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You write content for your blog, then you have to work on SEO and work on building back links for it. That’s a very tedious job for anyone to do by their self, day in and day out. And you’ll probably wind up giving up after a few months. If you think about it, that’s not a very efficient method at all.

Of course, when your first starting out, and have a very limited audience, you will need to put in some work to get the ball rolling, and to organically get backlinks to your new blog posts just like what Daniel had said when he had answered my question awhile back in this article.

It finally hit me though, that getting free passive backlinks continuously to your blog and posts, would just make more sense than having to go back yourself and working on them manually. That way, others would be continuously doing your back linking for you, and you can move on to something else.

Here’s the best methods that I could find and personally have done some experimenting with myself to get passive free backlinks to your blog.

Create Killer Content – I’ll admit, sometimes just to keep up with a consistent schedule of publishing a post every few days, I’ve written some very simple posts just to get something out there. But guess what, those posts probably scared more people away from my blog rather than helped the cause.

If you spend the time to actually create content that is very valuable to your readers, then not only will you get traffic by word of mouth, but you will also start getting backlinks from other bloggers pointing to your great content. Keep this up and you’ll soon have started the snowball effect, and you won’t really have to even worry about getting backlinks anymore.

Which is better? Writing a simple blog post and then spending hours on getting backlinks and traffic to it constantly. Also remember, you’ll continuously be getting only new readers to your blog not any loyal readers since you have low quality content. Or, taking a little more time to write stellar content and creating a loyal fan base that will eventually do the promoting of your posts for you. It’s your choice.

Link baits – These are usually very long and thorough posts that will be used as a continuous source for others to refer to. Such as lists and tutorial type of posts. I have a few of these on my site and they for sure brought in the most organic traffic and backlinks. The effort I put into these type of posts is definitely worth it. And I still to this day, get links pointed to them from other bloggers and even from many mentions on forums.

Social Media Buttons – This is probably the most passive way of getting backlinks and traffic to your blog. All you need to do, if you’re using WordPress, is to find a good social media plugin. And there’s a ton of good ones out there. Not only will you get backlinks from the social media sites, but also a lot of traffic.

Make sure there is a way for people to easily bookmark your site on the most popular social media sites, and you have one on every single of your blog posts. Like my blog, I have them to the left of every post. To many times I see newbies without these on their blog, and they probably are losing a lot of traffic and backlinks because of this. Remember, people are lazy, make it easy for them by being able to push a simple button to share your blog post.

Act Like an Expert – If you become known as one of the experts or authority figures in your niche, then people will more than likely link to your site as a reliable source for information on that particular topic. For instance, anyone who wants to start a blog or wants information about blogging, people link to and lead others to, Problogger.

Not everyone will be able to be as well known as Problogger. But like even myself, this blog still gets links back from people that are new to blogging and internet marketing since I do know what I’m doing. And to some of them, I probably am seen as an somewhat of an expert. Even though I am far from being one.

Know what in the world you’re talking about on your niche. Do your research and experimenting before you even try to act like an expert in any niche, or this could have the reverse effect.

Give something away for free – Go grab yourself some free Master resell or Private Label Rights products and give it away for free. Make sure you also brand those products with your blog and even can throw in some affiliate links. Or just use your imagination. There’s a ton of FREE things you could give away.

You could create something of your own, a simple landing page, software, or even a really good ebook. You could even hold some type of contest. Giving something of value away for FREE will get a lot of attention and will have other bloggers linking to you. Many top experts use this method all the time.

Blog about the latest trends and hot topics – If you’re one of the first to blog about something new, or currently trending, then other bloggers will use your post as a source. Some will even link back to you. Chances are, if you’re one of the first to blog about something, then you’ll show up in the search engines much easier than waiting until 1000′s of other bloggers write about it too.

I once wrote an article about the Social Network Movie, and even though all the top sites on the internet also wrote about it, my post was in the top 5 listings on the first page of Google’s results for a good while. Just because I was the one of the first to write about it. This helped bring me new visitors, but also some new back links.

