Blog is a type of site that allows you to make daily posts. You can use blog to create backlinks for your site. Some of the SEO optimization ways that involves the use of blogs include blog commenting and creating blogs on free blog hosts.

One way to get backlinks to your site is blog commenting. When commenting on blog, make sure it is do follow. If the blog is not do follow, it is a waste of time to comment on the blog. Do follow tells the search engine to follow and index the link. A backlink is counted when it is indexed in the search engine. If the backlink is not indexed, it will not count as a backlink. You can find out if a backlink is do follow by right clicking on the anchor link in the comment. Each comment box has a field call name where you can insert the anchor text for the link. Once you right click on the anchor link, the right click menu will pop up. If the properties menu state do follow, it means that it is do follow. Other attributes that indicates it is do follow means open in new window, new window, external and new. If the properties menu states no follow, it means that it is no follow. Other attributes that indicates the link is no follow include external no follow.
           
You can also sign up for free blogs and post your links in the posts. There are many free blog hosting services. You can sign up for each for the free blog and post a few articles on them. The articles you post must be related to the niche which you are promoting. In the articles, you can repeat the keyword 3 – 5 times. You should not repeat the keywords for more than 25 times. You can create an anchor link for the targeted keyword. You should update the blog once in a while so that it seems natural to the search engine.

If you have a large budget, you can purchase .com domains to create blogs. You can host these blogs on different C Class IP servers. On these blogs, you can post articles that contain your links. The blogs must be hosted on different C Class IP servers otherwise the search engine can detect that it is own by one person. You must make the search engine think that the blogs are owned by different person. If your friends own blog, you can ask them to link to your site. In return, you can offer a link back to their sites.

Many SEO companies offer blog commenting services. Blog commenting services are available for as low as $0.10 per comments. Every SEO company has different charges for their blog commenting service. If you are ordering in a large bulk, you can negotiate with SEO company to give you a discount. The SEO company is able to customize the blog commenting service according to your needs. It will only comment on do follow blogs that are in the same niche as your site. You should only work with reputable SEO company.

Americas Best Directory is a popular directory. Submitting to Americas Best Directory allows you to obtain a high quality one way link.

To submit to Americas Best Directory, you must visit americasbest.com. While on the homepage, you must navigate to the most relevant category. For example, if you own a furniture store, you should click on the Online Stores under Shopping. Once you click on a category, you will be redirected to a page which contains a list of sub categories.  You should navigate to the most relevant sub category. Once you have found a suitable category, you can click on the Add Your Listing To This Page link at the bottom.

In the Title of Headline for your listing, enter the title of your site. There is a 10 words restriction on the title.
          
In The Description of your listing box, enter the description of your site. The maximum word count for the descriptions is 150 words. You can use the online word count tool to calculate the number of words in your descriptions. When composing the title and description, make sure you don’t use too many keywords. The description should have not more than 3 words. You can use a keyword suggestion tool to find a suitable keyword to use in the description. Examples of keyword suggestion tools include Google keyword suggestion tool,  Keyword Discovery, Keyword Samurai and etc.  The keyword which you choose must have less than 1000 competition. If you are unable to find keyword with less than 1000 competition, you should find one that has not too much competition.

In the URL that you want your listing to hyperlink to, enter the web address to the domain which you want to list on the Americas Best directory. The maximum numbers of characters allowed for the URL is 42 characters. You should only enter the URL part after the http://.

In the Keywords for Search Engines field, enter three keywords that are relevant to the topic of your site. You are not allowed to enter more than 3 keywords in the field.
        
In the Your Name field, you should enter your full name. It is not necessary that you must use your real name. You can use a nick name for the directory submission.

In the Your Email Address field, you should enter the contact email address. The contact email address must be derived from your domain. It must not be a free email account such as Yahoo!, Gmail, and Hotmail.

In the State (USA) or Country (outside USA) field, enter the location your website is based on. If your website provider information for international users, you can enter the state of you residential home.

In the Reciprocal Link URL field, enter the page where you have linked to Americas Best directory.  You can find the reciprocal link options by visiting the America Best logos site.

Finally, you should enter the captcha code and hit the Submit button. After you have submitted it, you must wait for some time for the editor to review the listing.

Twitter is the most popular social media site on the internet. Since it was launched, it had received a lot of participation from the public. Many people like to use Twitter because it has a user friendly interface. Twitter is used by companies and organizations to make public announcement. In Twitter, the posts is called Tweets. The friend in Twitter is called followers. The goal of joining Twitter is to get as much follower as you can so that you can spread the viral message about your products and services.

The first thing to do is to sign up for an account on Twitter. It is best that you use your real name so that people will regard you as professional. The Protect my updates box should be left unchecked so that people can read your tweets. After you have set up a Twitter account, you can promote it on all your sites including MySpace, Facebook, and blog. Twitter has a widget which you can add to your blog.

After you have signed up for an account, you must update the profile page. In the profile page, you will be able to upload a photo and enter your biography. The biography should briefly describe the products or services which you are offering. The photo should represent you. You should not use a fake photo that represent someone else. By using your own photo, your followers will be able to recognize you.

You should not attempt to post too many tweets in a short time. If you keep posting the tweets, the moderator will take note of you. Though it is rare for the moderator to ban you, it is best that you don’t post too many tweets. You can follow other members with related interest on Twitter. You can use Twitter profile search site such as Twellow to find Tweeters in the related interests. To make sure the people has the same interest, you should read their blogs. In this way, you will be able to make sure that you are in the right niche. When a person follow you, you can send a thank you direct message. You should not use the direct message function to send links to other members.
                     
If you want to have an active profile, you should update daily. If the Twitter page seems to have no activity, your followers will unfollow you. You can create activity on your profile by posting questions and letting your followers answer. You can also post about what is happening in your life. When you engage in conversation with your followers, people will become familiar with you. You will become famous on Twitter. When you are famous on Twitter, your marketing message will become powerful because your followers are listening to you. They will buy your product because they are interested in it.

Facebook offers the same service as Twitter. Many businesses use the Facebook fan page to create a page about their products and services. In the fan page, you can include links to your website. Facebook allows you to create a large network of friends just like Twitter.