As we have discussed before the best way to find backlinks is Google itself. There are many variantions of search terms we can use to narrow the results and get exactly the type of site we want. Below is a list of search terms to find .EDU sites that will give you a backlink.

site:edu inurl:login (Create an account)
site:edu “powered by SMF”
site:edu “powered by Fireboard”
site:edu “powered by phpbb
site:edu inurl:login (Create an account)
site:edu “powered by vbulletin”
inurl:.edu/phpbb2
inurl:.edu/ (Powered by Invision Power Board)
site:edu “powered by SMF”
“site:.edu” “Powered By WordPress” + keyword
‘site:.edu *your niche* + blog
‘site:.gov *keyword* + blog
“Speicher alle Deine Webseiten-Favoriten an einem Ort”
“Store all your favourite links in one place”
“store, share and tag your favourite links”
inurl: pliggbeta9
intitle: powered by pligg
site:.edu inurl:user/register?destination=home
site:.edu inurl:blog “post a comment” -”comments closed” -”you must be logged in”
site:.edu inurl:blog “post a comment” -”comments closed” -”you must be logged
in” “Keywords”
“inurl:.gov+inurl:blog”
inurl:.edu+inurl:forum”
inurl:.gov+inurl:blog
“inurl:.edu+inurl:forum”.
EDU Forums, Government Forums, Military sites
site:edu inurl:login (Create an account)
site:edu “powered by vbulletin”
inurl:.edu/phpbb2
inurl:.edu/ (Powered by Invision Power Board)
site:edu “powered by SMF”
edu forums sites,gov forums sites
site:.mil
site:edu inurl:login (Create an account)
site:edu “powered by vbulletin”
inurl:.edu/phpbb2
inurl:.edu/ (Powered by Invision Power Board)
site:edu “powered by SMF”
“keyword” forum site:.edu
“keyword” forum site:.gov
“keyword” blog site:.gov
EDU BLOGS, GOV BLOGS
Locate thousands of related blogs using these search strings.
inurl:.gov+inurl:blog
site:.edu inurl:wp-login.php +blog
site:.gov inurl:wp-login.php +blog
site:.edu inurl:”wp-admin” +login
site:.edu inurl:blog “post a comment”
site:.edu inurl:blog “post a comment” –“comments closed” -”you must be logged in”
“keyword”
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”
inurl:(edu|gov) “no comments” +blogroll -”posting closed” -”you must be logged in” -
”comments are closed”
site:.edu inurl:blog “comment” -”you must be logged in” -”posting closed” -”comment
closed”
“keyword”
“keyword” blog site:.edu
keyword +inurl:blog site:.edu

EDU Forums
inurl:.edu/phpbb inurl:register
inurl:edu forum
inurl:gov forum
inurl:.edu+inurl:forum

EDU Guestbooks

site:.edu inurl:guestbook
inurl: edu guestbook
inurl:edu Link:http://worldwidemart.com/scripts/
site:edu inurl:guestbook +”found at Matt’s Script Archive”
inurl:”guestBook.aspx” site:edu
inurl:guest inurl:guest site:edu

EDU Wikis

site:.edu wiki
site:.edu Inurl:MediaWiki_talk

No matter how long I am in this business I still think I will be continue to be amazed as to why people dont start their research at the source of the traffic they are trying to get. If you are trying to get search engine traffic and you know Google is king of the search engines why not start there. Google are telling you what they want to see from you in order for you to rank, they even have went to the trouble of putting together a nice SEO starter guide for you.

