The must have guide to finding backlinks the mammoth approach
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First Edition
The must have guide
to Finding Backlinks
...building backlinks means dominating
search terms...
...so learn how to find a ton of backlinks!
...and Dominate!
By Michael Doring
www.michaeldoring.com
3. Mailing List
Mailing List
I invite you to join my mailing list at http://www.michaeldoring.com/subscribe-to-my-mailing-list/
Why should you subscribe? I will send you via email:
The Free software that I create, For example, my Commission Checker, which allows you to
check Commission earnings for affiliate networks like Clickbank, and Commission Junction.
Free Reports.
Blog updates. When I post interesting articles I may let you know via email.
New Products I have created. For example, the eBook I wrote titled ‘The must have guide to
Finding Backlinks – The Mammoth Approach’
Great deals and products that I think may interest you.
Notification of when the next product in the ‘Mammoth Approach’ series is available.
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4. Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Mailing List ........................................................................................................................................ 3
Other Backlinking Resources:............................................................................................................. 6
About Me .......................................................................................................................................... 7
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 9
What are backlinks? ........................................................................................................................ 10
I highly recommend Magic Submitter. ............................................................................................. 11
Backlink Finding Methods ................................................................................................................ 12
Link: Operator (Google) ............................................................................................................... 12
Linkdomain: Operator (Yahoo) AND Yahoo Site Explorer.............................................................. 14
Purchase Backlink Packets ........................................................................................................... 16
Forum Profile Username Trick, or any profile username for that matter ...................................... 17
Outsourcing and Freelancers ....................................................................................................... 20
Link Building Services................................................................................................................... 22
Websites that allow user-generated backlinks have common search signals (footprints) ............. 23
“Powered By” searches................................................................................................................ 24
Link Harvesting Tools...such as: Scrapebox................................................................................... 25
Simple, but often forgotten, search for lists of links ..................................................................... 28
Utilize Free Trial Offers from Backlink Builders............................................................................. 29
How you find EDU & GOV sites that accept backlinks, and my theories about their benefit.......... 30
Use ‘Google Alerts’ to get automatic notifications of sites that might allow backlinks .................. 31
My list of every potential way to get backlinks............................................................................. 32
Bonus Info ....................................................................................................................................... 35
My nonsensical rant about Forum Profile Backlinks ..................................................................... 35
Information on KeywordLuv and CommentLuv ............................................................................ 37
Info on CommentLuv: .............................................................................................................. 37
How to Find CommentLuv enabled sites: ................................................................................. 39
KeywordLuv ............................................................................................................................. 40
How-to signup to a forum, create your own profile, and add a backlink to your signature ........... 41
Spam Research Snapshots ........................................................................................................... 50
SEO Spyglass................................................................................................................................ 57
Sick Submitter and the Free Beta Sick Scraper ............................................................................. 58
Sick Submitter.......................................................................................................................... 58
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5. Table of Contents
Sick Scraper ............................................................................................................................. 59
What would I change knowing what I know now?........................................................................ 60
Bonus Info – Browser Add-ons to consider ...................................................................................... 62
Roboform .................................................................................................................................... 62
SEOquake .................................................................................................................................... 63
Flem ............................................................................................................................................ 67
Autofill Forms .............................................................................................................................. 68
easyComment ............................................................................................................................. 69
SeeRobots ................................................................................................................................... 70
FoxyProxy .................................................................................................................................... 71
SearchStatus................................................................................................................................ 72
Final thoughts ................................................................................................................................. 73
Resource List ................................................................................................................................... 74
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6. Other Backlinking Resources
Other Backlinking Resources:
If you do not find this eBook useful enough, or you need more information on backlinking, or require
software that automates article submission, directory submission, etc – then find my research on
backlinking related products below. Tracking down all products, took 6+ hours, I hope they help.
A portion of the below links are affiliate links. I leave it up to you whether you click it or not.
Backlink Assassin Affilorama :: The #1 Affiliate Marketing
Training Portal
Magic Submitter
Article Submitter Software
SEO PowerSuite
Sick Submitter
Rank Tracker
Link Building Domination
LinkAssistant
Deep Linker Pro
Scrapebox
Auto Wealth Maker
Backlink Formula
Affiliate Secrets
Backlink Bomb SEO software
My Article Tools
Backlinks Hydra
Ultimate Scrapebox Tutorials
7000+ Pr4 - Pr10 BackLinks Package
The Ultimate Link Building Dossier
Backlink Master
Spin Chimp
Backlink Engines
ArticleDemon
Backlink Profit Monster
The Online Guru Traffic Software
Web Comp Analyst
Article Submit Auto
Bookmarking Demon
SEnuke X SEO Software
Auto Traffic Nirvana
The Link Juicer
Sky High Linker
WebCEO
SEO Link Vine
Magic Article Rewriter and Magic Article
Keyword Winner
Submitter
Backlinks Parser
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7. About Me
About Me
I was born in 1988 in, a small country town of Gunnedah, the Koala Capital of the World,
Australia. My name is Michael Doring.
I stayed in Gunnedah for 14 years, the first 12 were like any normal Childs, and the next two were
similar to the 1983 movie ‘The Outsiders’. I dealt drugs, did drugs – committed other crimes, and
ran-with the wrong crowd. In that time, I was held hostage at knifepoint, beaten a dozen times, and
many other dark things happened - my Aunty passed away, my Dad had a massive heart-attack, and
my Mum got cancer.
Leap forward to me at 15, I got away from the wrong crowd, and started getting 100% on most of
my exams, I guess going to school helped. I eventually had a nervous breakdown, and was
committed at the young age of 15 into a Mental Health Institution, for a month, and on medication
for a year.
In 2004, I then travelled to Sydney, and lived with my older brother Geoff. I excelled at school for the
next three years. The majority of classes were Computer-based, and that set the foundation for my
future online success.
In 2005, I meet my partner, currently of 7 years now, Joyce. I planned to join the SAS, or Commando
Unit 4RAR, in the Australian Army, but instead I ended up working for Michelle Patisserie, in the
factory, making Pies.
In Jan 2008, the company, Datacom, employed me. I worked on several contracts. I was a Technical
Support Specialist for BigPond (Call Centre), one of the biggest Internet Service Providers in
Australia. At Datacom, I also had a stint as a Team Leader for the ‘Department of the Environment,
Water, Heritage and the Arts’ Government information line.
Whilst at Datacom, I created several applications that were used by over 300 people, such as my Call
Notes application, and a CRM. In addition, I came up with over two dozen innovative initiatives, and
won three Innovation Awards. My actions in my Technical Support Specialist position led to Datacom
creating a new job role, Innovation Specialist, and they transferred me into that position.
I left Datacom around August 2010, and went to work for another computer company called Gizmo,
and that ended in 2011 in the middle of February due to downsizing. I was made redundant, and
thus, in 2011 February I became a fulltime Internet Marketer.
How did I get involved in Internet Marketing?
