Obtaining External Links

[jgmayes]

What is the best way to obtain External Links for a website? I have seen using the Open Site Explorer that my url is ahead of most of the competitors in all areas except this one.

What is the best method of generating these links, outside of emailing 20K people and asking for a back link?

Any suggstions?

[KeriMorgret]

There isn't necessarily one best way of obtaining external links. Have you checked out the link building category of the SEOmoz blog? That would be a good start to get some ideas.

[jgmayes]

Yes I did, unfortunately it was after I made the post...

I did find some great ideas in there.

Thank you.

[ChrisDyson]

Jason - I think you might enjoy this article by Point Blank SEO on link building strategies there are lost of actionable tips.

http://pointblankseo.com/link-building-strategies