The Recipe
There are many ways to get backlinks to your site. A few methods are worth your time. And many are not worth your time.
I am going to give you a recipe for getting massive amounts of backlinks in a very short amount of time. This is a recipe that is used by the gurus to get tons of traffic.
It is vitally important that you complete each step of the recipe.
Here is the recipe to follow:
- Quick & Dirty Search Engine Optimization
- Social Bookmarking Made Easy
- Become A Top Commenter On Blogs
- Social Bookmark The Blogs
- More Ideas
- Consider Outsourcing
Each step of the recipe has its own section.
Quick & Dirty Search Engine Optimization
Before I get into building backlinks I want to say a quick word about search engine optimization. Optimizing your site will greatly increase the effectiveness of your backlink building efforts.
Keywords in domain
You must make sure that your keywords are in your domain.
For example if your site is about poodle manicures then ideally your site would be PoodleMaincures.com or Poodle-Maincures.com
Keywords in title tags
You must make sure that your keywords are in your title tags.
For example if your site is about poodle manicures then your title tags would look something like:
<title>Poodle Manicures</h3>
Keywords in h1 tags
You must make sure that your keywords are in your h1 tags.
For example if your site is about poodle manicures then your h1 tags would look something like:
<h1>Poodle Manicures</h1>
These are the basic things I recommend. To learn more about search engine optimization go to:
http://nickstraffictricks.com/329_search-engine-optimization-and-keywords/
Social Bookmarking Made Easy
This is the hardest step in the whole process but it well worth your time.
Get Firefox
First you need to use the Firefox web browser. We’ll be using some of the plugins for Firefox to get traffic.
Download Firefox:
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
The Power of OnlyWire
Onlywire is a free service that allows you submit your site to 30 social bookmarking sites with a click of a button.
Right now the social bookmarking sites OnlyWire will submit to are:
- Ask
- Bebo
- Bibsonomy
- Blinklist
- BookmarkSync
- Connotea
- del.icio.us
- Digg
- Diigo
- Faves
- Google Bookmarks
- Jumptags
- Linkatopia
- Mister Wong
- Mixx
- Multiply
- MySpace
- Newsvine
- Plaxo
- Propeller
- Simpy
- Slashdot
- Spurl
- Stumbleupon
- Technorati
- Tumblr
- Yahoo Bookmarks
I made a quick video covering OnlyWire:
http://nickstraffictricks.com/1570_video-social-bookmarking-made-easy/
Signup for OnlyWire:
http://www.onlywire.com
Become A Top Commenter On Blogs
The basic idea
The basic idea is to find blogs that have the “Top Commentator” widget installed.
For example the blog QuickSprout ( http://www.quicksprout.com ) has this widget installed and you can see it on the right side of the main page:

The people with the most comments on the blog are rewarded with a link back to their own site.
Looking at the list above you can see that Prostate Problems (8) has placed 8 comments and gets a free backlink.
The best part is this widget is shown on every page of the blog. So every page of this blog has a backlink to Prostate Problems.
But many pages does this blog have?
We can get a count by going to Google and searching for:
site:quicksprout.com

This blog has 193 pages!
If you’re one of the top commenters of this site then your backlink appears on 193 pages. How cool is that?
A Quick Word About NoFollow
There has recently been a lot of discussion about NoFollow and if it really matters.
(For an explanation of NoFollow and why it is important to go to:
http://nickstraffictricks.com/1168_why-nofollow-matters-and-how-to-find-blogs-that-dont-use-it/ )
Personally, I think the jury is still out on this. At this point I recommend becoming the top commentator only on blogs that do not use NoFollow. It certainly will not hurt you.
How to find these blogs
You can find these blogs on Google by searching for:
“top commentators”
Searching for these kinds of blogs can be a long process.
Luckily, I have done the work for you and made a list of over 40 of these blogs at the bottom of this post. To view the list click here.
Social Bookmark The Blogs
Once you are one of the top commentators on a blog your backlink will be on every one of their pages.
Now you want the search engines to take notice.
To do this you simply submit the blog’s home page or newest blog post to social bookmarking sites using OnlyWire. This should take about a minute of your time.
More Ideas
Another way to get a blog noticed by the search engine is to make a blogspot blog and on it link to all the blogs that now have backlinks to your site.
Next submit the BlogSpot blog to OnlyWire.