My life as an Internet Entrepreneur started in Balmain, Sydney on New Year’s Eve 2009. I spent the
night reigning in the New Year with, my two best mates, Marcel and Rob. Marcel, who was already
participating in Internet Marketing - gave me the idea to create a website for my Sports Betting
Application. Because earlier, in 2009, I came up with an idea to create an Uber Sports Betting
Application, I like sports, and gambling, so it made sense. I spent months researching - I had a 200
page-planning document by the end, and 20 Gigabytes of companion data.
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8. About Me
Therefore, when New Years Day arrived, January 1st 2010, I purchased my first website related to
Internet Marketing, it failed – but it was my first taste, and set in motion my passion for making
money online.
I received my first payment related to Internet Marketing on 19/07/2010, it took 7 months, but I
made $128.15 that month. However, real success struck around January 2011, I started having lots
of $100, and even $300 days. I now work from home as fulltime Internet Entrepreneur.
I now have my own, SEO business, Website Design business, numerous affiliate websites, and have
even started creating software, and products.
In short, I have had a life full of ups and downs, but right now – I am rich, working from home, and
loving what I do.
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9. Introduction
Introduction
Firstly, thanks for helping with my success – buying this eBook. Therefore, since you have helped me
with my success, it is only fair I help you. I hope this eBook repays my debt to you.
In addition, if you need help with anything, feel free to PM me on the Warrior Forum
(http://www.warriorforum.com/members/michaeldoring.html), or email me at
email@michaeldoring.com.
I apologize in advance if my writing is unorthodox, and contains grammatical errors – I still have my
training wheels on when it comes to writing. Nevertheless, I hope you enjoy this backlink finding
resource.
Important: When creating backlinks be careful not to break the Google Webmaster Guidelines:
http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35769, I encourage White
Hat link building only.
Advice: When using many of the backlink finding methods listed, it is best to be running a browser
plug-in that can detect no-follow links, PR, etc. Such as:
SearchStatus - http://www.quirk.biz/searchstatus/; (Only works with Firefox)
SEO Quake - http://www.seoquake.com/ (Should work with Safari, Chrome and Firefox)
I have fluffed around enough, and I will start discussing, backlinks on the next page – so turnover the
page, and I will start the Backlink Hunting escapades.
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10. What are Backlinks?
What are backlinks?
‘Backlinks are incoming links to a website’ - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backlink for more
details.
What is the significance of backlinks?
Google’s original name for its search engine was BackRub, ‘because the system checked backlinks to
estimate the importance of a site’ 1
1
The search results displayed in Google are ‘based on a… *ranking system called+… PageRank’
The Google Search algorithm (PageRank) has been reported to have ‘over 200 different indicators’ 1
used to position websites in its index. The biggest factor contributing to a websites position in
Google’s index is purported to be the backlinks factor, which derives from the ‘analyses of human-
generated links’.1
A websites PageRank is apparently the ‘recursive score based on the weighted sum of the PageRank
of the pages linking to them’1, it is based on the notion of popularity and relativity.
The popularity factor is determined by how many links you get and from whom. Relativity however
is about how people link to your site. For example: if a lot of people link to your site with the link
text (anchor text) ‘best search engine’ then Google considers your webpage highly relevant to a user
searching for ‘best search engine’, and is likely to place you towards the top of the SERPs (Search
Engine Results Pages). Obviously, other known and unknown, factors such as webpage content are
in the mix (the algorithm), to produce the most relevant results, and weed out spammers.
So utilize backlinks, to make your website more visible in search engines, so you get more traffic.
Through this increased visibility comes the chance of enormous financial gain, and with a bit of luck
it leads to a millionaire lifestyle.
In summary, Google became successful because of its innovative way to use backlinks to improve
search results, and thus backlinks are very important, so read on to discover how to find backlink
opportunities – and just maybe these ideas will help with your success.
1. Unknown, Google, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google (accessed July 9 2010).
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11. I highly recommend Magic Submitter
I highly recommend Magic Submitter.
If you only take away ONE THING from this entire guide, then make sure its
Magic Submitter. Forget all about other automation software, this is the one.
Every link building service is AFRAID you will never use their services again if
you discover their secret, and for good reason. So what is their secret? It is
revolutionary automation software like Magic Submitter.
Before I dive into backlinking, I want you to get Magic Submitter – it is a game
changer when it comes to creating backlinks, and you will regret not checking
out the 30-day trial that is only $4.95, click here to learn more.
It might sound like hype, and you will be sceptical, buts it true. Magic
Submitter is BRILLIANT and is another must-have. It allows you to submit your
content to any website with a form, so this means it automates the process of
submitting your articles, profile backlinks, social bookmarks, web directories,
etc.
Magic Submitter will change your life, as it makes getting high-rankings in
search engines simple. If you are creating backlinks, get Magic Submitter and
get your life back with all the free time you save. Forget paying exorbitant
prices for Link Building services to run automation software, when you can pay
next to nothing and run the automation software yourself.
It makes creating backlinks easy. For example, in the time it takes you to
submit one article to a site, this product can submit it to 100 article networks,
or more.
30 Day Trial of Magic Submitter Now Available For Only $4.95
Click here to get your copy of Magic Submitter.
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12. Backlink Finding Method 1: Link Operator (Google)
Backlink Finding Methods
Backlink Finding Method 1
Link: Operator (Google)
Step 1: Enter a search term into Google e.g. pc game discount
Step 2: Open one of the SERPs (search engine results pages)
Step 3: Copy the website URL of the SERP
Step 4: Enter the query link:http://www.websiteurl.com into Google e.g.
link:http://www.mammothlistofseo.com
Step 5: Google should return a small list of webpages that have links pointing to the queried site.
Lastly, Step 6: Navigate to each website listed to determine its viability for obtaining a backlink.
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13. Backlink Finding Method 1: Link Operator (Google)
More Resources:
Resource Title: Link: My Summary of Resource:
Two questions about the http://www.youtube. In this video, Matt Cutt talks about the link
link: operator com/watch?v=TjQ2Q operator. It tells that historically Google only had
VQpaK0 a small amount of room on its servers for link:
queries, and even though one would assume
they now have server capacity to show all link:
query data, it would seem Google only shows a
relatively small sample of links. The reasoning
seems to be sound, Matt Cutt explains,
“spammers or competitors can use that data to
reverse engineer someone’s ranking”... watch
the video for more info.
http://www.google.c Documentation from Google on using advanced
Advanced Google Search om/intl/en/help/oper operators in search.
Operators ators.html
Links to your site http://www.google.c This is an article from Google with some info on
om/support/webmast the link operator.
ers/bin/answer.py?an
swer=55281
Special Google searches http://www.google.c This is an article from Google with some info on
om/support/webmast the link operator.
ers/bin/answer.py?an
swer=35256
FAQ: Crawling, indexing http://sites.google.co This link directs to answers to frequently asked
& ranking - Google m/site/webmasterhel question by webmasters to Google, of particular
Webmaster Help pforum/en/faq-- interest is the explanation about the link
crawling--indexing--- operator showing zero, or not many links.
ranking#links
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14. Backlink Finding Method 2: Linkdomain: Operator (Yahoo) AND Yahoo Site Explorer
Backlink Finding Method 2
Linkdomain: Operator (Yahoo) AND Yahoo Site Explorer
What is Yahoo Site Explorer?
