What is your favorite way to gain backlinks?

[redeemer_spawn]

by doing directory submission, forum posting and other techniques which they specified in this thread., I got a huge numbers of backlinks..,

[arturobraganza]

Forums! Blog comments! All guaranteed backlinks for me.

[coolslko]

Well......submitting article to popular article submission sites, dir submission and link exchange are my favourite ways of getting backlinks.....

[MrCat]

This is what I am doing lately:

Directory Submissions - targeted links at high PR directories
Blog and Forum Postings - to high PR and frequently crawled sites
Article Marketing - submit to high PR directories, could also serve as link baits
Link Baits - for organic linking

Three things you should always consider:
1. For SEO - Quality outweighs quantity
2. On a marketing perspective - The more backlinks, the more reach so long as you keep them targeted
3. Avoid building links with bad neighborhood sites, link farms, banned sites, etc.

[Pool-seo]

Originally Posted by Adam Za7

1- I write a detailed article about a topic related to my site’s theme and post it only once at a high traffic article site.

2- I like to blog about uncommon things that grab people’s attention and make them think.

3- I will put my link in pay directories that only list value-adding sites with no keywords in the titles.

4- I also contribute to fellow blogger’s discussions with the intent to help them. Helping others brings benefits.

Let's hear what you like to do.

all of this ！

[Adam Za7]

These are some great methods !

Redspace- I would read an article even if wasn't perfect if I found it interesting and useful. Some of the best travel articles are written by locals in far away countries that do not write perfect English. Something to consider.

MrCat- Good points. This is why I like to only submit my article to one directory, I am looking for one quality link, instead of a bunch or lower quality ones on copied content. Good point about bad neighborhoods, those links are avoidable and might hurt you.

Forum posting and blog commenting seem more popular than I realized. Looks like its working well for you guys too. That's good to hear.

[nalds20]

The easiest to get backlinks is forum posting...
then directory submission
social bookmarking
article submission

[digitalseo]

Originally Posted by nalds20

The easiest to get backlinks is forum posting...
then directory submission
social bookmarking
article submission

i don't think so..'coz it takes time and no guarantee to get listed if you'll submit your site to some directories..

forum posting-YES
social bookmarking- using SB sites with "do-follow"

[~DaRk-EyE~]

Social Bookmarking on Do Follow sites...
Quality Backlinks plus Traffic...
That's two hits in one shot...

[dee_el07]

Social Bookmarkings and blog commenting..