24 months ago we published our original Ultimate Link Building Quick-Start — a set of reports detailing our Four Part Plan for launching a successful link building campaign.

That guide quickly became one of our most popular and highly-rated resources. And, while most of the advice is still highly relevant, the link building landscape has shifted some over the past two years. Therefore, it's time for a comprehensive update of this strategy and it's fair to say you can expect this ensuing resource to remain current in 2008 and beyond.

It's a 2 part link-building adventure series...
Part I

This two-part article series, what we are calling Version 2.0 of the Ultimate Link Building Quick Start, is comprised of four components. The first is the report you are reading now;

5 Top Strategies for Building Incoming Links

Here's where we lay out an overview of today's link building searchscape by identifying...

The next component, designed to give you a visual overview of the entire link building searchscape, is our Link Building Mind Map. It directly follows this article in this month's issue and we suspect you'll find it to be a highly useful aid to comprehending the big picture.

Part II (due next month, Dec 07)

Next month we'll be covering the second half of the Ultimate Link ...