Yahoo Site Explorer lets you explore web pages indexed by Yahoo! search, in many diverse ways. For
the purposes of this eBook, we only care about its ability to help find backlinks.
Note: Site Explorer data may not always be accurate, as Yahoo talks of phasing it out, due to its
alliance with Bing (Microsoft). See this article for more info
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/search/siteexplorer/siteexplorer-01.html
Note: The use of the linkdomain: operator in Yahoo search will automatically redirect you to Yahoos
Site Explorer, so really they are one in the same.
Step 1: Type linkdomain:http://www.websiteurl.com into a Yahoo search box; or
Step 1b: Step 1 is a shorter method vs. Step 1b as proven by the dot-points...
Go-to http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com and enter a
http://www.websiteurl.com and then click the ‘Explore URL’ button.
It will display a list of all indexed pages for the queried domain/URL (much-like the
site: operator in Google), but we don’t want this, so click the ‘Inlinks’ button, and
then select from Show Inlinks dropdown menu ‘except from this domain’.
Lastly, Step 2: A list of web pages linking to the queried site should now be displayed. Happy
hunting, you should be able to find thousands of sites to place backlinks on using this method.
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15. Backlink Finding Method 2: Linkdomain: Operator (Yahoo) AND Yahoo Site Explorer
Note: Yahoo! SiteExplorer can export results found, you can then open them up in Microsoft Excel or
a similar program for easy sorting and filtering.
More Resources:
Resource Title: Link: My Summary of Resource:
Using Site Explorer | http://help.yahoo.co This article is a comprehensive guide from Yahoo
Yahoo! Search Help m/l/us/yahoo/search on using Site Explorer.
/siteexplorer/
Learn more about Site http://siteexplorer.se This webpage from Yahoo explains the must-
Explorer arch.yahoo.com/sitee know facts about Site Explorer.
xplorer/learnmore
Yahoo API (Application Programming Interface) Resources:
If you are going huh at the phrase API, then skip this section, I only expect people whose blood is
mostly caffeine, and whom have a million soda (coke) cans strewn across their room to understand
API speak - aka nerds. But if you really want to know more check out
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface
Resource Title: Link: My Summary of Resource:
Site Explorer APIs from http://developer.yah Sadly, the API has been in shutdown mode since
Yahoo! Search oo.com/search/siteex March 2011.
plorer/
BOSS API Guide http://developer.yah API for Yahoo search engine.
oo.com/search/boss/
boss_guide/index.ht
ml
New BOSS in town! – http://developer.yah This is an article and video that introduces the
Yahoo! Search BOSS oo.com/blogs/ydn/po Yahoo! Search BOSS API V2.
Launches sts/2011/04/new-
boss-in-town-yahoo-
search-boss-
launches/
Yahoo! Search http://developer.yah This is an article on the alliance between Yahoo!
Developer Tools and the oo.com/blogs/ydn/po and Microsoft, and its potential effect on the
Yahoo! and Microsoft sts/2010/02/search- BOSS Service (API) and Yahoo! Site Explorer.
Search Alliance alliance/
Important API Updates http://developer.yah This is another article about the API and Site
and Changes oo.com/blogs/ydn/po Explorer changes.
sts/2010/08/api_upd
ates_and_changes/
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16. Backlink Finding Method 3: Purchase Backlink Packets
Backlink Finding Method 3
Purchase Backlink Packets
What are backlink packets?
“Backlink packets” is an idiom (phrase), used mostly by internet marketers, to refer to lists of
websites that allow placement of backlinks pointing to your website.
Some backlink providers:
Provider: Link: Summary
Angela V. http://angelasdiscountmarket.com/backlink_build If you pay a $5 monthly
Edwards Backlink er.html fee, you should receive a
Packets PDF document every
also advertised using month with a list of 30
http://goarticles.com/article/Backlinks-What- High PR sites. The PDF
they-are-and-how-to-get-them/1151743/ should show you step-by-
step, screenshot
Warrior Forum Profile Link: instructions, on how to
http://www.warriorforum.com/members/angela- create backlinks to your
v-edwards.html site/s, by creating forum
profiles.
This Web page,
http://angelasdiscountmarket.com/angela.html,
seems to be a personal about Angela page.
Paul Johnson http://paulsqualitybacklinks.com/ Pretty-much the same
Backlink Packets thing as Angela V Edward
Previous backlink Packets: backlink packets, accept
http://paulsqualitybacklinks.com/pervious- you pay a different person
packets.html $8 a month, and you get
50 HIGH PR forum profiles
Warrior Forum Profile Link: to post backlinks.
http://www.warriorforum.com/members/pj413.h
tml
Tricks to find more backlink packet providers:
Tip 1: Search on the Warrior Special Offer Forum using Google and the site: operator
Example: backlink packets site:http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-special-offers-forum/
Tip 2: Search on the Warrior Special Offer Forum directly by going to
http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-special-offers-forum/
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17. Backlink Finding Method 4: Forum Profile Username Trick, or any profile username for that matter
Backlink Finding Method 4
Forum Profile Username Trick, or any profile username for that
matter
What is a forum?
If you have to ask, you are in trouble, but Wikipedia is great for those troublesome huh moments, so
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_forum for answers.
What are forum profiles?
When you register on a forum, you get your own forum profile (membership page). This forum
profile is almost like your own mini-blog, it is a web page about you. This forum profile tends to be
accessible by the wider forum and internet community.
Why do Internet Marketers care about forum profiles? It is another place to put a backlink.
Some interesting comments about spam profiles from Google Webmaster Central Blog, spammers
‘...will create accounts and fill their profiles with gibberish... they'll add a sneaky link... Welcome to
the world of spam profiles...Some fake profiles are obvious...but we've noticed an increase in savvier
spammers that try to use real names and realistic data to sneak in their bad links... This isn't an easy
problem to solve...Google is constantly under attack by spammers trying to create fake accounts and
generate spam profiles on our sites, and despite all of our efforts some have managed to slip
through...’ these comments are from Spam2.0: Fake user accounts and spam profiles (2009, June 26th). Retrieved
5th May 2011, from Official Google Webmaster Central Blog:
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/06/spam20-fake-user-accounts-and-spam.html
...The next backlink finding method revealed on the next page...
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18. Backlink Finding Method 4: Forum Profile Username Trick, or any profile username for that matter
Now to the method of finding backlink opportunities by using a profile username:
Step 1: Use the following formula in google: niche/category forum +member list e.g. software
forum +member list
Step 2: The vast majority of the results should be forum member lists
Step 3: Open some of the sites in the search results
Step 4: Start scanning through the forum usernames for spammy-looking users, and open their
profile page by clicking on their username, profile spam is so bad that you tend to find a candidate
on the first go.
Tip: spammy users tend to have few or no posts, and contain numbers in the username.
Note, sometimes you get errors like “Sorry! The administrator has disabled the list of members.” If
that happens you can just view forum threads individually to harvest username candidates, or skip
that forum all together.
Step 5: Look at the users profile signature, homepage details, etc for outbound links that are do-
follow.
Reminder: If you want to check do-follow status of a link, enable one of the plug-ins mentioned in
the introduction such as SEO Quake.
