10 Good Links You Can Get in the Next 50 Minutes
We’re always talking about keeping links fresh and how important it is to keep up with your link building efforts. It’s great to talk about, but it can be daunting after months of trying to generate new and different links that will register well with the search engines. This week we thought we’d give you ten quick ways to add some links so that you can take a breather from the strenuous stuff and still feel good about adding real link value to your site. Each one should not take more than 5 minutes, a total of 50 minutes!- www.worldsiteindex.com (free Tue-Fri)
- www.webotopia.org ($15)
- www.all-linkdirectory.com
2 places to Go Local: http://local.yahoo.com and http://register.local.com/free/update.aspx are both local searches that are ideal linking opportunities for small businesses. You get great links and you can draw some added local traffic from the many people who routinely use local searches to find local businesses. Yahoo Local includes customer reviews, maps and blogs as well. Local.com is a more straightforward listing, but does include business descriptions and you can search by zip code or city.
1 Link Site you should join is LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com. This professional networking website provides you with great access to thousands of other business professionals who are members of the network and allows you to connect with others through affiliations with companies, schools and universities you may have in common with other members. You can give and receive recommendations, discover business opportunities and create multiple links as a member. It’s free to sign-up and takes only minutes to get through the set up process. Look for me at my LinkedIn profile.
3 Blog Comment Right Here. Yep, all you have to do is add two comments to our site and your third comment (and every one after that), will get a “do follow” link right back to your site. Maybe you can even suggest a couple other places to get a decent link in 5 minutes or less!
For some more great ways to quickly add links to your site, check out the link building tips at WIEP.
[tags] internal links, free directories, local links, link building, linkedin, blog comments, link building tips [/tags]
Comments
Great suggestions. I’m going to check out those directories right now.
One other thought is to look for sites that have the WordPress “top commentators” plug-in installed. I’ve got it on a few of mine. It lists the top commentators in the sidebar, and by default the links are not no-followed.
It might be a neat idea to write a post with a big list of sites like that.
I’m always looking for new ways to get links for sites I’m working on. Thanks for the tip.
Mike
http://www.curiouscommerce.com/
Thank you very much for the free tips and advice. It is very helpful.
Thanks for the great suggestions. With so many link farms out there, it’s always helpful to find a few that are worth the time. You might also want to consider adding your link to your digg.com profile if you have one.
This is a very helpful list of link possibilities.
Nice one. Good enough to make me decide to look through the rest of the blog to see what other quality tips you’ve posted.
Might even need to add you to my feed list.
Thanks for the suggestions above, and for the no-followed link here
Hey DazzlinDonna - Would love to see you add us to your feed list!
Thanks for the tips. Found you via Sphinn and will be adding you to the feed reader.
Thanks for the tips. I am always open to new ideas about linking that are not purchased.
Kate Morris
Thanks for the LINK
Nice. At that rate, you’re about 300 links a day!
submitted to all of them. thanks very much
Nice quick and easy.
Thanks for the helpful article!
Great Tips - I hadn’t heard of the first two directories before so thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing those directories. I hope they continue to hold value amidst the growing “directory” controversy. Here is one way to get a quick link: http://www.aboutus.org. Do a search for your URL and if it’s not listed, a wiki page will be created in real time. Network Solutions is now using this source in conjunction with it’s WHOIS listings also.
P.S. - Thanks for the the comment link.
UPDATE: After checking out the directories, I am not impressed with two of them.
Webtopia - I did not see a “free” option, plus the front page has the “latest and top tags” which seems spam-like to me given what is in the list.
All Links Directory - I’d say it’s garbage and will likely eventually suffer the “alleged Google Directory penalty”. It’s not a directory because it’s not organized like one. It’s just a list of links and a lame one at that. I looked at the latest links and the first was something about “russian girls” and the next was “online casino garbage”. NOT anything I would associate with (i.e. bad neighborhood) nor would I recommend to a client. And let’s not forget all of the AdSense ads.
Sorry to kill the buzz, just keeping it real.
Buzz Kill, uh I mean Anthony, looks like you are right about Webtopia - I only checked a couple of categories, but I could not find the free option. Maybe they dropped that option. Still it is only $15 and their backlinks do appear in Google.
Regarding All Links Directory, I suppose almost all free directories will eventually get hit by Google, again its quick and free and Google is counting it for now.
We didn’t say these were “hidden gems” nor the highest quality like a BOTW or Yahoo, nor that they would pass incredible link juice, but they do add some value with minimal effort.
Mostly we were just trying to get people to set aside a few minutes and add some more links rather than procrastinating another day away.
