What is the best
way to build
backlinks?
Building Better Backlinks
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Contents
Introduction....................................................................... 4
Some Solid Gold Advice When Selecting Providers ................... 5
Fiverr Specific Tips.............................................................. 9
Fiverr Search Terms .......................................................... 12
Warrior Forum Advanced Search ......................................... 14
Types of Links .................................................................. 18
Private Blog Networks ....................................................... 19
Article Distribution ............................................................ 23
Social Bookmarking........................................................... 25
Blog Commenting ............................................................. 26
Software Service Providers................................................. 27
Forum Profile Backlinks...................................................... 28
That's It! ......................................................................... 30
Introduction
This report will be a little different, because it's hard to recommend specific
providers.
No, I'm not hiding any of my top secret, ninja, stealth backlink providers,
it's just that things change all the time.
Providers come and go... If you've tried building backlinks yourself, you
know how time consuming this stuff is, if these guys aren't making money
versus the effort they put in it's time to close up shop.
There are some large companies out there that provide link building
services, but they are usually very expensive. And I know for a fact, some of
them, simply outsource the work themselves.
I'm going to show you the different ways I find backlink providers . These
are going to be some VERY valuable tips, this is the same stuff I use in my
business.
Please don't just scan through this, take time to actually read the report.
I know what it's like to purchase something and just scan through it...
I'm going to show you some proven stuff...
Apply it to your business... and profit.
Some Solid Gold Advice When Selecting Providers
• Look for the little "extras" some link building providers offer. Things
such as pinging, submitting RSS feeds, or bonuses. Sometimes,
pinging the links and submitting RSS feeds (if done properly) can
lead to your links being indexed quicker. Factor these into your
decision whether or not to purchase.
• Many times when outsourcing backlinks, people will skip a service
offered by people from countries such as Russia or Latvia. Some of the
best providers I've hired, come from countries typically frowned upon
by many people who do a lot of outsourcing. Link building is a lot
different from outsourcing things like graphics, article writing, or web
design. Unless you want something very specific done, there's not
much communication going on. Most providers simply need to know
two things.
1) The URL of your site .
2) The anchor text you would like to use.
• Stay away from people offering services to submit your site to
WHOIS directories. It is a complete waste of money and you can do it
for free (if you wanted to):
http://www.imtalk.org/cmps_index.php?pageid=IMT-Website-
Submitter
• Get personal with the provider. After placing an order, send an
email to confirm everything along with a message stating that you
look forward to working with them. This simple message get your
work prioritized since they know they're dealing with a real person.
• Stay organized. Document the start/end dates of the project, the
website address where you made the purchase, and the URL and
anchor text of the links created. Keep all the reports you get back from
the providers in a folder.
• Skip the VA's (virtual assistant). This is my own personal opinion, but
you can get things done a lot cheaper and faster by using multiple
individuals and services versus the same person.
• Take care of your provider. A couple extra bucks goes a long way if
you find a provider you feel comfortable dealing with. This could
again mean your project gets prioritized. Leave them feedback after a
job well done and thank them. Treat good providers like gold.
• Don't be paranoid. Outsourcing at first may seem like a scary
proposition. If you've never outsourced links before you can get very
paranoid about any adverse effects the links may have on your
site/rankings. Stop. If it was that easy to ban/harm sites using links,
everyone would use them on their competitors.
• Ask about turnaround time. Not always, but if it looks like the
provider is too busy taking care of other people's projects to meet the
specified turnaround time, ask first before placing an order to avoid
disappointment. This is especially true of new services being offered
on forums. Sometimes the provider will get a large initial surge of
orders they weren't prepared for. It doesn't mean the service is bad,
but there's only so many hours in a day.
• Be consistent and get links built monthly to your sites. You can use a
variety of different anchor text, but it's important that inbound links
keep getting built. This is less true of local SEO, but if you are
competing in a general niche, you will want the links to keep coming.
There's no problem with using different providers each month.
• You can't control link indexing. Getting the backlinks built is one
thing, getting them indexed is a whole other issue. Sometimes it may
take Google some time to "find" the links no matter how much pinging
or other tricks you use. Some backlinks are easier to get indexed than
others. Be patient.
