Building Links

[ArjunRajkumar]

Hi everyone,

I am new to SEO and in the process of building links the clean way. Any suggestions on how exactly I can find websites that are linking out to quality websites already?

I went thru most of my competitors link building strategy - and 90% of their links are  done either thru link exchange or paid links. So looking at my competitors strategy does not really help.

So I need to find websites/blogs/forums that are ready to link to me if I can show them some useful content. How do I find these websites first?

Please help!

Cheers!

Arjun

[StoresDirect]

I've found some good relevant prospects using this type of search:  intext:keyword or intext:"multiple word keyword"

If you don't want to see your own site in the search results use intext:keyword -inurl:mysite

[RyanKent]

The SEOmoz site is jammed full of articles discussing this topic. If I may suggest performing a site search: http://www.seomoz.org/pages/search_results?q=link+building

[KeriMorgret]

Both Ryan and Stores Direct have helpful answers here. Is there anything more specific we can help with regarding this question, or did their answers get you started in the right direction?