Revisiting SEO in 2012: More of the Same

Year 2011 will go down in history as the year of Google's Panda. Major changes in the SEO industry happened last year. Many sites have been washed away in the storm. Many others fled the wrath of the Panda, but the proverbial sword of Damocles still hangs over them. While SEO pundits to come up with new theories about how to manage the reconstruction of Panda, the basics of SEO and link building have not changed much. In fact, they are more or less the same. Content is still king and good quality links are still invaluable. Link diversity is even more necessary. Do not hedge your bets on just one type of connection. Diversify its sources of connection. While earlier, link exchanges and directory submissions can give good results for their non-competitive niche Web site, the road ahead will be much harder.

But do not fret. Although the link building is getting tougher, here's how you can start building links to your barely visible does not make-traffic web sites in 2012 without hiring an expensive SEO consultants

Articles: Nothing beats an article submission when it comes to link building and strutting their knowledge and expertise. With article directories displaying zeal in improving the quality of content submitted, they are back in business. All you need to do is to write quality articles about your niche. Make your articles informative, interesting and useful. Send them to reputed article directories and see your traffic and increase rankings. The biggest plus point: It sure

Guest Blog posts: Looking for blogs related to your industry and ask them if you write guest posts for them. Write a post with a link back to your website. In no time, you will get targeted traffic and a jump in the standings. Guest posts are also a great way to build considerable authority and to connect with like-minded people.

to write for his blog: If you have a website, blog and get it. Write posts regularly about your industry, your life, solve problems, share tips. Soon, your blog will start getting noticed. Other bloggers will start quoting your posts, and even link back. These are the most natural backlinks. These are pure gold when it comes to inbound links.

Blog Commenting: Although discredited because of widespread abuse, they can still bring in links and traffic. Careful thought and useful comments, not only add value to the blog, but also on its reputation

forum posting. If you frequent forums related to your industry, then the signature can lead him to do

Directories: A good way to get a large number of low quality links. Not too good, but still needed to link the diversity of

social bookmarking. It's easy to get, but not of much importance

Web 2.0. Squidoo, Hubpages, Blogger and WordPress are just some of hundreds of free web 2.0 properties that can bring traffic and backlinks if properly nurtured