• Ask for reports. Most providers state that you will be provided with a
report after the work is complete. Go through the report, and double
check some of the links. If there are a small amount of links being
built, all of them should be publically visible (meaning you don't have
to login anywhere to see them) and you can check each one to make
sure they're all there. If you get a blast of 10,000 links being built, not
all of them will be correct. Don't worry about it, when you're dealing
with that sort of volume and different site, it's not going to be perfect.
• Test before you go monthly. Never commit to a monthly expense
before seeing the quality of work being offered. Ask the provider
if they offer a smaller package or test run.
• If you're unhappy, move on. There's no sense getting into a pissing
match with a provider. If you're not happy, move onto someone else.
Make sure to note the username of the person, their website address,
and PayPal address to avoid purchasing from this person again.
• SEO is opinion. That's pretty stupid of me to say since I'm positioning
myself as knowing a thing or two about the search engines, but at the
end of the day, the only people who truly know Google's algorithm are
the people that work at Google. Everyone else is just offering their
opinion based on personal experience or testing. Things can always
change, look for multiple opinions instead of just listening to one
person.
• Other ranking factors. Backlinks are not the only determining factor in
search engine positioning. There are a lot of other variables including
on-page SEO that when mixed with backlinks can dramatically improve
your ranking. Before purchase links, make sure your site is setup to
benefit from them. Read up on solid on-page SEO techniques.
• Connect in other ways. Sometimes emails get lost, sent to the spam
box, or never replied to. Many providers will offer these ways of
additional communication. If a person offers you their Skype, MSN,
or Yahoo messager id, use it.
• Look for a detailed description of the service. This is true whenever
you are looking for outsourcers, the more vague a person is about
what they're doing, the better the chance you're not going to be happy
with the results.
• If you can avoid it, never directly send a person money. Always look
for a "buy now" button. This will help protect you from fraudulent
service providers since you can later file some type of grievance if
you're not happy.
Fiverr Specific Tips
You will be hard pressed to find a better, cheaper way to get links than using
Fiverr.com.
Since utilizing the site, I have found a TON of really good providers. But
there were also some bad ones. I've learned a lot about doing business as
a buyer and how to spot the good opportunities for getting dirt cheap links.
What's awesome about this is that you can tap into some networks and
distribution channels people are paying big money for monthly or benefit
for software that costs hundreds of dollars, all for $5.
You also have some level of protection. If the service isn't complete in the
specified amount of time you get the $5 credited back to your account if
you decide to cancel the order:
If you have a problem with a seller, click on the "Got Problems" link.
Or you can always contact Fiverr customer service.
Ok, so here are some great tips so you can crush it buying links on Fiverr...
Pay attention to the amount of orders the sellers has in their queue.
Even if the service has a lot of "thumbs up" and good reviews, it
doesn't mean things haven't changed and now the provider is
backed up:
• Shop around before pulling the trigger. Take your time, people are
forced to compete with each other on fiverr. Many people will offer the
same type of service, just more. Like more links, more comments,
etc... for the same amount of money.
• Don't rely on feedback. Feedback on Fiverr can be manipulated and as
I said before, things change. You are protected no matter what, so try
taking some chances going with providers with limited feedback.
• Buy newer gigs. I've had a lot of success buying newer gigs for
services that people just started offering. I think the reason for this is
because the seller knows they need positive feedback in order to make
more money so they will over deliver when they first start out.
Don't buy lists or gigs listing "teach" in the title. You're looking for
people who offer their services, not lists of sites for auto approval,
high PR, etc... unless you plan on putting in the work yourself. Make
sure you read carefully to make sure what's being offered is a service
and not a list.
Fiverr Search Terms
These are some of the terms I like to use when searching for link building
services on Fiverr.
Obviously these terms will vary depending upon the project. When searching
for these terms, use all of these both with quotes, and without....
"backlinks"
"high pr backlinks"
"blog commenting"
"xrumer"
"profile links"
".edu links"
".gov links"
"press release"
"scrapebox"
"social bookmarking"
"linkwheel"
Remember that new gigs
popup all the time so the
search results are always
changing...
Warrior Forum Advanced Search
Many people will jump at the first sign of a
great looking link building service listed on
the Warrior Forum.
Sometimes this can be a big mistake and cost you money. I'm going to take
you through some of the most effective ways to search the Warrior Forum.
Start by clicking on the "search" link at the top of the forum:
Then clicking on the "advance search" option:
There are two places to look for providers. The WSO forum, and the Warrior
For Hire section. You can find some awesome link packages in both...
