The next steps In your link building efforts will again require you to do some writing. It also needs to be unique, and of decent quality. You are going to create your own free blog network to get links and traffic to your main website. This is powerful stuff so pay close attention to what I’m suggesting.

There are many sites on which you can create free blogs or websites. We are going to use some of the biggest of these that are well respected by Google and the other search engines to get high quality links to our main website.

Do you remember that I suggested you find a couple dozen keyword phrases related to your main phrase? You are going to use these keywords to optimize your free blogs and create a traffic and linking funnel that will magnify your search engine ranking efforts.

You will optimize these blogs the same way you optimized your main website. Instead of a domain name you will have a folder or sub-domain on the free site. You will want to create your blog name using your keywords just like you did in finding a good domain for your website.

As you create posts on your free blogs you will include keyword rich links to your main site and to some of the other free blogs you have created. The more of these blogs you crate the more powerful your network will be. Also the more different main domains your free blogs are on the better the linking effectiveness will be.

Now that you know how to create the network I’ll list some of the free sites you can use to build it. I will provide more information on theses site in my blog and in the newsletter. In fact, I have another free report that I’ll be sending you specifically about maximizing the use of one of the site.

Blogger | WordPress.com | HubPages
Squidoo | Today | Bravenet | LiveJournal

Golden Take-Away: Work at your own pace but if you can build a blog a day in 30 days you will have a very powerful link network. Keep adding blogs until you get the rankings you want.

• The visible text of the links contain relevant keyword phrases.
• The links are one way meaning the site links to you but you don’t link back.
• There is variety in the link text of the links.
• The links are from pages that rank highly.
• The links are from “authority sites” meaning the whole sites rank well.
• The links appear in text on the page that matches the topic of your page.
• The links come from sites that share similar topics as your site.
• The links come from a lot of different domains.
• The links don’t appear all at once and then no new links appear over time.
• The links don’t come from spam sites meaning sites with no original content.

Earlier I told you that you don’t normally have full control of the links to your web pages, but the more control you have of the above factors the better. It is possible to exert that control if you know how and are willing to do a little work. There are also services you can pay for to make the job much easier, but for the purposes of this guide we are only going to talk about ways to do it for free.

Starting on the next page I’m going to tell you how to get links with the characteristics listed above. Get ready to start seeing those fast and easy search engine rankings you have been hoping for.

Golden Take-Away: Print this page and post it in your workspace The ten points about powerful links are pure gold. Knowing those factors and learning how to influence them has made many people very rich – will you be next?

Author’s Note: If you have read this far and have paid attention to what you have read you now know more about getting good search engine rankings than 90% of the people that have a website. Those other 10% are your real competition – at least the ones that want to rank for the same keywords as you. That is why keeping up with my free newsletter course and with the blog is very important. There is always more to learn and new edges to gain over your competition. I want you to succeed and I’ll help you do it if you put your own effort to learn and put into practice what you being taught.

The search engines, especially Google, work very hard to make sure when a user does a search they find something of value that is relevant to their search. Search results are their product and they will do everything they can to provide a quality product. If you provide useful, original content and follow the suggestions in this guide the search engines will reward you with high rankings and the traffic that is the result of those rankings.

This does not mean you have to be an expert and prolific writer. You just need to have something to say that users want to hear. I have many small one to five page sites that rank very well. They have unique information that is of value to the target audience. It is true that you will usually get better rankings and more traffic with bigger sites, but it is OK to start small and build more pages when you start seeing some results.

Golden Take-Away: Try to find a problem that users need a solution to. The greater and more urgent the need the more anxious users will be to read what you write and perhaps buy whatever you are selling. If your content is original and useful the users will be happy, the search engines will be happy, and you will be happy.