Step 6: Now if the profile has an outbound do-follow link generated by the user, then copy the URL
and paste it into some kind of tracking document like notepad, excel.
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19. Backlink Finding Method 4: Forum Profile Username Trick, or any profile username for that matter
Step 7: Almost the same condition as step six needs to be true, (If the profile has an outbound link
generated by the user, regardless of nofollow or dofollow) then copy the profile username.
Step 8: Paste the profile username into Google, Bing or Yahoo with quotes (or without).
Tip: I have noticed Google tends to return vastly more results, than its competitors do, when
searching by profile usernames.
Tip: In some instances profile pages may not be returned, this depends on the username queried, so
you can try improving the query by adding +profile e.g. bob442 +profile
Lastly, Step 9: Open all links listed in the search results, the majority should be profile pages on
different forums, many allowing backlinks. Copy the URL of any backlink opportunity you might wish
to pursue into some kind of tracking sheet.
Warning: I do not condone web-spam, or the creation of spam profiles. This information is just for
entertainment purposes only. I know I am a hypocrite for showing you how to find them, well that is
how I like-it, the hypocrites have the best tea parties anyway.
However, seriously, you can use this information for good, when you create outbound links
remember to actually provide value to the forum, contribute, answer problems, do it in a white-hat
way.
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20. Backlink Finding Method 5: Outsourcing and Freelancers
Backlink Finding Method 5
Outsourcing and Freelancers
Outsourcing refers to contracting work out to a third party service, such as http://www.odesk.com,
http://www.freelancer.com/, http://www.fiverr.com/ .
How can outsourcing help with backlinks?
It can help in a number of ways, such as:
1. You can hire certain individuals from places like oDesk who know how to find backlinks, and
if they don’t - train them how to find backlink opportunities.
2. You can hire people to build backlinks for you.
3. You can message various backlink builders (freelancers), and ask to buy their personal lists of
backlinks. You can normally get them for very cheap and sometimes even free.
4. Certain websites allow users to sell backlink packets, such as
http://www.freelancer.com/marketplace/, see screenshot below for example:
Outsourcing to freelancers can be very cheap - I have never used http://www.freelancer.com/ or
http://www.fiverr.com/ and cannot vouch for them personally, but I hear good things.
I use http://www.odesk.com for my outsourcing needs. I have probably outsourced a thousand man-
hours - on all sorts of projects from web-design, to white-hat link building, like listing my site on
directories.
Outsourcing is cheap, and on average, I only paid $1 per hour.
Outsourcing your Internet Marketing workload is a must-do to increase your productivity, and really
accelerates your online success. I will screen capture a few jobs to highlight its benefit, see below:
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21. Backlink Finding Method 5: Outsourcing and Freelancers
Do you have an oDesk account? If not got to http://www.odesk.com and signup – outsourcing
dramatically accelerates your online success. I highly recommend getting an oDesk account.
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22. Backlink Finding Method 6: Link Building Services
Backlink Finding Method 6
Link Building Services
Websites offering Link building Services: Descriptions:
http://www.wlmarketing.com/ Best value for money I have found thus far. They
indulge in pretty-much every link building service you
can imagine.
http://www.directorymaximizer.com/ Submits your website to web directories, supposedly
manually, $14 per 100 submissions is ok value but
WLmarketing is cheaper.
http://www.submitedge.com/ Provides many link building service, from DMOZ listing
to Forum Link Building. The prices are not competitive -
they are over-priced.
http://www.linkvana.com/ You write unique content, and Linkvana spreads it
across its network of Blogs. I have never used this
service, but the phrase “network of blogs” flirts closely
with the definition of a link-farm, and thus sounds
spammy.
http://www.linkbuildingrobot.com/ It provides social bookmarking and directory link
building. I feel the value for money, is none – the prices
charged are like a billion percent mark-up, aka
overpriced.
http://www.seolace.com/ A link building company that offers many different link-
building options, the price is too expensive however.
http://ultraseosolutions.com The backlink creation packages available are Blog
commenting, Forum Profiles, Article Marketing, and a
couple of other options. The price is more competitive
than most, but http://www.wlmarketing.com/ is still
the best value for money.
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23. Backlink Finding Method 7: Websites that allow user-generated backlinks have common search signals (footprints)
Backlink Finding Method 7
Websites that allow user-generated backlinks have common search
signals (footprints)
Webpages that allow placement of user-generated backlinks have a tendency to have common
search signals (footprints). For example, text on the webpage like “Leave a reply”, “this site uses
keywordluv”, or even in the URL like “add-your-site”.
Combining these search signals into queries, and searching Google can help uncover millions of do-
follow backlinks.
Millions of query variations exist to find backlink opportunities, some examples are:
"powered by wordpress" + "Name (required)" + "Leave a reply" +” Says:" + “Response” + "This
site uses KeywordLuv"
inurl:aspx -intitle:blogengine -"closed" -"you must be logged in" -"please login to leave" +
"Powered by BlogEngine.NET 1.4.5.0" ("add comment" OR "post a comment" OR "leave a
comment" OR "add a comment")
“About the Author:” + "Resource box" -intitle:"about the author" AND -intitle:resource AND -allinurl:resourcebox AND -inurl:author
“this site uses commentluv” “keyword phrase” inurl:blog site:.edu
"powered by phpbb" intitle:profile intitle:add+url “computers” inurl:add.cgi
“Do Follow - CommentLuv Enabled” intitle:submit+url “keyword phrase”
allinurl:add+your+site “Powered by BlogEngine”
Do you want more resources to help with creating search queries like the above? If yes, visit my blog post
http://www.michaeldoring.com/a-list-of-common-attributes-footprints-you-can-use-in-search-queries-to-find-backlinks
Advice: If your not getting the results you want then tweak the search query, example: "powered by wordpress" + "Name
(required)" + "Leave a reply" +” Says:" + “Response” + "This site uses KeywordLuv" returns less results, but they tend to
be more specific and useful for Backlinking, then “this site uses keywordluv”.
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24. Backlink Finding Method 7: “Powered By” searches
Backlink Finding Method 8
“Powered By” searches
More websites then you could visit in a lifetime utilize systems powered by third-parties, such as
Content Management Systems (CMS) like Wordpress and Joomla, or Forums like vBulletin and
PhpBB.
These forum engines, CMS platforms normally place a “Powered by...” in the footer, by default, of
every website that utilizes them. For example, many installations of wordpress have “powered by
wordpress” in the footer.
What does all this “powered by wordpress”, “powered by vBulletin”, etc mean?
It means finding websites that use a particular Powered by system is easy. Just type “powered by
[insert type]” into Google and you will get a big list of websites, predominately powered by
whatever you replaced [insert type] with.
How does Powered by searches benefit your backlink finding efforts?
Certain systems allow for prolific placement of do-follow backlinks, whereas other systems are
stricter. Example, Wordpress blogs implement no-follow for all comment links by default, whereas
most versions of BlogEngine.NET have do-follow turned on by default.
So searching for "Powered by BlogEngine" should unearth tonnes of do-follow link building options,
whereas “powered by wordpress” would return far fewer.
