What is the best way to get backlinks?

[MrCat]

Originally Posted by notaprettysite

That is some great information.

You're welcome Do keep us posted on any development.

[Rob_TID]

Here's what the best in the business have to say:

11 Experts on Link Development Speak Out - Sugarrae

[Linda Buquet]

Good one Rob! Thanks, I love Rae's blog and that looks like
a ton of good info!

[PromoPro]

Good resource Rob thanks... I just read through it and though I suppose I could add my own spin on it, the basics are already there and said in multiple ways. Of course there are few "techniques" that nobody "in the know" are divulging and for very good reasons... they are very powerful, almost unkown by the masses, and therefore extremely valuable.

[Linda Buquet]

Welcome PromoPro! We're happy to have you and your
SEO expertise here at 5 Star.

[PromoPro]

Hi Linda - thanks for the Welcome !

[Darwin]

I am admittedly, SEO challenge. Often when trying to learn it is like trying to read a novel written in a foreign language. But lately I have found some good resources.

One was discussing social sites and how to properly use them. He recommended you get involved. Don't just join and expect results. Join groups and discussions, make quality contributions but don't promote. I believe this article is on searchengineland.

Another awesome resource for information and tools is SEObook. It seems to me there is more on this site at no cost than for many paid SEO services. It is worth a visit at the very least.

Hope this helps those needing SEO assistance the same as me.

[Steve Morris]

Slightly off topic but still in the general vicinity, with regard to article marketing is it worth paying for an article to be distributed to lots other sites as a way of increasing backlinks, or is it better to stay with just a few good article directories?

[notaprettysite]

From my limited personal experience - I had great success with ezinearticles.com and associatedcontent.com, both free. (In fact, technically Associatedcontet.com pays you, but it's generally going to be very little.)

I tried isnare - my three articles for them got me, so far, a total of 12 visitors. Now, they're cheap - it works out to $2 an article for them to send your articles out for you - but writing articles takes time, so I didn't find them to be worth it.

That said, it might be worth it for you to experiment with a few paid article directories, but I would start small and see how it goes; I wouldn't throw a bunch of money at it up front.

[Darwin]

Originally Posted by Steve Morris

Slightly off topic but still in the general vicinity, with regard to article marketing is it worth paying for an article to be distributed to lots other sites as a way of increasing backlinks, or is it better to stay with just a few good article directories?

Steve, the best thing you could do is to test it. There are a couple of article article marketing sites I am aware of. Articlemarketer which you can join for less than $50 for 3 months. They offer unlimited submission. Sometimes your articles end up in non-related article directories and will be the same version for all submissions.

SubmitYourArticle I think is $37 per month. They allow you to submit only 8 articles per month. They have a program that allows you to create 4 versions of each article including different versions of your resource box.

I would just try one and test the results. That would be the best way for you to get a good answer.

Hope this helps.