6 Link Building Tactics that will Definitely Boost Traffic

Are you looking for some high-quality link building tactics that have been proven to boost traffic? Read on for our top tips…

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Ramzi Chamat / 8 Ways Media
2015-05-18 08:35:00

Successful link building is no longer a case of link spamming, whether by paying for links, low-quality directory links or link schemes (such as link farms or link networks). Exploiting link building will almost immediately get detected by Google, and your site will quickly lose value as a result.

Instead, it’s better to opt for honest, genuine link building tactics that have been proven to work. Below you will find an exhaustive list of options for optimal, successful link building:

1.       High-Quality Content Marketing

The first and most obvious type of ‘link building’ to opt for is high-quality content marketing. Though you may be wondering how content marketing can lead to link building, it is in fact one of the quickest and easiest ways to do so.

When you write high-quality, interesting content that people find value in, then those people will be far more likely to link to it, whether on their Facebook page, their blog or their own website.

2.       Ask for Referrals

Another way to improve link building is to ask your clients to link to your website. If you’ve just completed a project for a client and they were satisfied, why not ask them to include a link to your website on their own site. This is particularly ideal if your client’s website is relevant to your industry of operation, as search engines prefer it when links relate to one another. And if you publish fresh content on your site daily, there’s no reason why your clients wouldn’t want to share that content with their own readers.

3.       Create an RSS Feed

An RSS feed, also known as a Rich Site Summary, is a great way to deliver regularly updated web content. Many websites that are regularly updated (e.g. news sites, blog and weblogs) syndicate their content as an RSS feed so that it is easily accessible to many readers. Having an RSS feed is a good link building tactic as it also enables your site visitors to receive notifications every time you publish new content to your site, which will automatically lead them straight to your website.

4.       RSS Directories

You can also distribute your RSS feed to RSS directories. This website gives you an entire list of RSS directories that you can submit your feed to. Although RSS directories do not directly link straight to your content, they do link to your RSS feed, which in turn links to any content you linked to in your blog posts.  

5.       Infographic Submissions

If you’ve created a great infographic that you want to share with the world, why not submit it to an infographic directory? There are many to choose from, paid and unpaid, so it’s important that you find the right site that will boost engagement.

6.       Interlink

Finally, don’t forget to interlink throughout the pages of your website! This is a highly valuable link building strategy that gives you full control over where you direct your readers to. If you’ve written some particularly successful blogs, it makes sense to direct new readers back to those posts, time and time again. 

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