It might take a little more work and effort at first to implement the methods above. But after that, then the backlinks and traffic should be continuously coming to your site and blog posts on their own. Think how many free passive backlinks you could get if you did everything mentioned above on a consistent basis. You would become a force to be reckoned with in the Internet marketing world.

I believe it all begins and is built around great content that is so valuable, it will make people want to link to you and share your information. This is something I am going to be working on going forward. I know my writing skills are still pretty weak, but they are slowly getting better and better. You should see some of my first posts, an English teacher would freak out.

Got any other good methods that weren’t listed?

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Killer Content – Yeah, this is pretty much a no brainer, I had to add it in here somewhere. I’ve learned from my experience that Content is really where everything begins. Without original, valuable, engaging and high quality content, then there’s really no reason to get traffic in the first place. No one is going to read it, suggest others to read it, or link to it as a source/reference. Great content even for a 500 word landing page (lp) is crucial because you need to pre-sell your visitors by engaging, connecting with them and that’s pretty much all done through your content. Killer content, just by itself can lead to a ton of targeted traffic to your websites from visitors letting others know about it.

SEO – Search engine optimization consists of several things. It basically means optimizing your website and content so people can find it on the Search Engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing. The search engines will probably eventually be your #1 source of FREE targeted traffic.

How do you get your website on the front page of the Search Engines?

1. Keywords (KW) – are very important because this is how your website will show up on the front page of the search engines or search engine results pages (SERP’s). When you “Google something” the words or phrase you entered would be considered keywords or a “keyword phrase”. Now there are “keywords” and there are “Long Tail keywords” (consist of 3 or more words and creates a “keyword phrase”). Now long tail keywords will have less competition and will be much easier for a beginner to get on the front page of the search engines. “Long tailed Keywords” will bring in targeted traffic because they are searching for something in particular, not just using a broad keyword. A competitive KW like “Money” would be very hard to get on the front page of the serp’s, but a “long tail keyword” like “make money at home for beginners” has much less competition and would be so much more easier to land your site on the front page for that search term. You need to make sure you are adding the keyword or long tailed keywords throughout your content, but making it look natural and not forcing your KW’s all over. Adding no more than a 5% keyword ratio to regular words in your content, and make sure you use them in your titles.
2. Backlinks – The more backlinks you get from other relevant and high PR websites will give your site more authority and credibility from the search engines. This will help move your site closer to the front of the serp’s. Include the keywords in your “anchor text” (words used in link) for your links pointing back to your sites, which will give your website more authority for those keywords, and help boost your site to the front page of Google for those KW’s.

Social Media – This is the Hottest method of getting traffic, currently. Social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Digg, Stumbleupon and etc… can bring a lot of traffic quickly and for FREE. The social media sites are so powerful and effective because people spread information virally. It takes just one person to visit your site or blog and they could start a chain reaction from telling their friends on social media sites. Make sure you get your best articles/sites bookmarked in some of the popular social media sites, and make it easy for your visitors to do the same with “bookmark buttons” and apps. Becoming a Authority figure, being helpful and interacting with as many people as you can, will greatly increase your fan base or follower count. Obviously the more loyal followers the better for your business.

Communities – Networking and engaging with other like minds is crucial for success online. This will also lead to targeted traffic from referrals and recommendations from others who know you. It will also give you connections and open opportunities that you may have never gotten before. There are so many different communities out there, just join some and get involved. Social media and networking sites are great places for you to join, blogging communities, forums etc… Some examples: squidoo, hubpages, blogcatalog, mybloglog and Linkedin.

Viral – Getting traffic virally is just smart and effective marketing. One of the best ways of doing this is by creating a Ebook or Report and giving it away for FREE. People will most likely tell others about it and it just keeps on spreading like a wild fire. Just make sure they clearly know who you are and what you’re main sites are in the ebook/report. This will also allow you to build a list quite easily with a high quality ebook.

Article Directories – Are great to get traffic and backlinks to your websites. Just write some relevant and beneficial articles with keywords in your anchor text for your links pointing back to your sites. Probably the most popular and powerful article directory is Ezine Article’s, but here’s a sweet list of dofollow article directories for ya to use.