I appreciate you providing the feedback. That’s what best practices are all about.
Not easy these days to find good quality web content. I like your niche and I will read your feeds.
Recommandation: Look at adding your feed to any feed directory!
Some nice little tips here. The three recommended directories are worth the read alone. Another article I just read about link building suggested this place with some directories.
http://www.seo-factor.com/tools/directory/
Good easy info,
Thanks
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Thanks!
- Sharon
good to read such a great article.
keep it up dude!
Thanks
Thank you very much……..
Interesting ideas. Keep it coming…!
Great tips, thanks. Although, are not paid directories (if not all) going to be devaluated? Hope not.
Great website, I’m off to subscribe to rss right now
Thanks for sharing.
Internal linking is especially important and something I always try to communicate, coupled of course with managing link flow with the rel= no follow tag.
cheers,
Simon Dance
Please do follow, my leader
Fantastic comment bait guys! I am clearly going to take advantage.
Some of my own tips:
1) Yahoo directory. Not free, but easy and not frowned upon.
2) Writing a guest post on a related blog in under 50 mins
3) linkdomain: your competition and see what links they easily secured to a deep link. Write a BETTER page than theirs and either watch the links come in or contact the site owner and request they change their link to yours!
PS: You have a new subscriber.
Great Tips. Thanks.
FP
Thanks for the informative post, I’ve just submitted all my sites to the 3 directories.
Love this article.
Thanks for publishing it.
Pam
Nice article! I signed up on the three directories. I hope they’ll add my site.
I wouldn’t mind having a backlink from your article so here’s my website:
http://www.xarj.net
Thanks!
good post!! thank you for it!
Thanks for the tips - AND the link love!
GottaGettaCoach! Mentoring!
GottaGettaBlog!
I would say proceed with caution when dealing with directories. Even though Google is not currently penalizing those three, that doesn’t mean that they won’t in the future (near or far)! If Google suddenly does start to penalize these directories then your site may also be penalized, so keep an eye on them if you decide to link there. Thank you for the other tips, and for the link as well!
Just wanted everyone to know that we will only approve comments and links to family friendly sites. I just declined one from an escort service and one from an adult site.
Also, make sure your site is finished too. Had to remove that link on one of the comments.
Great tips thanks. I’m always looking for ways to get links to my sites without paying, which is getting tougher and tougher these days.
Thanks for the tips. I am just getting started with the whole seo, link building aspect of running a website and it appears that I have a lot to learn. I’ll spend the next several minutes checking out the rest of your site.
Social networks, link farms, link directories are not for me.
Internal links is something I am going to take a look at and I like the blog comments suggestion. So there was my comment.
Thanks again.
Nice list and great suggestions….although, I believe LinkedIn just utilized the nofollow tag on their sites. Has anyone heard different?
Not sure about the ‘no follow’ on LinkedIn. But it is still a great resource to control your reputation management. Plus, I have seen ‘no follows’ provide some link juice — so not a big believer in avoiding those.
Thanks so much for the suggestions and for the link.
I’m new to SEO but I do know that free dofollow links are a good thing:) thanks for pointing me in the right direction!
Great article thanks! I’m going to check out those directories right now!
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This is a great article! I have noticed that Linkedin does use a nofollow tag.
Mike
Very useful tips, thanks
I agree, LinkedIn is a great tool regardless of the nofollow/dofollow. Besides that, Yahoo and MSN still tend to pass the authority via the nofollow links so I would advice still using it as a link building tool.
good stuff, thx
Hello, thanks for adding my site in this list. I am sorry though to see that some people criticize it. I think the google penalization on directories passed already, it was just a wave and my directory wasn’t penalized. It is ranking high in Directory Critic and in Google for the term “free links directory”.
About the casino links and.. russian or whatever there was.. those were paid links and.. well.. a free directory must live from something and since google doesn’t seem to be bothered by that.. it’s ok.
oh.. the directory is also 1.5 yr old..
Some good info. Here’s the link to add your website to Google Local Search:[link deleted, see next comment]
They will mail you a letter within 3 weeks to confirm and then you will appear on the map at the beginning of the listings. Great for people who live in the city!
Visit my link building blog, it is new but I will be posting lots of quality info and I am offering a professional link-building service.
Inquire for more details.
Cheers,
Jason
Woops, I pasted the wrong link for Google: http://www.google.com/local/add — been on the computer for way too long : )
Good article. It’s getting harder and harder to find quality links that are easy to obtain. I would have suggested Flickr, but most Flickr links have been NoFollowed, so that’s out.
