5 Quick and Free Inbound Links To Your Website To Improve SEO
Posted by Jody Raines
Link building is an important part of any SEO (search engine 
optimization) program. Local search and getting links are one area of developing SEO for a website that are often overlooked.
This should be one the first things that is done, because it is simple and easy and can be accomplished quickly. Plus the results with inbound links from adding your site to a few free directories can be seen quickly.
Because Fridays during the summer months are sometimes unproductive, here are 5 sites where you can add your website and feel that you've accomplished something before you head out for the weekend!
5 FREE DIRECTORIES YOU SHOULD BE LISTED IN:
1. Google Local business listings are free! Be sure to add pictures and pick categories for your business listing. Use keywords. This is the listing that wills how up in the search next to the map...
2. Yahoo Also for business listings. Free for basic listing, which should be sufficient. Takes about 2 weeks to show up.
3. Bing Why not add your listing to the Bing local listing. Bing has grown in popularity as a search engine. It's free, and doesn't take much time. Note: site is not Safari or FireFox friendly, best viewed in (groan) IE.
4. Yelp Yes, the same place where you go to dish on a local restaurant also has a place to list your businesses. This is a neat social application - you can rave about others businesses and invite them to rave about yours.
5. Best of the Web The interface is a bit klugey - don't be discouraged. This is good inbound link and helps your SEO. It took me about 5 tries before it finally let me register - either didn't like my user name or felt I typed my email differently (which I didn't). Eventually it will take your info...
Give yourself about ten minutes for each site - but in under an hour, you'll have a good headstart on helping get found on Google, get found on Bing, and get found locally.
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