Therefore, in summary, “powered by...” searches are a useful link-finding method to have in your
arsenal.
A list of a few powered by systems:
powered by wordpress powered by yabb
powered by BlogEngine powered by ip.board
powered by Blogsmith powered by invision power board
powered by Typepad powered by e-blah
powered by scoop powered by xmb
powered by PHPbb powered by fudforum
powered by vBulletin powered by fluxbb
powered by SMF powered by forum software minibb
powered by Simple Machines powered by phorum
powered by punBB powered by quicksilver forums
powered by Tagbox powered by seo-board
powered by DRBGuestbook powered by ubb.threads
powered by bbPress
Do you want more powered by search phrases like the above? If yes, visit my blog post http://www.michaeldoring.com/a-list-of-
common-attributes-footprints-you-can-use-in-search-queries-to-find-backlinks#poweredby
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25. Backlink Finding Method 8: Link Harvesting Tools...such as: Scrapebox
Backlink Finding Method 9
Link Harvesting Tools...such as: Scrapebox
What are Link Harvesting Tools?
Simple really, they are applications designed to find URL’s to websites, preferable ones that allow
placement of backlinks.
Is link harvesting grey-hat, white-hat or black-hat?
Link Harvesting Tools are grey-hat in my opinion, but in Google’s eyes who knows - a question for
Matt Cutts.
I, Michael Doring, would guess Google views them as black-hat, why do I think that – I cannot see
Google saying the following:
“Hey go get yourself an automated backlink harvester program that chews up our search
server bandwidth, and then for good-measure find thousands of sites that allow do-follow
backlink placement”.
“Oh and while you’re at it, go to all those sites you found, and create spam-links back to
your own site to screw our PageRank algorithm, and improve your position in the search
results”
“Ok great, you’ve annoyed a bunch of website owner’s with useless contributions just to get
a spam-link”
“Hey but let us pour more accolades on you my spammer-friend, you have done us a great
service by creating a spam epidemic, and now our search results are mostly useless spammy-
websites, cheers. Now most of our users have gone elsewhere, like to Bing, and we are all out
of a job, thank you for using link harvesting tools...”
Ok, it might not have been eloquent to use a fictional rant to emphasis my point, but I doubt Google
wants anyone to use link-harvesting tools. So do so out at your own peril, as always this information
is just for entertainment purposes only. However, I personally doubt they can know/penalize you for
using link harvester tools. Placement of spam backlinks however might get you into hot water, but
that is a controversial and highly debated topic, and is beyond the scope of this eBook.
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26. Backlink Finding Method 8: Link Harvesting Tools...such as: Scrapebox
What is Scrapebox?
http://www.scrapebox.com/
Scrapebox is the most popular backlink harvesting application around, and for a good reason – it is
extremely helpful when it comes to finding backlink opportunities.
A discount on Scrapebox is available at http://www.scrapebox.com/cheapskate.
Warning: Scrapebox is a powerful tool, be careful not to overdo it, and grow your links to fast, as it may
throw up red flags.
I understand the counter-argument, the one everyone bellows, which is “if building links too fast could
cause any trouble with Google, then I could throw up thousands of links overnight to a competitor, and
get him banned from Google, or thrown-out of the top 10”. A counter-argument of mine: if I were on the
Google web-spam team, I could write an algorithm as follows: I would have all the top 100 (existing)
results immune from damage from a sudden, and excessive, amount of links. However if an unknown, or
site not in the top 100, tried to create a massive amount of links in one go, I would flag them as
suspicious, and reduce the value of those links for a time, and have follow-up algorithms watch-the site
for other spam-signals, like are all those links from blog comments, or forum profiles. Anyway, my point is
that algorithmically a lot can be done, be careful in all that you do, as one day Google might get clever,
and create a spam-proof algorithm, or at least more-resistant to link-spam.
Further supporting evidence of my viewpoint, is the video Can I flag spammy links to my site that I didn't
create? By Matt Cutts that states ‘...we removed the language that it’s impossible for a competitor to hurt
another competitor and replaced it with language along the lines of its very hard...whenever we write an
algorithm for example that looks at incoming links we do think about, ok, what if a competitor tried to
hurt someone else, and we try to put in code to make sure that is not easy to do’
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27. Backlink Finding Method 8: Link Harvesting Tools...such as: Scrapebox
How to use Scrapebox:
How-to guides on Scrapebox are a dime a dozen, aka in surplus. Therefore, because of its popularity
I will not rehash a how-to guide on Scrapebox, instead if you need help using Scrapebox checkout
the videos on http://www.scrapebox.com/usage-guide/ and
http://www.scrapeboxbacklinksblueprint.com/.
Further Info/Resources:
Resource Title: Link:
Scrapebox Link Checker http://www.scrapebox.com/free-link-checker
Unofficial Scrapebox FAQ http://scrapeboxfaq.com/
Scrapebox Proxy Info http://www.scrapebox.com/proxy
Scrapebox Change-log http://www.scrapebox.com/scrapebox-changelog
Scrapebox Policy http://www.scrapebox.com/policy
Scrapebox FAQ http://www.scrapebox.com/faq
Scrapebox Add-ons http://www.scrapebox.com/addons
Scrapebox Usage Guide http://www.scrapebox.com/usage-guide/
Discount on Scrapebox http://www.scrapebox.com/cheapskate
Scrapebox Download http://www.scrapebox.com/payment-received
Scrapebox License Transfer http://www.scrapebox.com/scrapebox-license-transfer
Scrapebox Backlink Blueprint http://www.scrapeboxbacklinksblueprint.com/
Scrapebox Contact Page http://www.scrapebox.com/contact-us
Scrapebox Free DupeRemove http://www.scrapebox.com/free-dupe-remove
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28. Backlink Finding Method 9: Simple, but often forgotten, search for lists of links
Backlink Finding Method 10
Simple, but often forgotten, search for lists of links
Go to your search engine of choice, and search for lists of websites that allow UGB (User Generated
Backlinks), Example: “list of directories”.
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29. Backlink Finding Method 11: Utilize Free Trial Offers from Backlink Builders
Backlink Finding Method 11
Utilize Free Trial Offers from Backlink Builders
Firstly, http://www.wlmarketing.com/ appears to be the best backlink building service as they
deliver-results, and its cheap compared to its competitors. If you need someone to do white-hat
backlinking (which is all I advocate), like directory submission, choose wlmarketing or outsource.
Note: If you discover a better place then wlmarketing, please let me know at email@michaeldoring.com
However, using other backlink services is a smart-option only when it is free. Save your pennies, and
find the backlink builders who offer a free trial, get the free links by utilizing the trial, and then
cancel your account without signing up to the paid options.
How do you find the places that offer a free trial of their backlinking services?
Try to Google variations of: "free trial" AND backlinks
A couple I found through Google:
http://www.textlinks.com/
http://socialmonkee.com/
http://www.buildmyrank.com/
http://www.jetsubmitter.com
http://synnd.com/
http://www.freetrafficsystem.com
http://socialadr.com/
http://www.articleranks.com/
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30. Backlink Finding Method 12: How you find EDU & GOV sites that accept backlinks, and my theories
about their benefit.