Create a free profile on Digg and put your site in the profile link.
It is not “no follow”‘d so will give you a bit of a help.
Great! Always appreciate a good link
Link building is such a chore! Thanks for all the pointers. Lord knows, I need the help!
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I think death to non-human edited directories will come quite shortly.
When was the last time anybody actually used a directory to find a product or service?
Exactly.
Very helpful… thank you.
great! this will hopefully help my company’s web site. I just started taking a more in depth look a at the site and started to create more internal links.
also, i’m hoping to apply many of these techniques to my blog sites:
http://www.daddystoolbox.com
http://www.twotonguesup.com
With quality links being so important, this is a very good resource. I look forward to reading other suggestions in the future.
Good information. It’s really hard for newer sites to get visibility.
Great Post - I love the headline…It drew me in big time…who wouldn’t want 10 new links in the next 50 minutes?
I’m trying the directories now.
Cheers,
Kel
The problem with the directories you have suggested below is that they require a fee to be listed. I need to register my African safari and vacation tour operator blog but they are asking for a fee. Anyway thanks for sharings
Many thanks for the advice and link building tips. Very helpful. Any free advice is always appreciated!
Thanks for the great post. Getting all those 10 links right now…
http://www.ranchodlaw.com
Great article - thanks.
However, I tried to get a FREE link from
www-webotopia-org and they wanted money
Thank you, see you in Warszawa
Thanks for the heads-up!
Thanks for the post. Good information.
Thanks, the local information is very useful.
I only count 5, but good methods nonetheless. I would choose different directories as well as the ones you mentioned are probably devalued by the search engines.
Excellent tips! Sure beats writing promo articles…
Some great tips. Not a bad way to get people to comment either!
Thank you for the link tips and for all your good advice. Hopefully I’ll get up to speed on this SEO business and be qualified to give back at some point in the future.
Good tips about some of the ways to build links, but as some of the other commenters have pointed out, those directories do seem a bit sketchy, still beggars can’t be choosers I suppose and if they happen to relate to your own site might still be worth a punt.
Good reminder about the importance of internal links as well; always a good idea to make your deeper pages as findable as possible.
Interesting. I’m a beginner to this and I haven’t explored directories - is it something I should be looking at, or do the risks outweigh the benefits?
Nice post!
You can also create a lot of blogs on your own and link to your most important site.
That are not quality links but it helps!
I use those free directories frequently fortunately. I don’t think that enough people do actually know about linkedin, which is a shame because it is quite useful for more than just getting links.
>>My profile
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/7/aa/574
Add me to your contacts !!
Thanks for the open link invitation.
I just plain had not thought about the local search option because I never search that way. it will be great for a couple of my sites.
I never look for information from directories but I do list in them.
Another link building tip would be to write a high quality comment on blogs of people commenting on posts such as this one.
Mmmmmmmm, do-follow links….
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Thanks for the tips!
The unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long.. we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.
Here’s a list of 49 do-follow forums: http://www.jamesfarrell.eu/blog/49-do-follow-forums/15/
..submit [at least] something mildly interesting.
There are an awful lot of low-hanging fruit out there. The best ones are probably those that let you plug in an RSS feed on your profile page.
Thanks for the good info (and the link)
A good place for links…hmm…now that would be telling.
site:squidoo.com “add to this list” keyword
Interesting list, although directories are not as relevant/useful as you make out in your article.
The name of the article is kind of misleading, but thanks for the info anyway.
Thanks for the great tips (and the link)! Sometimes the best links are right in front of us the whole time.
Great Article.
Another tip is add your link to signatures at forums you participate in.
I have noticed most of the php forums do not put “nofollow” on their signature links.
To all:
I must say I am really surprised at all the comments. I sincerely wrote this post with the intent of helping people get links by pointing out a few easy ones. I wasn’t trying to be clever or intentionally create something to draw links. Probably a lesson in there some where.
Another surprise has been the “push back” on the 3 suggested directories. As I mentioned above, we weren’t trying to provide any “hidden gems” or “amazingly powerful directories”, just a few that we knew where easy to get and that were known to be counted by Google (for now). I guess Webtopia.org is now fee based ($15) so I apologize for the false representation that it is free.
But to make up for it, there have been plenty of other good suggestions in the comments for additional places to get links.
Thank you to all of you who understood that this is a forum to help each other out - your suggestions are appreciated. (Like Anthony, Kyle, One Way, supaswag & Web Analytics’ recommendations.)
Keep ‘em coming! (Only family friendly links tho!)
