When it comes to SEO link strategies, there are 2 options. You can do it yourself or pay someone else to do it. If you enjoy tedious work then you might want to build your backlinks manually by yourself. There is software that will help with the process but it is still pretty tedious. I know because I have done if myself.

The second option is to pay a reputable and affordable SEO firm to do it for you. This makes any backlink strategy easier but does cost money.

You must choose a reputable SEO firm that will provide TOP QUALITY services. Do not choose the cheapest. You will regret it.

I found one that is very good and have used them for years. When I want to get serious and earn cash online, I stick with the best.

I have some experience with SEO firms and link services unfortunately most of them were bad. I used to choose whoever gave me the lowest price at one of the webmaster forums like digitalpoint.com. I regreted it too.

After buying many directory link submissions over a two year period with little or no positive effect on my blogs, I decided to find a good SEO service. I tried 4 or 5 and did not like them either. Some are really expensive and others didn't respond to my emails. I searched some of the webmaster forums for recommendations but only found ones that the user was an affiliate for.

I finally found one that was mentioned in a forum. I did a search on the name to see if there were any flames out there. None. I did find a few positive comments on them.

I then decided to give them a try and see what happens. They responded to several questions prompty and their pricing was very reasonable.

I ordered a directory submission service form them and was very pleased with the results. I could see traffic grow along with PageRank. I also saw my backlinks increase over time. This seemed like a good SEO firm to me.

I have been using the same SEO firm since then with great satisfaction.

The SEO firm is SubmitEdge.

Directories are one of the best places to start when building backlinks to your website. They are easy to get approved, send traffic and increase PR and link popularity. There are a lot of high PR directories also. There are over 8,000 directories including free and paid. There are new directories everyday.

If you have a new website, build links slowly. DO not add 1,000 links in one day. The search engines will penalize you for this and may even de-index your website. So don't do this! I recommend you let your website age before adding any backlinks. This looks natural in the eyes of the search engines. After a few months, you can start to build your backlinks slowly. Try 50 - 100 backlinks per month.

SubitEdge has many directory submission packages. They offer smaller ones for new websites and larger ones for mature websites. The directory submission packages start with 100 directories and go all the way up to 5,000. Their prices are very good too.

I have ordered many of these for various blogs and websites.

Another great source of SEO backlinks is Article Directories. You can gain 2-3 links per article per directory. There are over 800 article directories that I know of.

Article directories also have high PageRank, good traffic and are fairly easy to get articles approved. You can get some good traffic from article directories also.

SEO firms offer 7 article directory packages which include the writing of the article. They also rewrite the article for every 100 directories so not all of the articles are exactly alike. This is great!

They have article directory submission services from 100 article directories to 1,000 article directories. These packages could give you a huge number of good backlinks. Up to 3,000 backlinks.

They can get the article approved quickly since they have established user accounts. They also have the experience and expertise to write effective articles and submit them properly.

I like having the "Pros" do SEO linking for me.

Social Bookmarking sites are another good source of backlinks. They also have high PageRank, are easy to get links and have lots of traffic. The traffic is not high quality but it is better than no traffic. There are over 200 good social bookmarking sites.

SEO firms offer 4 different social bookmarking submission services. From 100 bookmarks to 1,000 bookmarks. They also offer some staggered submissions to slow down the link building. I have used this service many times. It's very effective.

Social Bookmarking Submission can make a big difference in your traffic and PR.