So you’ve finally built a website, but how can you get more people to visit?  One way to do that is through link building, or getting people to link to your site via their own websites, blogs, word-of-mouth etc.  There are several ways to build links, but make sure you do it in the right way (white hat). Doing it the wrong way (black hat), could get you in trouble.  One could get banned from search engines if caught using black hat techniques.  Luckily, I’ve found this article that discusses the do’s and don’ts of link building.

One good tip that I found in the article is that one should create content that lists things.  Like for example, “Top 10 Things to Do When You’re Bored.”  People like to link to such things.

Another good tip is to trade articles or content with other respectable webmasters.  One can put each other’s links on each other’s pages.

In terms of bad things to do to build links, almost every form of spam is frowned upon.  It is not good to spam people’s e-mails, websites, etc. with links to your site.  This type of behavior could get you banned.

For more tips on how to build links, please visit here.

Other resources:

131 Legitimate Link Building Strategies

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