Establishing Your Website

HOW TO MAKE YOUR HOME BUSINESS WEBSITE POPULAR AND BUSY

We're now down to the final, and one of the most critical parts of making your site successful. Getting inbound links is the key to getting your site well established on the Internet. The most effective method for doing this inexpensively, or even completely for free, is to submit your index page to many good directories.

Building link popularity (as the search engine pros call it) is critical to establishing a good relationship with the major search engines. You'll need to develop as many inbound links as you can, ideally from highly respected directories such as the Open Directory Project, and from websites and directories related to your target field.

One way of building inbound links is to email other Webmasters who run similar themed websites and request a link exchange. This, however, is much less effective than it once was because nowadays search engines see two way links and recognise it as a link building strategy.

Getting one-way inbound links from good well established directories is a great way of obtaining inbound links. The fact that you don't link back means the inbound link carries more weight. So by getting links from directories you are boosting your sites perceived importance with the search engines. A lot of effort is required but it's well worth it.

Below are some lists of directories on the net. I hope this helps by saving you time searching:

http://www.freelinks.com/

http://www.isedb.com/html/Web_Directories/

http://www.strongestlinks.com/directories.php

http://www.directory-pages.com/

And finally, I have provided more useful information to help you with your new Internet business below.

Website Design

Models of Success

Free Web Exposure

Affiliate Programs

Search Engine Tips

Best Ranking Tactics

Getting High Ranking

How To Be Unique

I really hope you have found the advice I have given you helpful. If you do decide to work on a website based business, I hope it will help you to a successful and profitable future.

Good luck.

Stuart Elwell
WebSmart Marketing