How to Get Backlinks

Linkbuilding Strategies for Getting Higher Search Engine Rankings

Updated Feb 2010

Now, I’m sure if you’ve been in the MMO world for any amount of time, you’ve heard the term “backlink” tossed around time and time again.

A backlink is basically a “link” from one webpage to another webpage. Backlinks can either be internally based or originate externally. Let’s do an example on an internal link: How to make money online is new “link” pointing from this post to another post. We would call this an internal backlink.

Now, if say I create another site “MakingMoney4Morons.com” and put a link to this website that would be an external backlink.

Backlinks are important because without them, you won’t rank high on the SERP’s. Is it possible to rank high on the SERP’s if you don’t have any backlinks? Yes, but only in non-competitive niches. Using proper SEO techniques on your webpage (SEO-friendly titles, long posts, good internal linking structure, use of keywords), having your target keyword in your domain, and a decent amount of domain age may be enough to land you high one Google’s SERP for uncompetitive terms, but if there is even a hint of competition, you won’t rank high.

Backlinks are the lifeblood of the ranking system. Unfortunately, most ‘bloggers’ are completely clueless of this fact. The “prevailing” wisdom is that if you write beautiful content, have a beautiful layout, fantastic colors, you will magically gain SERP rankings. The so called “A lister” Make Money Online gurus preach this sort of nonsense gospel and it’s, for the most part, complete rubbish.

Yes, having good, useful content help bring in those natural links. But sometimes, relying on natural links just won’t do it – especially if you are trying to make money online.

You see, it’s quite possible, if you work the whole social network system, to get a decent amount of traffic and natural social blogger links to your website. Simply start joining dozens of social communities, leave lots of comments with your website embedded in your comments, etc. The problem is that this type of traffic really doesn’t bring any money. Even more, these links don’t generate much in the way of link juice because they are not properly anchored.

Another thing to consider is that to attract a lot of natural links, you probably have the wrong type of blog. Sure, writing a blog “My Terrible Life” that’s humorous, witty, and pretty damn interesting might, if you play the whole social blogging scene long enough, develop a bit of a readership. People will begin to link to you.

But most of the time, social bloggers are clueless about using proper anchor text in their links. Instead of something like “Earn money online”, you get “Ben’s Blog” or “website” or some other useless anchor.

What’s so important about having proper anchor text in a link? It’s how the search engines decide the importance of your site. Get enough links with the anchor text “make money” and you rank #1 for that search term. Now, it’s true that a backlink, even if the anchor text is not relevant, still counts as part of the overall equation, but you don’t get any serious link juice from links with the wrong anchor text.

Is it possible to write a witty, clever, useful, beautiful-looking blog that makes money? Sure, but it probably won’t be from Adsense or affiliate marketing that you generate the revenue. Bloggers create well written and beautiful-looking blogs.

Unfortunately, the blogs that make money are not the witty, funny, clever, interesting ones – they are usually about boring topics that people are searching for to find some solution to. “Credit Card Reports” are certainly not very interesting topics. I’m willing to be writing page after page about this topic will drain all passion from somebody. However, this bland information has real world importance and as such is a lucrative niche.

If you create the type of blog that attracts organic search traffic (the only type of traffic that you make money from), it probably won’t attract a lot of natural links because it’s not a topic that really interests most people (unless you are talking about Making Money).

Most niches are pretty damn boring. Fishing lures, oil filters, training dogs, credit reports. Does that sound like something, as a social blogger, you would naturally spend your time linking out to? Nope. You won’t get a lot of social blogger linking to a credit card report blog.

This is a bit of a problem if you have credit card blog. No free links from social bloggers. What about natural, free links from other credit card blogs? Sorry, won’t happen. The competition won’t link to you.

As a rule of thumb: sites in your niche (particularly competitive, money-making niches) usually won’t link to you.

So, I hope it’s clear that simply building a website with good content and waiting for backlinks to just appear won’t happen. Fortunately, there are ways for you to get backlinks: It’s called busting your ass and going out and getting them yourself.

