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Free link submission

Grab a directory of free blog submision sites.

http://www.best-web-directories.com/free-deep-link-directories.htm

 http://www.cyberlistserver.com/

Google search

http://www.links2share.net/

http://www.marketingwebdirectory.com/computers_and_internet/

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=free+link+submission+directories&aq=5&aqi=g9g-m1&aql=&oq=free+link+su&gs_rfai=

http://www.jigsaw.com/

http://www.hotfrog.com/

http://www.trade-pals.com/

https://secure.business.com/crm/signup/Standard1.do?query

http://www.thecityofnewyorkcity.com/advertising/index.html

http://paintedcows.com/ad_agencies_nz.html

Pay for lead sites

http://www.printvendors.com/home/

http://www.advertising-exposure.com/

http://www.salesgenie.net/SalesGenie/Index.aspx?bas_vendor=99831

http://www.vendorseek.com/

http://www.minokc.com/

www.nextmark.com

http://www.buyerzone.com/marketing/email-marketing/qz_questions_857.jhtml

http://www.salesvantage.com

More free link submission

http://www.agencycompile.com/

http://www.americanadagencies.com/

http://www.agencyfinder.com/

http://directory.dmconfidential.com/

http://www.databasesystemscorp.com/list-submit.htm

http://www.vendorguru.com/index-vendorseek-categories.jsp

http://www.quotecatcher.com/Site/LeadBoard/OnlineMarketing.aspx

http://www.hoovers.com/100002305-1.html?serv=SEMGGLBTS18632883-1434216659-37154131-4404017849-1&wf=70130000000KoKNAA0&ch=70130000000KhjR&num=8665713045

http://www.directionsmag.com/companies/category/Marketing/

http://www.business.com/directory/advertising_and_marketing/direct_marketing/

http://www.freewebdirectory.us/

http://www.companywebdirectory.com/

http://www.reciprocallinktrader.com/22.php

http://www.key-directory.com/advertising_and_marketing/

http://www.links4rank.com/Internet_/Internet_Marketing/

http://www.linkstraffic.net/internetmarketing-6.htm

http://www.pr.com/promote-your-business

http://www.backpage.com/

http://www.1234-find-web-designers.org/

http://www.adhub.com/cgi-bin/webdata_pro.pl?_cgifunction=search&_layout=companies&company_profile.activemember=1&company_profile.region=&categories.category=%22Advertising%20Agencies%22

http://www.linksifu.com/

http://www.onlinebizdirectory.com/

http://www.freelinksdirectory.net/

http://www.mailloop-7.com/internet-marketing-directory.html

http://www.all-list.net/Business/Directories/Advertising/

http://www.all-directory.net/Business/E-Commerce/Internet_Marketing/

http://www.companylist.net/Internet/Web_Marketing/

http://www.computerdirectory.biz/Electronic_Commerce/Website_Marketing/

http://www.itsallaboutlinks.com/

http://www.sagespark.com/find/business?WT.srch=1&srch=google

http://websitespromotiondirectory.com/

http://www.abcde.us/

http://www.onewaytextlink.com/join.php

http://www.freedirectorysubmission.com/submit.php

http://www.crazyleafdesign.com/webdirectory/

http://fat64.net/index.php?q=solutions

http://www.one-sublime-directory.com/index.php?c=42

http://www.linkonup.com/index.php?q=providing&s=A

http://digg.com/business_finance/E_Marketing_service?

Find links from following sites and add them

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http://www.alexa.com/site/linksin/icontact.com

