A Super Sneaky Way To Get One-Way Backlinks For Free From Authority Websites

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A Super Sneaky Way To Get One-Way Backlinks For Free From Authority Websites

We all like backlinks, especially one-way, free links… so today I am going to show you a great way to do it.

I personally call this technique the ‘Testimonial Exploit’, but it is actually a white-hat method of link building.

What you need to do it make a note of all the services, products, blogs, and tools you have used in the past 12 months, then simply contact them with an email like this:

“Dear Mr X,

My name is Dean and I recently used your fantastic lubricant. I don’t normally do this, but I was so impressed by your product that I have written a testimonial below.

You are more than welcome to publish it on your site.

Kinky X lubricant had me greased up like a turkey on Christmas day. I will definitely use it again, as soon as I get the carpet burns out of my knees blah blah blah….”

***TIP*** here is the important part….  Dean Hunt – www.deanhunt.com

Make sure that you include your name and web address.

I get regular daily traffic from this, but please note that I ONLY give testimonials to the absolute best services I use, and I ensure that they are completely honest.

That said, if you wanted to exploit this and just send testimonials to every service you use, who am I to judge you?…. sick bastards!

Enjoy.

Dean

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18 COMMENTS

  • http://www.lipstickandthongbook.com Courtney A. Walsh

    Slippery technique. ;)

    I like it!

    ~Courtney A. Walsh
    http://www.lipstickandthongbook.com

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  • http://www.knoxit.com.au Jesse-Lee

    Honestly, Lubricated fences?
    Electric fences with grease not enough any more these days (refers to local fastfood places near the playgrounds)

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  • http://www.articlesnatch.com Matt

    awesome Idea! I don’t know why I didn’t think of this before.

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  • http://deanhunt.com Dean Hunt

    Matt,

    Quite simply, because you are not Dean Hunt and I am!!!

    Just kidding, enjoy.

    Dean

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  • http://www.connexted.com/blog/ Craig Dewe

    That’s a cool idea…

    *goes off to write a testimonial for Google, Facebook, and YouTube*

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  • http://www.BullShitWebsites.com MyStore

    Excellent idea !!!

    good post

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  • http://www.retireat21.com Michael Dunlop

    Something I have thought about doing quite often, gonna start tomorrow ;-)

    Thanks for the reminder Dean

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  • http://www.scottsoloff.com Scott

    Hey Dean,

    As always, great stuff.

    Someone told me the other day that I had a PR2 on my
    blog (my hobby blog, at that).

    This blog gets almost no traffic, so I was baffled.

    However, my name does appear (along with my site) on
    some testimonials. Probably explains the PR2.

    Anyway, keep up the good work.

    Best,

    Scott

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  • http://imtrip.com Tom

    Dean,

    Great strategy, thanks for that. That was funny to read too. Also do you always get a “live” link or they just put the link in text format, not clickable like : http://www.deanhunt.com, and then there is no value in seo terms ?

    Of course I guess if your name appears that contributes to the viral effect.

    At least, you’re now on first page of Google for Kinky X lubricant, hum…

    Thanks,

    Tom

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  • http://deanhunt.com Dean Hunt

    Tom, In my experience I have had live links, but I wouldn’t expect it all of the time.

    Dean

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  • http://www.PerrysClickBox.com Paul Perry

    Hi Dean
    those spiders get every were and they find
    every link in time, no matter how small
    Thanks again Paul
    http://www.PerrysClickbox.com

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  • http://blueinfinityblog.com Caitlin

    Sneaky tactic and great humour!

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  • http://thinkpadtoday.com Ian Orford

    Dear Mr Hunt, I am afraid that I do not like your Lubricant. I tried it on my brand new ThinkPad X300 laptop and it got so slippery it fell OFF my lap and broke!

    My wife said that wasn’t the way to use it, and that I shouldn’t play with my laptop naked anyway! I will write up the full story on my blog! (With pictures?)

    Ian
    http://www.thinkpadtoday.com

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  • http://www.traffic2mypage.com Traffic2mypage

    this is one of the best strategies i have heard on link building… i applaud you for taking common techniques in link building, changing your mindset, and applying it in a very different way… a brilliant way to increase your PR and web traffic…. the world needs more exponential thinkers like you! :) )

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  • http://www.chocolatewealthmachine.com Dark chocolate

    Thats definitely creative.

    Another sneaky (but un-ethical) trick I just read about is to find a good page and check its backlinks. You find an old backlink from another site, then email them saying “Hi, I linked to your site awhile back (send them url of other site), I was wondering if you would help me out with a new site I am starting with a link”

    If they are semi-naive, or arent paying attention, they will think that the good link is yours.

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  • http://www.traffic2mypage.com Traffic2mypage

    wooooppsss… i navigated away from your site and realised i just applied what you taught me hahahahh… anyways thanks for the tip

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  • http://www.buyandselldomains.biz/ John Martel

    Funny story as always and another great tip – Thanks!

    Even if the link isn’t live, people can still see it and visit your site. I know I’ve copied URL’s like that plenty of times. Besides, it may or may not provide any link juice, but Google sees them. My Google Alerts pick up linked and unlinked URL’s all the time.

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  • http://www.free-flash.clock.info html clock

    there must be better ways

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