Don’t worry; it’s nothing on the level of door-to-door salesmanship. I’m going to go through 10 ways to get backlinks to your website.

10 Ways to Get Backlinks

1. Write useful content

Now, you may have noted that I spent several paragraphs above tearing down the whole notion of writing witty, clever, good content to make money is a fallacy. It is, but useful content doesn’t have to necessarily be anything special. Useful content simply offers the reader a solution – or helps point them in the direction of the solution (and that direction might be an affiliate link or an Adsense ad). If the reader comes to your site, it should be because they found the site using targeted keyword that relates to the content (and purpose) of you website. All the information there should be about the topic.

Now, I want to add something here. If you are writing for a MFAS (Made For Adsense Site), folks, you don’t want to answer the fucking question. You need to strike a fine balance between providing some information (well, enough information for the search engines to love you and to pass a visual inspection but NOT enough information to solve the problem. Information that’s too good will mean there is no reason for the person to click on the ad. I suggest you read what Grizz on his Niche Support Link Exchange. You basically list the general niches you have then contact other people who list categories compatible with yours. You then work out 1-way link exchanges. Probably one of the best ways to get real links and you have total control of the process and anchor text.

3. Social Links
Social traffic is crap for making money, but you can get some free links. Find some “dofollow” forums and post comments with your website in the signature – these will count as a link. You can also submit your website to places like digg.com and reddit.com for a few links. I don’t put much stuck in social links, but it is possible to get links (though usually the anchor text is bad).

4. Submit to Article Directories
Article marketing is a effective backlink strategy. There are thousands of article directories out there. I suggest using one of the backlink services below to handle the actual submission process (unless you want to spend all your time submitting to directories). The two article directories you should take full advantage of are EzineArticles.com and GoArticles.com. These days, GoArticles has taken a bit of a hit and (in my experience), goarticle articles are not quickly indexed. EzineArticles is loved by Google, probably due to the stringent submission requirements imposed and the fact that there are a team of editors that love to reject you submissions. I suggest you submit about 10 or so 300-500 word articles per website. One thing I find myself doing is to submit 3 or general articles about my niche which contain a link to my homepage. I then submit another 7 or so articles that target different posts (deep link) or topics. Each of these articles targets a specific keyword phrase. I make sure that this keyword phrase is a long tail and one that brings in some traffic to my website (verifited by statcouter or google analytics). This is a great way to prop up your longtail keyword rankings. Remember though, google stops counting backlinks from the same C-class IP, so there’s no point in having too many ezine articles per website. You can always just prop up your support sites though as well, which will indirectly strengthen your money site.

5. Ask For Link Exchanges
Do a Google search for sites in your niche then start sending off emails asking for a link exchange. Be aware that if you just started a blog about a competitive topic, then send off emails to the top 5 sites asking for a link exchange, you WON’T get a reply. However, if you go down to page 2/3 or beyond, you can often find admins more then willing to do an exchange with you. Try to get 1-way link exchanges.

6. Get the Competitor’s Backlinks linking to You
If you don’t mind the work, use a program like SEO Elite and cherry pick the top 20-30 sites (PR-wise) giving backlinks to your competition then see if you can get a link. Now, I know this is not always possible, but you will find that you should be able to at least replicate some of those same links. This could be paying for a link, leaving a comment on the same forum with a link back to your site, asking for a link exchange, etc.

7. Buy Links

Yea, it’s against Google’s TOS, but most people in competitive niches do it. You don’t have to, but if you do, you can get a big jumpstart in the SERP’s. There are various link brokers out there who will set up link deals. However, I find these sketchy. Any site that sells links brokered through a link broker will likely be linking to a lot of other people – this dilutes the link juice. Also, there is always a big risk of Google finding out and punishing the site in question either through a deindex or a PR drop. However, if you have the budget, I suggest finding sites in your niche that have good PR (and content) and firing off an email offering 20-50 bucks for a one way link. A good number of the webmasters will agree to this – and this type of link is MUCH safer than going through a link broker. If you have a new site and you are looking for a quick shortcut through the SERP’s – this is the best (but perhaps the costliest) way.

