Getting Links

Hello All,

Trying to get links, as a new an unknown site (http://Kitten-Pictures.com), I'm finding, is a difficult and arduous process. It really takes time commitment and tenacity -- just giving you fair warning.

As far as I understand, the best links to get are one-way links -- links where other sites are linking to your site, but you are not linking to theirs. This is the kind of link you get when a site links to you because your content will enhance his own site's visitors experience. Did you catch what I said about 'Content' -- Content is King, yet again.

There is a linking scheme called 3-way linking. This where you set up two sites. One is your main site (we'll call it site 'A') and the other is your linking site (we'll call it site 'B'). You solicit a link exchange (this is where you trade links) from another site (we'll call it site 'C') where you set it up like this:

Site 'C' links to Site 'A'
Site 'B' links to Site 'C'

This may or may not be an attractive offer for site 'C', depending on the page rank of site 'B'.

There is also a lot of SEO talk about getting links only from relevant sites, only. If I’m a pet site (which I am – http://kitten-pictures.com), I should only solicit and accept links from other pet sites. In other words, don’t accept a link from a health insurance company. Then others say, get whatever links you can. I’m not sure who’s really right here.

Also, some say to only put your links on the front page. I’ve taken a hybrid approach. I’ve created a links page – http://Kitten-Pictures.com/links for my links that are either direct competitors for my site (other Kitten Picture Sites) or other non-directly related sites (Sites about Dogs, Fish, Insurance, etc). The other sites that are complimentary, I put those on my front page – sites about Cats or Kittens. In my mind, I need to serve my readership first and it’s in my readership’s interest to give the easy access to relevant links on the front page.

As it stands right now, http://Kitten-Pictures.com has 27 links from sites with a Page Rank (PR) of 0, 1 link from sites with a PR of 2, 2 links from sites with a PR of 3, 1 link from a site with a PR of 6, and 1 link from a site with a PR of 7.

Do you see my weakness here? My link count is okay, especially for how old the site is. However, most of my links are from non-known sites (PR=0). Google doesn’t regard those types of sites very well – and my Google ranking shows it. I need to solicit more sites with higher page rankings. How am I going to do that? With great content! Content is King.

Have you created your own blog site yet? What are you waiting for? Are you nervous that you don’t having anything to say. I’ve got a secret – start a blog at www.blogger.com and just start writing something you know something about. Write about model airplanes, your dog, politics, how you built your last computer – write about anything. Once you get in the mode of writing, it will become more apparent to you what topics and interests are easier to expound on. If you find that your interest are outside of the scope of the blogsite you’ve started, you can erect another blog site with the new theme and either disband the old or keep it going.

If this blog has helped you, please leave comments and tell others – that would be awesome.

Anyway, that’s it for now.

Make it a great day!

Stan