http://www.directorycritic.com/free-directory-list.html

Social networking

Advogato Free and open source software developers 13,575[2] Open 128,340[3]
Amie Street Music   Open 24,784[4]
ANobii Books   Open 10,734[5]
aSmallWorld European jet set and social elite world-wide 550,000[6] Invite-only 8,583[7]
Athlinks Running, Swimming 68,496[8] Open 73,295[9]
The Auteurs Auteur cinema 200,000 Open 25,648[10]
Avatars United Online games   Open 294,575[11]
BabyCenter Mothers, Parenting, Pregnancy   Open 1,018[12]
Badoo General, Popular in Europe 37,000,000[13] Open to people 18 and older 179[14]
Bebo General 40,000,000[citation needed]
[15][dead link]		 Open to people 13 and older 341[16]
Bigadda Indian Social Networking Site 3,000,000[17] Open to people 16 and older 3,176[18]
BigTent Organization and communication portal for groups   Open to people 18 and older (13-18 parental permission encouraged 34,047[19]
Biip Norwegian community 13,476[citation needed] Requires Norwegian phone number 27,415[20]
BlackPlanet African-Americans 20,000,000[21] Open 2,350[22]
Blogster Blogging 58,344[23] Open 47,946[24]
Bolt.com General   Open 111,069[25]
Books iRead Books 4,000,000 Open  
Buzznet Music and pop-culture 10,000,000[26] Open 736[27]
CafeMom Mothers 1,250,000[28] Open to moms and moms-to-be 4,333[29]
Cake Financial Investing   Open 481,922[30]
Care2 Green living and social activism 9,961,947[31] Open 2,594[32]
Cellufun Mobile social game network, Number 8 US mobile website[33] 3,000,000[34] Open to people 14 and older 118,033[35]
Classmates.com School, college, work and the military 50,000,000[36] Open to people 18 and older[37] 799[38]
Cloob General. Popular in Iran   Open 712[39]
CollegeBlender A social media-based online community for college students, faculty, and alumni.   Requires an email address ending in .EDU 553,453[40]
CouchSurfing Worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the local communities they visit. 1,560,459[41] Open 3,711[42]
DailyBooth Photo-blogging site where users upload a photo every day   Open 5,460[43]
DailyStrength Medical & emotional support community - Physical health, Mental health, Support groups   Open 22,054[44]
Decayenne European and American social elite   Invite-only 154,733[45]
delicious Social bookmarking allowing users to locate and save websites that match their own interests 8,822,921[46] Open 255[47]
deviantART Art community 9,040,962[48] Open 97[49]
DigitalVerse.org Poets   Open to people 14 and older 190[50]
Disaboom People with disabilities (Amputee, cerebral palsy, MS, and other disabilities)   Open 112,712[51]
Dol2day Politic community, Social network, Internet radio (German-speaking countries) 40,200[52] Open 554,616[53]
DontStayIn Clubbing (primarily UK)   Open 19,022[54]
Draugiem.lv General (primarily LV, LT, HU) 2,400,000[citation needed] Invitation only 2,081[55]
Elftown Community and wiki around Fantasy and sci-fi. 185,000[56] Open, approval needed 17,681[57]
Epernicus For research scientists   Open 293,955[58]
Eons.com For baby boomers   Open to people 13 and older 27,320[59]
Experience Project Life experiences   Open 3,452[60]
Exploroo Travel Social Networking.   Open 209,868[61]
Facebook General. 400,000,000[62] Open to people 13 Years and up 2[63]
Faceparty General. Popular UK. 200,000[64] Invitation only to people 18 and older 28,760[65]
Faces.com British teens   Open to people 13 and older 120,665[66]
Fetlife People who are into BDSM 32,500[67] Open to people "of [legal] age to see adult content" 7,833[68]
Fillos de Galicia Galicia and Galician diaspora 6,772[69] Open 1,630,495[70]
FilmAffinity Movies and TV Series 250,000[71] Open 3,916[72]
FledgeWing Entrepreneural community targeted towards worldwide university students   Open to university students 1,793,990[73]
Flixster Movies 63,000,000[74] Open to people 13 and older 1,018[75]
Flickr Photo sharing, commenting, photography related networking, worldwide 32,000,000[76] Open to people 13 and older 33[77]
Fotolog Photoblogging. Popular in South America and Spain 20,000,000[78] Open 227[79]