8. Private Link Exchanges
If you have a network of ranked and PR’ed sites, you are in the position to contact people with high ranking/high SERP’ed websites and work out private link exchange deals. Don’t contact people if you have a dozen new blogs that are all PR 0 or -1 though. This will only be effective if you have the network to make your link exchange offer look enticing.

9. Blog Farms
Ah the blog farm. If you get serious about making money online, you’re going to eventually need a blog farm. Yes, Google hates this type of thing, but most people in competitive niches have one and it’s insane to try and challenge them without one.

What’s a blog farm? A blog farm is essentially a network of sites solely dedicated to giving link support. A blog farm could be anything from half a dozen blogger.com blogs to 25k blogs/websites. Now, it’s pretty much impossible to have 25k blogs done by hand which is why sophisticated software is used to create and maintain such blogs. Blackhatters excel at this type of thing. Unfortunately, as powerful as such massive blog farms are, they are eventually deindexed by Google at some point. Yes, it’s possible to have a massive blog farm all run by software, but it takes planning and a LOT of care not to do something stupid that will tip off the G man.

You should also create a lot of minisites(squidoo, hubpages, etc) that help to prop up your blog farm sites.

I suggest you start of with something small (a couple dozen blogger.com blogs and wordpress.com blogs) and work up from there. I’ll be talking more about this issue in future posts. This is not a blackhat site, but I think you should be aware of how some blackhat techniques work. I am not saying you should use them, but you should at least be aware of how they work. Blackhat SEO can be a powerful tool if used correctly. Not that I do any of this, of course.

10. Backlink Networks
Paid backlink networks are also another great way to get shitty backlinks to your support sites/blog farms. I don’t recommend using them on your money sites (though it’s up to you whether you want to). Keep in mind that these are not the end all, be all for links — just another tool to get some. You don’t need them to get links, but they can help and help a damn lot. If you want to make some money for real, I suggest you pony up for a few of these. Yes, it requires an investment on your part. But one of the “big secrets” online is that it actually does take money to make some money. You can spend forever doing things the free way, or you can save a boatload of time with some of these shortcuts. Up to you. I’ve talked about some of them my Recommended SEO software post.

Here is the list of recommended backlink services (UPDATED FEB 26, 2010) that I’ve tested and can say work.

Backlink Services

  • Unique Article Wizard ($67 per month) –> Good, you can get a decent amount of links. Nowhere as NEAR as what you could get 2 years ago though.
  • Article Marketing Automation ($47 per month) –> So So. Probably the worst of the lot. But if you are looking for the cheapest option, it’s ok. Has the best spinning submission
  • Backlink Solutions ($27 Associate Membership–$97 for full membership) —> By Far the Best (97 membership, not 27), but it’s always closed.
  • Linkvana ($147 per month) Best links, but the most expensive.
  • Traffic Kahuna (haven’t used it, but suppose to be decent)
  • Keyword Academy ($33 a month, membership includes guest posting tool where you can use 600 of the member’s blogs to get links. A sort of backlink network)
  • Free Traffic System (free)

Backlinking Sofware

With these tools, you have a powerful backlink service at your disposal. You can get lots of links to your support sites and blog farms which will, in time, give those sites PR and SERP ranking. All this link juice can be laundered to your money site. Do you absolutely need these tools? No, but it will be easier to get links with them. When you first start out though, you should get your feet wet and see how things work before shelling out money. But once you are ready, you can make life easier by subscribing to some of these.

11. Guest Posting

If you are a decent writer, one of the best way to get links is to approach webmasters and ask if you can write a guest post. You’ll probably have to submit a few samples of your writing. Now, if you have a good authority blog with good information (not crap niche site content) and you cozy up to related sites in your niche, you can probably ask to guest post. This is a very good way to get some stellar links from related sites. But you are going to need to develop a relationship with similar sites and your own site has to look good and demonstrate you are an authority (i.e. you know what the fuck you are talking about). Guest post for 10 or so sites in your niche that google considers authority and you’ll probably find yourself becoming an authority sites too.

