| Top 10 Little Used SEO Strategies | | | | will help your search engine ranking. |
| There are millions of web sites trying to get listed in the | | | | 4. If these top sites have discussion boards or forums |
| top 20 to 30 spots on the major search engines. | | | | then participate. Post questions, answer other peoples |
| That's a lot of competition! So if you're having a hard | | | | questions, and join in on conversations. Just make sure |
| time getting those spots then maybe you should try | | | | that you include your signature file and link at the end |
| some indirect strategies to get those prized listings. | | | | of your messages. |
| One way to do that would be to do a search on | | | | 5. Ask the owner of the web site about trading |
| Google, Yahoo or MSN using the keywords that | | | | advertising. If you don't get as much traffic as they do, |
| someone would use to find your website. The key | | | | you could throw in some extra incentives or put their |
| then would be to advertise on the top web sites. Now | | | | ad on more of your web pages. |
| advertising on these top spots would probably be very | | | | 6. Give the web site a testimonial for their product or |
| expensive. | | | | service. Include a text link for your web site within the |
| If you don't want to spend any money, you could use | | | | testimonial. They just might include it in their ad copy. |
| the ten strategies listed below. Remember though, | | | | 7. Post your text link on their free-for-all links page, if |
| some of these strategies may not apply to every | | | | they have one. You may want to go back and post |
| web site. | | | | your link regularly so it stays towards the top. |
| 1. Ask the web site owner if they would like a free | | | | 8. If they have a free classified ad section then post |
| ebook to give away to their visitors. You could have | | | | your ads there. Make sure that you have a killer |
| them link to your web site to download the ebook or | | | | headline so their visitors will click on your ad. |
| include your links in the free ebook. | | | | 9. If they have a guest book, sign it. Leave a short but |
| 2. Write an excellent article review of their web site, | | | | sincere compliment about their web site. Be sure to |
| products or services. Then publish the review on your | | | | include your signature file and link at the end of your |
| web site. Email the web site owner and tell him or her | | | | message. |
| about it. They may link to your web site so their | | | | 10. Propose a cross promotion deal with the web site. |
| visitors can read it. | | | | You could promote each others products or services |
| 3. Submit content to their web site. Write articles and | | | | in a package deal. You get your site mentioned and |
| include your links in the resource box. If they are | | | | links back to your web site. |
| published, you'll get a link back to your website which | | | | |