Search Engine Queries for your Link Building Campaign

Marketing
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Here i present to you the most exhaustive list of beginners and advanced search engine queries which can help you greatly in finding potential linking partners:
Find Websites where you can find industry resources:

Keyword + “top 10 resources”/”top resources”
Keyword + “top 10 sites/”top sites”
Keyword + “top 10 websites”/”top websites”
Keyword + “top 10 articles”/ “top articles”
Keyword + “top 10 tools”/”top tools”
Keyword + “top 10 web resources”/”top web resources”
Keyword + “top 10 internet resources”/”top internet resources”
Keyword + “top 10 online resources”/”top online resources”
Keyword + “recommended resources”/”suggested resources”
Keyword + “useful resources”/”interesting resources”
Keyword + “favorite resources”
Keyword + “intitle:resources”
Keyword + “recommended sites”/”suggested sites”
Keyword + “useful sites”/”interesting sites”
Keyword + “favorite sites”
Keyword + “recommended websites”/”suggested websites”
Keyword + “useful websites”/”interesting websites”
Keyword + “favorite websites”
Keyword + “recommended articles”/”suggested articles”
Keyword + “useful articles”/”interesting articles”
Keyword + “favorite articles”
Keyword + “recommended tools”/”suggested tools”
Keyword + “useful tools”/”interesting tools”
Keyword + “favorite tools”
Keyword + “recommended links”/”suggested links”
Keyword + “useful links”/”interesting links”
Keyword + “favorite links”
Keyword + “guide”
Keyword + “news”/”industry news”
Keyword + “magazine”/”industry magazine”
Keyword + “journal”/”industry journal”
Keyword + “research”
Keyword + site:.edu
Keyword + site:.info
Keyword + filetype:doc/docx/xls/ppt/pdf

Find websites which provide guest post opportunities

Keyword + “guest blog”
Keyword + “guest blogger”
Keyword + “guest Column”
Keyword + “guest article”
Keyword + “write for us”
Keyword + “write for me”
Keyword + “become a contributor”
Keyword + “contribute to this site”
Keyword + inurl:category/guest

Find blogs relevant to your industry

Keyword + site:wordpress.com
Keyword + site:blogspot.com
Keyword + site:typepad.com
Keyword + site:edublogs.org
Keyword + site:livejournal.com
Keyword + intext:”powered by wordpress”
Keyword + intext:”powered by typepad”

Find sites where you can list your website?

Keyword + “add a site”/”submit site”/”suggest site”
Keyword + “add URL”/”submit URL”/”suggest URL”
Keyword + “add listing”/”submit listing”/”suggest listing”
Keyword +”add your business”/”list your business”
Keyword + intitle:”directory”
Keyword+ inurl:”directory”

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very useful commands. great post, thank you.

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# link:url Shows other pages with links to that url.

# related:url same as "what's related" on serps.

# site:domain restricts search results to the given domain.

# allinurl: shows only pages with all terms in the url.

# inurl: like allinurl, but only for the next query word.

# allintitle: shows only results with terms in title.

# intitle: similar to allintitle, but only for the next word. "intitle:seoforgoogle google" finds only pages with seoforgoogle in the title, and google anywhere on the page.

# cache:url will show the Google version of the passed url.

# info:url will show a page containing links to related searches, backlinks, and pages containing the url. This is the same as typing the url into the search box.

# spell: will spell check your query and search for it.

# stocks: will lookup the search query in a stock index.

# filetype: will restrict searches to that filetype. "-filetype:pdf" to remove Adobe PDF files.

# daterange: is supported in Julian date format only. 2452384 is an example of a Julian date.

# maps: If you enter a street address, a link to Yahoo Maps and to MapBlast will be presented.

# phone: enter anything that looks like a phone number to have a name and address displayed. Same is true for something that looks like an address (include a name and zip code)
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thanks for your great list…