Catchy title, eh?
Back at the start of 2012 I started making note of all the link building posts that I thought were of the highest standard, with the intention of using them in an end of year round up. Little did I know that by the end of December I would have around 500 collected up!
What follows are the 121 that I have whittled it down to – the 121 link building posts that have proved to be the most useful, enlightening or entertaining (IMHO). Rather than just give you list I have dug up a little data around the posts that I have chosen (although that is more for fun – don’t think there is anything serious behind it!!).
So go and fetch what are left of your Christmas chocolates, fire up your favourite bookmarking tool and enjoy.
Outreach
You Can get Links from Cold Outreach Chris Dyson
Link Building Through Blogger Outreach Paddy Moogan
Using Images for Better “Oscar the Grouch” Outreach Anthony Pensabene
Scale Outreach Using Pareto’s Law Ryan O’Connor
Using Blog Subscriber Metrics for Better Outreach Decision Making Traian Neacsu
22 Tips for a Better Outreach Response Laura McGreary
Get off the Schneid with Social Outreach Link Building Megan Brown
Outreach Letters for Link Building [Real Examples] Peter Attia
Why I Deleted Your Guest Post Pitch (With Awful Outreach Examples) Mike Essex
Using Mail Merge to Scale Outreach Ross Hudgens
Outreach Specialist’s Bible Dave Snyder
Improving Link Building Response Rates With Persuasive Psychology Matt Gratt
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Link Building Tools And How To Use Them
5 Advanced Guest Post Prospecting Tips for the Link Prospector James Agate
Experimenting with Custom Reports in Citation Labs’ Link Prospector Michael Smith
Linkbuilding Outreach…Setting yourself up for success with the right toolset James Agate
Using Link Prospector & Buzzstream To Find Valuable Guest Blogging Opportunities In Minutes Er, me
15 Best Link Building Tools Sujan Patel
Link Building Tools We Use at Distilled Will Critchlow
16 Chrome Extensions for Link Builders Jon Cooper
Identifying Link Patterns With Seo Tools John Doherty
20+ Resources For Prospecting, Organising & Researching Link Opportunities James Agate
The 7 Coolest Link Building Tools You’ve Never Heard Of Gary Magnone
Scrapebox’s Hidden Treasures For Seo Dan Bochichio
The Only Tool You’ll Need to Find Mountains of Link Prospects Eric Siu
Visualize Your Backlinks with Google Fusion Tables Mark Cianfrani
Find (Almost) Anybody’s Email Address Rob Ousbey
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Link Building Tips
5 Ways to Increase your Link Building Efficiency Paddy Moogan
Stop Building Links and Start Attracting Them Ryan Clark
Crazy Link building Ideas That Work Jason Acidre
Using The Google Ad Planner to Find Link Sources Ricahrd Baxter
Which Link Opportunities are Worth My Time? Matt Gratt
Future Proof SEO Strategy: Real Life Link Building Tad Chef
How to target link prospects when they’re most receptive James Agate
The Link Prospector’s Guide to the Tilde Garrett French
How to Build Share-Worthy, Link-Worthy ‘Complete’ Content the Search Algorithms Will Love Nathan Safran
Keyword Research for Link Building: Lateral Thinking Matt Gratt
Quick Queries For Link Wins Adam Melson
Building Links with Twitter: Collection of Best-Working Tips Ann Smarty
Building Awesome Relationships For Links, Likes, and Love Ed Fry
Stop Paying for Terrible Links [& How to Check for Low Quality Links] Richard Baxter
Links You Can Get With Zero Outreach Anthony D Nelson
Link Building: Anchor Text Optimisation Best Practices In 2012 Tad Chef
9 Tangible Linkable Asset Ideas And How To Build Links To Them Jason Acidre
Improve Your Link Prospecting With Reductive Queries Ross Hudgens
Smart Linkbuilding Queries For Any Industry Adam Melson
How to Turn Your Blog Into a Link Generation Machine Selena Narayanasamy
Guest Blog Where You Don’t Belong: Find Links From Outside Your Niche Anthony D Nelson
The Ethics of Link Building Through Content Michelle Lowery
How to Use Personas for Link Building and Social Media Jason Acidre
How to systemise your link building process (without compromising quality) James Agate
Identify quality domains for SEO link building James Gurd
Using Copyscape for Easy Link Wins John-Henry Scherck
10 Ways to Use Images for Link Building Jason Acidre
5 Ways to Increase your Link Building Efficiency Paddy Moogan
WANT LINKS? REDUCE FRICTION AND DESTROY INERTIA! AJ Kohn
Non-Intuitive Search Queries & Resources For Link Building Rand Fishkin
18 ESSENTIAL RESOURCES FOR LINK BUILDING – CAJUN STYLE Todd McDonald
50+ Things Every Link Builder Needs To Know Julie Joyce
8 Link Building Tips – Whiteboard Friday Paddy Moogan
UNICORN MEAT AND MONSTER FEET. 9 EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLES OF LINKBAIT PRODUCTS Mark Porter