The other strategy is to hit up as many sites (in unrelated niches) as possible and ask to guest post. It’s a lot of work, but hey, guest post on 50 decent blogs, and all the sudden you find yourself ranking. The difference is that you are not going after sites in your niche, but other sites — since you are not competing for ranking, you stand a better chance of getting the ok.

11. Blackhat/Blackhat Tools

You can get a lot of links, fast, if you put on the blackhat. There’s a ton of generic blackhat tools out there (xrummer, autopligg,seolinkpro, scrapebox) that will help you get spammy type links. Rember, you can easily bomb your site into the sandbox (or worse) if you abuse blackhat, especially on new sites — even more so on new sites in competitive niches. But a lot of good SEO’s use blackhat as part of their strategy — they just make sure to keep several layers of seperation between the white at money site, the greyhat sites, and the blackhat. I’m not a blackhat SEO, so it’s up to you to find the best strategies here. But there’s a lot of possibilities if you use blackhat, in regards to getting links. But, blackhat is a whole nother school of SEO and there’s a lot to learn.

So there you have it, the best methods of getting backlinks. Most people fail at earning money online because they aren’t able to persist with working day after day with no immediate monetary return. Generating online cash is not easy – any site that tells you that you can make 10k a month after 30 days of work is selling you a scam. A lot of people the ability to work at home and earn money through the internet, but they don’t have the persistence to make it. I’ll be the first to say that it’s fucking boring getting backlinks. It’s not something I look forward to doing. I’m sure 99% of the people share my feelings on this. Getting backlinks is tedious and tiring. But how do you make money online? Backlinks, backlinks, backlinks. Backlinks are 95% of getting your website to the top of the search engines. Content and on-page SEO are all icing on the cake – they make something already good even better, but remember, you can’t ever substitute the icing for the cake itself.

So get out there and follow these tips to start getting backlinks to your website.

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Recommended SEO Software

The best SEO/Backlink Software to Help You Make Money.

Updated March 25, 2010

It’s possible to make money online without any software or extra tools – but why try to climb steep mountains wearing lead shoes? Unfortunately, 99% of the make money online tools either don’t work, work like crap, or are just plain ripoffs. There are a few real gems that can make life easier.

I’m listing all the software I think you should use.

This is all software that I use every day. I can’t imagine trying to go about earning cash online without some of these tools. Some are free and others require a bit of money.

I find it quite amusing that most people trying to make money online refuse to throw down any cash for essential tools that they absolutely need. I think the MMO crowd in general is pretty cheap. Most people are hesitant to sign up for link networks or software that requires a reoccurring fee.

Start any physical business and you are going to have to cough up an initial investment. You know the saying “it takes money to make money.” This applies to both offline and online businesses.

I’ll list the programs by category. I also put together various “packages” of these tools you should get, depending on your budget. These tools are all whitehat and greyhat. No blackhat stuff here. That world is a whole ‘nother ballgame completely.

Disclaimer: for some of these programs I get some small affiliate commission if you sign up/ buy the package with my link.

Best Get Backlink Software

Connect Content NOTE: You now need to join Court’s Keyword Academy to get access to Connect content as the program was bought out by Court. The original Conect Content service is offered by Court as well as some other Backlink networks that come part of the 33 bucks a month membership.

The way it works
Connect Content is basically what the domain name implies – a way to connect content. The website has a list of backlink anchors (with the website to use the anchor text to link to) that people post (thousands),

You basically scroll the list of anchor text and pick one that’s compatible with your niches. For example, you might find a backlink anchor for “red oil filters.” You have a website about oil filters. So you basically take that anchor text and the associated website address, add a backlink to the website using the anchor text, then fill out a form with the website address containing the link and submit it on contect connect. The system verifies you have added the backlink and gives you a backlink credit. You can then post your own anchor text requests and others will use those anchor texts to send backlinks to you.

