Freebies & Giveaways - Good Ways to Build Links

1. Hold a contest. Contests make great link bait. A few-hundred-dollar prize can result in thousands of dollars worth of editorial quality links. Enough said.

2. Build a tool collection. Original and useful tools (and collections of tools) get a lot of link love. What do you think ranking for mortgage calculator is worth?

3. Create and release open source site design templates for content management systems like Wordpress. Don’t forget the “Designed by example.com” bit in the footer!

4. Offer free samples in exchange for feedback.

5. Release a Firefox extension. Make sure you have a download and/or support page on your site which people can link to.