Example
Let’s say you have a site called PoodleManicures.com and you have become the top commentator on blogs alpha.com and beta.com.
You go to BlogSpot and signup for a free blog.
To help the search engines index blogs alpha.com and beta.com (and see your backlinks) you place links to alpha.com and beta.com on your BlogSpot blog.
Next you submit your BlogSpot blog to OnlyWire.
You can use this same strategy with Squidoo lenses too.
To do this you simply go to squidoo.com and make a free Squidoo lens.
Next you link to blogs alpha.com and beta.com on your Squidoo lens.
Next you submit your Squidoo lens to OnlyWire.
Doing this will help ensure that the search engines come index blogs alpha.com and beta.com and see the backlinks to your site.
Tricky Way To Get Comments & Traffic To Your Blog
There are a lot of people reading this post and lot of people visiting the blogs in the list at the end of the post.
If your blog is in that list you will probably see a surge in traffic!
To have you blog added to the list click here.
You get the WordPress Top Commentator Plugin for free:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/top-commentators-widget/
After you install the plugin you need to add the widget to your theme.
There are a bunch of settings that don’t really matter but there are 4 settings that are important to have set correctly:

The settings with the red arrows pointing to them are the ones to pay attention to.
Consider Outsourcing
As time goes on you and you make money I recommend you invest some of your profits and hire someone to help you with your work.
A lot of people suggest using elance or guru.com. I recommend first tying to hire a friend or family member you trust.
Bonus: More Backlinks For Sites
The following sites offer free backlinks:
- http://nickstraffictricks.com/1537_free-back-links-to-your-site/
- http://simplesitesbigprofits.org/free-back-links/
- http://myrtlebeachhouserentals.org/free-backlinks/
- http://www.curefortoenailfungus.org/free-back-links/
I will stumble 3 of your sites
Before You Begin Commenting…
Before you begin there are several things you need to be aware of:
- Leave good comments
You must leave good & thoughtful comments on a blog. If you leave spammy comments then the blog owner will delete them. - Be patient
Some blogs require all comments to be approved by the blog owner before the comment shows up. If this is the case then bookmark the page where you expect the comment to show up and revisit the page a day later. - PageRank Changes
I have sorted the blogs below according to PageRank. PageRank does change periodically change and if one of the blogs below has a different PageRank then leave a comment at the bottom of this page. - Consider Low PageRank Sites
There is a lot more competition for the top commentator spots on blogs that have a high PageRank. So you may want to start with blogs where it’s easy to become a top commentator. - You may have to search
The list of “Top Commentators” is usually on the right side of the blog, but once in a while it’s at the very bottom of the blog. You may have to spend a minute searching for it.
Sponsored Blogs With Top Commentator Widget
- http://simplesitesbigprofits.org
- http://myrtlebeachhouserentals.org
- http://www.curefortoenailfungus.org
- http://bad-credit–mortgage.org/
PageRank 7
PageRank 6
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PageRank 5
PageRank 4
- http://www.balkhis.com
- http://www.pureblogging.com/
- http://www.jonathanvolk.com/
- http://honeyandlance.com/
- http://www.affiliateconfession.com
- http://smartboydesigns.com
PageRank 3
- http://www.infectedbybugs.com/
- http://www.msmediablog.com/
- http://chronichealing.com/
- http://www.wpthemedesigner.com/
- http://blogaboutyourblog.com/
- http://potpolitics.com/
- http://uberaffiliate.com/
- http://www.marketing-business-review.com
- http://www.tylercruz.com
- http://myblog2day.com
- http://optempo.com
- http://cashtactics.net
- http://personalfinanceandinvesting.com
- http://www.wisemoneymatters.com
- http://www.ryanjparker.net
- http://www.youthonlinedegree.com
- http://www.insightwriter.com
- http://www.fromzerotoseo.com
- http://www.internetbusinesspath.com
- http://www.blogtrepreneur.com
- http://www.johnchow.com
PageRank 2
- http://www.imbloggingthat.com/
- http://www.skyxavier.com
- http://www.datmoney.com
- http://letssermo.com
- http://ahwee.com
PageRank 1
PageRank 0
More will be added soon
I will be adding more blogs to this list as time goes on.
Do you have a blog you’d like added to the list?
