Hello, My name is Shannon and I have been making money online for the last several years. I am dedicated to showing everyone I can how to replicate my blogging success. I work very hard and I have been featured on some of the biggest blogs on the net, you can 
It has been quite some time since I last visited an “SEO” related topic on my blog. However lately I have been looking and learning more about it and the changes the search engines have been making.
Today I want to discuss the top ways you should no longer be building backlinks in 2008. In a post tomorrow I will cover the top ways you should be building backlinks for 2008!
Lets get started…
Buying/Selling Text Links- Sometimes it seems as if people have been buying and selling links since the age of the dinosaur but fact is they have only been doing it for a short while. However the search engines found this problem early and pretty much put a stop to it this last year by hitting link sellers hard!
Its kind of like drug dealers, if cops just go after the users its pretty much a losing battle. But if they hit a seller who supplies the users on a daily basis they just took out the seller and the users in one shot!
Google has done the same by taking out link sellers when they can.
Buying links for your sites these days is tricky and down right dangerous, you don’t want to be caught buying links when google comes knocking on your door, trust me!
Social Bookmarking – I am not really sure why but people seem to have the notion that social bookmarking is a great way to get higher rankings in the search engines. While I will admit they are great for a short boost its simply impossible to stay on top with this method for very long.
Social bookmarking puts you into a relative category but not onto a relative website so your pretty much just spinning your wheels after the initial search engine boost (that will drop in a week or two).
Forum Signatures – This is another method that people seem to have a notion about that needs to be put down. Forum signatures will not help you get better search engine rankings unless your in a super small niche that is easy to overcome.
The main problem with forum signatures is its timely or expensive to buy signatures for the sole purpose of better rankings. If you read my “Maximizing your signature clicks” article you will see what signature links are really all about these days!
Link Trades (Reciprocals)- Link trading whether it be two-way or a three-way has been around for some time as well, the problem is the search engines can spot these right away. But don’t worry not all of you are in trouble for doing these, it really depends. Did you trade links with a relative website or a site about pickles?
If you are going to link trade at least do it with relative sites so it appears your trying to help the search engines provide good results for its users. Not just gaining ranks for yourself to make more money!
September 1st, 2008 at 9:27 am
You do not want to have to build back links for ever. you want to get the ball rolling and let the natural link building take place once your site can be found.
September 4th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
I think forum signatures do help in a small way, I mean takeDP Forums for example, their links are dofollow and so can help with your SERP.
I don’t like two way link exchnages, I think a three way link exchange is the way to go.
September 9th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
I agree with “Live Football” that Google is giving more weight to 3-way link exchange than reciprocal ones. Good stuff, Shannon..
Yan
September 12th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
You do not want to have to build back links for ever. you want to get the ball rolling and let the natural link building take place once your site can be found.
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November 12th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Link building is always important. But as you mentioned not to purchase links, there are services like TLA, and TNX.net that have already been banned and penalized by Google for varous link purchase campaigns. So, it is really gonna affect a blog.
November 28th, 2008 at 7:07 am
A Good Artical.
December 10th, 2008 at 5:55 am
I agree with the tips of back links but there are many more methods to do it. For instance, natural links building of websites. For beginners, it is very useful post.
June 22nd, 2009 at 12:03 am
I still feel like reciprocal links do help, especially if you get a link from a higher ranked PR website, in your own niche, which should be what you should be trading with in the first place, as its all about relevancy. I would agree that getting links from Social Bookmarking websites is pointless.
Till then,
Jean
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