Backlink Finding Method 12
How you find EDU & GOV sites that accept backlinks, and my theories
about their benefit.
EDU & GOV sites that allow user-generated backlinks have common footprints (characteristics), so it
is just a matter of entering the right search queries in Google, or a similar search engine.
How to find .EDU and .GOV sites allow placement of backlinks:
Search Google using the below queries, and remember you can tweak the queries millions of ways to
improve success rate.
“keyword” site:.edu inurl:blog
“keyword” AND “powered by wordpress” site:.gov
My theories on the benefit of EDU and GOV backlinks:
Matt Cutts from Google in a YouTube video titled: How do you rate links from sites like Twitter and
Facebook? Says, “Google basically treats links the same...links don’t really matter whether they come
from .edu or .gov and that applies to twitter and facebook aswell”
I agree with Matt Cutts take on .gov and .edu backlinks, so don’t go out of your way, it’s just a myth
that .gov and .edu are heaps better than other links, and if we are wrong – don’t worry, because
there are so many more important SEO things you should be doing. Now seriously, to all you .gov
and .edu backlink evangelist, there are so many more productive SEO things you can be doing, and
thus I encourage you not to stress about the domain type (TLDs) that your backlinks come from.
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31. Backlink Finding Method 13: Use ‘Google Alerts’ to get automatic notifications of sites that might allow backlinks
Backlink Finding Method 13
Use ‘Google Alerts’ to get automatic notifications of sites that might allow backlinks
URL: http://www.google.com/alerts
I recommend setting-up Google alerts to monitor keywords related to your niche. In addition, I monitor discussions only, that way I participate in
discussions related to my niche, and thus funnel qualified traffic back to my site.
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32. Backlink Finding: My list of every potential way to get backlinks
Backlink Finding
My list of every potential way to get backlinks
I know 29 backlink-building methodologies thus far.
1. Social bookmarking
o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_bookmarking
2. Article Marketing
o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_marketing
o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_directory
3. Forums (posts and profiles)
o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_forum
o http://www.warriorforum.com/adsense-ppc-seo-discussion-forum/345979-does-
forum-profile-signature-links-count-backlinks.html
4. Link directories
o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_directory
5. Blog Commenting
o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog
o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_in_blogs
6. Guestbook’s
o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guestbook
7. Reciprocal link exchange
o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_exchange
8. Press Release
o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Press_release
9. Squidoo and HubPages, etc
o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squidoo
o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HubPages
10. Social Networking e.g. Twitter, Facebook
o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_networking_service
11. Video Directories e.g. YouTube
o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube
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12. Craigslist.com
o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craigslist
13. Ask or answer a question
o http://www.answers.com/
14. Podcasts (Podcasting)
o http://www.podcastalley.com
o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast
15. User Reviews
16. Wikis
17. Product creation and distribution
o Product examples: SearchStatus Toolbar, Website templates/plug-ins, Web Script,
eBook
o Distribution methods: Software directories, eBook Directories, Website Template
Directories, etc
18. RSS Directories
o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS
19. Offline marketing
o e.g. mugs, polo shirts, banners, TV ads, etc
20. Include a widget that allows users to copy your content, and post it on their website
(republish), with a link back to yours.
21. Affiliate publishers promote your site (prerequisite: Be a Affiliate Advertiser)
o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affiliate_network
22. Viral marketing
o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral_marketing
23. Link bait
o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_bait
24. One-way link requests
25. Recycle existing content, by merging it in different ways. You can mix up your blog posts,
articles, and old eBooks and create new content. Then submit it to article directories, or PDF
directories, etc.
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34. Backlink Finding: My list of every potential way to get backlinks
26. Document Sharing Sites
o http://www.docstoc.com
27. Research competitor links
28. Link Wheels
o http://www.ehow.com/how_5334096_build-wheel-traffic.html
29. Sites that have Add/Submit Url feature, it might be a directory, but can even be someone’s
personal blog, that has a submit URL widget.
Do you know any other ways of getting backlinks? If so, I would love to know, leave a comment
with details at http://www.michaeldoring.com/my-list-of-every-potential-way-to-get-backlinks/
Related resources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_generated_content
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backlinks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methods_of_website_linking
What are some effective techniques for building links?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_farm
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/L/link_farming.html
http://www.warriorforum.com/tags/farm.html
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35. Bonus Info: My nonsensical rant about Forum Profile Backlinks
Bonus Info
My nonsensical rant about Forum Profile Backlinks
Please note: this section contains my viewpoint on Forum Profile Backlinks, among other things. It has a list of
dot-points that at first glance might not seem relevant, but bare with me, read them. The summary at the end
will tie them together, I hope
When I viewed http://angelasdiscountmarket.com/ PR in the Google Toolbar it was
PR3.
When I viewed http://paulsqualitybacklinks.com PR in the Google Toolbar it was 0
‘...we’re evaluating multiple changes that should help drive spam levels even
lower...’ 1
‘...While it's true that linking is a significant factor in Google's ranking algorithms,
it's just one of many...’ 2
‘...low-quality links rarely stand the test of time, and may disappear from our link
graph relatively quickly...’ 2
‘...Interact and contribute on forums and blogs. Just keep in mind to contribute in a
positive way, rather than spamming or soliciting for your site...’ 3
‘...There are those who advocate for short-lived, often spammy methods... If your
site's visibility in the Google index is important to you it's best to avoid them...’ 3
‘...The moral of this story is that “undetectable” spam sometimes stands out a lot
more than you’d think...’ 4
‘...Google has been working on some new algorithms and tools to tackle linkspam
and we’d like to ask for linkspam reports from you... If you’d like to tell us about web
sites that appear to be using spammy links (e.g. paid links that pass PageRank, blog
spammers, guestbook spammers, etc.), here’s how to send us more info...’ 5
1
Algorithm change launched (2011, January 28th). Retrieved 5th May, 2011, from Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO Blog:
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/algorithm-change-launched/
2
Dealing with low-quality backlinks (2009, October 16th). Retrieved 5th May, 2011, from Official Google Webmas ter Central Blog:
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/10/dealing-with-low-quality-backlinks.html
3
Quality links to your site (2010, June 21st). Retrieved 5th May, 2011, from Official Google Webmaster Central Blog:
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2010/06/quality-links-to-your-site.html
4
“Undetectable” spam (2007, January 24th). Retrieved 5th May, 2011, from Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO Blog:
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/undetectable-spam/
5
Calling for link spam reports (2010, March 3rd). Retrieved 5th May, 2011, from Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO Blog:
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/calling-for-link-spam-reports/
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36. Bonus Info: My nonsensical rant about Forum Profile Backlinks
The vast majority of forum profiles, and threads, have a Google Page Rank of zero.
Link juice on a web page is-shared amongst all do-follow links. Therefore, more links
on a web page means greater dilution of page juice that flows to each outbound
link. In short, avoid getting links from web pages that already have a truckload of
do-follows - it is not worth it.
Signature based links are primarily self-promoting, and therefore not editorial
(merit-based). My prediction, Google will create an algorithm to detect signature-
based links. Hell, I am a programmer and could probably write an algorithm given
the time and resources. Ok, step away from the shotgun, I was only kidding, I
promise not to write an algorithm like-that, but if I create my own search engine
one day, all bets are off.
