3 Easy SEO Link Exploits Worth Knowing

Posted by in Affiliate, How To, James Schramko, SEO, Traffic

Google kindly offers up all sorts of information when you do the right search for places to put your backlinks…

Follow or No Follow?
Note, I do not concern myself whether a blog or resource is a ‘follow’ or no follow resource. I like links from anywhere as it is always targeted to my market and also looks more natural.

Here are some great sneaky ways to get some SEO links and attention from high ranking authority sites…

1. Comment Love
Comment luv is a popular wordpress plug-in that displays the last post from your blog when you make a comment. This provides you a nice keyword related deep anchor text link.

To locate blogs in your niche that use this plug-in use this search in Google:

“title=”CommentLuv Enabled”” KEYPHRASE

(be sure to replace the keyphrase with your target term). Once you get the results make a valuable comment on the top ranking blogs and you will get a nice juicy link back.

2. Squidoo

To locate Squidoo lenses in your niche that allow links use this search in Google:

KEYPHRASE + site:squidoo.com + “0 points”

Next click on the high ranking Squidoo lens. Go down to ‘list” and at the bottom and click on “Add To This List”. Add your website URL to the list. Make sure the description includes your keywords and vary them for each lens you add links to….

3. Youtube

To locate Youtube channels in your niche that allow comments:

“KEYPHRASE” “Channel Comments” site:youtube.com/user

Go down to comments at the bottom and make a useful comment about the channel. People will follow you back to your channel…

Important
Use this information wisely and add real value when you make comments. Spammy comments will get you nowhere fast. Let me know how you go..

More tips like these are contained within the walls of SuperFastResults coaching forum…

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Tim

05. Jul, 2009

Thanks James, fantastic information!

I’d never seen that squidoo trick before, didn’t even know they had dofollow pages!

Tim

05. Jul, 2009

Lol attack of the double heads! You should probably remove one of the avatars, it’s kinda creeping me out… :p

James

06. Jul, 2009

just waiting on my design buddy to help out with the blog script hack to remove the default gravatar

Leanne King

07. Jul, 2009

I’m loving the new avatars :) and the squidoo info too

James

07. Jul, 2009

Thanks for the Wavatar recommendation!

denise

09. Jul, 2009

Hi James

Like the comment luv one. I didn’t realize you could search on that. Trouble is some days I lack a little focus!! and end up getting engrossed in other peoples blogs?!

Good day today though just putting the last initail pages on a new small business blog for folks in uk…….and guess what 4 sign ups already for our workshop how good is that!!
Off to see Howie Schwartz next week cant wait!!
Take Care
Denise

Quentin

10. Jul, 2009

Nice post as always James. Of course links will only get you so far if you don’t have good quality content to link to.

We did an experiment last month with a new site and managed to get it a PR3 in 6 weeks and pretty good traffic buy posting almost everyday and adding to over 40 social book marking sites.

I think by adding some of your techniques we could do even better.

Q

James

10. Jul, 2009

Well done @denise! 4 already . Awesome.

Thanks @quentin. The new links from keyword rich sites with top ranking are sure to give things a little bump!

Quentin

10. Jul, 2009

Hey James did you see this just came out on Google. It is Google properties. Now you can sell and rent properties through Google.

http://theimclub.com/selling-or-renting-a-property-using-goole-maps/

Q

James

10. Jul, 2009

lol

there is nothing those guys don’t tackle. Next they will be putting out WordPress themes like thesis

:)

Tim

10. Jul, 2009

A Guy on a forum I’m on came out with something similar a few years ago at http://www.suburbview.com/

Its absolutely fantastic for finding places to rent :) Unfortunately I don’t think it took off that much and has always just been a hobby for him rather than a business.

Greg

10. Jul, 2009

Cool how to get links tips James…. Squidoo.. who knew… going to try it right now. Is this blog thesis?

gold James, abosolute gold.
I regularly post comments on blogs but didn’t know you could search for the comment luv
Cheers!

James

11. Jul, 2009

@Greg this blog is WooThemes (and I LOVE thesis for many many of my other blogs)

Anne Abelman

11. Jul, 2009

Thanks for this awesome tip James,
I didn’t realy understand what it all meant until I saw it in action during the iframe challenge. What an awesome time saver!

Anne :-)

Jodie

12. Jul, 2009

Awesome stuff James, That squidoo thing is wild! Had started using comment luv only this week also.

Hey how are you going with Pro Affiliate 4? I have ended up doing some configuration myself, it’s pretty cool :)

James

12. Jul, 2009

I have not installed it – I am waiting for my new cart – it could use it or have similar functions.

Kok Choon

13. Jul, 2009

Thanks James!

These tips is awesome! Although we use squidoo and comment luv, I don’t really know how to find the footprint for comment… you just shown us these valuable tips!!

Looking forwards to more great tips…!

Launa North

14. Jul, 2009

Adding links to Squidoo lenses is great! I’ve been at it this afternoon.

Thx for the super tip … now it’s time for me to get back to Squidoo :)

Nic Lucas

14. Jul, 2009

Hi James,

Great. It’s these tactics that help separate basic SEO from great SEO. Looking forward to getting your SuperFast SEO. When’s it coming out dya think?

Nic

Nobby

19. Jul, 2009

Hey James,
Had a look through Thesis and amazing what you can find!
Very helpful looking through one of the user sites. Very Helpful indeed!
As always, you are a great source of info. Thanks.
Nobby

Leanne King

21. Jul, 2009

Actually, you made me think :) that keyword luv is good as well and you can find those blogs by just typing in this
“this blog uses keywordluv” into your search box and to narrow it down try your keyword + this blog uses keywordluv (worked for me)

John

23. Jul, 2009

Great advice.

