Free SEO Tactics That Still Work
You don't always have to pay to grow
You have to spend to grow.
It’s an Iron Law of Business that will never change.
But there are a few free tactics that still work.
If these are the ONLY methods you use to grow your online business you’ll definitely fail.
But they help on the margins and cost literally nothing…so why not?
Grokipedia citations
As of right now Grokipedia is a DR75 site and their links are all dofollow.
All AI platforms can be gamed and manipulated, but this one is by far the easiest.
I explain my method here.
Reddit
Reddit is the gift that keeps on giving.
I first posted about my Reddit techniques years ago and everything still works for the most part.
You can search for any keyword on Google and find a Reddit affiliate thread ranking:
It’s actually kind of unbelievable how much regular people/normies trust Reddit.
The platform is overrun with spam and bots yet people still blindly autobuy based on recommendations from random anonymous accounts.
The feeling of authenticity and the (frequently false) belief that you’re getting advice from real people ‘just like you’ is a potent combination.
My Reddit guides from the archive:
HARO
This is a vintage technique that still works.
And it’s easier than ever now that most people have given up on SEO.
The old-school HARO emails are still going out and are free to respond to, but the best results come from the paid services like Featured and Qwoted (less Indian spammers to compete with).
Image credit linkbuilding
Upload your original images to Flickr and request attribution to your website in the description.
This works best if you’re in a niche that the media writes about frequently. But it costs nothing so there’s no reason not to take a stab at it regardless.
The obvious caveat here is that you need high-quality, original images.
Assuming that you’re running a serious business and not trying to slop your way to the top with AI-generated everything then you should already have those.
So why not put them to work for you?
Worst thing that’ll happen is you waste a few minutes of your time and get no links, which is what you have right now anyway.