Comments on: Build Value by Building Links: 5 Cheap & Easy Methods for Building Links

By: IrishWonder

IrishWonder — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:36:09 +0000

Well since directories do not always approve the new listings right away even if you submit to a bunch of directories at once chances are the links will appear over some period of time anyway.

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By: Tony Spencer

Tony Spencer — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:30:25 +0000

I agree with Ben. Some of them certainly still pass value.

By: Ben Cook

Ben Cook — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:52:38 +0000

Jon and Streko, Google most definitely cracked down on directories and the value of the links they provide. However, I am still of the belief that there’s no such thing as bad inbound links, certainly not unless they are in incredible mass quantities. Also, lower end directory type links will help your link profile look a bit more natural should you decide to purchase higher quality optimized links… you know, not that I’d ever do that since it’s against Google’s guidelines.

By: streko

streko — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:48:06 +0000

@Jon – nope. google also clamped down on them.

By: Jon Henshaw

Jon Henshaw — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:01:40 +0000

Ben, nice tips. The only one I find that’s somewhat iffy is the Directory submissions. Google has really clamped down on the link effectiveness of utilizing directories. In some cases I’ve seen sites perform worse after submitting to directories…even ones that are considered to be “good” ones in Google’s eyes. I think the only exception are directories like DMOZ.

By: Julia - Blog Finder

Julia - Blog Finder — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:37:41 +0000

Thank you for a great article. You described the most common link building tactics that will absolutely be useful for those e-marketers who is just starting a link building campaign. I’ve been doing some SEO for our company’s website I must say I like the directory submission, article submission and blog commenting most. With the use of automatic submission tools, directory submission, article submission and blog commenting are made quick and easy. Yes, writing articles requires time and efforts, but it’s possible to hire a writer to create the articles if one is not good at writing.

In general, a link building process should be well thought. Not all the sites are worth to get links from. It often happens that webmaters forget about their sites and just focus at obtaining as much inbound links as possible. As you wrote website content does matter much. Informative, regularly updated website has more chances to be linked to than a low quality site.