Foursquare Location based mobile social network 170,000[80] Open 4,539[81]
Friends Reunited UK based. School, college, work, sport and streets 19,000,000[82] Open to people 13 and older 10,231[83]
Friendster General. Popular in Southeast Asia. No longer popular in the western world 90,000,000[84] Open to people 16 and older. No children allowed 146[85]
Frühstückstreff General 14,800[citation needed] Open 1,253,155[86]
Fubar dating, an "online bar" for 18 and older 1,200,000[87] Open 9,476[88]
Gaia Online Anime and games   Open to people 13 and older 1,071[89]
GamerDNA Computer and video games 310,000[90] Open 22,887[91]
Gather.com Article, picture, and video sharing, as well as group discussions 465,000[92] Open 3,974[93]
Gays.com Social network for LGBT community, Guide for LGBT bars, restaurants, clubs, shopping 100,000[94] Open. Global 74,664[95]
Geni.com Families, genealogy 15,000,000[96] Open 5,815[97]
Gogoyoko Fair play in Music - Social networking site for musicians and music lovers   Invite only while in beta 119,272[98]
Goodreads Library cataloging, book lovers   Open 2,543[99]
Google Buzz General   Open  
Gossipreport.com Anonymous gossip   Open to people 16 and older 1,245,494[100]
Grono.net Poland 2,000,000[citation needed] Open 2,958[101]
Habbo General for teens. Over 31 communities worldwide. Chat Room and user profiles. 162,000,000[102][103][104] Open to people 13 and older 6,545[105]
hi5 General. Popular in India, Portugal, Mongolia, Thailand, Romania, Jamaica, Central Africa and Latin America. Not popular in the USA. 80,000,000[106] Open to people 13 and older. No children allowed 51[107]
Hospitality Club Hospitality 328,629[108] Open 38,258[109]
Hyves General, Most popular in the Netherlands. 9,000,000[110] Open 225[111]
Ibibo Talent based social networking site that allows to promote one's self and also discover new talent. Most popular in India. 3,500,000[112] Open 695[113]
imeem Music, Video, Photos, Blogs 24,000,000[114] Open 407[115]
Indaba Music Online collaboration for musicians, remix contests, and networking. 350,000[116] Open and Global 55,062[117]
IRC-Galleria Finland 505,000[118] Open to Finnish speaking people 12 and older 3,302[119]
italki.com Language learning social network. 100+ languages. 450,000[citation needed] Open. Global. 14,610[120]
InterNations International community   Invite-only 25,604[121]
Itsmy Mobile community worldwide, blogging, friends, personal TV-shows 2,500,000[122]   206,437[123]
iWiW Hungary 4,000,000[124] Invite-only 532[125]
Jaiku General. Microblogging. Owned by Google   Open to people 13 and older 15,661[126]
JammerDirect.com Creative resource website 136,000[127] Open to the General Public 802,536[128]
kaioo General, nonprofit 30,000[129]   386,200[130]
Kaixin001 General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China users   Open to the General Public 61[131]
Kiwibox General. For the users, by the users, a social network that is more than a community. 2,400,000[132] Open to people 13 and older 104,563[133]
Last.fm Music 30,000,000[134] Open to any age or gender 310[135]
LibraryThing Book lovers 400,000[136] Open to people 13 and older 4,529[137]
lifeknot Shared interests, hobbies   Open to people 18 and older 602,117[138]
LinkedIn Business and professional networking 65,000,000[139] Open to people 18 and older 29[140]
Listography Lists. Autobiography   Open 197,009[141]
LiveJournal Blogging. Popular in Russia and among the Russian-speaking diaspora abroad. 17,564,977[142] Open (OpenID) 81[143]
Livemocha Online language learning - dynamic online courses in 22 languages - world’s largest community of native language speakers. 3,000,000[144] Open 4,079[145]
LunarStorm Sweden 1,200,000[146] Open 65,874[147]
MEETin General   Open 173,717[148]
Meetup.com General. Used to plan offline meetings for people interested in various activities   Open to people 18 and older 739[149]
Meettheboss Business and Finance community, worldwide.   Open 107,180[150]
Mixi Japan 24,323,160[151] Invite-only 85[152]
