Link Building the Right Way?

[KLLC]

There are still a few things that I need clarifications for link building. I have joined many forums and I am following some big website (Seomoz / search engine watch / search engine land) and such for ideas about link building.

There are  various different suggestions among them for example about Create a blog, Profile links, Article directories,Web 2.0 submission,Press release submission, Infographic submissions,Company directory submissions,Video submissions,Niche specific directories,Logo/Graphic/Web design directories,Free web directories,Non-English directories,RSS directories,Guest posting,Games Submission's and social bookmarking, Blog commenting, Forum posting.Q&A,Wiki Links,Local listings,Getting trackbacks. one would say to use it the other would say not to, can you please guide as to what is the right way to follow these suggestions.

Also nofollow backlinks have any effect on the SERP?

Thanks.

[Visiblics]

Nofollow links do not have any direct effect on the SERPs, but it certainly helps in diversifying your link portfolio and and earn some value in the eyes of Google ( As Google wants a natural link portfolio. So, they want to see a site having both do follow and no follow links).

Also, don't try associate links only with search engine ranking. If your links are placed on some good blog/sites on prominent areas, those links shall be treated as a positive vote and would also increase your referral traffic.

Besides, you cannot do all the things in just one go, but you'll have to select a few activities to start with and gradually can increase the no of activities.

You can start with Guest Blogging, Q & A, Community Participation and Web 2.0 Submissions. This way you get a chance to showcase your expertise and build credibility among your customer/ potential customers.

[Aran_Smithson]

Don't forget Memes!

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/a-small-success-story-inspired-by-seomoz-and-its-contributors

[TheeDigital]

KLLC,

As always great content is the way to go when it comes to link building.  My suggestion is create great content, and then repurpose it for other mediums.  Once you've created a killer video for example feel free to submit it, over a series of days, to all of the video sites such as VIMEO and YouTube.  Then write about your award winning video, do a press release about it that you can submit to a PR Web and maybe even offer a guest post on another website talking about your video.

That's just one example of how you can link build using all of the strategies that you mentioned.  In the end even as Parvesh mentioned it shouldn't be about getting links, but about getting links on sites that are relevant to your niche.