I have felt the 'cuts and bruises' of backlinking. Getting your site on top 5 results on search engine results page requires getting things optimized on the site, as well as, OFF the site. If you got all the keywords and meta tags and what not right on the site, don't be too happy! You need tow ork OFF your site too!
Let me take you to the world of Backlinking, also known as Link building.
Link building can be as tough as keeping good relations with your introvert, insecure neighbors, those that even if you smile at, will think you are some terrorist and close the door on your face.Anywayz...
I will whine about getting RESULTS in backlinking. Every action has an equal reaction, right? Input=Output -some losses, right? Doesn't work like that in back linking. In my experience, 1 out of every 5 (in bad days upto 10) attempts in back linking succeeds i.e. in getting approved, with a do-follow and a nice PR, which basically means you wont get to find many sites, the first place. It takes about thirty minutes or an hour to add a link and you need 100s of good PR links.(Of course this is not the only thing i want to be doing all day and night long!). Dont be TOO disappointed, if that is what is happening to you as well.
Peopl say, forget the hassle, buy some links. I don't believe in paying off for acquiring links aka premium links.. I heard Google don't like them much and can penalize your site if you get random amount of premium links. Its internet guys, a free media then why pay? And if i have to pay i will just hire some affordable SEO service providers and get my work done!
What HAS worked for me in backlinking. (just in mood of some happy thoughts today)
Article Submission:
Reason: Google loves original content and there are less chances of spamming in this domain. The article sites usually have do-follow links to your site.So write articles about your site and keep submitting them!
Try it out and let me know what you think!