mobikade mobile community, UK only   Open to people 18 and older 1,851,728[153]
MocoSpace mobile community, worldwide 3,000,000[154] Open to people 14 and older 3,685[155]
MOG Music   Open to people 14 and older 4,221[156]
MouthShut.com Social Network, social media, consumer reviews   Open 2,545[157]
Multiply "Real world" relationships. Popular in Asia. Not popular in the western world 10,000,000[158] Open to people 13 and older. No children allowed 246[159]
Muxlim Muslim portal site 50,000[160] Open to people 13 and older 59,099[161]
MyAnimeList Anime themed social community 160,000[162] Open to people 13 and older 6,096[163]
MyChurch Christian Churches 144,295[164] Open 94,510[165]
MyHeritage family-oriented social network service 30,000,000 [166] Open 2,953[167]
MyLife Locating friends and family, keeping in touch (formerly Reunion.com) 51,000,000[168] Open 1,481[169]
My Opera Blogging, mobile blogging, sharing photos, connecting with friends. Global 3,000,000[170] Open NA (Alexa only records data for second-level domains)
MySpace General. HTML based site. 130,000,000[171] Open to ages 13 and up. 11[172]
myYearbook General 20,000,000[173] Open to age 13 and up & Grades 9 and up 851[174]
Nasza-klasa.pl School, college and friends. Popular in Poland 11,000,000[175] Open 110[176]
Netlog General. Popular in Europe, Turkey, the Arab World and Canada's Québec province. Formerly known as Facebox and Redbox.[177] 61,800,000[178] Open to people 13 and older 130[179]
Nettby Norwegian Community   Open 2,719[180]
Nexopia Canada 1,400,000[181] Open to people 13 and older [182] 24,071[183]
NGO Post Non-Profit news sharing and networking, mainly in India 15,000[184] Open 70,134[185]
Ning Users create their own social websites and social networks   Open to people 13 and older 132[186]
Odnoklassniki Connect with old classmates. Popular in Russia and former Soviet republics 45,000,000[187] Open 92[188]
OneClimate Not for Profit Social networking and Climate Change   Open to People of all ages and locations 307,773[189]
OneWorldTV Not for Profit Video sharing and social networking aimed at people interested in social issues, development, environment, etc.   Open 27,434,227[190]
Open Diary First online blogging community, founded in 1998 5,000,000[191] Open to people 13 and older 39,290[192]
Orkut General. Owned by Google Inc. Popular in Brazil and increasing, in India.[193] 100,000,000[194] Open to people 18 and older, (Google login) 43[195]
OUTeverywhere Gay/LGBTQ Community   Open 329,887[196]
PartnerUp Social networking site for entrepreneurs and small business owners 150,000[citation needed] Open and Free 29,221[197]
Passportstamp Travel   Open 366,598[198]
Pingsta Collaborative platform for the world's Internetwork Experts   Invite-only, only Internet Experts 1,668,955[199]
Plaxo Aggregator 15,000,000[200] Open 1,533[201]
Playahead Swedish, Danish,Norwegian teenagers   Open 63,081[202]
Playboy U Online college community   Open to college students with .edu e-mail address 433,970[203]
Plurk Micro-blogging, RSS, updates. Very popular in Taiwan   Open 1,072[204]
Present.ly Enterprise social networking and micro-blogging   Open 4,893,711[205]
Qapacity A a business-oriented social networking site and a business directory   Open to people 16 and older 96,847[206]
quarterlife A social network for artists, filmmakers, musicians, and creative people   Open to people 14 and older 88,516[207]
Qzone General. In Simplified Chinese; caters for mainland China users 200,000,000[208] Open to the General Public NA (Alexa only records data for second-level domains)
Ravelry Knitting and crochet 331,000[209] Invite-only while in beta 7,811[210]
Renren Significant site in China. Was known as 校内 (Xiaonei) until August 2009. 15,000,000[211] Open 103[212]
ResearchGATE Social network for scientific researchers 140,000[citation needed] Open 51,885[213]
ReverbNation.com Social network for musician and bands 25,000[citation needed] Open to people 16 and older 6,187[214]
Ryze Business 500,000[215] Open 19,839[216]