A video hosting service allows individuals to upload video clips to an Internet website. The video host will then store the video on its server, and show the individual different types of code to allow others to view this video. The website, mainly used as the video hosting website, is usually called the video sharing website. Searching for the following will help you build your lists
“Powered by MediaShare”
“Powered by clipbucket”
“Powered by VidiScript.com”
“Powered by PHPMotion”
“Powered by ClipShare”
“Powered by iVidPlay”
“Powered by iSoftScripts.com”
“Powered by VShare”
“Powered by Video CMS”
“Powered by PHP Melody”
“Powered by ClipBucket”
“Powered by SkaDate” – online dating and social networking software combined
“Powered by Sharemixer” – low cost video sharing solution a la Youtube
“Powered by Clipshare”
“Powered by SocialMedia.com

Here are some Ning sites with PR again with all lists the PR is correct at the time of publishing

http://www.broadwayspace.com/main/authorization/signIn – PR6
http://lincolncenter.ning.com/main/authorization/signIn – PR6
http://www.diydrones.com/main/authorization/signIn – PR6
http://www.gnomedex.com/main/authorization/signIn – PR6
http://www.govloop.com/main/authorization/signIn – PR6
http://www.homebasedbusiness.com/main/authorization/signIn – PR6
http://www.informationzen.org/main/authorization/signIn – PR6
http://www.knaanmusic.com/main/authorization/signIn – PR6
http://www.landroof.nl/main/authorization/signIn – PR6
http://www.mugglespace.com/main/authorization/signIn – PR6
http://www.mybestbirth.com/main/authorization/signIn – PR6
http://www.copsonline.com/main/authorization/signIn – PR6
http://www.thetwilightsaga.com/main/authorization/signIn – PR6
http://www.greenpassport.us/main/authorization/signIn – PR6
http://library20.ning.com/main/authorization/signIn – PR6
http://www.myphdnetwork.org/main/authorization/signIn – PR6
http://www.navyformoms.com/main/authorization/signIn – PR6
http://www.teensforplanetearth.org/main/authorization/signIn – PR6
http://www.twittermoms.com/main/authorization/signIn – PR6
http://www.virtualworldsconnect.com/main/authorization/signIn – PR6
http://aspcacommunity.ning.com/main/authorization/signIn – PR6
http://atelier.rfi.fr/main/authorization/signIn – PR6
http://businessfightspoverty.ning.com/main/authorization/signIn – PR6
http://cherrytreerecords.com/main/authorization/signIn – PR6
http://come2play.com/main/authorization/signIn – PR6
http://epilepsyfoundation.ning.com/main/authorization/signIn – PR6
http://imsaturn.com/main/authorization/signIn – PR6
http://www.officialflo.com/main/authorization/signIn – PR6
http://community.essence.com/main/authorization/signIn – PR6
http://geeks.pirillo.com/main/authorization/signIn – PR6
http://knaanmusic.ning.com/main/authorization/signIn – PR6
http://friends.landmarktheatres.com/main/authorization/signIn – PR6
http://enriqueiglesias.com/main/authorization/signIn – PR6
http://education.ning.com/main/authorization/signIn – PR6
http://dukedigitalinitiative.duke.edu/main/authorization/signIn – PR6
http://conversation.wamu.org/main/authorization/signIn – PR6
http://community.sfsymphony.org/main/authorization/signIn – PR6

Please be aware that Pr changes and this list is correct at time of publishing. This List is not exhaustive but it should get you started. If you know of more please fell free to contact me.
http://classic.elgg.org/_invite/register.php – PR7
http://www.wsis-community.org/account/register.php – PR7
http://community.elgg.org/account/register.php – PR6
http://elgg.net/trac/browser/devel/_invite/register.php?rev=965 – PR5
http://navi.kazusa.or.jp/_invite/register.php – PR5
http://www.hooping.org/forums/account/register.php – PR5
http://www.thevoiceofautism.org/mod/easyjoin/register.php – PR5
http://aty.hipatia.net/elgg/mod/invite/register.php – PR4
http://community.futureeverything.org/account/register.php – PR4
http://www.ipath.org.uk/mod/invite/register.php – PR4
http://rocknrenew.com/elgg/_invite/register.php – PR4
http://sos.tcea.org/elgg/mod/invite/register.php – PR4
http://sppcanada.org/elgg/account/register.php – PR4
http://www.iestarradell.org/elgg/_invite/register.php – PR4
http://demo.agirdurable.net/account/register.php – PR3
http://eduspaces.net/mod/invite/register.php – PR3
http://elgg.ell.aau.dk/mod/invite/register.php – PR3
http://elgg.esu13.org/mod/invite/register.php – PR3
http://elggdev.com/account/register.php – PR3
http://open.evworld.com/account/register.php – PR3
http://pfi.citin.org/beacons/account/register.php – PR3
http://portfolio.evaluation.ulcc.ac.uk/elgg/mod/invite/register.php – PR3
http://teachers4schools.org/_invite/register.php – PR3
http://www.thriiive.com/community/mod/invite/register.php – PR3
http://www.chicagosteelers.com/_invite/register.php – PR3

