Getting started with a designer who can help you create templates and widgets that can be easily delivered to a variety of places on the web is a good way to get started. The more people you attract to your widgets the greater the benefit will be. Widgets get downloaded and voila you get credit back to your site from it. Free apps are a hot commodity that many want to add to their sites.
You will be surprised by the number of people who won't mind giving you credit and keeping your link going. Say you create a widget that is downloaded by 10,000 webmasters. If only 75% of the webmasters who downloaded create links to your site you will still gain 7500
backlinks that easy! Now, that is some number when it comes to quantity. So don't be afraid to get creative!
Web directories where you can submit your site are another useful resource for building backlinks. Submitting your link to all these sites does take time, but it can be worth it considering how many quality backlinks you can get out of it. There are quite a few web directories that will accept your link, and these are backlinks that the search engines rate highly. But if you don't have the time, you can go ahead and hire a manual directory submitter who will take care of it for you. Doing it yourself is not very difficult, however, if you set aside a little time here and there.
Initially, you might feel that it's putting in too much effort for a small gain. But getting backlinks with directories is a way to improve your site's rank, so you have to look ahead. If you search, you'll find that there are directories for blogs as well as websites. Compile a list that you want to use and simply submit your link to them one at a time.
You can also use the link building method of submitting press releases. When you create a press release and send it to a distribution service, you can get both publicity and backlinks for your website. Backlinks like this are very helpful and good for your ranking, as the search engines consider them to be highly credible. On top of this, you don't even have to pay for these backlinks. You can either use PRWeb or PRLeap for your press release distribution.
One thing that you need to make sure before you actually start to distribute your press release is to have your press release contain the USP of your product/website. This will enable your press release to reach more sites and gain more backlinks for you. In conclusion link building starts with a strong work ethic and the tips aboce.
