I read so much rubbish in relation to link building, most of the subjects are based around PR and directories. There is however a much better method for building links with a view to increasing a sites position in the main search engines.

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As this method is based around content it is viewed as acceptable by Google. It will drive traffic to your website as well as generating strong backlinks.