Getting backlinks from Directory Submission, Press Releases, Articles, Forums, when done consistently and with high competence, makes a big difference in your traffic reports.

Still, this strategy lacks in providing webpages with high PageRank due to massive exploitation by the overall marketing community.

This post will lay down best practices for link building using the submission platforms mentioned above.

Guidelines to submitting your business website to submission directories

There is no doubt we are witnessing a downfall in directory submission quality, but there are still a handfull of them that are worth submiting your business to, such as Yahoo Directory, DMOZ, Best of the Web, Gimpsy and Search Sight.

Here is how to do it:

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In order to dominate a niche market your website needs to have a backlink portfolio that meets these three requirements: highly targeted, high quality links – placed in the right spot on the page – with the right anchor text.

Of course, in the process of attaining this goal you’ll be tempted along the road to make use of some rather unproductive shortcuts.

This post will show you what practices resemble more to jumping from a cliff rather then ensuring a pleasant ride.

Backlinking practices you must avoid

1. Don’t outsource your link building campaign UNLESS you verify them  and they have a white hat background and keep a transparent business conduct.

2. Don’t search for “keyword phrase” and “submit site” in Google. The vast majority of results are garbage sites. Read the full story