Article directory

One way to get targeted traffic to your websites and quality backlinks at the same time is to write and submit articles to high page rank article directories such as Article Dashboard. There are a lot high quality article directories online that allow you to submit your article to their database for free. Simply type "article directory" or "free article directory" in Google and you will get a lot of article directories to submit your articles. Most article directories give the author an opportunity to promote their websites or products at the end of the article and this is where you usually get your backlinks.

Submit to video sites

One way to get more backlinks and webpages indexed in the process, is to create a video and upload it to video sites such as Google Video and You Tube. The process is easy and free! Just remember to include your URL on the video. You can use any video recording device to create your video, and then polish it up with some editing software such as Windows Movie Maker.

Art of commenting (2)

Continue from my previous post "Art of commenting (1)" I'm going to highlight some more pointers about leaving your URL on other websites' comment section in an attempt to gain more backlinks. Try to leave your URL in the form of keyword/s e.g. SEO instead of just URL e.g. http://seo-hub.blogspot.com/ as search engines tend to give a higher value for backlinks that are like the former as compared to the the latter. However, more importantly you should try to leave your URL on websites that have high page rank. There are many free tools and websites out there that allow you to check a website's page rank. Personally, I recommend Google toolbar.

Art of commenting (1)

One very important step in search engine optimization is to increase your website's link popularity, i.e. the number of websites out there linking to your website (backlinks). There're many ways to increase your website's link popularity and one of the ways is simply to comment on other websites. Many websites, especially blogs out there allow you to leave comment on their websites. Simply comment on these websites and leave your website URL on them to increase your website's link popularity. However, there are a few important pointers to take note when leaving comments on other websites. When you leave your URL on other websites' comment section, check whether the backlink is a direct link or a redirect link. A direct link is more valuable than a redirect link, thus you would want to focus your effort on commenting websites that offer direct backlink. To check whether a website offers direct backlink, simply place your mouse over any URL left by the previous comment and see whether your browser status bar shows a direct URL or redirect URL to that website.

Technorati

Previously, I discussed about how to submit your webpages to directories and social bookmarking sites as a search engine optimization technique. Continuing from there, I would like to recommend Technorati, a very popular site that offers both blog directory submission and social bookmarking services. The reason why I recommend Technorati is because unlike most blog directory, it approves your blog submission immediately and doesn't require any link back to them.

Webring

Webring is a group of websites, generally using a common URL to list themselves together in a circular structure. All the sites on a ring will be simlar in nature and have a common navigation bar that contains links to the previous and next slide. Joining a webring can help you generate more traffic to your website and is considered to be a search engine optimization technique. One of the most popular webrings is WebRing, which is quite similar to a search engine.

Add This

Previously, I talked about the importance of getting your website listed in social bookmarking sites to gain more traffic. To make it easier for your visitors to add your site to the social bookmarking sites, I strongly recommend you to get a social bookmarking widget from Add This to place on your site. Besides social bookmarking widget, Add This also offers feed widget. All these widgets are free.