The Best Places to Get Quality Backlinks

by Yan

This list is a must bookmark for anyone who is dead serious about link building.

Previously on thoushallblog.com, I revealed a little secret of link building with an article, What They Don’t Teach You About Link Building which has become one of the most popular articles on this blog. The most popular article is A-Z Blogging Guide for Beginners, just in case you have missed it.

To recap, what they don’t teach you about link building is that with little effort and consistency, you can easily work your way into the Top Commentator list by commenting on other blogs in similar niche.

Once you are in the top commentator list, you will gain sitewide backlink and get to enjoy the PR juice from the blog. All you need to do is to be active and engage in the discussion by not spamming leaving quality commentary that adds value to the conversation.

Top Commentator = Google PageRank + Technorati Rank

Google Pagerank

With the impending Google PR update soon, the more backlinks you get from high PR blogs, in theory the more PR you will get on the next update.  It’s the simplest and most effective link building strategy any beginners should undertake in pursuit of better search engine ranking.

Just in case, you aren’t in the know, here’s how Google calculates PageRank to give you a pretty good idea of how many backlinks you need to get your PR.

In much the same way that Google ranks search engine results by link popularity, Technorati keeps track of who’s linked to who and assign Technorati Authority accordingly.

As you build more links by being in the Top Commentator list, you will gain more authority and see an increased in your Technorati Rank.

List of Blogs with Top Commentator Plugin

So here I’m attempting to compile a list of blogs with various PageRank (presumably correct at the time of this writing) to help you jump start your link building campaign and get that coveted PR status, speaking of which I haven’t got it myself yet as this blog of yours has only been in existence for less than 3 months.

[Updated: March 2009]

[Updated: July 2009] Apologize for the inconvenience. The plugin that displays the list isn’t working anymore.

The above list is taken straight from my bookmark and has been updated with the recent Q2 PR update and it will continue to grow as I’ll be updating it with more blogs of PR 1 and above.

To The Blogmaster


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If for some reason your blog is not listed here, please state your intention for inclusion on the comment below and I’ll put into the list on the next update. However, I reserve the rights to reject any blogs deemed inappropriate.

Till we meet again and happy commenting.

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Walte Call November 15, 2009 at 8:02 pm

Thank you for this well written article. But I had difficult time navigating around your site because I kept getting 502 bad gateway error. Just thought to let you know.

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Tobi - Phuket Meditation November 16, 2009 at 3:54 pm

Thank you very much for those tips. When it comes down to serious Webdesign and SEO, Blogs like that are a ressource for everyone trying to work out a way<!
Thanks again and cheers
Tobi

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Erick November 19, 2009 at 8:30 am

So many blogs are getting the bejeezus spammed out of them that they’ve gone to nofollow or just plain turned off commenting. It’s sad, really, since community and conversation are what the net is really about.

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Brown Leather Chair December 3, 2009 at 10:32 am

What happened to the list of places where you could post backlinks? Ironically this still made for a good place to at least put a couple backlinks in :)

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Irminka December 6, 2009 at 10:53 pm

Great tips but is the price worth the effort? Too long time to spend to get it in my opinion;) Waiting for another tips to use, good luck!

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Orlando December 8, 2009 at 4:25 am

Can you possibly post the bookmark to that plugin you were using so I we could see the list again?

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Tom Horton @ StartOutOnline December 14, 2009 at 3:56 am

Hi there, I don’t usually comment much on blogs
but I love the post and wanted to tell you.

Keep up the good work

Tom Horton

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Yan December 14, 2009 at 4:01 pm

Hey Tom

Appreciate your coming by. All the best and happy holidays.

Yan

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Zupreem December 16, 2009 at 8:55 am

Thanks for the information, I see that your page rank is slowly climbing up there. One question for you; Do you know when the next Google update is scheduled for?

Thanks,
David S.

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Jenny@WebsiteDesignCanberra December 16, 2009 at 12:30 pm

Hi Yan,
I have to say that having top commentator would be one of the smartest things you could do if you have a young site and want to get a few back links. I think it is a small price to pay to get only a few spam items that manage to get through.

Thanks for giving this info on your site.

Jen

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Austin Bands December 19, 2009 at 2:29 pm

Where is the list of best places to get backlinks? On the subject of back links, I read that Google actually counts the links in no follow blogs but just doesn’t pass page rank or count anchor text? Does anyone know if this is true?

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TheSEOChampion December 21, 2009 at 11:48 pm

Google does value and track any link to a given website. Google will use, the click through ratio, relevance of the linked page to the blog, page popularity, link popularity and bounce rate of those who follow. If you rank poorly enough for a given backlink you post. It can actually hurt Google’s ranking of your site.

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TheSEOChampion December 21, 2009 at 11:50 pm

2 Keys to Maximizing Link Value:

Post thoughtful and insightful content.

Create a call to action for following your link.

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Austin Bands December 27, 2009 at 12:20 pm

Thanks for the info SEOChamp! I had no idea that Google monitors the click through rate on backlinks. You do have to have Google Analytics installed on your site for Google to see your bounce rate right?

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Inside the Webb December 31, 2009 at 12:08 am

These are some interesting backlinks tips, thanks for sharing! I’m currently in the process of gaining tons and tons of new backlinks to my blog, but it’s an ongoing process.

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Photo Booth Rental January 1, 2010 at 8:12 am

Great suggestion. Certain blogs will reward you for being a top poster with a link on their “top posters” page. I’ve seen some of these pages w/ PR5+!

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Jason Ryzich January 9, 2010 at 1:14 pm

I stumbeld upon this site and I thought I would just leave my fingerprint. I’ve been a marketer for 10 years and the information you pick up online never ceases to amaze me. Might work in some of your information in to my blog in the future. Keep up the solid work!

Jason Ryzich
http://www.JasonRyzich.com

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Seattle Satellite Tv January 22, 2010 at 12:59 pm

Never got the list but leaving a backlink anyway. Technorati seems to be taking a long time to approve new blogs these days. Im trying to find additional paces to work with.

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