Here are 18 more PR5 directories where you can do directory submission.

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18 PR5 Directories for SEO Directory Submission

Blogging has been essential in building links for when you write a blog entry, you actually insert links back to your site. Your blog entry’s content would surely have organic content which is going to help your site rank better.

Anyhow, while browsing the net, I came across a list of things that one should stay away from when blogging and when optimizing your site:

• Buying traffic
• Posting paid links for PR gain
• Duplicate content
• Black-Hat SEO techniques
• Blog farms
• Excessive links with no content
• Post links without being embedded in content

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Blogging And What To Look Out For

My friend loves blog-hopping (which is reading one blog after another). She told me that she goes clicking one link after another especially if she likes the topics. However, she said that she did not leave comments even if she wanted to. She felt lazy leaving comments on other sites.

Now if you have such an attitude, you may be wasting on the chance to improve your site’s traffic. See, studies in the industry have said that leaving comments on other sites helps drive traffic back to your site. The reason behind this is that when you leave a comment, you are asked to leave your name and a link back to your site. When other readers going through the comments page find your name or your comment interesting, the chances of that reader clicking on the link back to your site is high.

Now that you know, better start leaving those comments. You’ll never know how much traffic it’s going to bring in.

[Image from The Paula G. Company]

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Leave Your Comment

So how do you let traffic enter your site? What do you do?

One of the best and proven ways to bring in traffic (and possibly even link backs) to your site would be by sponsoring a contest. You can start a mini-contest on your site. I have encountered various types of contests with blogs and I think that it is one of the easiest ways to get link backs.

Some contests would ask you to just leave a comment on their blog post. Some would ask you to write a blog post about something and then ask you to link back to their site. Just think of which technique would best work for you. If you have a really good prize to give away, the possibilities of having quite a number of interested folks are huge.

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Contest Rules

I’m not really surprised by this because I don’t think webmasters and SEOs would 100% stop buying links just because google says so. The overall tip was to “be careful where you buy your links”. Many still have doubts about Google’s link detection techniques.  The general consensus was that a lot was done via human auditing and de-listing.

The primary reason why link buying won’t be stopped that easy is that, I don’t think  the link buyer is affected.  I mean, the worst case is that the links will not pass link juice but for the buyers website to be penalized,  that is another story.    Think about it for a second.  If google will penalize the buyer’s website, then many can just “buy” a link and link it to their competitors and then report it to google for penalization.

The sellers are the ones being penalized which is why I believe, buyers with deep pockets won’t stop buying links.   They just have to find a good seller which they think won’t be caught by google’s  link detection algorithms and/or human auditors.

[via fireflyseo ]

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Link Buying Discussions at SES London

Every Christmas, well wait. I’ve only been doing this for two years — the past two holidays had me thinking up of ways to give out personalized gifts that were affordable and consumable as well. I thought of doing a little link building technique using customized cakes. The end result was a package of several types of cakes and cookies with the link of my sites posted onto them.

What it is, technically is selling link spots for about USD $0.70 cents per cookie and USD $1.25 for cupcakes. Maybe you should give it a try? Not only is there intrinsic link value, but it is also a thoughtful, unique way of remembering friends and family during the holidays.

– Jayvee

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Offline link building techniques for the holidays