Let's face it, the only way to earn an honest link is through decent content. Content that people enjoy, viral content, something enthralling, something that makes people say 'wow' - these attract links - from just a few links, to millions of links.

Social Media is a gold mine for distributing viral content and also to engage with people and communities whom are interested in your particular niche.

Below is a list of social activity that can play a role in link development - ways you can really make an impact on your Search Engine Optimisation efforts.

- Blog, blog and blog again - Blogs are fantastic ways to engage with people who are interested in a given subject or niche. Through blogging you can quickly develop relationships and engage - you can then use this to direct people interested in your niche/topic to your website/landing page. This can mean that they may link to it, or even better, do an editorial.

- Facebook and Tweet Away - Everyone loves Facebook and it's active user numbers back this up. If you have content, good content, Facebook is absolutely brilliant to distribute it. Facebook and Twitter both have the ability to take a story and turn it into a media frenzy. We strongly recommend creating a Facebook page or a Twitter page and get engaging - social = people = interest = links = successful Search Engine Optimisation

- LinkedIN  - LinkedIN is one of our preferred methods of meeting new people that are interested in particular industries/niches. LinkedIN allows you to network and message with numerous people from all over the world that are professionals in a plethora of diverse industries which opens up huge opportunity to attract interest to your website. Establish key individuals, engage and direct to your content. If they like it, you can bet your bottom dollar you will gain a link or two.

Posted: 13/01/11 09:13