High quality links but where do you find them?

[activitysuper]

Hi,

A lot of the answers on here point to building high quality links, which makes sense but where do you find these links?

Lets say the website sells Football Boots, the current keyword you are trying to rank for is say 'Indoor Football Boots'.

How do you now go about looking for those links?

Cheers

[RikkiD22]

I would recommend starting with the Competitive Link Finder tool - http://www.seomoz.org/labs/link-intersect

Go through this process gives you a little bit of an idea about the places to find links such as competitor link analysis and Google searches

[activitysuper]

Thanks,

So if I was to systematically go through this list to build links how many would you say I should build a day, I could just spend a day and role through loads but maybe I should try for 5 links a day?

[RikkiD22]

Each industry and website is different.

If it is a new website personally I would use some directories, blogs or forums (ones which don't look too spammy, are relevant to your industry and have a good domain authority) to get some links (people may disagree with this).

The key with link building tends to be keeping things consistent so when you come to building more 'quality links' ensure you always have a pipeline going because so links can take a long time to nurture.

[danielpaquette]

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[RikkiD22]

I think I did suggest exactly that but without going into the specific detail to be fair.

Of course guest blog posts are only one part of link building and activitysuper would need to ensure link diversity on his websites profile as well.

[activitysuper]

Ok,

Thanks to both of you for your advice and thank you Dan for breaking it down with an example, and a process.

I've got a copy writer who does content for me so this looks like a good route.

[danielpaquette]

Bingo! The key is to delegate and use your talent where it matters.

Another quick tip. There's a blogger movement called "DoFollow Blogging" where they allow dofollow comments on their blogs. There's no real way to seek these people out well enough per niche.

However, there's a little plugin out there called "keywordluv" Searching for your niche+"keywordluv" brings up blogs with the keywordluv notice. They're almost entirely dofollow, and they're constantly hunting for good commenters. Leave something insightful and relevant to the conversation, and it'll be the easiest link you've ever gotten.

Your copywriter should be able to churn out about 1200 words an 8 hour day and manage 3 to 4 submissions a week. Sometimes more, sometimes less. Keep tabulating by the word. If you're paying more than 13 cents a word, you're paying too much.

Text broker prices are around 6-7 cents a word, but remember, your in-house copywriter is contacting bloggers, submitting articles, managing my social media, and maintaining these relationships. I value that enough to pay double.

[johnshearer]

activitysuper, I do link building research by finding a strong competitor site: I use opensite explorer with these settings

only followed links

only external links

You will find some pretty good links for free (or for a reasonable $ or effort) and you will also learn about what type of content and persona that site projects.

Good luck.