Building Link Popularity Without Buying Links

Andy Hagans of Text Link Ads has an excellent post about link building on Threadwatch about how easy it can sometimes be to build links.

• I submit to 27 Web directories
• I submit to 3 niche industry directories which I find on Google
• I write a short press release and submit to PRWeb and PRLeap
• I write a cheesy article, “4 Things You Don’t Know About Widget-man” and submit to EzineArticles and the like

It’s nice to see link building advice that isn’t, “Buy links from site A.” I like the press release method myself. And as always, the best link building advice is to offer something that people want to link to. Like:

• Useful content
• A neat tool
• News about X, Y or Z…

And there’s plenty more. Just think of the reasons why you link out - there’s your answer.