How to Make Your Website Popular With Link Building

Link building helps greatly with building popularity and traffic to a new website.

New websites need traffic to become established and popular. The fastest way to build popularity and visibility in major search engines such as Google or Yahoo is through link building. When a newer website is linked to an older, more popular, stable website, this helps to get the newer website indexed. In turn, traffic and popularity will build. Use the steps below for link building on your website.

Difficulty:

Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• List of web directories
• Free article directories
• Online forums
• Facebook and MySpace accounts

1. Submit your new website to free search-engine-friendly web directories. A list of these directories is available at www.addurl.nu. This process is time consuming, but can gain you many valuable links.

2. Exchange links with websites with similar subject matter. This is called reciprocal linking. If you find a popular, well-written website on a topic similar to yours, email the webmaster, and request a link exchange.

3. Submit original articles on your website’s topic to free article directories. Include a link to your website in these articles.

4. Find online forums related to the topic of your website. Post on these forums, and include your website’s address in the signature.

5. Use social media sites such as Facebook and MySpace to promote your website.

Tips & Warnings

• Websites must be written in English for acceptance to most of these directories.

• Well-written, quality content is a must on your website, as this will generate link requests from other related websites.

References

• Doshdosh.com: Link Building Tips for New Websites
• Techlineinfo: Top 10 Link Building Tips for Your Website

Resources

• Seoresearcher.com: Article Directories List
• Addurl.nu: List of Web Directories