Arnie
Thanks, got a couple of good ideas out of this one on how to promote the retirement communities I develop for and got inspired to re-invigorate my linked in profile! That comment about sites that allow rss on profiles was interesting as well. Wonder if someone has compiled a list of those?
Cheers
One idea is to participate often in Wiki articles.
Here’s an example:
http://alpha.search.wikia.com/
Add your link to the white list: http://search.wikia.com/wiki/Whitelist
Great post!
Great info
Love these types of lists. I get refreshed with new ideas and am off and running, building links for the next few days.
thanks
Great post, another link, if you have a small business is at LittleEngine.com
sign up here: http://www.littleengine.com
only english sites
I really liked the fact you put a time limit on the link building project. It really spurs people to take action. Have to admit you’re a much faster link builder than I am.
Thanks for the tips.
Awesome suggestions, good directories like this are few and far between.
Forum and social media site profiles are another place you can get free links. Forum sigs too
Hi Arnie,
Nice post and thanks for the link.
- Dave
good to know we have most of the bases covered, but always happy to get 1 or 2 tidbits of addt’l ideas.
Also can appreciate and respect the straight up - you want links? Post ‘em here. Hey, it’s what we’re all looking for after all, and pretty effective.
Thanks for the tips..Hopefully the links will pay off. For all of you luxury sneaker afficianados check out. http://www.sneakerset.com
Great tips, I haven’t used most of these sites before. A few weeks ago, I did a post on a few link building tactics I’ve been using lately: http://www.palmerwebmarketing.com/blog/3-effective-link-building-tactics-for-2008/
I followed the sphinn link so your ploy for traffic has worked on me. I did check out the directories, thank you for the hookup.
This seems like a good SEO crowd so I’ll ask for opinions on this SEO comic my company has created.
http://www.rankedhard.com
Thanks for the “going local” idea. These two links will most likely be even more powerful as time goes on.
I like the link love but more importantly the simple but effective suggestions. BooRah does semantic analysis of reviews and comments such as on this blog but for restaurants. Check out http://www.boorah.com/restaurants/c/5046/WA/Seattle.html for top rated restaurants in and around seattle area
Make sure to check out directories in your own vertical; for example, my photography business gets links and traffic from prosphotos.com and photolinks.com.
Set up a site page on merchantcircle.com.
Great tips. I thought you meant 10 inbound links. But great anyway.
I had my first money site on squidoo. It was making money, but when I made changes at the site, it kept dropping out of the front page of Google organic search where I got most of the traffic.
So now I am more determined to make linking work to get traffic and be less dependent of Google
I’m taking your tip. Let me just say that this was a great idea (giving out a do follow link) in order to get links/traffic to your site. Nice!
Thanks for posting this. One small but important free link I see people miss is their email signature. It’s so basic that people seem to overlook it. This can matter even more if you participate in any mailing lists from sites like Freelists because messages are indexed by Google and other search engines. I also put my link in my Skype profile and have added some article pages from my site to Mixx.
My tip is to subscribe to comment sniper dot com and find blogs related to your topic, and add useful links and comments there.
Try making comments on Web 2.0 sites like Hubpages or Squidoo. Just search for Hubs or Lenses related to your keyword or niche and make a comment. Easy!
And don’t forget to use good anchor text. In other words don’t use your own name, but use your keyword in the Name(required) field, as I have here.
Good luck!
How about http://tagspage.com? (PR3) {editors note: it’s a huge tag cloud}
Link love is cool, thanks for the great advice.
Tonie
Natural Cures
Very good article. I’m glad I found your site.
Thanks,
Steve
Thanks for the tips, although I have to say that, except for the 3 directories you mentioned, all these tips are already in the mainstream. Still, that doesn’t mean they can’t be useful
I do wonder, however, about why favored LinkedIn over the other similar networks which offer basically the exact same functionality.
Thanks for the tips. Here are my top 5 free directory picks:
1) http://web1.exactseek.com
2) http://www.kellysearch.com/
3) http://www.accoona.com
4) http://www.webworldindex.com/
5) http://www.infotiger.com/
Hi, very good linking info. Specially relating web directories. There are many out there, and most of them are a waste of time.
Another quick way to get links…
Write a “resource list” of your most popular resources…be descriptive.
Then…
Go to those sources and network with them, getting them to link to you.
Joseph Ratliff
Nice post. You really ought to make this a regular feature, even if it’s only 5 links you can add in 10 minutes or something. I think people are always looking for new and interesting places to add links…
Great tips!
If you have some articles lying around that you’ve written for your website - submit them to an ezine - a great way to get more backlinks!!
