Most webmasters know that getting quality sites to link to their website is vital in order to rank well in the search engines. With that in mind many webmasters write emails to beg for links or to find others to trade with, buy links, and even if they get desperate write some descent content to add to their site hoping other will link to it.

There is also the issue of what is considered a quality link. Most webmasters feel that .gov and .edu website have a greater weight with the search engines. Sometimes they feel this is because or the age of most of these types of site. Others feel that it is because not everyone can get these sites, they are only handed out to the more trusted institutions.

With a little searching you can generally find ways to get a link from this style of site without resorting to spamming the site. One site that is allowing certain categories of web sites to get one of these coveted .edu sites is the Web Site Promotion Blog at Adison University. While this is a new site, it still looks like a promising place to get a quality link.

These are a number of ways to find other .edu and .gov sites where you can get a link to your site. For the most part it just involves a little searching. One of the key things to search for are Blogs. Blog writers want you to comment on their posts. The important thing here is to make thoughtful and useful comments. A quickly written “That’s Cool” followed by a link to your site is SPAM, and will likely be deleted as soon as the Blogmaster get the email from his site showing him your post.

A well written comment will not only get left on the Blog providing you a link to your site, but will also be read by others, who might click on the link to see what else you have to say. Of course many Blogs use the no follow attribute in their comments but many do not. As you continue to search for Blogs keep a list of the ones that you get referrals from or do not use the no follow and visit them regularly. Just be sure, you are giving to the Blog, by writing quality comments, as well as taking with a link and maybe some traffic!