Comments on: How to Build Incoming Links to Your Blog

By: Canvas Prints

Canvas Prints — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:56:01 +0000

Great tips. I wrote some articles a few years ago and I still see them being re-published on other sites today so it was definitely worth while, although I’m not sure how well search engines rate those links.

By: stretcher bars

stretcher bars — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:59:12 +0000

I agree about Digg not taking kindly to bloggers as Matthew says further up the post.

These things are sent to try us though.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:25:30 +0000

Well, my page rank is still 0, but I’m doing my best. Some good ideas here, I’ll have to see if I can’t try them out and make them work for me.

By: Canvas Prints

Canvas Prints — Tue, 27 May 2008 09:31:13 +0000

Even more great link building advice.

Thanks Again

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By: The Airsoft Sniper

The Airsoft Sniper — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 02:50:39 +0000

I found #5 to be the most helpful for me. It hasn’t helped a ton with my Google page rank, but it’s done wonders for my Yahoo rankings. Why? I don’t know. I’ll write an article that pertains to my website, http://www.theairsoftsniper.com , say, for example, about choosing the right rifle, and all the sudden links to my website start popping up in all sorts of places! I highly recommend this method, and it’s not even that hard to do – most article submission sites don’t require a ton of words.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:33:38 +0000

Good stuff. I took your advice on #2 and it helped. I wrote about the ten best blogs in my niche and it got some attention. Thanks for the advice

By: William

William — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:19:00 +0000

Hi,
Social Media Sites is the best if you are a new blogger.
- William :)

By: Andrew Payne

Andrew Payne — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:23:39 +0000

I’ve only been in the blogging community for a short while but these tips help me on the websites that I maintain as well as the new blogs that I have recently started. Thanks for your tips and advice!

Andrew

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Jeff McNeill » Blog Archive » links for 2007-01-21 — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 21:32:53 +0000

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By: Sharon Sarmiento

Sharon Sarmiento — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 21:12:14 +0000

Thanks for the tips, Darren. I’ve found that the more effort I invest into building other bloggers up and encouraging them (writing about them, linking to them, including them on my blogroll and participating in the communities around their blog), then the more links come my way, even though I haven’t been doing those things with the express intention of generating inbound links. It’s just been sort of a happy fringe benefit :-).

Basically, what it comes down to is building relationships, real ones, not just contrived link exchanges. And like you said, having compelling content to boot makes folks want to pass on what you’re saying.

Cheers,
Sharon

By: Osman

Osman — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:48:48 +0000

Good advices! My site is about languages and i can welcome anyone who wants to write a guest post about languages. I am doing that today and it works! ;) I haven’t tried social bookmarking sites, though.

By: Nick

Nick — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 14:11:56 +0000

The Social Media Sites are certainly worth the effort…

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Internet Business Daily » Blog Archive » MyGamingSpace.com Update — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 11:01:03 +0000

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By: Matthew Berman

Matthew Berman — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 09:39:24 +0000

hey darren,

getting backlinks from sites like digg or other social networking sites is harder or near impossible for smaller sites who don’t have your kinda traffic. diggers especially seem to hate bloggers and usually bury stories even if they are well informed.

thanks for the tips

By: Jay Wilson

Jay Wilson — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 08:01:16 +0000

Very informative topic, and with it comes a question – with the digg effect temporarily bringing sites to its knees, how can a beginning blogger prepare for such a high increase of traffic, even if it’s only for a brief time?

By: Become a Consultant Blog >> Andrea the Consultant

Become a Consultant Blog >> Andrea the Consultant — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 03:10:17 +0000

I don’t mind swapping links with other bloggers, as long as their sites have comparable PageRanks. I’m perpetually pestered by link farms that want me to link to their PR0 pages.

By: egon

egon — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 00:41:06 +0000

Thanks for the resources here. I agree with My New Choice up there that blog carnivals can be a great way for a new blog to get some exposure, as well as older blogs. blogcarnival.com has a ton of carnivals listed, and at least one is bound to be in your category.

By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 23:54:45 +0000

It seems to me that the real strength in some of the approaches you mention (articles, guest appearences and social bookmarking) is credibility. As some of the previous commentators mentioned, writing good content is essential, but it does no good if people don’t read it.

Once you have a hook to get people in the door, your content could be the talking. The five suggestions you provide offer that, and even better, a chance to get some the respect to get people coming back for more.

Thanks for the great resoruce Darren!

By: Mallory

Mallory — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 20:56:08 +0000

I need to take the time soon to request link exchanges with other blogs that I’ve already been linking to who aren’t linking back to me yet. I link to them because I enjoy their blogs, and while some bloggers have probably just found my incoming links and decided to link back to me, maybe others haven’t noticed or taken the time to link back to me.

The question is, if I approach them and they still choose not to link back, do I leave up links to their sites or should I take them down? I’ll probably leave the links up even if they don’t return the favor, just because I like to support other bloggers who I think are doing good work.