Today's SEO has gone beyond the boundaries of XML sitemaps and Meta Keywords.

Modern day SEO has acquired many new dimensions such as social Sharing, Internal
Link building and Back linking, Which are important in Ranking Above the Fold.

Especially, backlink building has been very important nowadays because of their
huge potential and building backlinks has been the toughest nut to crack for many
bloggers. This is why 80% bloggers are going for methods to get free and easy
backlinks such as guest posting, blog commenting and Forum Posting.

Again, this will be hardest task to find blogs for posting effective comments (Esp.
DoFollow Links with Anchor text), websites for guest Posting and niche forums to
drive 'Easy' traffic to your site.

It has been one of the biggest problems for many newbies, who search each and every
page on the web for a handful of backlinks and return with empty hands.

But rarely they know that the solution is right now on their browser window! Yes,
That's Google.

Google has been search giant for over 15 Years and 90% People use Google to Search.
But 99% of them don't know about it's advanced search feature which helps to filter
relevant search results. When it comes to SEO Strategies, We can find it very
useful.

In this short Post, I'm explaining how to find relevant blogs & forums through
Google to drive traffic to your site.

Just Scroll down to discover!

1) Google search strings To find blogs for 'guest posting'

Despite being the oldest technique to get one or a two backlinks by writing posts
for others, guest blogging deserves mention.
Today many blogs allow guest blogging. To get it right, Just ensure the site
doesn't have spammy profile.
Although sites like BloggerLinkUp, MyBlogGuest and HARO have simplified the scene
of Guest Blogging, Writing on high PR Sites still gets a lot of importance. Just
use these search strings to find the guest writing opportunities.

1. "Keywords" + "write for us"

2. "keywords" + "by guest author"

3. "Keywords" + "become an author"

4. Long tail keyword + "write for us"

5. "your niche" + "submission guidelines"

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Inurl strings:

6. "your niche" inurl:submission-guidelines

7. "your niche" inurl:write-for-us

8. "your niche" inurl:become-an-author

9. "your niche" + "contribute"

10. "your niche" + inurl:contribute

Well !! Hope you'll discover a handful of good guest posting opportunities.

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2) Google advanced Search to find blogs to Comment on:

Blogger commenting is still a valued method to get backlinks and traffic from high
quality blogs. Why wait? Here's how to Find sites to comment on!

1. "keyword" + "leave a reply" OR "leave a comment"

2. "keyword" + "Post a comment"

3. "keyword" + "comment to this post"

4. "Keyword" + "Comments"

Pro tip: Add a search string site:.edu in your search to filter .edu sites to leave
comments with links. .edu links carry high link value than others even if they are
nofollowed.
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Using Google Advanced Search to find CommentLuv enabled blogs:

CommentLuv is a wordpress plug-in that allows you to put your latest blog post link
on the sidebar when you have a certain number of approved comments (usually 3).
Wonderful ! Isn't it?

Use the below search query to find commentLuv enabled blogs.

"your niche" + "this blog uses premium commentluv"

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3) Find website directories and link submission opportunities Using Google Advanced
Search:

Using the below google search queries, you can easily find free link building
opportunities such as directory submissions and social bookmarking.

1. "your niche" + "submit URL" OR "submit link"

2. "your niche" + "add url"

3. "your niche" + "suggest site" OR "suggest link"

4. "your niche" + inurl:submit-link

5. "your niche" + inurl:addurl

6. "your niche" + inurl:submit

7. "your niche" + "submit your * to our directory"

8. "your niche" + inurl:suggest-site

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4) Finding resource pages using Google Advanced Search

If you've a good high-end resource on your web page and want to get links through
it, use these search queries to find pages that link to useful external resources.
Reach out to them, ask for a mention (do not ask a link directly) and if you're at
the right place, they'll link to you.

"your keywords" + "additional resources"

"keywords" + "resources" OR "references"

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Notes on using these strings:

1. You do not need to input the '+' mark in the search field. I have used the '+'
mark just for the purpose of separating strings. Eg: if your niche is social media
marketing and you want to search for CommentLuv blogs, write:
"social media marketing" "this blog uses premium CommentLuv".

2. If you're searching for resource pages, use specific keywords instead of your
'niche' to get more relevant link landing opportunities.

3. If you want to search for niche forums, use this string

"your niche" inurl:forum
"your niche" "powered by vBulletine"

4. Your niche name or keywords need not be covered by double quotes. You may also
write:
Social media marketing "this blog uses premium CommentLuv"

(The above query returns all pages that use CommentLuv and have one or more of the
searched words - 'social', 'media', and 'marketing'. But when you cover these words
with double quotes, the search results must have all these three words.)
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Conclusion
This is a little effort to share an underutilized (but not much) way of finding
link building opportunities.

Happy Link Building !!