Blog Commenting – Works like a charm, if done correctly. Make sure you are leaving helpful and beneficial comments on relevant blogs. Engage the blog owner with what you thought about the post or add relevant feedback about it. Not just “good post”. Become a regular to the blog and leave comments often and on as many blogs as you can find that are relevant. Some of the Blogs are Dofollow and you get PR juice from the backlink from them.

Forums – Not only can you learn a lot from a forum and network with others, but most of them allow you to leave a signature or a link to your websites at the bottom of every reply or thread you leave. Give helpful advice, ask good questions and people will click on your signature and checkout your sites. Here’s a sweet dofollow forums list.

Guest Posting – This method alone could put you and your website on the map. If you get approved to guest post on the right blog, and given the right audience, then you’ll be engaging readers that probably would’ve never found your site. Not only does guest blogging give you a ton of exposure, but also gives you some nice backlinks from a relevant site. Guest blogging is very popular right now. Usually the popular blogs will have a page or link about how to guest post on their blog. If they don’t, then it doesn’t hurt to send them a quick email and ask. Use high quality, original and valuable articles for a guest post, but at the same time make sure it compliments their blog. You want to use your best articles for guest blogging, especially if you get on a authoritative blog for your niche.

Press Releases – There are several good FREE press release sites. Here’s a whole list of them FREE Press Release distribution sites. Press Releases will allow the media to learn about your websites, product or services, quickly. Write in a more professional and informational format for your press release. Not in a review or sales page style.

Pinging - A pinging service like Ping-o-matic, which is FREE, let’s multiple search engines and services know that you just updated your blog or added new content. The popular sites like Technorati, Sphere and many others, will be pinged every time you update your content and people at these sites will be able to read your latest posts. This is automatically done if you use WordPress. It’s under writing in your WP dashboard.

Those are my top FREE methods for getting unlimited amount of targeted traffic to my websites and blogs. Please share any other methods or sources that I’ve left out that helps bring FREE targeted traffic to your sites.

There are a ton of great article directories out there, some are dofollow and some are nofollow.  But find and experiment with as many as possible and track the results and traffic from each source.  You need to figure out which ones are the most powerful or bring in the most targeted traffic, how well they rank and etc….

This is what I do.  I usually only use a small handful of the article directories below.  I submit only high quality, valuable and original content to couple of the most powerful directories for example Ezinearticles and a few others.  I put one link to my site and another to a different article, lp or mini site in the resource box.  Now, I may spin that article or rewrite it myself and  then I submit those to weaker or less popular article directories.  These articles will have links back to my original and high quality articles.

I don’t like submitting the same exact content anywhere, search engines dislike duplicate content and their links won’t have much potency for helping your sites anyways.

You’ll find that your high quality and original articles in the right directories, like ezines and isnare will rank easily and be on the front page of google for some impressive keywords even with a decent amount of competition.  You can also do other things to increase those high quality articles ranking even more, like bookmarking them and submitting them to other directories.  Don’t waste your time with the spun articles or less impressive articles.  A few backlinks to them and they should be good.

I advise before joining any article directory to read their policies and tos before writing your first article.  Every place may have different rules and guidelines.  If not followed properly it may lead to getting banned or your articles not getting approved.

Another thing, it’s recommended you also submit quality articles to some of the nofollow article directories but the high traffic and powerful ones like “article base”, “search warp” and “article alley”.  They may not give you pr juice but they will give some nice authority and targeted traffic.  They also rank well in the search engines.

Here’s my list of 11 Dofollow Article Directories:  they are not listed in any particular order.

1. Ezinearticles.com
2. www.goarticles.com
3. www.articlepool.com
4. www.articledashboard.com
5. www.easyarticles.com
6. www.amazines.com
7. www.articleteller.com
8. www.articleonramp.com
9. www.isnare.com
10. www.articlecity.com
11. www.articleblast.com

There you have it, a TRUE Dofollow article directory list, at least for now.  A few of the good one’s like “article base” went nofollow and others seem to be following that trend.  One other tip would be, if you write valuable and high quality content then others will be more likely to publish your articles or send traffic and links to them which will greatly improve traffic and pr juice to your sites.