I would be happy to add your blog to the list as long as it meets the following requirements:
- It is NOT adult related
- It has a minimum of 10 pages that show the “Top Commentators” widget
You can get the plugin for free:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/top-commentators-widget/ - The links in the “Top Commentators” widget do not have nofollow
If your blog meets these requirements then email me: nickstraffictricks@gmail.com
{ 21 comments… read them below or add one }
Laura 09.30.09 at 3:23 pm
Become A Top Commenter On Blogs
yea, this one works damn good, but these links are pretty fast gone

you need to pick blogs with a few commentators and post comment every first day in month to keep these links
Bob 10.05.09 at 10:53 am
Thanks for the information,it will come in quite handy for building backlinks to my site. Keep the info hot this helps people with business websites.
Laura 10.05.09 at 1:13 pm
New month, new comment
Graeme @ findaposter.com 10.29.09 at 9:14 am
How this is a very handy site to find. 3 more pages to add and I’ll meet you requirements. I’ll be back.
Biannka 11.09.09 at 10:28 pm
Thanks for the mention of onlywire.com. While I am aware of many things mentioned in the article social networking is where I was lacking.
Outsourcing Sales Solutions 02.11.10 at 6:41 pm
Making good and unique content available on your site is a good and fast way to get natural links that are from relevant sites back to your site. Make something entire industry can use and watch your rankings soar.
Great Resource 04.20.10 at 7:04 am
great overview of how to get backlink speedly. I really appreciate the ideas.
Nickolay 05.05.10 at 6:13 pm
its not what I wanted…
SEO Tips 05.16.10 at 9:21 pm
Great SEO advice. I never really thought about searching how many pages a blog has and trying to become a top commentor. That seems like a gaetr way to grab some links. I will also have to give onlywire a try. Great read.
Webdesign 05.20.10 at 12:08 pm
Great list! For finding more dofollow blogs, I’d really recommend using software like Comment Kahuna and Fast Blog Finder. Both have trial versions, so feel free to check them out and test them for a while!
What other ways do you use to gain more backlinks?
Ice skates 06.02.10 at 4:13 am
Your site is the best on tips of traffic. I really mean it man, I have been trying a lot throughout the web.I never found such a rich website, I will obviously look forward to your site regularly. Though I don’t have any niche blog right now, but I am going to plan one.
Bob Jenson@Web Design 06.02.10 at 6:20 am
Nice post but I’m having problems finding a reliable SEO company to outsource to. I can do SEO myself but I’m snowed under with in-site SEO, the graphical design and general web development. Ideally I’d outsource the off-site stuff to another company but there are so many out there and I’ve heard/read so many horror stories.
That’s why I haven’t outsourced that part yet, I’d hate to ruin one of my clients websites SEO.
Have you come across any reliable SEO companies which don’t spam, blackhat etc?
Cheers,
Bob.
sell property 06.14.10 at 7:39 am
Thanks for the nice post. I will follow your instructions
Brett 06.23.10 at 3:44 am
Great Post.. I really like the ‘Only Wire’ tip, I opened an account straight away.
Brett 06.29.10 at 6:26 am
I just came back to your post again, so much value that its worth multiple visits.
Even a bookmark as a back links resource.
I followed the links in the Bonus: More Backlinks For Sites
I just spend 20 minutes submitting my sites onto 2 x “dofollow’ that have PR1 on Google.
LOVE your work
Brett 06.29.10 at 7:08 am
Bugger, out of time…
I’ll be back tomorrow for an hour.
Ice skates 06.30.10 at 4:24 am
Just wanted to add that while ezinearticles is great and arguable the best article posting website, I’ve found Hubpages is also very god. It ranked a couple of my pages in less than a day and all I had done was google bookmark it! Granted, my page targeted a long-tail keyword, but it works nonetheless.
lacefront wigs 07.06.10 at 5:26 am
thanks for the tips. this will really be helpful.
Web search optimization 07.13.10 at 11:08 am
Really insightful stuff. Thanks. I guess you have to ensure that your comments stay relevant and add to the discussion. Otherwise you may find that they are deleted if you contribute too often and fail to add value.
SEO Jacksonville 07.26.10 at 3:48 pm
Good tips - social media links can be great too
tej kohli 07.27.10 at 10:37 am
i totally agree with the gentleman above. Some people just post anything irrelevant to the theme of the blog just to get a link.