The Complete Guide to Link Building Tactics [20+ Methods]

[rajkumar31]

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[kaudo]

Thanks, Holzr, a fantastic roundup!

 

[bngk]

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[Gazza78]

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[glab]

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[Zakhej]

My 2 year BHW anniversary just passed so I thought I'd put together a resource of resources for link building tactics. Hope you enjoy the list. Formatting comes out weird on BHW. Copied from Word but hopefully should be clear enough.

I've tried to cover everything from general link building to guest posting to broken link building and everything in between.

Be sure to check for updates in this thread as I'll bee adding sites along the way.​

Note: I am not affiliated with any of these websites

Foundational Links

· Social Media Profiles

· Blog Comments

o https://www.shoutmeloud.com/blog-commenting-guide-seo.html

o https://iftiseo.com/2017/01/comment-backlinks-guide.html

· Forum Comments / Reddit

o https://www.searchenginejournal.com/the-reddit-guide-to-massive-traffic/42368/

o http://seopressor.com/blog/reddit-marketing-guide-for-content-marketers/

o http://blog.rafflecopter.com/2015/11/reddit-front-page-traffic/

o https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/method-100-per-day-content-marketing-with-reddit-seo.1018693/

o https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/how-i-made-30usd-with-1-reddit-post.854833/

o https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/m...-on-reddit-200-000-visits-from-1-post.816394/

· Niche Relevant Directory Links

· Press Release

· QA sites

o https://blog.bufferapp.com/quora-marketing

o https://smartblogger.com/quora-traffic/



Power Links and Link Building Guides

· Guest Posting

o https://ninjaoutreach.com/ultimate-guide-guest-blogging/

o https://ninjaoutreach.com/how-to-do-guest-posting/

o https://backlinko.com/the-definitive-guide-to-guest-blogging

o https://ahrefs.com/blog/guest-blogging/

o https://www.outreachmama.com/guest-posting-sites/

o https://neilpatel.com/blog/guide-to-guest-blogging/

· Editorial Links

o https://ahrefs.com/blog/haro-link-building/

o https://ahrefs.com/blog/content-ideas/

§ News Jacking

· https://ahrefs.com/blog/viral-content/

· http://www.newsjacking.com/what-is-newsjacking-newsjacking

· http://contentmarketinginstitute.com/2014/01/brand-marketing-newsjacking-next-level/

· http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/...Marketer-s-Complete-Guide-to-Newsjacking.aspx

· General Link Building

o https://ahrefs.com/blog/white-hat-link-building-techniques/

o https://ahrefs.com/blog/link-building/

o https://www.hobo-web.co.uk/link-building-strategy-for-beginners-a-month-of-free-tips/

o https://www.gotchseo.com/backlinks/

o https://ahrefs.com/blog/20-seo-experts-best-link-building-strategies-dont-require-content/

o https://backlinko.com/link-building

o https://backlinko.com/white-hat-seo#linkbuilding

o https://www.robbierichards.com/seo/13-killer-link-building-strategies/#broken

o https://moz.com/blog/category/link-building

o https://www.linkresearchtools.com/case-studies/link-building-techniques/

o http://webris.org/link-building-strategies-that-work/

o https://detailed.com/advanced-link-building/

o http://backlinko.com/17-untapped-backlink-sources

o https://ahrefs.com/blog/how-to-promote-your-website/

o https://backlinko.com/link-building-strategies/

· .EDU and .GOV

o https://blog.monitorbacklinks.com/seo/edu-backlinks/

o https://longtailpro.com/educate-yourself-how-to-get-edu-backlinks-and-why-you-should-want-them/

o https://blog.monitorbacklinks.com/seo/gov-backlinks/

o https://www.crazyegg.com/blog/get-mentioned-by-gov/

o https://www.quicksprout.com/the-advanced-guide-to-link-building-chapter-5/

· Content Promotion (outreach)

o https://www.pageonepower.com/outreach-resource-guide/

o https://www.thehoth.com/blogger-outreach/

o https://ahrefs.com/blog/outreach/

o https://ahrefs.com/blog/blogger-outreach/

o http://www.matthewwoodward.co.uk/tutorials/simple-content-promotion/

o https://backlinko.com/link-building#chapter4

o https://ninjaoutreach.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-outreach-scripts/