If You Fail at this then you’ll probably never get enough traffic to make any “REAL Money Online”.

I started using Blog Comment Demon (BCD) – a True Dofollow Backlink Finder awhile back and recommended it to some people and they have been very happy with the results from it.  I decided to make a small post about it to let others know that this is one inexpensive backlink tool that may be worth investing in.

Blog Commenting is FREE and one of the easiest ways to get Powerful and Relevant one way links to your website or blog. Which can help skyrocket your blogs or sites to the top of the (serps). It’s also a great way to index a new website.

But there’s one problem,  when I first got into blog commenting all of the (so called) dofollow blogs lists were all wrong and most of them were actually “nofollow”.  Make sure you check dofollow lists with appropriate tools to see if they are in fact do follow, I’ve found that most people make these lists just to get traffic but they have no idea if they are in fact “no follow” or not.

Even if you are a more experienced webmaster and have all your must have tools installed (firefox toolbar extensions & Alexa Toolbar) it’s still very hard to make a nice list of Dofollow blogs, especially one’s that are relevant to your sites and have good PR.

That was until I found the ultimate do follow backlink finder, Blog comment demon.  All you pretty much have to do is enter your keywords and hit enter, it does the rest all automated.

Adding a comment is a cinch and all done inside the BCD dashboard.

Click here and Watch This Free Blog Comment Video it really does show the Full Potential this software has.

Benefits of BlogCommentDemon:

• Get Unlimited amount of dofollow backlinks
• Find relevant blogs to your niche
• Find relevant posts
• See pagerank for the Homepage and for the actual Post Page
• Money back guarantee
• Awesome Customer Support
• A ton of features which makes it very easy to use
• Save campaigns and files to easily use again in the future
• Find blogs on Auto-Pilot
• Complete step by step video tutorials
• Save time and money
• Great for getting New sites Indexed Quickly
• Lifetime updates

Let me just say, I’ve read some of the reviews on the internet on this back link software and most of them are bogus.  Most of the negative one’s are made up or complain that it takes a little while to find blogs.  I’ll tell you now that setting it up takes a little time but was simple with their step by step tutorials.  I loved the videos, very easy to follow and implement.  I have no complaints with there customer service either, which I took full advantage of.

Now, when BCD is looking for blogs/posts for you on auto pilot it may take a little while but just work on something else.  Just save everything easily using their dashboard and you’ll be able to pull up the blogs whenever you want to, instantly.  You won’t have to go through the whole process over again unless you are searching for More.

One of my favorite things I use this software for is to find those old and powerful blog posts with good PR that no one else knows about.

You’ll be able to find those coveted domains like .edu, .gov and .org sites.

Here’s my receipt for my purchase a few months ago.  I tend to not believe internet marketers unless I know them or they show actual Proof.  I’m sure you’re the same way.

If you’re looking for a good inexpensive dofollow backlink finder, then Blogcomment Demon is a great tool to use.

You should try to get high quality links from trusted sites that are relevant to your site, and use the correct anchor text (keywords you want to improve search rankings for). You need to make sure that you are placing links on DoFollow sites – search engine spiders will follow and give link juice back to your site. Nofollow links tell the search spiders not to follow them and they don’t pass on any link juice.

I’ve added some great references below every dofollow backlink method that contain Incredible lists of great places for you to use.

1. Do Follow Forums – This is one of the easiest ways of getting FREE Backlinks.  There are 1000′s of forums on the net and more popping up daily.  Most good forums are do follow and allow you to leave a link to your site in your signature at the bottom of each post you make.  Just make sure you find relevant forums to your site and it is a do follow forum.  This is also an easy way to get many links back to your site because the more posts made by you the more one way links.  Even if you add a new site to your signature and you have 1000 posts then you automatically just added a 1000 links to that url.

Here are some great sites that have listed DoFollow forums with their PR as well.

