Acquiring a link

[vijayvasu]

once I get a list of links from ontolo or the link acquisition assitant here on seomoz what is the next step?

do i email that site? what do i actually do to get acquire the link?

thank you for answering this!

I am new to link building and so new that I dont actually know the steps and need help from someone. thank you

VIjay

[zeara]

Hi Vijay,

The first step would be to track down a contact email. Draft an email to them offer a link swap.

Its a numbers game really for every 10 emails you might get a response. Its best to send from a

personal mail address also not a info@  or sales@ email address.

Thanks

Matt

[vijayvasu]

Thanks Matt, So I guess I need to find links from link building tools that provide me the URL and the email of the person to contact I guess?

i am considering ontolo and also going to try out the link acquisition assistant but I dont think any of the seomoz tools give you the contact of the link?

best regards,

Vijay

[zeara]

If you get the URL you can just try contacting their generic contact email account.

I guess you just have to hope is passed on to the right person.

You might also try using some high page ranked Web Directories. As much as some say not to use these,

I have had good success just with these and keyword density in content.

[KeriMorgret]

Hi Vijay,

SEOMoz has several blogs posts that talk about good ways to build links, and how to write emails asking for links. Ideally, you want relevant links from relevant sites. I get requests on our RC boat site for link swaps for hair style businesses or real estate companies, and it's obvious they've never even visited our site. They receive no response.

Some good resources:

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/what-are-your-best-tips-for-link-builders

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/good-seo-how-to-request-links-from-picky-sites

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/how-not-to-request-a-link-via-email

[tomcraig86]

I cant find an infographic on this for you. Essentially every SEO will go about this differently. If I remember there are some template emails on this site??

To get blog and forum links, obviously you just need to comment or sing up and post... Getting guest posts posted you need to build a relationship with the blog owner.

If you're looking for a quick win you could try distributing a few articles to ezines such as http://ezinearticles.com/

Tom