o https://ahrefs.com/blog/find-email-address/

o https://ahrefs.com/blog/outreach/

· Visual

o https://ahrefs.com/blog/how-to-get-backlinks/

o https://ahrefs.com/blog/visual-link-building/

o https://www.searchenginejournal.com/visual-content-link-building/206364/

o https://blog.visme.co/how-to-build-links-with-infographics/

o https://backlinko.com/how-to-get-backlinks

o http://blog.visme.co/guestographics/

o https://ninjaoutreach.com/infographics-and-guestographics-linkbuilding/

o https://ahrefs.com/blog/build-links-with-images/

o https://ahrefs.com/blog/public-data-sets/

o https://ahrefs.com/blog/infographic-link-bait/

o https://moz.com/blog/how-to-build-links-with-infographics

o https://www.matthewbarby.com/link-building-images/

o http://kaiserthesage.com/images-link-building/

· Broken Link Building

o https://ahrefs.com/blog/broken-link-building/

o https://moz.com/blog/the-broken-link-building-bible

o https://searchengineland.com/broken-link-building-made-easy-269137

o https://www.searchenginejournal.com/broken-link-building-not-working/217555/

o https://www.searchenginejournal.com/broken-link-building/210992/

o http://www.top5seo.co.uk/broken-link-building/

o https://backlinko.com/link-building#chapter6

o https://www.quicksprout.com/2015/08/19/a-step-by-step-guide-to-modern-broken-link-building/

· Resource Pages

o https://www.searchenginejournal.com/backlinks-resource-links-pages/214138/

o https://blog.snappa.com/resource-page-link-building/

o https://www.seodirect.org/blog/high-octane-backlinks/

o https://backlinko.com/link-building#chapter6

· Skyscraper

o https://ahrefs.com/blog/skyscraper-technique/

o https://ahrefs.com/blog/skyscraper-technique-fail/

o https://backlinko.com/skyscraper-technique

o https://www.searchenginejournal.com/skyscraper-technique-failure/222713/

o https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/skyscraper-technique-drive-traffic

o https://backlinko.com/link-building#chapter6

o https://www.robbierichards.com/seo/case-study-triple-traffic-in-30-days/

o http://www.seonick.net/skyscraper-building-method/

· Link Bait and Linkable Assets

o https://ahrefs.com/blog/link-bait/

o https://ahrefs.com/blog/linkable-assets/

o https://www.distilled.net/linkbait-guide/

o http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/33393/The-Marketer-s-Ultimate-Guide-to-Link-Bait.aspx

o http://www.webpagefx.com/blog/marketing/examples-of-great-link-bait-how-they-succeeded/

· Ego Bait

o https://www.orbitmedia.com/blog/ego-bait/

o http://www.pageonepower.com/linkarati/ego-bait-links

o http://www.northsideseo.com/associated-egobait/

o http://www.nichepursuits.com/guest-...ego-bait-method-that-can-get-you-great-links/

· Expert Roundup and Interviews

o https://smartblogger.com/expert-interviews/

o http://www.clambr.com/expert-roundups/

o https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/t...s-that-generate-traffic-links-revenue.974194/

· Content Repurposing

o http://www.wordstream.com/blog/ws/2015/02/03/repurposing-content

o https://blog.bufferapp.com/repurposing-content-guide

o http://coschedule.com/blog/repurpose-your-content/

· Donation/Scholarship Links (A spammed tactic IMO)

o http://emmastill.com/using-great-nonprofts-for-link-building/

o http://www.seodirect.org/2014/02/05/how-donation-links-help-link-builders-and-charities-thrive/

o https://www.searchenginejournal.com/scholarship-link-building/226275/

o https://blog.monitorbacklinks.com/seo/scholarship-link-building/

o https://www.backlinks.com/2751-8-steps-to-a-successful-scholarship-link-building-campaign/

· Link Reclamation

o https://ahrefs.com/blog/link-reclamation/

· Unlinked Mentions

o https://ahrefs.com/blog/unlinked-mentions/

o https://ahrefs.com/blog/how-to-set-up-google-alerts/

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