Background of the Idea
Buying links is a well-known practise, I won't be discussing it here. Instead, I'll try to show you a nice and outstanding technique how to get plenty of links fast and for a fraction of costs when compared to an ordinary way of buying links. Also, the technique described in this article allows you to get links from websites that wouldn't sell links otherwise. The question is “How to get as many links as possible and how to keep quality of these links at a high level?” By giving money you can maximise the effort.
The Idea
It's a kind of contest; Donate and pick the winner. Let people write about your website, how useful it is, what is your website visitors' experience. Let them write about your donation. Let visitors spread a word about your website by being generous.
The Example
Say that I reserve 500 euros each month for donations. I'll clearly describe that the winner will get a 500 euros donation each month (or each two months, whatever), and I'll clearly describe what's necessary to quality for the donation. For example, I'll tell people that I need suggestions regarding design of my website, and these suggestions must be published on their own websites. If design is good enough, I'll let them write about how useful my articles are. If not articles, I can create a tool that attracts attention and is useful. So let visitors write about tools on my website. If I cannot find anything reasonable, I'll let them write about “What would I buy if I got that donation”.
The Result
Say that only 1 out of 1000 visitors of your website owns a website, and say that there are only 150000 unique visitors who visit your website monthly. Then you get a chance of having another 150 links. Most likely permanent links. Also bear in mind that these webmasters have their own audience and such a donation would attract more and more people as time goes by. After a month you could end up with 150 or 1000 new links. Links from real websites. Links that are usually worth it. Of course, there will be some garbage too, but I think it'll be here always. Scraper sites and such will link to your website too, no matter you run a donation contest or not. If you focus on right project, and if you promote the donation contest properly, your website can win much more than a couple of hundreds of euros in the end.
30 July 2010