• http://getinternetmarketingstrategies.com/2008/11/do-follow-forums/
• http://www.peiprofit.com/traffic-secrets/list-of-dofollow-forums

2. Blog Commenting – Leaving a comment on Do Follow blogs is a very easy and FREE method people have been using for years.  Just make sure you are commenting on relevant blogs and don’t spam.  Add value with your comments and add your opinion to the subject.  Don’t forget about using trackbacks!

Here’s a few great sites with a huge list of Dofollow blogs and their PR.

• http://www.peterleehc.com/blog/work-from-home/the-easiest-way-to-get-backlinks-starts-here
• http://www.thewwwblog.com/top-commentators-blogs-list-october-2008.html

3. Directories – Use them correctly and you will be on the front page of the Serps in no time.  Directories are great because you get to leave a small description of your site then it’s placed in a relevant category which gives you a very authoritive link back.  Some are FREE and many cost money for a dofollow link but usually worth it.  I’ve also noticed many of them are now doing the whole reciprocal link exchange as well if you don’t want to pay.

Here’s a few sites with dofollow directories.

• http://www.onewaytextlink.com/links.php?type=free
• http://www.best-web-directories.com/free-directories.htm

4. Social Bookmarking sites – Okay, I’m sure you’ve heard social bookmarking is a way to get TONS of  free traffic, exposure and authority but it’s another great way to get one way links.  You get to add a description of the site or post and a link to it.

Now there is always a argument over which bookmarking sites are dofollow but I’ve found some good sites below that pretty much got it right and even if you don’t get any linkjuice then you’ll still get plenty of traffic from them if bookmarked correctly and with valuable content like from Digg, stumbleupon and propeller.

• http://www.caroline-middlebrook.com/blog/do-follow-social-bookmarking-sites/
• http://franklinbishop.net/27-dofollow-social-bookmarking-sites/

5. Article Directories – This a very popular method if you are familiar with internet marketing then I’m sure you’ve heard about the power of Ezinearticles.com and all the benefits of using them.  Writing and submitting your articles will give you traffic, backlinks, it’s simple and effective.  Instead of just a description of your site you can write a whole entire keyword rich article which will help your website or blog out tremendously.

Usually they are FREE and I’ve got some sites that will point you to the right article directories below.

• http://www.vretoolbar.com/articles/directories.php
• http://www.sitepronews.com/article-directories.html

6. Pressrelease – A powerful way of letting the media and consumers know about yourself and your products/services with a document.  The more professional and well written the better.  Pressreleases need to be more of a journalistic style rather than a marketing style and more informational, not just trying to make a sale or review.

I’ve got an awesome url for you below with a large list of pressrelease sites most are probably nofollow but still use as many as you can.

• http://www.webmaster-elements.com/submit-press-releases.htm

7. Submitting your RSS Feeds – Many people find your blogs from reading your feeds (small description of your post) they find on different feed directories.  Make sure you are careful to make sure you don’t submit the same feed to many times to the same site.  Some automatic feed services like pingomatic and pingoat submit to the same sites or search engines.  If you need more info on RSS Feeds go here http://www.whatisrss.com/

I would definitely suggest joining a automated feed and post service, then add your feed url to some of the feed directories you’ll find at the site below.  Some are dofollow and some are not, experiment but it’s a great list.

• http://www.mooladays.com/category/lists/page/2/

8. Buy Backlinks – This is a good way to get very relevant and High PR one way links, but will cost some money.  Definitely worth it.  If you are going to have a major website or blog, then you’ll eventually have to pay for SEO services and for Powerful back-links, or you’re competition will run you over and never look back.  You gotta remember, accomplished and successful sites may have a team or a dedicated person just for their seo, so paying for backlinks from a good source, can usually put your sites ahead of the pack.

9. Reciprocal Links – Exchanging links with other relevant sites has always been very popular but not as powerful as it use to be ever since Google cracked down on the Linkjuice from this method a few years ago.  It still works great and a must do SEO tactic to out rank your competition with similar niches.  The best way I’ve found to find similar websites to do this method is by joining forums, usually they’ll have a section for this or by doing some research in the search engines.

