A lot of SEO experts talk about the top strategies to success and building links is always cited as one of them.
One area of link building that will not cost you anything except time is directory submission.
You can take a two-pronged approach to this:
If you are promoting an Irish website, for example, then you would want to start with the Irish directories. If you don't know where to find them you can start by looking
here. Simply navigate to the corresponding section of DMOZ for your country.
At this stage you do not need to consider paid listings. A free listing should be sufficient.
Depending on what your site is about you can also look into topic specific listings. For example, if your site was about language or linguistics you could submit it
here
The biggest problem you face is time.
Manual submission can be a long and tedious process. However, there are a number of online services available that make it that bit easier.
One of my personal favourites is
SelfPromotion.com which offers both a free and "donation" service. Unlike so many of those sites you see asking you for donations and giving you little in return I would heartily recommend handing over as much cash as you can spare. It's worth every penny.