It’s basically an automated system for trading backlinks that gives you credit for every backlink that you give and deducts credit for every backlink given. It’s a great way to get backlinks automatically (provided you put work in to add backlinks to the system).

Even better, all the sites that link to you are RELEVENT sites – sites that people care about. It’s a great system and I’ve found some good success with it.

Article Marketing Automation(AMA)
Another great backlink service. You basically write a specially formatted article (using SPIN notation). A SPIN notated article can basically give hundreds of unique versions. AMA will submit unique versions of your spin notated article to hundreds of directories and blogs. Your article can have up to 3 backlinks to your websites. I find per each submission I get between 50-100 blogs, resulting in several hundred backlinks. Now, most of these blogs are PR -1/0, so you are getting crappy backlinks. However, a backlink is a backlink and this service is a great way to get lots of crappy links to your 3rd tier farm blogs or your 2nd tier support blogs.

The article spinner is the best offered by backlink networks. I often use it to generate my spun articles, and take those articles and post then to my own blogs as well as submitting them to AMA for distribution. AMA does offer the lowest quality blog networks out of the bunch though, but it’s also the cheapest (around 50 bucks a month). It’s worth having to supplement some of the other ones, but if it’s a choice between AMA and UAW or BLS, skip AMA.

Unique Article Wizard(UAW)
Also another recommended backlink service. With this service, you basically take one article and do 2 thorough rewrites of it. The three articles are then submitted by Unique Article Wizard to hundreds (even a couple thousand) article directories/blogs. Now, each blog and article directory are crap as far as link juice goes, but your article gets submitted to hundreds – and this adds up. UAW combines your three articles in such a way as to generate a readable unique copy per each submission. Most of these articles get indexed by Google, thus avoiding the duplicate content penalty. My articles usually get submitted to between 500 and 1000 blogs/article directories. This is a fantastic way to get lots of backlinks quickly to 3rd tier blogs or 2nd tier support sites. UAW has been around for a long time and it’s still one of the most effective.

Linkvana

You basically have access to hundreds of decent PR (and backlinked) blogs. Other backlink networks like Unique Article Wizard and AMA submit your posts to absolute junk blogs. You also end up spinning your content with these other networks — but you don’t with Linkvana. Linkvana submits your posts to different blogs on it’s networks. As such, it’s pretty much a write one short article get one backlink sort of deal. But the blogs pack good juice. Expect to put time into writing though. However, I do recommend Linkvana, it’s one of the better ones. However, you do pay for quality — 147 bucks a month.

Backlink Solutions

My personal favorite. You write short spun snippets that get dripped out to BLS’s extensive blog network. What makes these links particularly effective is that each submission you do get’s backed up with other backlinks. This proves very effective. It’s 97 bucks a month but if you can afford BLS, get it.

Free Traffic System

This is a new kid on the block and, unlike all the other services, is free. There is a pay option where you get more links and stuff you can choose as well. Since this is free, the blogs are pretty shitty — like really shitty. However, it’s free and it’s a resource for backlinks so it’s worth signing up. It won’t offer the link power of UAW, BS, Link Vana, or even AMA, but it’s free.

Bookmarking Demon
Unlike the other software, this is a one time buy. Bookmarking Demon is fantastic program that basically lets you generate hundreds and thousands of really crappy guestbook links. A lot of MMO experts swear by this (including Vic from Blogger Unleased). How much success you have with it depends on how smart you are about using it, but you can get some very good SERP results if you use Bookmarking Demon wisely. I personally don’t use it for my money sites, but it works great (in conjunction with the other backlink software) to get lots of crappy backlinks to your crap blogs, which can then launder the link juice to your secondary support blogs. Keep in mind that these days, as of March 2010, BMD won’t ‘rank’ your site anymore. It’s more effective for fast indexing and to help hide some of your other links. Still worth buying I think, if you have the cash.