ScienceStage Science-oriented multimedia platform and network for scientists   Open 34,968[217]
Scispace.net Collaborative network site for scientists   By invitation, but can request an invitation 1,231,795[218]
ShareTheMusic Music Community. Sharing and listening to music for free and legally   Open 471,712[219]
Shelfari Books   Open 19,681[220]
Skyrock Social Network in French-speaking world 22,000,000[221] Open 111[222]
Sneppi Social Network for sharing photographs   Open 3,370,906[223]
SocialVibe Social Network for Charity 435,000[citation needed] Open 41,927[224]
Something Awful General, Humor Based   Open 4,605[225]
Sonico.com General. Popular in Latin America and Spanish and Portuguese speaking regions. 17,000,000[226][227] Open to people 13 and older 507[228]
Stickam Live video streaming and chat. 2,000,000[229] Open 2,742[230]
StudiVZ University students, mostly in the German-speaking countries. School students and those out of education sign up via its partner sites schülerVZ and meinVZ. 15,000,000[231] Open 195[232]
StumbleUpon Stumble through websites that match your selected interests 8,822,921[citation needed] Open 255[233]
Tagged General. Subject to quite some controversy about its e-mail marketing and privacy policy 70,000,000[234] Open 117[235]
TalentTrove Online Talent Network   Open 21,177[236]
Talkbiznow Business networking   Open 283,770[237]
Taltopia Online artistic community   Open 52,759[238]
Taringa! General 350,000[239] Open to people 13 and older 126[240]
TeachStreet Education / Learning / Teaching - More than 400 subjects   Open 61,492[241]
TravBuddy.com Travel 1,588,000[242] Open to people 18 and older 11,789[243]
Travellerspoint Travel   Open 13,731[244]
tribe.net General   Open 5,706[245]
Trombi.com French subsidiary of Classmates.com 4,400,000[246]   7,283[247]
Tuenti Spanish-based university and High School social network. Very Popular in Spain 4,500,000[citation needed] Invite-only 291[248]
Tumblr General. Micro-blogging, RSS   Open 245[249]
Twitter General. Micro-blogging, RSS, updates 75,000,000[250] Open 14[251]
Vkontakte Social Network for Russian-speaking world including former Soviet republics. Biggest site in Russia 72,225,077[252] Open 182[253]
Vampirefreaks.com Gothic and industrial subculture 1,931,049[254] Open to users 13 and over 7,577[255]
Viadeo Global Social Networking and Campus Networking available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese 25,000,000[256] Open 1,724[257]
Vox Blogging   Open 1,319[258]
Wakoopa For computer fans that want to discover new software and games 100,000[citation needed] Open 9,420[259]
Wasabi General   Open 95,188[260]
WAYN Travel and lifestyle 10,000,000[261] Open to people 18 and older 2,974[262]
WebBiographies Genealogy and biography   Open 734,214[263]
WeOurFamily General with emphasis on privacy and security   Open, subscription-based 685,337[264]
Wer-kennt-wen General, largest German Social Network   General 7,500,000[265]
Windows Live Spaces Blogging (formerly MSN Spaces) 120,000,000[266] Open NA (Alexa only records data for second-level domains)
WiserEarth Online community space for the social justice and environmental movement[267] 34,240[268] Open to people 16 and older 77,143[269]
Xanga Blogs and "metro" areas 27,000,000[270] Open 768[271]
XING Business (primarily Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) and China) 8,000,000[272] Open 269[273]
Xt3 Catholic social networking, created after World Youth Day 2008   Open 459,914[274]
Yahoo! 360°plus Vietnam Owned by Yahoo!. General & blogging. Popular in Vietnam. 1,500,000 Open (Yahoo! login) NA (Alexa only records data for second-level domains)
Yammer Social networking for office colleagues   Must have company email 32,993[275]
Yelp, Inc. Local Business Review and Talk   Open 343[276]
Youmeo UK Social Network (focus on data portability)   Open 1,680,191[277]
Zoo.gr Greek Web Meeting point 890,000[278] Open 8,057[279]
Zooppa Online Community for Creative Talent (host of brand sponsored advertising contests) 60,000[280] Open to people 14 and older[281] 88,555[282]

