20 Useful SEO Link Building and SEO Learning Websites
Isaiah Bollinger
Isaiah Bollinger
I am not going to list Facebook, Google places and sites that everyone knows about, but instead more mid-level sites that can help you improve your SEO rankings or learn more about SEO that you may not know about.
1. Delicious
Type of Site: Social Bookmarking
Delicious.com is not as big as Twitter or Facebook, but is a great resource for sharing links and building links to a blog or news source on your website.
PageRank: 8
MOZ DA: 100
2. Folkd
Type of Site: Social Bookmarking
Folkd.com is a great site for generating links and building popularity of links that may help increase your websites SEO value, similar to delicious but with the ability to vote links higher.
PageRank: 7
MOZ DA: 89
3. Diigo
Type of site: Social Bookmarking
Diigo allows you to bookmark links and bookmark other links. If you have some great links on your website that you want to share, you may find this site very useful for building your SEO presence.
PageRank: 7
MOZ DA: 96
4. ThumbTack
Type of Site: Local Listing
Thumbtack is one of the newer local listing sites to hit the scene strong. They are building pagerank fast, and almost any business can sign up and create a profile that can begin to have some SEO value as well as generate leads on its own.
PageRank: 5
MOZ DA: 88
5. HotFrog
Type of Site: Local Listing
Hotfrog is another local listing site that any company can create a profile with, adding to their local search SEO rankings if fully filled out and completed.
PageRank: 6
MOZ DA: 78
Type of Site: Article Submission
This is a great site for writers who want to get some great content out there. You can drop a link to your site or clients sites if they are worthy of mentioning in your articles, making this a good place to get some extra backlinks.
PageRank: 6
MOZ DA: 93
7.Somuch
Type of Site: Directory
SoMuch is a directory that actually does not suck. I have begun to lose faith in most directories, and do not see directories have much benefit moving forward in SEO into 2014 except for specific niche directories, but this directory is high quality and does have strong SEO benefits if you can get a listing.
PageRank: 6
MOZ DA: 79
8. Onlineprnews
Type of Site: PR website
Online Pr News is a great free option for getting your news out to Google news and other news sources. With a free option and very affordable other options, this is a great resource for getting your companies name out there.
PageRank: 4
MOZ DA: 71
9. Manta
Type of Site: Local Listing
Manta is one of the best local listing sites out there that often goes under the radar, below the likes of Google places, yelp, yp.com and superpages.com. Manta.com is a great site to add your business and increase your local SEO rankings.
PageRank: 6
MOZ DA: 88
10. BizSugar
Type Of Site: Social Bookmarking
Biz Sugar is a great source for marketing and business tips, as well as a good place to market articles that you have written regarding your business and business experience.
PageRank: 6
MOZ DA: 80
11. HubPages
Type of Site: Article Submission
HubPages, similar to ezinearticles, is a great place to write quality content and get your writing skills noticed by thousands of monthly users. By writing articles, you can drop a link to sites you may want to improve SEO rankings of as long as they make sense regarding the topic of the article. They have templates that make it easy to write compelling and interesting content quickly.
PageRank: 6
MOZ DA: 91
12. Squidoo
Type of Site: Social Bookmarking
Squidoo is a great site for writing about a particular topic or company. Squidoo posts can show up high in the SERPS, but they have to be quality and rank in the top 500,000 on Squidoo to get indexed by Google.
PageRank: 7
MOZ DA: 96
13. ApSense
Type of Site: Social Bookmarking
ApSense is a great site to not only get your name out there, but to have questions you may need answered about your industry. It is also ideal for building a strong profile about yourself and your company, potentially generating some strong backlink juice to your site.
PageRank: 5
MOZ DA: 74
14. ChimeIn
Type of Site: Social Bookmarking
This is a great site for promoting links and getting your websites name out there. It is easy to connect with social media, so it is useful for getting quality content the viral social media base that it deserves.
PageRank: 8
MOZ DA: 95
15. SEOBook
Type of Site: Informational/Resource
This site may be a little more difficult to get a link on than some of the other sites, but it is extremely useful learning SEO and other internet marketing tactics. They have a great list of resources and tools available.
PageRank: 6
MOZ DA: 88
Type of Site: Informational
Search Engine Land, similar to SEOBook is a great resource for learning and improving your SEO skills. They have tons of articles and useful information for internet marketing and is a must use resource for anyone doing SEO.
PageRank: 7
MOZ DA: 92
17. Moz
Type of Site: Informational/ SEO Software
Moz is both a great resource for learning and performing SEO, but also a place to potentially generate a backlink with their guest blogging service.
PageRank: 2
MOZ DA: 72
Type of Site: SEO resource
Google Web Master Tools is a must have for anyone performing SEO. It is essential for determining any problems Google may be having indexing your website. You can use it to view backlinks, alert Google of malicious backlinks, and view queries for potential keywords you may not have realized have value to your SEO campaign.
PageRank: 9
MOZ DA: 100
19. Technorati
Type of Site: blog search engine
Technorati is a place where you can list your blog, potentially increasing the value of your blog in the SERPs. This is a great place to post information, and they have more than just categories for technology.
PageRank: 8
MOZ DA: 100
20. Jayde
Type Of Site: Directory
Jayde is another directory for businesses. I did say I was weary of directories but their search engine capabilities make them slightly more than a traditional directory, and they seem to be making improvements faster than most of the dying directories.
PageRank: 6
MOZ DA: 75