Forum profile links tend to have a high-rate of death because moderators find them
eventually, or turn-on “nofollow”, etc, so they are not the best for sustainability.
When someone gets popular, it screws up naming conventions, when I first started
Internet Marketing, and for a year after that, I mistakenly walked around saying
“Angela Links”, “Angela Backlinks”... etc, as if she personally owned every site, she
listed in her PDFs, my mistake, as I wrongly used it as a catch all phrase for profile
backlinking. Furthermore, it turns out copyright does not protect ideas, only their
expression, well as far as I know (but as always, I am not a lawyer, so seek legal
advice from a lawyer if needed). Therefore, Angela might own the copyright to her
body of work (PDFs), but only the expression, she would not own the rights to the
third-party domain names she points out, or the idea of profile Backlinking for that
matter. Not that she ever said she did, I am just using her branding of Angela
Backlinks as an example of a naming convention that confused me at the start.
Anyway, so eventually I got to the SIM stage (successful internet marketer) and I
learnt about naming conventions, and a revelation was revealed to me, “it’s called
Profile Backlinking”... aka “Spam profiles”... come to think of it maybe SIM is
actually that game, SIM City... who knows anymore... the point... not sure... just
ranting...
Conclusion:
I have ranted, and raved, and just listed a bunch of poorly related dot-points, and well, all I have
to say for a conclusion is tough luck, make up your own-mind, most successful internet
marketers just research, and then go with whatever gut-feeling they have. So take my dot-point
research, do your own, and get out there and make up your own mind, to create profile
backlinks or not is the question, so answer it already.
Finally, at the very start, I personally dabbled, but I soon read the Google Webmaster Guidelines
and now lean towards all-white-hat strategies. So I would encourage making the web a better
place, create great content, use link bait tactics, and focus on long-term link-building strategies
that Google will love 200 years from now, when your great, great, great grand-kids inherit your
website.
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37. Bonus Info: Information on KeywordLuv and CommentLuv
Bonus Info
Information on KeywordLuv and CommentLuv
Firstly, A word on nofollow:
Link spam is an online epidemic, and this epidemic was the motivating factor behind the creation of the rel= “nofollow” attribute for hyperlinks. The
rel=”nofollow” attribute warns search engines that the website, cannot, or does not, vouch for a link.
Nofollow links do not provide any real SEO value, and thus Wordpress and many other blog platforms, and websites, now use rel=”nofollow” to reduce link
spam from user-generated content like profiles, forum posts and comments.
Interesting reads: http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/quick-comment-on-nofollow/ and http://codex.wordpress.org/Nofollow
Dofollow plug-ins, what are they?
Wordpress for example sets all outbound links from users, like comment links, to nofollow by default. Therefore, wordpress plug-ins like Dofollow have
been created for webmasters to reverse the nofollow effect and makes links dofollow.
Info on CommentLuv:
Find info on it at http://comluv.com/ or http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/commentluv/
CommentLuv is a plug-in that Wordpress webmasters can use to reward comment posters. It does this by placing a backlink (normally do-follow) to their
latest blog post at the end of their comment.
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38. Bonus Info: Information on KeywordLuv and CommentLuv
Note: Not all CommentLuv enabled sites are dofollow.
Note: If you hover-over the heart-image next to your CommentLuv backlink, and you are not a registered CommentLuv user you will see
something similar to the below image:
Note: If you hover-over the heart-image next your CommentLuv backlink, and you are a registered CommentLuv user, you will see something
similar to the below image:
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39. Bonus Info: Information on KeywordLuv and CommentLuv
What is the difference between CommentLuv members and non-members?
I am no expert when it comes to CommentLuv and consequently you may find a better answer using Google. Nevertheless, here goes nothing, as
far as I know, non-members and members both have a backlink to their latest post displayed under their comment on CommentLuv enabled sites.
That is it for non-members, no other perks. However, members can apparently have up to 10 of their latest posts displayed in a dropdown when
you hover-over the heart symbol. In addition, members can pay to have a default URL used instead of the latest post URL, more details at
http://comluv.com/member/default-links/.
How to Find CommentLuv enabled sites:
Websites that have CommentLuv enabled should have a little CommentLuv banner image and sometimes say, “This site uses CommentLuv...” or “This site
uses KeywordLuv” in the comment writing section.
To find Comment Luv enabled sites you can go-to: http://comluv.com/search-results/ and search.
OR: Use search queries in Google like:
"This site uses CommentLuv" -intitle:CommentLuv -inurl:CommentLuv
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40. Bonus Info: Information on KeywordLuv and CommentLuv
Note: If you get a warning like the below, it probably means they have a Comment Warning plug-in enabled. It is worth understanding this plug-in if you are
going to hunt-down CommentLuv blogs to post on. You can go-to http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/comment-warning/ to learn more.
KeywordLuv
Find information on KeywordLuv at http://www.scratch99.com/wordpress-plugin-keywordluv/.
FYI: http://www.scratch99.com/2009/05/bye-bye-dofollow/ is an interesting read.
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41. Bonus Info: How-to signup to a forum, create your own profile, and add a backlink to your signature
Bonus Info
How-to signup to a forum, create your own profile, and add a backlink to your signature
Note: The below process is for Forums Powered by phpBB, the process should be very similar for most Forum types. However, be mindful of slight
variations for different versions and forum engines.
How-to signup to a forum:
Step 1: Click the Register link on the forum
Step 2: Select when you were born.
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Step 3: Click ‘I agree to these terms’
Note: The red blotches cover my Forums website name.
Step 4: Fill in the registration form (use Roboform to auto-fill)
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43. Bonus Info: How-to signup to a forum, create your own profile, and add a backlink to your signature
Step 5: Once registration is complete, what happens next depends on the Forums registration settings.
a. If the Forums account activation is set to ‘None’, you should be able to login straight away.
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b. If the Forums account activation is set to ‘By User’, you will need to check your email, and click the registration link to activate.
c. If the Forums account activation is set to ‘By Admin’, this means you cannot login until an administrator activates you account.
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Once you have signed up, and activated your account, on the Forum, you can edit your profile, and add a backlink to your signature:
Step 1: Click Login and enter your username and password.
Step 2: Click User Control Panel
Step 3: Click Profile and you can then edit your profile settings.
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Step 4: Fill in your profile settings, upload your avatar, etc. (personalize your profile).
Step 5: To place a backlink in your signature Click Edit signature under Profile.
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Step 6: Enter your backlink into the WYSIWYG editor.
Note: phpBB BBcode info: http://www.phpbb.com/support/documentation/3.0/userguide/user_posting.php#posting_bbcodes)
Note: Certain Forums may not allow links in signatures or posts.
