CREATIVE WAYS TO GAIN LINKS

CREATIVE WAYS TO GAIN LINKS
BY: JASON RICKARD
creative methods for "one way" links

EVERYONE KNOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING OTHER
sites to link to you and the most common way is
for a reciprical link. that is the kind of link
THAT CLICK SENTRYS RECIPRICAL TOOLS ADDRESS.
these are great links and should always be
sought after. however, there has been much
DISCUSSION ABOUT GOOGLE GIVING LESS WEIGHT TO A
link that is recip. one of the ways to combat
this is "triangle" linking but this can be very
TIME CONSUMING AND HARD TO EXPLAIN TO NEW
website owners. that brings us to another
method:

one way linking

WHEN MOST PEOPLE THINK ABOUT ONE WAY LINKING
their mind immediately turns to directories.
these are a great source (and are seemingly
ENDLESS) OF ONE WAY LINKS BUT THERE ARE EVEN
more creative ways to get them. i am going to
break it into two very easy categories - press
RELEASES AND ARTICLE SUBMISSIONS

press releases - new websites seem to believe
THAT PEOPLE WHO NEED THEIR SERVICE OR PRODUCT
will just find them because of that need. anyone
who has started a site just to sit back and let
THE ORDERS OR VISITORS ROLL IN HAS BEEN QUICKLY
reminded that despite being the "web", people
still need to know you are there.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF GREAT SITES THAT ALLOW YOU
to "announce" your arrival. even if you are an
established site you are still able to write a
PRESS RELEASE TO ANNOUNCE ANY NEW PRODUCTS OR
tools you may have. somehow in the move from
newspapers to internet many have lost the fine
ART OF WRITING AN ENGAGING (AND SELF SERVING OF
course) press release. i will write another
article sometime about that lost art with step
BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS. IN THE MEANTIME, JUST READ
some of the other press releases and adapt your
own. these press releases are spidered by google
SO IT IS A GREAT WAY TO NOT ONLY GET A LINK BUT
to also drive traffic to your site.

HERE ARE SOME SITES TO START WITH:

http://www.prleap.com
: YOUR FREE PRESS RELEASE GOES TO GOOGLE
news(news.google.com) and searchengines like
yahoo, msn altavaista and you can view the
HISTORY AND STATISTICS.
for this release, your article must be
professional.

http://www.prweb.com:
one of the best press release websites i come
ACROSS. YOU CAN ISSUE FREE PRESS RELEASE WHICH
goes to related websites and article posting
websites.
FOR A FEE OF 60+ ONLY, YOUR ARTICLE GOEST TO
various news sites like yahoo news,
business.com(iam not sure of this) and related
BIG NEWS WEBSITES.

article submissions - the second great way to
GAIN LINKS IS TO SUBMIT ARTICLES. DO YOU HAVE A
web design site? write an article about google
starting to index flash sites. all of the good
SUBMISSION SITES ALLOW YOU TO PUT AN ABOUT THE
author section with links to your site in it.
this gives you an instant link from the site you
SUBMITTED IT TO BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THESE
sites allow other website owners to boost their
content by including your article in their
WEBSITES. THE ONLY THING THEY ASK IS FOR THE
article and your link to not be modified. write
a good article and you may see 100's of one way
LINKS WITHIN WEEKS. WRITE 10 GREAT ARTICLES
and.... well you get the idea.

HERE ARE SOME SITES TO START WITH:

http://www.goarticles.com
HTTP://WWW.ARTICLECITY.COM

good luck!!

about the author:
jason rickard is the webmaster of
HTTP://WWW.YOURFAVOURITESHOP.COM [2]AND OWNER OF
http://www.graftonwebdesign.com [3].*article may
be reprinted provided it is not altered and
LINKS ARE LIVE.*

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