Be unique Be Seen

                                  Be unique Be Seen
If someone wants to interview you for an article in your related field, say YES immediately!Make sure that the template email is personalized for each recipient in some way.I have found that it is hard to handle the mechanics of building link popularity pages.One way we do this at NetMechanic is to offer Star Performer awards to Web sites that get 4 or more stars on their site when they run our validator tool over their site.They add your link or button with their top site id in the link on their site.It is very time consuming to add the links to a client's site and follow up by sending an email to the site that you would like a link back from.So I have developed a dynamic database link system whereby the client can add the link, logo, and description on their own without having to know any code.Anyone who goes through that link will get a discount off your goods or services, and you'll get added link popularity.If you win, you get to place that award on the site and the award site usually links to your site from theirs as a bonus.That person will list your qualifications with a link back to your site as part of your introduction.Submit your site to the many awards sites on the Web.Link it back to your site.Your server will then display banner ads on their pages.The writers will always give you credit and may give you a link in the article as well.

The link points to your Top Site via the cgi program.Submit the new site to the SE's for indexing.In exchange, you agree to automatically display a certain number of their banners on your own site and other Web sites within your banner exchange network.If you give away something on your site, don't forget to try and get a listing from the sites that list sites that give stuff away,Write a review of a Web site, then tell the site owner it's theirs to post in exchange for a link.Plus, you'll get added visibility and credibility for your Web site and online business.Do you have a discussion board?

Although joining a banner exchange program would probably not improve your link popularity, you can improve your link popularity by starting your own banner exchange service.Invite other related sites to link to it.Have the snippet of code available so all they have to do is cut and paste it into their Web page.The concept of these services is that people sign up and agree to add special links to your Web site.There are several ways to configure the program, but most rank by the amount of incoming traffic a site sends.If you have your own server, or if you can work out a deal with your ISP for extra IP addresses, register URLs and point them to the extra IP addresses and do the same thing described above.Established writers get published in a lot of places that you can't.If an established and respected writer, like Robin Nobles, asks you for a contribution for an article he or she is writing, always say yes (if you have the knowledge)!Here's how it works.This saves the client money and enables them to take over this function instead of me having to handle this task.Go to sites that offer free Web space and create a small 3 to 5 page site on the same subject as your own site.Host a Top Site.The more visitors that site sends, the better it ranks.Host your own Web Ring.An added benefit is that all the outgoing links from your Top Site go through your cgi-bin and are redirected to the site.However, they can be useful for building traffic.A site signs up for a Top Site.Top Sites can work for almost any topic.This tells people visiting the awardee's site, that the award-winning site is a professional site run by individuals interested in quality assurance and providing a good visitor experience.Offer site owners free membership if they link to you.Remember to make it easy for awardees to place the award gif on their site.All the links on every Web ring banner point to your site and redirect to member sites, your site if you host it.You'd be surprised how many people are willing to do something like this for a site they like.So if you are worried about sharing too much Page Rank which I wouldn't worry about myself,you won't be sharing it by using a Top Site.URL registration has gotten so inexpensive these days that cost should not even be a consideration.Even if your site doesn't support an award, offer visitors a gif to put on their site.Offer a small discount to anyone who agrees to post a graphic pointing to your site on theirs.A Top Site is run by a cgi program.One of our most successful methods for increasing link popularity is to offer awards a gift that links back to our site.It isn't an obvious self promotion and it should get you some credit for link relevance.You can find Web Ring programs at The PHP Resource Index and The CGI Resource Index However, don't join a Web ring for link popularity purposes as all the links point to the ring server and redirect to member sites.We create a strong incentive for the awardee to place the award on their site because the awardee perceives a benefit he gets to tell the world that another site recognized his site as a quality site.You can find Top Site programs, some of which may be free at The PHP Resource Index You can also use the Top Site to generate some advertising revenue.Just make sure that the free site is one that the SE's will index.We also created for them the template email that they can send to the other site's Webmaster.Peruse other categories at the above sites to find advertising programs.Do you have a members-only Web site?And, make sure that the content on the new, free site is valuable and useful to both the engines and the search engine public.The referring site gets credit for the visitor.If you offer a contest or sweepstakes on your site, you can get free links to it from the many contest and sweepstakes directories on the Web.