Gaining Organic Links
It is clear that having high quality inbound links will certainly help to increase one's search engine ranking in the index especially for Google. Organic links are links that are relevant in content.
Submitting to web directories is a good start to gain some link popularity. Most directories accept free submission and Webmasters can easily insert their sites into the relevant categories. You can find a good list of directory for submission in our useful sites section.
A better method to gain more relevant inbound links is to submit your articles to the article directories. Most articles contain links to the author's profile or business sites. These links will help the search engine to rank the sites better according to their anchor text.
Other useful methods to attract organic links / targeted traffic are:
- Request link exchange with relevant sites.
- Include links in forum signature.
- Create useful tools for the webmasters so that they will link back and recommend the tool to the others.
- Design website templates with a link back at the bottom.