Enter the search term for the type of link you would like created or just
enter a general term in the search box. For more specific results, enter
the search term in quotes.
On the right hand side, click on the "Warrior Special Offers Forum", hold
down your "Ctrl" key on your keyboard and also click on the "Warriors For
Hire" link.
After this is done, click on the "search now" button:
You will only see search results from those two areas of the forum:
Sometimes with using providers from the Warrior Forum, price isn't all that
matters.
If a person has a good reputation on the forum, usually the service is legit,
and you shouldn't hesitate spending the extra couple bucks.
Please refer to the first section of this report and go through the general
tips. They will help you greatly when selecting a provider.
If you have a decent reputation yourself on the forum. Always look out for
new services being offered. Many times people will offer reviews copies and
you could get some backlinks for free.
It never hurts to ask, both parties involved will benefit. This type of thing
is better done through Private Message versus a post on the thread. Don't
send this types of requests out to often, but once in awhile doesn't hurt.
Make sure to also checkout the
WickedFire.com
They offer a section for links and SEO.
The BacklinksForum.com also offers classified ads or BFSO's for link
building services.
CHECK ON THE STATUS OF BACKLINKS
YOU ORDERED FROM
PROVIDERS (FOR FREE):
Types of Links
You need to understand the different types of links that people are offering.
Some types of links are better than others in terms of SEO value and some
links will get indexed faster than others.
I'm going to run through the types of links I like to get built/
It's always a good idea to get different styles of links built. Link diversity is
a good thing, and may lead to higher rankings.
If you can find a reasonably priced service offering .edu or.gov backlink
creation, this can make a nice addition to your overall site "portfolio".
Private Blog Networks
This is one of my favorite methods of getting backlinks...
There are some advantages to using private blog networks for link building.
Your backlinks will typically get indexed a lot faster versus other backlinking
methods.
Many of these networks are "looked after" meaning the owner puts in work
building links to the actual blog where your post will reside. They may also
make sure their pages and blogs are always getting crawled so the
backlinks get indexed.
Typically, they work by taking an article, spinning it, then distributing it
throughout the network of sites (blogs).
This will give you contextual backlinks or in content text links which are links
that placed within content.
Before making a decision whether or not to submit an article to one of these
networks, make sure each blog has its own IP address within the network.
This will add to the uniqueness of the backlinks.
Look for people offering a private blog network service (i.e. -
creating/submitting the article for you) versus paying monthly.
You can simply search Google for the term "private blog network" but that
would give you a ton of results:
From my experience, to get access to the really "good" private blog
networks, they're usually found on forums. Do a search using the following
search strings, and you'll be surprised at how many services are around:
site:warriorforum.com [private blog network]
site:wickedfire.com [private blog network]
site:backlinksforum.com [private blog network]
site:backlinksforum.com [private blog network]
Instead of just looking at the title of the posts in the search results,
make sure to check out some of the full forum threads.... gold can be
found reading these.
You will also get to read reviews of the services being offered. These should
be factored in when deciding if the service is a good fit for you.
If the thread is old (meaning it was posted awhile ago and hasn't had any
recent comments) make sure to contact the person offering the service to
make sure it's still available.
You can also search Fiverr.com and enter the term: private blog network.
New gigs will popup from time to time:
A great resource for finding some more "main stream" blog
networks can be found on the linkvanareviews.com blog. Check out
the categories on the right hand side of the blog.
Article Distribution
Anyone who's been around Internet marketing should already know
article marketing is a very effective for building backlinks.
Article distribution simply means getting your article distributed to many
different article directories.
This is similar to getting content distributed through a blog network,
except you're using article directories instead of blogs.
You should spend more time writing articles than distributing them.
(Hell, you can even outsource the article writing)
It usually costs a little more, but if you can, go with a service that will
both write and distribute you article.
There are a lot of "mainstream" sites that do this for you. Companies or
individuals who have their own sites listed and advertised in Google.
If you go with one of these sites, before purchasing, search around for
the name of the website or service to find and read reviews.
Some of these providers are very overpriced and return the same results
as other individuals offering the same service.
Always look for guaranteed article acceptance. It's one thing to say they
are blasting your articles out to 200 sites, but if only 25 accept your article
the service is basically worthless.
When it comes to this kind of service, prices will vary dramatically. Look
for the best value.
I find the best value by searching forums....
