Search engines determine the ranking of indexed pages according to keyword density, the number of links that send visitors to your site, and the quality of the content you place on your site. Over the years, internet marketers have tried to find ways to manipulate and mechanize their content to trick search engines into giving them higher rankings, but most have ended up as failures. Links are quite a bit easier to automate. There are proven ways to automate links, developed by internet marketers across the globe. These linking strategies have been highly successful in drawing traffic to web sites and achieving high rankings in search results. So far, these linking techniques have been very successful, with the emphasis being on "so far". Here is a basic description of the proven methods that will increase your traffic and site rankings through linking:

1. You will need to get inbound links from sites that rank higher than yours in the major search engines. You can start by finding a very popular forum and begin making regular posts. Include your signature with every post you make. Every time a visitor to the forum views one of your posts, your link will be visible. You can also find article directories and submit articles regularly. Include a resource box at the bottom of each article you submit, giving readers permission to reprint the articles as long as they leave your resource box at the bottom. This will give your articles, and your links, more exposure.

2. Find sites that are similar to yours, selling related products, and send the web master a testimonial about the products he or she is selling. Normally, the web master will not be able to turn down the chance to publish your testimonial, and as a courtesy will place your link at the bottom of the testimonial.
3. Find high traffic sites that sell any type of products. Write reviews about their products and post them to your blog or web site. Make sure the web master of the products you review receives a link to your review, and you will usually get a link in return.

4. You can exchange links with other internet marketers, meaning that you place their link on your site and vice versa. Try to keep this to a minimum however. Search engines will frown on a large number of link exchanges on any given site.

5. There are a multitude of free directories that allow you to add your link easily. Subscribe to as many of these as you possibly can.

6. Once your page ranking begins to rise, you can consider linking to membership sites. These are sites that ask for a small fee to allow your links to be displayed.

7. Place only substantive, quality content on your web site. If you put quality content on your web site and update it regularly, you will rank higher in search engines results. If your site is of high quality, other internet marketers may come to your for links instead of the other way around.

These strategies currently work very well. There could come a time when they are no longer effective. Search engines become smarter with each passing day. Make the most of these proven methods while you can.