Now, these are the best backlink programs that I know about. There are also some other services as well, but I feel they are overpriced. These programs give you the bang for your buck. If you can afford all 4, you can stack them to really give you a ton of backlinks.

Best SEO Software

It you want to do keyword research or get information about how many backlinks to competition has, etc, then you are going to need these programs. Fortunately, you can get by without using the paid software (though the paid software streamlines the process).

Google Keyword Tool
This is  the bread and butter of Internet Marketing and it’s free. You use it to get information about how much traffic a keyword phrase gets per month/year and an idea how much potential money is in each keyword (cost per click, how much advertiser competition, etc). It also give you other keywords in the niche – great for finding those related longtails that can bring in additional traffic. You can completely replace the Google Keyword tool with Micro Niche Finder, which I feel, is a much better tool insofar as that it streamlines keyword research.

Micro Niche Finder

You can read my Micro Niche Finder review if you wish. But you don’t have to. If you don’t own it and have 100 bucks, buy it. It’s one of the most useful pieces of internet marketing software out there. It makes keyword research sooo much easier and more efficient.

Keyword Elite
A lot of people use this software. It pretty much does the same thing as the Google Keyword Tool. If you want a bit of a more streamlined interface, get it. The accuracy is pretty close to the Google Keyword Tool (though GKT is more accurate).
With Micro Niche Finder out, there is no reason at all to use Keyword Elite.

SEO Elite
This is one of those really-make-life-easier tools. You don’t necessarily “need” it, but for finding information about your competition (backlinks, anchor text used in backlinks, PR of your competition’s backlinks, SERP position, etc), it’s the best out there. Brad’s Keyword Ellite and SEO Ellite are his only two programs worth buying. The rest is utter crap. These days (March 2010), most people opt for Market Samurai  over SEO Elite though.

SEO Toolbar
This is a must have tool. It basically adds a special menu under each google search result. You can see the Page Rank of the site, the number of Yahoo backlinks, the domain age, etc. It’s a firefox plugin and it’s free. This is probably one of the most useful SEO tools out there.

SEO Rank Checker
Also pretty useful. You can add your target website and keyword to check SERP rank for. You can add multiple domains/keywords and save them. A great way to check if you are moving up the SERPs for lots of domains and keywords. Usefull, but *not* necessary. Since it’s free and takes a couple seconds to download and install, no real reason why not to have it on your browser though. I don’t use it all the time, but I run it occasionally.

Note, if you looking to do this stuff for free because you are a cheap bastard (trust me, there are times when you need to actually shell out with internet marketing to make money…but i’ll save that for a post), you can get by on the Google Keyword Tool, the SEO Firefox plugin, and Linkdiagnosis.com. However, the pay tools make it way way more efficient to do keyword research.

Content Generation

There are various ways to generate content. In general, for your “money sites” you will need to have decent quality articles. You don’t’ have to write Pulzter winning articles, but you need to fine tune your writing dpending on what type on monetization scheme you are going for. If Adsense, you need to write information about a topic without actually giving the answer – this is to lead the reader to click on the ad. If affiliate marketing, you need to provide a compelling reason why the reader should buy the product. If you just send out crappy generated content, you won’t get good results.

For second tier/third tier sites, you can use crappier spun content. IF you have a second tier blog that gets a lot of traffic, it’s best to just hand write the stuff – it’s just safer that way. But if the blog is only to provide Google juice, then you can put spun content to your heart’s content. The reason why you want to use spun content, is that you can spend a few hours writing a highly spinnable article and use that same article dozens (even hundreds) of times. These articles get around the duplicate penalty and will get indexed by google.

Jet Spinner
Jet Spinner is a free content spinner. Not that you will have to put some work in to write the article using the special notation. Jet Spinner will spin as many unique versions as you wish, and the uniquenesss of each article will depend on how much effort you put into making it unique.