You can do the same search in Google, for article submission service,
but this time use Google's real time search:
This will pull in results from forums. You can find things like reviews,
people offering services, or even coupon codes.
Social Bookmarking
While social bookmarking isn't as effective as it used to be, anytime I
launch a new site, this is one of the first things I get outsourced.
It makes for quick indexing of the site, and also some instant link juice.
While social bookmarking can't be considered "traditional" link building,
there is still some SEO value there...
It's a great idea to also get your inner content pages bookmarked and not
just the main domain. This could mean both a little extra traffic, but more
importantly, it provides some "deep linking" value.
I ALWAYS use Fiverr for this, there's always a ton of people offering
their service:
Remember to use some of the Fiverr.com tips I told you about earlier.
You can also apply some of the forum search functions I mention, but in
terms of price versus service, Fiverr is the way to go for social bookmarking.
Try to find package deals where people will submit multiple URL's for a
discounted price. Make sure before committing to a larger package, you test
out a smaller one first to make sure you like the service.
Blog Commenting
Blog commenting is usually offered to be done either manually or with
some piece of software.
One of the most popular and effective pieces of software is scrapebox
for automatically commenting on blogs.
Many times the providers will use an "auto approve list" basically meaning
the comments are not being moderated and there is a good chance of your
link being posted on that particular blog.
Do not buy any lists of auto approve blogs unless you plan on doing
the commenting yourself. The service provider should have a list
they're currently using for this service.
Many times the provider will give you an approximate success rate.
This should be taken into account, and subtracted from the total
amount of comments they're offering.
Comments on high page rank blogs have been proven to have a
positive effect on search engine rankings.
These links are also more likely to be indexed in Google.
Software Service Providers
When a backlinking software appears on the market, read the reviews.
If you like the sound of it, and read positive feedback. Save your money...
People usually start offering services using that particular software. You get
all the benefits, without the learning curve.
For instance, let's take SENuke as an example...
Save your $100+ per month and get all the benefits of SENuke
without being saddled with the monthly fee.
You can also check forums or Fiverr...
Forum Profile Backlinks
This is my 100% honest opinion: Stop buying forum profile backlink packets
where you have to do the work yourself. The vast majority of them are a
complete waste of money and time. Not all of them, but the vast majority.
There are people available to manually create high profile backlinks, but the
majority of them use software.
The most common software used to automate the creation of forum
profile backlinks is Xrumer.
You may have heard of the software before, many black hat SEO's use the
software to create thousands and thousands of links.
The downside to using forum profiles as a method of link building is that
you will have a tough time getting the links indexed.
I have found that many times if the forum user profile remains intact
(meaning the forum owner doesn't remove the profile) eventually, these
will get indexed. But it takes time and you will not see results right away.
The people that build these links using Xrumer typically call them "blasts".
So what you'll be ordering is an "Xrumer blast".
I have ordered HUNDREDS of Xrumer blasts over the years so here
are some tips when selecting a service:
• Don't overpay for the service. Make sure to look around, and do some
searching on Google using looking for the most amount of links, for
the least amount of money.
• Ask for a report. Most Xrumer blast providers state they will give you a
report when the project is finished. Typically, this will be in .txt format
listing the links that where created:
Don't expect perfection. Not every link will be active or publically
available so long as the majority of them are active, the provider
did their job.
• Ask about the list. A good provider will always have an updated list
of forums. This is important to get the most out of your blast.
• Don't use too many keywords. A big mistake I was making when first
starting out was using multiple domain names and keywords for
blasts. Many times providers will allow you either multiple domains, or
multiple keywords. My blasts started becoming more effective when I
was just sticking to one domain and one keyword per blast instead of
spacing everything out.
• Look for drip feed. Many times if a provider offers a "drip feed" service, it
means they know what they're doing with the software. Even if you don't
take them up on the drip feed, order a regular blast from them.
You will typically see people offering two different of xrumer blasts:
1) Forum Profile Links
2) Forum Links or Forum Signature Links
Forum signature links are where the software goes through and posts
comments on forums. This is pretty spammy and you're better off staying
away from these.
NEVER use the forum signature links for offline clients. It could turn into a
disaster with spam complaints and you also have the company's image to
consider.
Xremer blasts are available EVERYWHERE... make sure to check out the
foums and Fiverr first before going with a site in Google.
You will save a lot of money...
That's It!
You've reached the end...
I hope you have found my report useful and learned a couple new things you
can apply to your business.
