As an SEO addict, I dream about the perfect link.

This link is on an authority, trusted domain. The domain ranks for a highly searched two word search term. The page the link is on is linked to from the home page. The link is content-based in the body of a high quality article. The link is the first link on the article. Also, the link is above the fold. The article has been dugg, stumbled, and bookmarked. The article is highly relevant to my website’s niche. The link has my desired anchor text. The link points to one of my high-profit pages. The link is the only outbound link on the page.

Examples

If you’re a basketball blogger, you write a great post about basketball shoes (with affiliate links) and True Hoop picks it up.

If you have a tech site, you review an new tech product and Slashdot links to you.

If you’re a left-wing political blogger, you get your commentary piece talked about on Huffington Post.

If you have a social media site, you get reviewed by Tech Crunch.

If you have a productivity blog, you write a tutorial and get mentioned on Lifehacker.

What’s the point?

Why dream about the perfect link? So you can have something to aim for. So you can have a big goal to achieve. And even if you never get the perfect link, as you’re striving for it, I’m sure you’ll get links that aren’t as perfect but are still high quality links.

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