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Link Building Strategies, Blueprints and Tactics
Forum Participation Rubric for Ecommerce Link Building Don Rhoades
Infographic Submission Sites – The Good, Mediocre and Ones To Avoid Adam Melson
Link Building with Auto Embed Code Script Matt Green
Link Equity Salvage: 7 Steps for Finding Your Long-Lost Links Garrett French
How to get high quality links from university and academic websites Kelvin Newman
The Most Creative Link Building Post Ever Jon Cooper
Link Building Strategies – The Complete List Jon Cooper
33 Links & How To Get Them Justin Briggs
The Broken Link Building Bible Russ Jones
THE DEFINITIVE OUTREACH LINK BUILDING STUDY Mike King
Broken Link Building Guide: From Noob to Novice Anthony Nelson
Creative Link Building for Ecommerce Sites Stephanie Chang
The Noob Guide to Link Building Mike King
The 6 Month Link Building Plan for an Established Website James Agate
Building Links With Brand Evagelists Jon Cooper
9 Link Questions I Double Dare You To Ask Your Presidents Adam Melson
A Link Development Strategy for Large Websites Jason Acidre
Link Building Strategies Spreadsheet Rhea Drysdale
Link Building A-Z Guide – Definitions & Terms Julie Joyce
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Local Link Building
Unmissable Local Link Building Opportunities James Agate
Linkbait Ideas For Small Business Owners Patrick Hathaway
Culture Building: 8 Local Link Building Tactics Beyond Listings Scott Dodge
The Complete Guide to Link Building with Local Events Kane Jamison
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Link Building Thoughts, Rants and Discussions
The New Google Link Algorithm Patrick Altoft
How To Panic-Proof Your Link Campaign Julie Joyce
Eric Ward Answers 10 Questions on BizDev Link Building Eric Ward
The Unbearable Torture Of Linking Eric Ward
Adapt Your Link Building Strategy…Or Get Left Behind Brad Kuenn
Not All Anchor Text is Equal and other Co-Citation Observations Bill Slawski
An Open Discussion on the Current State of Link Building Chris Dyson and friends
Dark Side of the Links: It’s All Fun & Games ‘Til Google Catches On Eric Ward
Why A Diverse Link Profile Is More Critical Than Ever Julie Joyce
12 Google Link Analysis Methods That Might Have Changed Bill Slawski
Google Goes After Links In WordPress Themes Barry Schwartz
Remove The Link Building Quota Handcuffs Todd Mcdonald
7 Ways Links Cause Search Rank Changes Eric Ward
Seo Tramp Stamp: Not Quality Link Building Joe Schaefer
An Open Letter From A Frustrated Outsourced Link Building Author Carter Bowles
The future of SEO in 2013 Gaz Copeland
Paying For Links (But Not Buying Them) Gaz Copeland
Google: Links Cannot Currently Hurt Rankings Robert Deans
5 Fundamentals Of Large Scale Link Prospecting Garrett French
Summary: Fundamentals Of Large Scale Linkbuilding On #Seochat Garrett French
Interview With Link Building Expert Wil Reynolds Jon cooper
Linkpreneurs: The New School Of Link Building Shelli Walsh
Why you F*%$ing Suck at Link Building Chris Dyson
Five Questions A Good Link Builder Should Be Able To Answer Eric Ward
Link Building Experts talk about Google Penguin Razvan Gavrilas
The Impact of Authoritative Links, Mentions, and Shares on Rankings Philip Petrescu
Link Building With The Experts – 2012 Edition Rae Hoffman-Dolan
The Domino Effect Of Links & Relationships Julie Joyce
Link Building Means Earning “Hard Links” Not “Easy Links” Danny Sullivan
10 Reasons Why Your Content Doesn’t Attract Links Joe Hall
The First 500 Links Rand Fishkin
Link Building Presentations
Link Building Reporting Justin Briggs
Let go of the link building wire: My presentation Ian Lurie–
Miscellaneous–
The 3 Best Link Building Books That Aren’t About Link Building Michael Smith
Breaking The Link Building Tedium Julie Joyce
The Psychology of Link Building Annabel Hodges—
Er, Don’t Do These——-
9 Evil Ways to Build Links Peter Attia
9 More Evil Ways to Build Links Peter Attia
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And breathe…If you notice any broken links or any glaring omissions from the list (or just want to chip in) let me know in the comments. Roll on 2013…
Edit: There have been a number of suggestions by readers so I will include some of the best below. Thanks to everyone who got in contact!
Crowdfunding – The Overlooked SEO Link Building Strategy by Chris Gilchrist
7 Uncommon and Powerful Link Building Techniques by Pratik Dholakiya
5 Excellent Linkbait Examples and Why They Worked by Matthew Powers
Can There Really Be 85 Types Of Unnatural Links? by Eric Ward
How To Creatively & Effectively Build Links Using Public Data by David de Souza
Hard Truths on Scalability in Link Building by Jon Cooper
Link Building Strategies That Actually Work by Michelle Lowery
(Link)Build a Relationship in 15 Minutes a Day by Amanda King
Search Query Generator for Guest Blogging via Google Spreadsheet by Jayson Bagio
