50 ways to build links

Lets begin with the obvious ones. Don’t worry, there are 50 ways mentioned in this post. I think you will find some new ones.

1. Submit to website/blog directories.
2. Submit to article directories.
3. Forum signatures.
4. Forum profile links.
5. Make a thread with your site/blog link asking for a review.
6. Blog comments.
7. Blog user profile links. (some blogs give profile pages to registered users)
8. Guest posting. (Good one)
9. Social bookmarking links.
10. Social bookmark profile links.
11. Write Press release articles with linkback.
12. Attract links- Make lists. (like this one)
13. Attract links- Make How tos and tutorials.
14. Attract links- Interview someone big.
15. Attract links- Get on front page of digg.
16. Attract links- Write something New.
17. Attract links- Be an expert on something.
18. Attract links- Review something in trend.
19. Attract links- Make a contest.
20. Attract links- Give away freebies.
21. Attract links- Run a survey on something popular and publish results.
22. Attract links- Link to posts on others blogs with trackbacks enabled on them.
23. Attract links- Release something for free and ask for reviews with linkbacks.
24. Linkbait- Give away blog theme or site template with footer link.
25. Linkbait- Make a plugin with linkback and distribute it.
26. Linkbait- Give away badges with linkbacks.
27. Be different in a good way.
28. Link exchange by exchanging guest posts.
29. Link exchange by sitewide links.
30. Link exchange- 3 or 4 way ones.
31. Buy text links. (Good one- if Google is unaware)
32. Submit to Blog Carnivals.
33. Make it easier to link to a page by using linktothispage.
34. Promote in offline media (Can be gold if done properly)
35. Become a part-time author in a Popular blog to get linkback from author page.
36. Participate in Group writing projects.
37. Ask a friend to linkback from his blogroll.
38. Write a review on Johnchow.com
39. Place your link in Yahoo Answers after you give a relevant answer.
40. Create a page for your site on aboutus.org
41. Add your site in references/resources section of sites like ehow (after relevant contribution).
42. Create a Squidoo page for your site.
43. Create a Hubpages hub for your site.
44. Link from your Twitter profile.
45. Donate to an online charity (they often give linkbacks to sites of contributors).
46. Get a great design to get featured.
47. Keep your website/blog clutter free.
48. Provide to something good.
49. Go Viral with Viral content.
50. Make a LinkWheel !!!!!!!!

Nope, there is no ” X bad ways to build links” list for now. Just concentrate on good ways for now. If you know any other good way of building links, please feel free to comment.

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