Link Tricking

December 15, 2008 by Mark · 6 Comments
Filed under: Tactic

There is another strategy that is being used by some ingenious link builders which has created it’s own term - Link Tricking. This involves a very sly and cunning approach to webmasters to make them think that they are adding value to their site by putting your link and information on their pages.

Google is not favouring traditional text links and punishing those that buy and sell links. Link Tricking attempts to get the sort of natural links that Google treats valid and ranks highly.

How do they Link Trick

I first want to point out that I haven’t tried this myself and probably wouldn’t. The knowledge that this type of link building exists is still valuable though - in case I’m contacted for this and also what to look out for.

Here is one example of some steps to Link Tricking:

Contact the owner of a website and introduce yourself as a frequent user
Compliment the site
Give an example of how you use the product or service of the site you are promoting (the link you want added)
At no time link yourself to the site
Explain how the link to your site would give value
Congratulate again and say that you will come back often.

Obviously you would have to find a potential website that would be related to the link you are trying to add. There are many website owners out there that may not know much about SEO and may not realise what a link like this means to the site.

I’m sure their might be many more link tricking methods out there to create some quality BackLinks. Let me know if you have any you would like to share.