I had been aware of the CommentLuv plugin and have taken advantage of it on a few occasions. Being new to Squidoo, I was not aware of the ability to add your link to a lens.

Keep up the good work.

Great information, this is extremely useful and is somethign that I would have to say at least 95% of people do not know exists. Comment Luv is my favorite of all these nifty tricks! Thanks for passing along this great stuff man, keep it coming buddy.

Alex Newell

28. Jul, 2009

great to see these specialised searches – thanks I’m looking for anything I can do to add to my usual promo routine.

:-)

Alex

I too think that Keyword Luv is “nifty”. However, I do wish it wasn’t such a magnet for spammer as it takes me forever to weed them out from among legitimate comments.

Bob @ Gypsy Costumes

11. Aug, 2009

I always get excited to find new blogs that use KeywordLuv and CommentLuv. It seems that rather than increasing in number they have been deminishing. It could be because of spamming, though.

Reine

06. Sep, 2009

James, I really dig this technique, I use it all the time when I can find a squidoo lense that is relevant. Thanks for sharing all you secrets. It really makes it easy for us when you give so many little secrets away. Thanks again

Anders Online Marketing

09. Sep, 2009

I am working with marketing in Denmark and is searching for inspiration in the digital world. Thanks for inspiration

woo theme

02. Nov, 2009

I am starting to take my feet on affiliate programs too, so this article is excellent starting point! :) Shared it on Stumbleupon and submitted on Digg :)

Awesome tips again, James! I really like all the methods you share, they are super simple yet extremely effective. Looking forward to more great posts!

T Moore

17. Nov, 2009

Im a big fan of keyword explore but I also know that the data provided from any keyword research tool has its limitations, For the most part, these tools can only provide you information on what is being searched!

Tonie @ Clickbank Money

30. Dec, 2009

With the shake up at Squidoo is the search above still valid?

magic bullet system

11. Jan, 2010

Great info. Here are a few more great searches to find blogs open to giving link love.

In Google, type:

“keyword luv” keyphrase
“do follow” keyphrase

And Tonie, yes the Squidoo technique does still work. There’s another search you can do on Squidoo…

comments [keyword phrase] site:squidoo.com

(without the brackets in the squidoo search.

Cheers!
-G

Tom M.

15. Jan, 2010

I never knew about the shakeup at Squidoo. Nor did I know about all these great SEO linking ideas. Thanks.

These tips are so powerful!! Thank you James.
Every day I see my sites going up in rankings:)) using these methods among others.

Joy

05. Feb, 2010

Great tips james, thanks …. I’ve been having a go at the squidoo links … cool! I have done some Commentluv and have it installed on my blogs and there’s a search software called Blog Commenter which brings up CLuv blogs for u when u put in ur Keywords which is quite useful too …

Corin Zander

03. Apr, 2010

Thanks, these methods work! I’ve used them all and was able to get top rankings just by doing these things. Just provide decent comments and don’t spam. :)

If you include the “add to this list” in your Google search you can find only those squidoo sites where you can add your link.

Corin

jack

05. May, 2010

Hi james, the article is very informative.I am sure that not much of the people don’t know about the tricks which you have described.This is very useful article.People must read this.Thanks for sharing such a nice article and all the best.

Brett

02. Jul, 2010

Hi James,

Great article…
I’ve seen some articles on YouTube about getting back links and I can not see the proof in there methods.

Other methods of making comments on blogs, I seem to find a lot of Page Rank 1 site, nothing of real quality.
I have spent a few hours building back links, its been fun in the beginning but there has to be a faster way.

Jack Pot – found your article and it is QUALITY.

3 great methods to high Page Rank site.

Thanks James – I like it that you don’t hold out with quality information.

Tampa Marketing

30. Jul, 2010

I would like to say you have sure done your homework and your right these are great ways to find some great places to post your links.

Thanks for these useful tips. I know blogs use this “Comment Luv” wordpress plug-in. But I have never realized this tip can be used on squidoo and Youtube. And you provided not only the tips but also detailed information on how to do that. Thanks!
I have already written down these tips and bookmarked this page.

mitch

30. Nov, 2010

Another cracking post mate. I tried it out on one of your squidoo lenses!!!! See how it works. Awesome tools to find things to post on. It also amazes me what you can find on other peoples pages too. There is some really good stuff out there. Funny that a fair few of the commentluv searches that came back for me were fellow forum members. This stuff really works. ha ha
cheers
mitch

Chris Ormiston

08. Dec, 2010

Great tips, typing in “this blog uses keywordluv” + keyword into Google is another great way as well.

Jun-Jun

11. Jan, 2011

What an excellent post; it’s well written and very informative. These are all valid points that could really make a difference for people doing their own SEO. So reading something like this was really helpful. Thank you for sharing this.

Affiliate Marketing

14. May, 2011

Oh, i like you post!

I have Blog about Affliate Marketing, can u help me, can you suggest me about keyword, title, descript, …). I new lauched my site

Thanks

James

15. May, 2011

@Affiliate – watch this video it answers your site title question http://www.trafficgrab.com/site/

I’m finding many of these types of “exploits” are quickly closed off because of the number of links they get in such a short period of time.

How do you go about protecting your links that you get in such a fashion? Any suggestions?

James

10. Nov, 2011

I no longer waste my time with exploits, hacks or any type of shortcut. We get solid links from great quality blogs within useful content.

These exploits should be used with moderation. Everyone must be very careful not to overdo things and choose the techniques wisely. Also, squidoo is not really that effective anymore. I suggest submitting to high PR article directories. It still has its benefits.

James

24. Nov, 2011

also use Press Releases like we do at LiinkJuice

squidoo is not as effective anymore as they changed their link structure……….but the other options still do work………..

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