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Find .EDU & .Gov Links

Kevin Smith
in Linkbuilding
Hi Buddies,

I want to share with you some of the search queries I use in finding links for my niche sites.

Just to save your time, I will make it as short as possible

Here they are :

1. How to Find .edu or .org by Reverse engineering Your Competitors

If you want get .edu back links used by your competitors, please use the following search queries

linkdomain:YourcompetitorURL.com site:.edu

You can follow almost the same procedure to find out .org links pointing to your competitor

Here is how to search .org back-links pointing to your competitors

linkdomain:YourcompetitorDomain.com site:.org

2. How to Find back-links that are linking to your competitors domain, but not your site

linkdomain:Yourcompetitorsite.com -linkdomain:yoursite.com

3. How to find back-links from websites which provide guest post opportunities? use any of the following search queries.

“Keyword Phrase” + “become a contributor” OR “contribute to this site”
“Keyword Phrase” + “guest article”
“Keyword Phrase” + “guest blog”
“Keyword Phrase” + “guest blogger”
“Keyword Phrase” + “Guest bloggers”

Guest blogging is also very powerful way to drive high surge of traffic to your website

4. How to find back-links from sites where you can list your website? use any of the following search queries.

“Keyword Phrase” + “add a site”/”submit site”/”suggest site”
“Keyword Phrase” + “add URL”/”submit URL”/”suggest URL”
“Keyword Phrase” + “add listing”/”submit listing”/”suggest listing”
“Keyword Phrase” +”add your business”/”list your business”
“Keyword Phrase” + intitle:”directory”
“Keyword Phrase”+ inurl:”directory”

5. How to search for a potential back-links that allow commenting? Try any of the following search queries.

“Keyword Phrase” + "add comment"
“Keyword Phrase” + "post comment"
“Keyword Phrase” + "leave comment"

6. How to search for potential back-links from Forum Signature or Profiles? use any of the following search queries.

“Keyword Phrase” forum
“Keyword Phrase” discussion boards
“Keyword Phrase” "sign up OR register OR join"
“Keyword Phrase” “Powered by phpBB” OR “powered by vBulletin”

7. How to Find for potential back-links through sponsoring or donation? use any of the following search queries.

“Keyword Phrase” + spons* list
“Keyword Phrase” + partner* list
“Keyword Phrase” + contribut* list
“Keyword Phrase” + donor* list
“Keyword Phrase” + donat* list
“Keyword Phrase” + support* list

If you want to specifically focus on .org or .edu back-links , then add site:.org or site:.edu to each of the above search queries .

For instance you can search “Keyword Phrase” + spons* list site:.org

Hope these would make you busy building back-links to your niche sites.

If you have anything to add you are welcome!

Make also sure to leave questions, if you have any.

Enjoy it!
Cheers.

Kevin Smith
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