prefer to commenting at blog to blog and even better to comment at blog with high PR that method give a high quality backlinks

I will also add the video marketing strategy, with videos you can also build one way back links from authority sites like youtube and other video sharing sites

These are some very useful linking strategies you have compiled.
I have been using the same search strings as Hugo and have had much success with them. I actually learned about them last year while following the 30 Day Challenge.
I also use Blog Talk Monitor to stay in the blogging loop..Look it up, it’s from the Blog Success Guys.
One of our best linking strategies has been using social and 2.0 sites. FB fan pages and the like can bring quite a few not to mention the followers you can get with quality postings and write ups.
For submissions, bookmarks and pinging services, I prefer automated services like TrafficBug and similar, that deliver on promises and save me from countless hours of doing these tedious tasks manually.
Article marketing on 2.0′s is also effective if you can connect with your readers and offer something of value that they may be willing to share.
One last thing I do and that’s not to say these are all I do but offering link exchanges with others in my niche and in related niches has shown lots of promise and brought in quite a few links. It’s a win win if you ask me.
Well there’s my few cents. Thanks Again and looking forward to reading what your other commentors come up with:)
Cheers from Wyo!

Great resource for link building methods. Though as an SEO myself, I always recommend content based link building strategies, since they are risk-free and absolutely high quality. link baiting, article submission, guest posting, web 2.0 contents and social bookmarking are the most that I personally suggest, since other link building methods might put your business at risk if marked as spam. But with the other techniques, blog commenting is the most that I find strong in both in bringing traffic to your site as well as in building strong relationships within your niche.

Regards,
Jason

hmm making forum profiles with backlinks in them are used by many and at least a couple of automated scripts’7programs..
i wounder if that page is greyed out on google toolbar pagerankindicator dows it help (the main forum has hig pr and do follow)?

Admin answer:

It all depends upon how you do the profile blasts. For example, we run our own forum profile backlink service where we not only create profiles, but also:

- ping them after profile creation
- RSS them after profile creation

This speeds up the indexing of the profile pages seriously and solve most of the problem that you are mentioning (which is a problem, of course, and thanks for bringing up this topic into the discussion).

Thanks for sharing almost everything in link building strategies. I use article submission, forum posting, blog commenting, social bookmarking sites, social networks and directory submission to build my back links. I use mostly article submisison. Article submission is good for i get traffic. Another popular and effective back link strategy is high page rank profile links.

Beautiful post. I use mostly article marketing and press released. But I like to mix it up occasionally by making blog comments/post, social bookmarking and making pages with squidoo and other web 2.0 sites. Thanks for the article.