10 Easy Ways To Build Quality Links To Your Website – Without Giving Away Any Links In Return!

1. Add your link to a good directory - Here's our list of top ten favorite directories.

2. Publish a useful article and get links back to your site. URLWire.com, PRWeb.com, and GoArticles.com are great places to start.

3. Offer to help a non-profit website in some way that is useful, in exchange for a link from their site to your site.

4. Check your college alumni association website - ask if they give links to alumni sites.

5. Join some online forums related to your business, and contribute useful comments. Your signature should include a link back to your website.

6. Got a blog on your site? Syndicate it out and let other sites promote your site. Visit FeedRollPro.com or RSS-locator.com to list your blog.

7. Check with your local Chamber of Commerce – see if they give links to member sites.

8. Sign up for Google or Yahoo! alerts, discover which sites link to your competitors, and ask for a link to your site also.

9. Join a few societies or associations relevant to your business -- many of them give links to their members.

10. Interview an expert in your field, and publish it on your blog or site -- human nature being what it is, the expert will almost certainly agree to link to the interview, giving you a link from a trusted site.

But before you do any link building, see this list of Link Building Do’s and Don’ts  – and avoid costly mistakes that could make your site disappear from the search engines.