Brucas - based on the success of this post, we are already planning a regular feature with a very similar theme. Glad you think it would be a good idea.
Nice tips!
My latest find is http://EzineArticles.com/.
Thank you, used them all!
Thanks very much for your generosity!
Thanks for the great info!
Nice post. Link building should be a daily operation, just writing comments to blogs is great.
Juhani Tontti
Great info!! Have you ever tried Comment Hut? The free version is GREAT for 10 links at a time, it identifies Blogs that allow comments and focus on the key words you use.
Just thought you might like to give it a spin!!
Marianne
Thanks for the great resources. You just put more work on my shoulders
Thanks for a very useful post. Great, practical info for newbies. Very easy to do.
Thanks for the great linking tips. And good link ideas in the comments as well.
Mark
Thanks for the suggestions. I am just starting to build good quality incoming links for this important book coming out in the Spring of 2008.
Regards,
Ted Stalets
Thanks for sharing some great tips for building links.
Thanks for the really great tips and resources especially the free directories.Also addded your site to my Technorati favorites, i’ll he visiting often.
Appreciate the info. I have used LinkedIn and Yahoo local already for another business and they are both excellent. I will use your directories mentioned and would suggest another here http://www.internetvibes.net/
Thanks so much for these tips, I will spend this morning implementing them. Also a lot of great ideas in these comments as well. Excellent to get started on the right foot for the week!
Great information. Always looking for new ideas.
Thanks for the good advice. Much appreciated.
One of my favorites of all times: Meetup.com
You can get several links with your anchor text that are “do -follow”.
Hope it helps
Great suggestions, but one drawback (or opportunity for a new article?): the two directories you mentioned don’t allow for Canadian locations. I’m all for international exposure, but I’d like to work locally as well!
Cheers,
Bill.
Great post!
Have you had any experience with linkmarket.net or linkmetro.com? I’ve started using linkmarket.net but, most of the site in the network are really bad and I’m worried that it might do more harm then good.
@Will - I have no experience with linkmarket.net or linkmetro.com. We stay away from link networks like those.
@Bill - good idea for a future article. Thanks.
Great site.
Will be using all the tips for link building.
Someone said in a comment above that all these tips were out there on the net but what this site does is get them all in one place and shows you which linkbacks actually work and steers you away from sites that the search engines frown upon.
Great time saver.
Great list! I definitely have a few more directories to submit to. The free comment link helps to:)
Cools stuffs..sidewide links works just great.
thanks for the info.
I will check out the directories you mentioned. thanks mate
Hey all great entry definitely a good read. I would love to see more techniques with specific steps and urls of great links perhaps for specific niches in the future!
Here’s my site:
Unblock Sites
If you are looking for a place to get good links for proxy sites I would recommend using topsites that have PR and either have your entry on the first page always or it is really easy to get to the first page by having a few friends click on your topsite button.
Thanks so much for this informative article.. Very helpful info !
Thanks for the list and the link.
Doug
Hi there!
Many thanks for a great article and a do follow link to boot! Stumbled across your site completely by accident and I’ll certainly be registering with you for further tips and tricks. Congratulations on a great, informative site.
Cheers,
Dan
Nice post. Thanks! I’ll give them a try.
Great post! Thank you! Always looking for new ways to get links.
These were Great tips to remember to do everyday. Or at least a couple times a week.
Another positive place to post a link is:
business.com
Thanks a lot for links and some advice. I registered in linkedin a while ago - works very well
Thanks for the great tips!
Van
Thanks,
New to this web thing, its great to find information that can help the beginner to the expert.
Super post. And whats more the comments are great too. Thanx all.
Great Post. I found this site from Jack H and will continue to follow it. Feed Me!
Thanks.
Thanks for the tips, found you through Search Engine Land. Link building is one of the most consuming time and resources of the SEO Process.
I have tried the first two Directories, it seems like they don’t have a free submission any more.
@SEO Guide: World Site Index offers free submissions Tue-Fri. Looks like you are right about Webtopia tho.
We’ll be doing more posts like this in the future and will clearly note what is free and what is not.
useful advices, especially the one related to Go Local. For small business, being visible on local searches is very important.
Hey. I love the tips you’ve got here. I am going to use them immediately.
Thanks for the useful resources and the link, much appreciated.
Thanks for the tips, nice to see you sharing some simple places to link to.
Thanks for the link building tips. I have use them all and I am happy with the results. Also, I found the other information located on your site to be very useful.
Good advice with specific action that can be taken. Thank you.
This blog is very good and you have a lot of quality articles!
appreciate that!