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Assets
Things you build or buy that attract links and traffic on their own: tools, data, templates and domains.
Read the guide: Linkable Assets: What Earns Links Without Asking
Filler Marginal Moves the needle
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Publish a statistics page
Writers need figures to cite, and they link to whoever has them in one place.
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Create link magnets by format
Lists of “link-worthy formats” promise links from any map, quiz or infographic.
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Redirect an expired domain with a 301
You want to transfer an old domain’s links to an existing site.
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Publish a Chrome extension for the store link
The Chrome Web Store is sold as an easy high-authority backlink.
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Release a free plugin on wordpress.org
Plugin directories look like a source of authority links.
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Offer badges and embeddable widgets
You want other sites to link to you without asking each one.
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Buy a small site in your niche and merge it
Growing a site’s content and links from scratch is slow.