Using Google’s Advanced Search For Finding Quality Backlinks
Google’s Advanced Search enables you to enter variables which will give to you many great places to drop a link. Make sure that if you are getting backlinks from blogs, forums, or anywhere, not to spam these sites.
Here are some examples of what you can type into Google search to find them:
GETTING LINKS FROM .EDU AND .GOV SITES
MYTH – .gov and .edu backlinks are not 5x more powerful than a .com backlink. A Link Is A Link. It just so happens that many .gov and .edu are high pagerank.
- site:.edu inurl:wp-login.php +blog
- site:.gov inurl:wp-login.php +blog
- site:.edu “your keyword”
- site:.gov “your keyword” -”you must be logged in” -”comments are closed”
- site:.edu “no comments” +blogroll -”posting closed” -”you must be logged in” -”comments are closed”
- site:.gov “no comments” +blogroll -”posting closed” -”you must be logged in” -”comments are closed”
- site:.edu “powered by expressionengine” “ADD YOUR KEYWORD”
- site:.gov “powered by expressionengine” “ADD YOUR KEYWORD”
- site:.com “powered by expressionengine” “ADD YOUR KEYWORD”
- site:.org “powered by expressionengine” “ADD YOUR KEYWORD”
- site:.edu “Powered by BlogEngine.NET”site:.edu inurl:blog “post a comment” -”comments closed” -”you must be logged in” “ADD YOUR KEYWORD”
- site:.gov “Powered by BlogEngine.NET”site:.edu inurl:blog “post a comment” -”comments closed” -”you must be logged in” “ADD YOUR KEYWORD”
- site:.com “Powered by BlogEngine.NET”site:.edu inurl:blog “post a comment” -”comments closed” -”you must be logged in” “ADD YOUR KEYWORD”
- site:.org “Powered by BlogEngine.NET”site:.edu inurl:blog “post a comment” -”comments closed” -”you must be logged in” “ADD YOUR KEYWORD”
FINDING WORDPRESS BLOGS TO COMMENT
- “powered by wordpress” your keyword
- “powered by wordpress” “your keyword” (this is looking for an exact keyword match with the quotations around keyword)
- “powered by wordpress” intitle:your keyword This targets pages that have your keyword in the url of the page.
- “powered by wordpress” inurl:your keyword
FINDING TYPEPAD BLOGS TO COMMENT
- “If you have a TypeKey or TypePad account” your keyword
FINDING BLOGSPOT BLOGS TO COMMENT
- site:blogspot.com your keyword
If many of the blogs have the comments section closed, you can exclude those from your searches using the following search commands:
- “powered by wordpress” your keyword -comments are closed
FINDING DIRECTORIES (in your niche) AND SUBMISSION SITES
- intitle:add+url “your keyword”
- intitle:submit+site “your keyword”
- intitle:submit+url “your keyword”
- intitle:add+your+site “your keyword”
- intitle:add+site “your keyword”
- intitle:directory “your keyword”
- intitle:sites “your keyword”
- intitle:list “your keyword”
FINDING FORUMS (in your niche) FOR BACKLINKS
- “Powered by SMF” your keyword
- Phbb your keyword
- “powered by IPB” your keyword
- MyBB your keyword
- “powered by PunBB” your keyword
- “Powered by Phbb” your keyword
- “Powered by vBulletin” your keyword
GET A TON OF QUALITY BACKLINKS FROM SQUIDOO
- site:squidoo.com “new links plexo” “add to this list”
- site:squidoo.com “your keyword” “add to this list”
Many don’t know this, but Squidoo has some really high PR lens’ and they allow you to add your own incoming links with anchor text and description. Pretty much all are do-follow and require no moderation. Make sure you are logged in to your squidoo account so you don’t spam, because you will get banned if you do spam. Click on “Add to this list” Module and enter your url, anchor text and description.
Inside my Dominating Google course, not only do I show you “how to search for quality backlinks,” but I also reveal to you sites where you can get quality backlinks. How nice is that 
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I find this information very useful! This list would totally help in getting backlinks. Very informative for all readers. Thanks again!
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Thanks for this backlinking info. I’m going to bookmark this site to reference this info. Thanks again.
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Hey Mark,
This is good info, I was told that .gov and .edu were the sites to focus on, but I’ve been wondering about that seeing as everyone is always telling you that it is google page rank that matters more. I will defenitely stop focusing on .edu and .gov links so much
Ever wonder Mark if we focussed on creating good quality content that was relevant to what the searcher was looking for that we would not need to do all the work with the gov and edu sites. I appreciate this list above as a checklist.
Could it work if we did it by relevancy first them the extras. What say you?
I will owe you a brown pop at Peakes Quay the next time I’m on the Island.
Rob
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This is a very valuable information. Loaded with things that I need to know.
More power to you.
Thanks.
@ Rob – For competitive terms, on-page seo is not enough. Off-page seo and link popularity is more important for top ranking. The most votes, or links, wins.
Thanks so much for this Mark. I too was told that .edu and .gov were invaluable but I do have a few and haven’t seem my PR jump at all. I appreciate you posting the Google authority codes because I am much more interested in connecting with quality sites that have the same related information as my own, and starting up ongoing conversations.
Best!
Nanci Murdock
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Thanx a lot for this info..I sure need this type of information to target where to send my links…Keep up the good work.
Temi
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