I wanted to add, make sure you also use hubpages and squidoo because they really don’t fall under anything above they are more considered as internet tools, web 2.0 website or community websites.  You’ll find they both work very well for your seo needs.  The 9 Ways on how to get Powerful Backlinks above are not in any particular order.  Oh yeah, I wanted to mention don’t forget about “Link Baiting” (creating content just to receive backlinks) that is seriously a very powerful method as well, and Guest Posting (creating posts for other relevant blogs).  If you got something to add then let me know.  Make sure you are using a few or all of the methods mentioned above and you will soon be getting more traffic and PR then expected!

You want to make sure it gets the proper launch.  One of the most important or The most important thing you need to work on is “Getting Quality Backlinks to your site“.  In my opinion the most important to get Higher Pagerank….and pagerank equals a better spot on the (serps)  But How do you get backlinks to a new website with little traffic or no traffic?

I am currently on a slow but steady SEO backlink campaign for this fairly new blog.(that’s the way to do it)  I have had sites in the past on the very first page of google for the Main Buying Keywords.  Sorry no pics, back then I never thought I would get to this point or go public with a blog.

I am going to need some nice PR for this blog especially in this niche. (very competitive niche) and I’m going for the Hardest keywords for this niche. I’ll tell you this, starting off is going to be your hardest and most frustrating time.  You have no traffic, no pagerank and you have to get your site’s name out to build credibility.

People aren’t going to just volunteer and give you a backlink from their High pr site, they probably could care less about you and why would they want to help you?….You’re going to be their competition.

Don’t get discouraged.  Like many successful Entrepreneurs say “If you don’t have any backlinks, traffic or sales then GO Get Them” be resilient, Never Give Up and Think outside the Box.  These ten methods below will also help!

Ten Surefire Ways to Get Backlinks even if you have a Brand New Site with NO Traffic

1. Leave comments on other blogs with dofollow for links (make sure you don’t spam and offer advice or your own opinion & add your link)  Finding blogs that are dofollow and with good PR in your niche can be tough, especially when most people think half of all the blogs are dofollow when they actually aren’t.  Here’s a inexpensive little tool that I used to get a List of TRUE Dofollow Blogs Blog Comment Demon everyone I have recommended it to have been pleased.

Oh yeah, if the blog has a  Top Commentator Plugin it will count every post comment link as a separate page – meaning if you’re on that list, then instead of just getting one backlink from the entire site, you get a backlink for every comment you left for every post. I know some people getting like 100′s or in the 1000′s of backlinks in a very short amount of time. Pretty Sweet!

2. Talk a little smirky or brash about the Big Dogs or your competition on your posts. Don’t overdue it or be disrespectful (you don’t want to make enemies with the Big Dogs) but this does work. How?…. well maybe they hear it from the grapevine, social media or so forth and then guess what, they throw a little post about your wannabe site on their blog and look what you got, a FREE backlink and some new traffic.

3. Write articles with Ezinearticles.com a PR6 site. Very powerful takes a few days before your articles are accepted but who cares it’s FREE and High quality backlinks.

4. Make Squidoo.com lenses a PR7 site about your niche and backlink to your site.

5. Use Hubpages.com a PR6 site and backlink to your site.

6. Make your own websites or blogs and backlink to your own site. Works better than you think.

7. Make posts or Static pages on your site with a HUGE List of, for example (100 best WP plugins make it thorough) also considered as a linkbait. That way people backlink because they want to refer to the list and or they point others to your site and tell them they can find it on your list.  Works like a charm!

8. You can always rely on the easiest method and buy backlinks, if you got the money then why not.

9. Comment in forums and make sure you put your website’s link in your signature. Free backlinks and traffic. (2 good ones- (forums.digitalpoint.com) and (warriorforum.com) – great way to make some sales as well!

10. Find other new sites like yours and in similar niches and ask if they want to trade links. Forums are a good place to find people usually they will have section just for that.

Okay, I hope you got some new ideas on how to get backlinks to even a brand new site and of course there are other ways but this is my top ten list.