Link Building - Strategic Planning is Essential

Aggressive link building should be part of your strategyVisit and screen these sites carefully, selecting only
to increase traffic to your website. Why? Simply put,those likely to be open to your link request. Provide
the more highly relevant inbound links you have pointingthem with a good reason to link to your website. I
to your website the higher your Page Rank, whichwould even suggest linking to them first, which could
means higher traffic to your website.improve your chances of getting a reciprocal link. But
Link building can be a very time consuming and tediousdon't just request a link exchange, give them a reason
process, but the potential upside in higher page rankto link to your site. Show them where a reciprocal link
and increased traffic makes it well worth the effort.would be mutually beneficial.
This is why some people prefers to buy high PR linksBe sure to target respected and popular sites that are
and some opts for the Link building Services for this.relevant to your target audience. If you want to take it
Having a well planned and executed link buildingone step further, identify well-established sites with
campaign will most certainly payoff in the long-term.good content that targets the same audience you
So just how many inbound links do you need to getwant to reach. Perform a link analysis on that site,
high rankings? That depends on the number of inboundnoting the incoming links and soliciting the best
links your higher-ranking competitors have. If yournon-competing sites.
competitor has only 20 inbound links to their website,Promote External Links
you can obtain a higher Page Rank score by securingA great website not only has well-presented and
30 links to your website. However, if your competitorrelevant content, but also provides the user with
has hundreds of links, then that's your target number toadditional resources and information located on other
beat.websites. Therefore, you want to include quality
What is Page Rank?resources and appropriate outgoing links, including links
Page Rank is a numeric value that represents howto search engines, news hubs, blogs, industry
important a page is on the web. Google figures thatresources, etc. External links are important for two
when one page links to another page, it is effectivelyreasons: they provide incentive for other quality sites
casting a vote for the other page. The more votesto link to yours, and they can improve your Page Rank
that are cast for a page, the more important the pagescore if linkage is done properly.
must be. Also, the importance of the page that isPublish Articles
casting the vote determines how important the voteAs an expert on your websites subject matter,
itself is. Google calculates a page's importance fromconsider writing business articles for your target
the votes cast for it. How important each vote isaudience, submitting the articles to appropriate online
taken into account when a page's Page Rank ispublications. Include your website URL in the content
calculated.and request that the article appear with your website
Page Rank is Google's way of deciding a page'slink. This can generate multiple inbound links and also
importance. It matters because it is one of the factorshelp promote additional traffic to your website.
that determine a page's ranking in the search results. ItCreate Testimonials
isn't the only factor that Google uses to rank pages,Develop a testimonial page on your website giving
but it is an important one.users an opportunity to post their own testimonial. If a
Remember, it's not just the total number of links that'suser enjoys your site and it's content, that user might
important, it's also the quality of the sites linking to you,be inclined to include a like to your website on their
the anchor text used in the link and the relevance ofwebsite or blog. Testimonials are a great way to
their content to your audience that counts.interact with your users and also provide valuable
Research Your Competitorsfeedback on the content of your site.
There are several tools available today on the internetIf you admire a similar but non-competing website,
for doing link research. Simply perform a keywordcontact the webmaster explaining why you value the
search in any search engine for 'link analysis tool' andcontent. Don't be surprised if you get a request for
you are sure to find several offerings.permission to display your comments on their Web
Whichever link analysis tool you choose to use, heresite. Perfect! You can then grant them permission
are a few important factors you should determine inprovided they agree to link to your site. It can also help
your research:to post the testimonial on your site, referring them to it.
* Where your Competitors ranks in the SearchPost Comments to Discussion Forums and Blogs
EnginesThis is an easy way to get a link from discussion
* Their number of incoming linksforums relevant to your website content. Be sure to
* What keywords are in the titles of their linking pagesinclude your URL in your post. Many of the modern
* Percentage of links containing keywords in the linkLink building Services have this included in their
textservices.
* The Page Rank of linking pagesCreate Links From Other Sites You Own
Request Reciprocal LinksIf you own and manage additional sites with unique but
Reciprocal links are based on an agreement by twosimilar content, be sure to link them to your main site.
sites to link to each other. Site owners as anMake sure the anchor text in your link is relevant to
inexpensive way to increase website traffic and linkthe target pages content.
popularity often use reciprocal linking.Create Social Network Profiles
Reciprocal links are great for ensuring quality andSeveral social networking websites allow you to insert
relevant content is linking to your website. Whena link to your website on the profile page. Not only
looking for link candidates, start by searching yourdoes this provide additional inbound links, it also
keywords on major search engines. You will no doubtincreases your 'digital footprint' and can potentially
see several of websites that compete with yours, butresult in more visitors to your website.
try to find the non-competing, complementary sites.