-- Posted by healthier at 9:44 pm on Sep. 26, 2008    * Find GOOD QUALITY, complementary sites.    * Place a link to them on your site.    * Only AFTER you've placed a link to them, email the owner of the site a short, friendly note. Address him or her by name. (If the name isn't on the site, you may be able to find it at DomainTools.com.)    * Genuinely praise something on the site. If you can't find something worth praising, delete the site from your list.    * Tell the web site owner you've linked to their site, giving them the URL of the page where you've place your link.    * Ask for a link back to your site, suggesting a page where the link would be appropriate.    * Three weeks later, if there's been no reply, send a brief, polite reminder. It's easy for emails to be lost or overlooked.    * Use the phone and/or snail mail. A link from a good site is a very valuable thing. If you can't get noticed by email, consider trying a phone call or posting a letter. They're more expensive but also more likely to attract the answer you want.    * Keep an alphabetical record of sites you've linked to and requested links from. You need to know who you've contacted and who you haven't. -- Posted by blufindr at 9:45 pm on Sep. 26, 2008 That's... great. Um. We care because...? -- Posted by HuffleHaire at 9:47 pm on Sep. 26, 2008 Oh, thanks!