Magic Article Rewriter
The best spinner out there. You pay about 45 bucks for this program, but it’s worth every penny –  trust me. I use and abuse this spinning program. Why is it better than some of the free options like Jet Spinner? There are loads of extra options, the interface is easy to use, and you can purchase an optional database with 18k or so phrases so you can pretty much hit a button to get a decent auto spin. The author is always updating the program and adding new features. Get it!

You can also get some programs that will actually create content. This is different from spun content because all you do is just hit a button. Most of these programs will allow you to enter keywords which will be included in the article. The problem is that most of the content reads as rubbish and will get flagged. However, there is one program on the market that avoids this. Frank’s Blog Content Wizard. Frank is a swell guy who’s quite well known in the “real” MMO world. His software does what it promises, and he’s always willing to help new people out. This program basically has a database of over 30k English phrases. You can select what primary keyword you want used and a list of as many secondary keywords you want to be potentially included in each article. The program will generate either a single article (from 500 words to 1k) of valid English sentences using the keywords you’ve added. The result is something that reads like it was written by a demented blogger of someone with a bad grasp of English. However, the search engines love it and it won’t get flagged as spam. If you are trying to figure out how to populate your 3rd tier farm blogs, BCW is what you need.

What Programs Do You Recommend?

What backlink/seo tools you get depend on your budget. If you can throw down a couple hundred bucks a month, you can use quite a few backlink memberships and have accesss to all the best SEO tools. Will this guarantee your success? Nope, but if you know what you are doing, these programs will help you start making money faster than you would otherwise. How much faster is subjective — it depends on you. Don’t buy these tools expecting to dominate the SERP’s though — you still have to put a lot of work in. These tools are not a shortcut to success, merly an aid.

What many people do is spend a few month with the bare minimum, then after they know what they are doing, they spend some money on some of the link networks. I opted to just buy everything right from the get go, so I can get as many backlinks as possible right from the start. If you are really just wanting to test the waters, spend a year or so doing everything yourself, then if you start to make some money, use the money to invest in link networks and SEO tools.

Dream Backlink/SEO Software Package
If you have money to spend, then signup/buy all of the following tools. You will have access to some very powerful backlink networks. If you have the coin to invest, I’d say go for it. You can really spead up the amount of time it tackes to get your websites ranked high.

Backlink Services

SEO Tools

Content Generation Tools

This will likely cost you a pretty penny each month, but you get a shitload of backlink resources and some of the best tools around.

Power User SEO/Backlink Sofware Package
You get some serious backlink support with the three backlink networks and you have all the other tools needed to populate your blogs, properly SEO your sites, and research the competition.

Backlink Services

SEO Tools

Content Generation Tools


Essential Backlink/SEO Sofware Package
If you want the “core” backlink networks, SEO tools, and content generation tools, but are on a bit of a budget, I recommend using these tools as must haves:

Backlink Services

SEO Tools

Content Generation Tools

Starter Internet Marketing Software Package
If you are on a shoestring budget, but still want a bit of backlink support and some tools for keyword research and content generation, I recommend these tools:

Backlink Services

SEO Tools

Content Generation Tools

Bare Bones Make Money Online Package
If you have no money and just want to get started, here you go:

Backlink Services

SEO Tools

If you just want to test out the waters of making money online, and don’t care about doing deep backlink research on your competition, you can get by with the Google Keyword Tool and SEO Toolbar and SEO Rank Checker. You can use these three tools to do all that SEO Elite does, but it will just take much longer to do the research. In general, all these tools do is just automate and simplify the normal process. This includes the backlink services. Instead of you going to a thousand or so directories and manually submitting your material, they do it all for you.

These tools will give you a powerful head start over someone who doesn’t get them. Will they guarantee you make 40k a month? No. Will using them mean you will dominate the SERP for every single one of your websites? No. But, if you know how to use them, they are powerful tools in your arsenal, and (especially the backlink networks) can really go a long way in boosting your SERP rankings while saving time – if you know what you are doing.