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Today, we are going to talk about the two most important ways to get a good result on major search engines.

• How to get links
• How to check for back links

Everyone knows that you need to get links from other website regardless of the link building methods you practiced, just to get traffic and to rank on search engine result pages. But it doesn’t end up by just getting hundred of links, you need to evaluate what kind of links you have, determine where your links are coming from, it is the quality that counts. The link from other websites to yours is also known as the “back link”.

How To Get Links

I tell you this, getting hundreds of links in a day is Not That Difficult. Not convinced!? Okay, how about by doing the following:

• Create blogs – there are many free hosted blogs that allows you to create a sub-domain, have your targeted keywords as you “sub-domain name”. You can create multiple accounts on wordpress.
• Blog commenting – give some time to post comments on blog related topics, don’t spam.
• Forum posting – having a signature link.
• Social bookmarking/Social Networks – bookmark your pages, submit videos and post comments.
• Twitter – invite friends, send comments and your links.
• Directory & search engine submission – submit your links to hundreds of free directories.
• Facebook – you can share your links, and join groups.
• Yahoo answers – post comments with your link.
• Link exchange – link to sites that added your link.
• And many others.

See!? You can build hundred of links in a single day, However Does Your Links Count? It is very important to determine the quality of your back links. Please refer to the Google Webmaster Guide.

How To Check the Back Links

Now, that you have already built links, it is about time to evaluate those back links you have. There are free SEO tools that determine where your links and the anchor texts used, thus will help you understand and achieve your goals.

The BackLinkWatch is a web-based back link checker tool.

Here’s how it works, type the URL of your website to get complete detailed information about quality and quantity of backlinks pointing to your website. Then, click “Check Backlinks” and it will show you:

• The Anchor text
• Google Page Rank
• Total Outbound links on the page where your link is found
• NoFollow Flag of your link

The BackLinkWatch back link checker tool is Free.

The Back Link Analyzer, a free link popularity analysis tool which shows the anchor text linking into a web page.

This is the screen shot of the back link analysis information entry screen, version 2.0. The Back Link Analyzer is a windows application tool, you can visit here to download for free.

Author’s Note:

Before you start your linking campaign, you should equipped yourself with knowledge and follow the guidelines set by search engines to avoid being banned or penalized in the future. And the best way to get others to link to your site is by creating a unique and relevant content. Always remember content is king!

For more information about building links, visit the Link Schemes at Google Webmaster Guide.

Today’s topic is about a free SEO tool that will check the website’s keywords ranking position on major search engines – Google, Yahoo! & Microsoft Live.

The Rank Checker

If you have a hard time in checking your website’s ranking position without worrying that your competitors might see or spying on you, the rank checker tool is the answer. The RankCheck is free search engine ranking tool for Firefox. RankChecker is an open source and designed with privacy, and it’s hosted on your local drive.

Rank Checker Download and Installation instructions:

• your Firefox browser should be a version 2 or higher.
• visit here to download
• click ‘install now’ if the software installation window is visible.
• If not, do this:
  • there will be a yellow bar near the top of your browser.
  • click the ‘Edit Options’ button on the yellow bar.
  • click ‘Allow’. Then click ‘OK’.
  • then visit here to install
  • click install now.
• restart Firefox to complete the installation steps.

You will be able to see the Rank Checker icon at the bottom right of your Firefox browser, click it to activate the tool. Enter a website URL and keyword combination, then click the ’start button’ to check it’s rankings.

Here’s how…

• Enter a domain name
• Type your keywords on the ‘text box’ for keyword, then click the ‘Add’ button. And if you have several keywords to check, you can use the ‘Add Multiple Keywords’ option.
• Click the ‘Start’ button to start checking.
• Once done, you will be able to see the website’s ranking position on Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft live. If the website is not found for a particular keyword, you will see a ‘-’ indicating that it’s not found within the top 200 search results.
• And you have also the option to export or save the results by clicking the ‘Export results to CSV’ button.

Want to learn more? click here to see the complete & detailed instructions.