Inbound link is one of the most important success factors for an online business. In the following discussion, you will find different linking tactics that you can use without spending a single cent.
1. Submit articles to article directories.
This probably is one of the most popular ways of getting inbound links to your website. There are a few websites where you can submit your articles to; such as goarticles.com, ezinearticles.com, articlecity.com and articlebase.com.
Not only articles, you can also submit your own scripts, images, videos, jokes, 3D models, quotes or other type of works to respective websites or directories depends on the theme of the website and what you want to promote.
You may need to use different type of works for linking purpose because:
1. You need to show examples of your works.
2. You may have difficulties to create articles related to your products.
3. You may have great ability in creating scripts or other type of works.
4. You may have English problems.
Some webmasters create scripts where other webmasters can use, as long as there are certain links that related to the creator’s websites.
2. Submit your website to directories
If your website is directory-worthy, you may try to submit your website to directories. Try to search in google and find out for more directories which are either payable or free submission.
3. Posting in forums
Look for forums that are highly related to your website. Then, you will have opportunity to put your link in the signature line by participating in forums. Try to participate in warriorforum.com; I notice that links in this forum are crawled frequently by some popular search engines. Similarly, you can also get inbound link by giving comment on blogs.
4. Creative Commons License
You can apply the Creative Commons License to your website and let Yahoo discover you. Through the creative commons search engines, your website will obtain many targeted inbound links. You can visit http://www.creativecommons.org to find out more about creative common license.
5. Reciprocal Linking (Link Swaps)
With this strategy, you will get links to your website by swapping links from your site to other websites. Although search engines appreciate one-way inbound links more than reciprocal links, it is still a traffic-producing method which you may consider to use. There are a number of services available to automate the linking process.
Try to check from www.linkmetro.com if you wish to use this strategy. This well-established service allows you to review and approve link exchange requests from other webmasters, or vise versa. LinkMachine is reciprocal linking software that could also help you to swap links with other webmasters automatically.
Of course, there are various methods of getting inbound links to your website which could be endless. Be creative!! By doing it successfully, you will be able to get your website listed or boost your position in the search engine and then build enough streams of traffic to your site.