Get links to your site - text links
May 11th, 2008One important step in marketing your website is to get as many “inbound” links as you can. It is very important that these links are text links and not images or banners. Don’t engage into link exchange schemes that may get your site banned from Google. It’s alway best to put your link on relevant and related sites.
Why?
Search engines like Google consider the number of websites that link to your site as one of the factors in ranking your site. If you install the Google Toolbar you will see a button called PageRank. Inside there is a tool called “Backward Links” which will show you all the sites with links to yours. If you don’t have any you need to get some. If you have some, you need to get more.
Where to get Inbound links
Start with online directories like www.dmoz.org and others that may relate to your industry. You can also try vendor and customers websites, Blogs, local directories, chamber of commerce sites, forums, etc.
Most directories have specific policies and procedures for submitting links so please read them carefully.