 

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video about business on utube.

 

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  1. Install the Alexa toolbar or Firefox’s SearchStatus extension and set your blog as your homepage. This is the most basic step.


     

  2. Put up an Alexa rank widget on your website. I did this a few days ago and receive a fair amount of clicks every day. According to some, each click counts as a visit even if the toolbar is not used by the visitor.


     

  3. Encourage others to use the Alexa toolbar. This includes friends, fellow webmasters as well as site visitors/blog readers. Be sure to link to Alexa’s full explanation of their toolbar and tracking system so your readers know what installing the toolbar or extension entails.


     

  4. Work in an Office or own a company? Get the Alexa toolbar or SS Firefox extension installed on all computers and set your website as the homepage for all browsers. Perhaps it will be useful to note that this may work only when dynamic or different IPs are used.


     

  5. Get friends to review and rate your Alexa website profile. Not entirely sure of its impact on rankings but it might help in some way.


     

  6. Write or Blog about Alexa. Webmaster and bloggers love to hear about ways to increase their Alexa rank. They’ll link to you and send you targeted traffic (i.e. visitors with the toolbar already installed). This gradually has effects on your Alexa ranking.


     

  7. Flaunt your URL in webmaster forums. Webmasters usually have the toolbar installed. You’ll get webmasters to visit your website and offer useful feedback. It’s also a good way to give back to the community if you have useful articles to share with others.


     

  8. Write content that is related to webmasters. This can fall in the category of domaining and SEO, two fields in which most webmasters will have the Alexa toolbar installed. Promote your content on social networking websites and webmaster forums.


     

  9. Use Alexa redirects on your website URL. Try this: http://redirect.alexa.com/redirect?www.doshdosh.com . Replace doshdosh.com with the URL for your website. Leave this redirected URL in blog comments as well as forum signatures. This redirect will count a unique IP address once a day so clicking it multiple times won’t help. There is no official proof that redirects positively benefit your Alexa Rank, so use with caution.


     

  10. Post in Asian social networking websites or forums. Some webmasters have suggested that East Asian web users are big Alexa toolbar fans, judging by the presence of several Asia-based websites in the Alexa Top 500. I suggest trying this only if you have the time or capacity to do so.


     

  11. Create a webmaster tools section on your website. This is a magnet for webmasters who will often revisit your website to gain access to the tools. Aaron Wall’s webpage on SEOTools is a very good example.


     

  12. Get Dugg or Stumbled. This usually brings massive numbers of visitors to your website and the sheer amount will have a positive impact on your Alexa Rank. Naturally, you’ll need to develop link worthy material.


     

  13. Use PayperClick Campaigns. Buying advertisements on search engines such as Google or Exact Seek will help bring in Traffic. Doubly useful when your ad is highly relevant to webmasters.


     

  14. Create an Alexa category on your blog and use it to include any articles or news about Alexa. This acts as an easily accessible resource for webmasters or casual search visitors while helping you rank in the search engines.


     

  15. Optimize your popular posts. Got a popular post that consistently receives traffic from the search engines? Include a widget/graph at the bottom of the post, link to your Alexa post or use Alexa redirection on your internal URLs.


     

  16. Buy banners and links for traffic from webmaster forums and websites. A prominent and well displayed ad will drive lots of webmaster traffic to your website, which can significantly boost your rank.


     

  17. Hire forum posters to pimp your website. Either buy signatures in webmaster forums or promote specific articles or material in your website on a regular basis. You can easily find posters for hire in Digital Point and other webmaster forums.


     

  18. Pay Cybercafe owners to install the Alexa toolbar and set your website as the homepage for all their computers. This might be difficult to arrange and isn’t really a viable solution for most. I’m keeping this one in because some have suggested that it does work.


     

  19. Use MySpace . This is a little shady so I don’t recommended it unless you’re really interested in artificially inflating your Alexa Rank. Use visually attractive pictures or banners and link them to your redirected Alexa URL. This will be most effective if your website has content that is actually relevant to the MySpace Crowd.


     

  20. Try Alexa auto-surfs. Do they work? Maybe for brand new sites. I think they are mostly suitable for new websites with a very poor Alexa rank. Note that there be problems when you try to use auto surfs alongside contextual ads like Adsense. They aren’t also long term solutions to improving your Alexa Rank so I suggest using with caution.

Resources on Alexa Rank

Several of the tips listed above were taken from Aaron Wall’s article on Alexa Ranking. This post by Aaron will also give you some insight on Alexa’s webmaster bias.