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Free backlinks using google alerts

Webmasters are constantly in search of new and creative ways to get backlinks to their web sites in order to improve their rankings in the major search engines.

I am going to tell you an easy way of getting free backlinks with help of Google Alerts. For this you have to monitor forums where people discuss their area of expertise

You have to set alerts for every main keyword in your industry. Set these alerts to monitor “discussions” only.

I personally recommend you use of an RSS reader to keep track of these entries, which is much easier than tracking notifications. Google even has a convenient built-in RSS reader, you can use if you do not have one.

How does it work? Simply every time Google searches a latest discussion that is related to the keywords you specify, it makes a note of that in the RSS feed. You can then scan the feed for threads where you can jump in and respond. Most forums let you have a keyword-rich link to your web site in your signature, and so you get free links by joining in these discussions. Those links help your ranking in the search engines over time.

Doing this also give you repute as an expert in your field in these forums, which at a busy forum can be just as valuable as a #1 ranking for your keywords. You can also generate direct traffic from these forums through your signature links.

How many threads will Google find that you can respond to?

Well, as an example, the “Discussions” alert for “internet marketing” over the last ten days has generated 350 question threads on 140 unique domains. By “question thread” I mean a thread whose title is a question (e.g. “Where do I find a list of blogs to submit comments?” — that’s a real thread). The question threads are often the best to respond to, since they establish your expertise, but you can, of course, respond to any thread that you feel you can contribute something to.

I wrote a script to extract only those questions to the RSS feed, because I think they are more valuable. Getting free links to 140 domains within 10 days is not a bad deal at all! And it will undoubtedly grow over time.

If you have desire to get some free links, go to Google Alerts and start discussions related to your desired keywords!

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