http://www.savvytaste.com/elgg/mod/invite/register.php – PRhttp://cheweb.org/account/register.php – PR2
http://floridaasians.com/mod/invite/register.php – PR2
http://projectnets.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/stse/mod/invite/register.php – PR2
http://www.baymazing.com/account/register.php – PR2
http://www.elggspace.com/account/register.php – PR2
http://www.goldengrain.lv/elgg/account/register.php – PR2
http://www.oldeschoolspace.org/_invite/register.php – PR2
http://www.sessochannel.it/mod/invite/register.php – PR2
http://x-smuba.890m.com/mod/invite/register.php – PR2
http://www.dbilbao.com/account/register.php – PR1
http://demo.opsis.ca/_invite/register.php – PR1
http://www.e-randki.com/account/register.php – PR1
http://huegel-hopser.de/account/register.php – PR1
http://primaryschoolteaching.co.uk/account/register.php – PR1
http://profesjonalisci.biz/account/register.php – PR1
http://spicybites.co.cc/account/register.php – PR1
http://stingbat.com/account/register.php – PR1
http://www.aubergeponeyfringant.com/account/register.php – PR1
http://www.justreadit.org/elgg/html/account/register.php – PR1
http://www.nexo.pro/elgg/account/register.php – PR1
http://www.podersecreto.com/elgg/account/register.php – PR1
http://elgg.micds.org/account/register.php – PR0
http://www.elggbrasil.com.br/account/register.php – PR0
http://www.social-network-blog.com/elgg/account/register.php – PR0

I have put together this list of CPA networks in order of the amount of success I have had with them

MaxBounty

PeerFly

Ad Valiant

Hydra Network

Never Blue

Market Leverage

CPA Storm

Rocket Profit

Epic Direct

ROI Rocket

1. Remove dead links

Google likes clean sites. It doesnt want to send its users to sites that are untidy  with lots of broken links. So when Googles spiders hits broken or dead links it affects your rankings. The quickest way to see what broken links google have found is to use the diagnosis tools in Google Webmaster Tools . Either fix those links or delete them.

2. Using absolute URLs instaed of relative URLs

There is no way  to say that search engines spiders have a preference absolute URLs ( http://yourdomain.com/xyz.html) over relative URLs ( /xyz.html) but in general it is considered to be best practice to use absolute URLs. Google can then  determine exactly where that page is on your site and of course if your content gets copied, then at least you get a  backlink that points back to your site which a relative url would not in that case.

3. Using keyword-relevant anchor text

Webmasters often forget in their hunt for backlinks an anchor text that their own site is the most controllable environment to get the exact links and anchor text they want. If you have related posts interlink them using anchor text with the keyword you are trying to rank for. E.g. if the phrase you are trying to get ranked for is “Coffee Makers”, and the page you want people to find for that phrase is your article “The ten coffee makers”, then use that phrase as the anchor text for your link. The search engine spiders will then understand what your target page is about, and it will increase the content’s ranking strength for that phrase.

4. Using only text menus instead of Java Script or Flash

Google and other search engine spiders dont really crawl non-text navigation menus. So simply it is better to use text menus  than those that use JavaScript or Flash.

5. Improving your website’s loading speed

Your page load speed will definetly affect your ranking in Google Serps. Again using Google Webmaster Tools and adding a sitemap to your blog. You can then look at your site performance and how quickly your pages load. Google likes pages that load in 1.5 seconds or less. Reducing or compressing any larger images and refining your code will help speed up your website.