Note: The link format depends on the Forum type and settings. A few format types to try are:
http://www.url.com/
[url=http://www.url.com/]keyword keyword[/url]
[url="http://www.url.com/"] keyword keyword [/url]
<a href="http://www.url.com/"> keyword keyword </a>
[L=keyword keyword]http://www.url.com /[/L]
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Example of a backlink in a signature on a forum post:
Note: Not all user profiles are public
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Example of a forum profile, and a signature backlink:
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50. Bonus Info: Spam Research Snapshots
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Spam Research Snapshots
This section contains some of my research notes on SPAM. Please note, this section may be particularly hard to read (understand), I have not formatted this
area for readers. However, I have included it because some people may find my notes useful.
In addition, this section is the perfect opportunity to let you know my intention, which is - I am going to create another eBook that formats all my spam
research into a comprehensive guide. Therefore, this is just another reason to subscribe to my mailing list, as I will let my list know when it’s available. You
can join my mailing list at http://www.michaeldoring.com/subscribe-to-my-mailing-list/.
Forum administrators can adjust post settings, such as:
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Forum administrators can prune users (delete) based on a number of criteria as the below image shows.
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Forum administrators can adjust signature settings, such as:
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Learn about DNS Blackhole list:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNSBL
Further DNS Blackhole list Info/Resources:
Resource Title: Link:
DNSBL.info - Complete DNSBL List http://www.dnsbl.info/dnsbl-list.php
What will stop spam? - Paul Vixie hopes his Realtime Blackhole List will at http://sunsite.uakom.sk/sunworldonline/swol-12-1997/swol-12-vixie.html
least be a start - By Robert McMillan
Spam DNS Lists - Computer Tyme Support Wiki http://wiki.junkemailfilter.com/index.php/Spam_DNS_Lists
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phpBB Spam Hammer: http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=2122138
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Further Info/Resources:
Resource Title: Link:
Stop Forum Spam http://www.stopforumspam.com/
The curse of the profile spammer | Forum Doc http://www.forumdr.com/the-curse-of-the-profile-spammer/891/
Dealing with vBulletin Spam | Forum Doc http://www.forumdr.com/dealing-with-vbulletin-spam/748/
phpBB - What Is Spam? 3.0 http://www.phpbb.com/kb/article/what-is-spam/
phpBB - Thwarting The Googlebot (and other helpful tips) http://www.phpbb.com/kb/article/thwarting-the-googlebot-and-other-helpful-
tips/
Stopping Spam - Techniques and Strategies http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=2122696&p=12961
708#p12961708
phpBB 3.0 Documentation http://www.phpbb.com/support/documentation/3.0/
Spamdexing - Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spamdexing
Google Webmaster Guidelines http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35769
Forum spam - Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forum_spam
IP address spoofing - Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address_spoofing
Akismet – Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akismet
Project Honey Pot - Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Honey_Pot
PageRank - Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank
Nofollow - Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nofollow
Link Value Factors | Wiep.net http://wiep.net/link-value-factors/
Comment spam prevention for your blog - Akismet http://akismet.com/ | http://akismet.com/development/
|http://www.codeplex.com/wikipage?ProjectName=AkismetApi |
http://akismet.com/how/
WordPress - Akismet - WordPress Plugins http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/akismet/
CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 – Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN-SPAM_Act_of_2003
E-mail address harvesting – Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail_address_harvesting
Honeypot (computing) - Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeypot_%28computing%29
Project Honey Pot http://projecthoneypot.org/
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57. Bonus Info: How you find EDU & GOV sites that accept backlinks, and my theories about their benefit.
Bonus Info
SEO Spyglass
SEO SpyGlass it a tool designed to reveal a great deal about the link building strategy of your competition. SEO SpyGlass is a
backlink checker tool that will tell you the following about a website:
The total number of backlinks and pagerank
The anchor text for every backlink
The pagerank of every backlink
Alexa Traffic Rank of every backlink
The age of every website backlinking
And a whole lot more, see more details at http://www.link-assistant.com/seo-spyglass/
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58. Bonus Info: Sick Submitter and the Free Beta Sick Scraper
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Sick Submitter and the Free Beta Sick Scraper
Sick Submitter
URL: http://sickmarketing.com/
Sick Submitter comes with the following modules:
Forum Profile Submitter
Bookmark Submitter
Directory Submitter
RSS Submitter
and Article Submitter
The standout features are:
Automatically insert your links on social bookmarking sites, forum
profiles, link directories, and more.
One-touch email confirmation and validation
Full Link Creation Report
Easily create link packets
Code your own templates
Integrates with the Best Spinner
Automatic Captcha Breaking (Uses either DeathByCaptcha,
Decaptcher, Bypass Captcha, or Beat Captchas.)
Ping profiles
Proxy utilization, harvesting, testing and rotation
Track all created URLs
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Sick Scraper
URL: http://sickmarketing.com/beta/scraper.exe
The Sick Scraper is much like the Harvester Component of the popular program Scrapebox. Sick Scraper harvests lists of websites, and if you use the right
footprints and keywords, many of those sites will allow placement of backlinks. It can also create submitter lists for “Sick Submitter”. Further information on
either Sick Scraper, or Sick Submitter, is available at http://sickmarketing.com/forum.
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What would I change knowing what I know now?
Preface: I answered this question on the Warrior Forum, and thought I would copy my answer into this eBook. The Warrior Forum post is located at http://www.warriorforum.com/main-internet-
marketing-discussion-forum/387131-what-would-you-do-scenario.html#post3959452. I have duplicated my answer in this eBook because you, my readers, are awesome, thanks for buying this
eBook, and I hope you find my answer helpful. I wish someone told me much earlier some of the ideas below.
Firstly, I could write 500 pages on what I have learnt, and what I would do different. I started out on my internet-marketing journey in Sydney, Balmain on
New Year’s Eve 2009. For months now, I had been planning design of a sports betting application, and had 20 GBs of research, and a 200-page planning
document, but no website.
However, that New Year’s Eve night, over few-to-many, a mate already pursing IM gave me an idea to create a website. So come January 1st 2010 I had
registered my first domain name for internet marketing. It failed. However, a year later come February 2011, I finally started having the elusive $100 days,
and even $300 days, so I quit work, and for 3 months now I have been a full-time IM, and still $100 days, and my online assets are growing.
When I first started I was a perfectionist, I invested too much time into learning, and doing stupid things. So, now that you know the short version to my IM
success, what would I do different, lots, but the standout things I would change are:
Shed my dreaming (just-learn/talk) habits much earlier, and become a doer.
I knew the core concepts to start my IM a week-in, but my perfectionist side got the better of me, and I spent months learning theory and taking no
action. If I could go back, I would keep in mind, the light-switch theory that goes something like ‘you don’t need to know everything about
electricity to flick a light switch.’ I would take action much sooner.
I also would have gone part-time at work, and focused on IM. You should only go part-time, or quit work, if you have the financially stability to
survive without a job, or on part-time wages.
I would have started a foot-in-the-door, affiliate site at the very start. As affiliate sites, that have some SEO, and/or lots of content, tend start
earning you $30 a day before long, and when that hits $100, you can say goodbye to your day job, and swear your head-off at your previous
ungrateful employer and tell him you quit.
I would program-my-mind to not be a perfectionist, and just do. If I find myself going down the path of perfectionism, I would say to myself just
one-word, “versioning”, this word reminds me that I can always make it better later, version 2, 3, 4 can be the one that gives me that insane-crazy-
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