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Looking to generate some quality backlinks to your site? Here is my personal list of backlink authority sites I use to increase my site rankings.

Of course, there are tons more, but this list will give you a good solid mixture of dofollow and nofollow backlinks; ensuring that your backlink profile looks ‘natural’ in the eyes of Google. Enjoy!

Wikis
Wikis are seen as authority sites in the eyes of Google, and it pays to take the time and create listings for your business on the following wikis:
Knol.google.com
Aboutus.org
Wikidweb.com
Mywikibiz.com
Wikidot.com

Article Marketing
While there are literally thousands of article directories out there, most of them are garbage. I only recommend the ones listed below for serious article marketing:
Buzzle.com
GoArticles.com
EzineArticles.com
Articlesbase.com

Instructional/Informational Sites
These sites let you establish yourself as an expert in your field by creating content and/or answering questions submitted by users.
Yahoo answers
Linkedin answers
Alltop.com
Qondio
Squidoo
Instructables.com
Ehow.com
Hubpages.com
AllExperts.com
ExpertVillage.com
43Things.com
Associated Content
Docstoc.com
Scribd.com

Social Bookmarking (Top Sites)
These are the main social bookmarking sites for submitting articles, blog posts, news stories and webpages of interest:
Stumbleupon
Delicious
Digg
Mixx
Reddit
Propeller

Social Bookmarking (Secondary Sites)
Socialmarker.com
A nifty tool that allows you to enter the title, description ,URL and keywords for a a story and then post to numerous social bookmarking sites from one place.

Addthis.com
Add their button to your website or blog to allow other a one-click way to share or bookmark your posts and stories.
Backflip
Blink List
Connotea
Diigo
Dizzed
Faves
Folkd
Google Bookmarks
Jump Tags
LinkAGogo
Mister Wong
My Link Vault
MyJeeves
OYAX
Spurl
Wirefan

Social Networking
My personal favorite from an SEO point of view is Facebook, followed by Twitter.
Both allow interaction with followers/fans while offering opportunities for folks to bookmark and/or link back to your original post or webpage.
Facebook
Twitter
Youtube
Flickr
Myspace
Friendster
Ning

Twitter Sites
Twitter is so popular at the moment that it has it’s own librabry of specific tools:
TweetDeck.com
Twitter Karma
Local Tweeps
Twitter Grader
Social Oomph
Twollow.com

Professional Networking
As well, profiles on the professional networking sites below help you connect with likeminded business owners AND get a few quality incoming links to your site.
I recommend you take a few minutes and create profiles on all of the following:
LinkedIn
Plaxo
LookupPages.com
Partnerup.com
Entrepreneur Connect
PerfectBusiness.com
StartupNation.com
Ziggs
ZoomInfo
Biznik
Xing

Blogging
If you aren’t blogging about your business, you are missing a huge source of possible traffic, links, customers and sales. Yeah, it’s that important.
Without a doubt, my favorite platform is Wordpress.
Wordpress.com (This is the free version)
Wordpress.org (This version requires you to install software and host it yourself)
Tumblr.com
Posterous.com
Typepad.com
Blogger.com
LiveJournal.com

Local Search/Review Sites
Possibly the most critical tactic in any current small business SEO strategy is to create and optimize your local search engine listings and review site profiles.
Yahoo Local
Google Local
BOTW Local
Localeze.com
Citysearch.com
InfoUSA
Local.com
Superpages.com
Yellowpages.com
GetListed.org
Yelp.com
Insider Pages
RateItAll.com
CityVoter.com
Openlist.com
Viewpoints.com
AmericanTowns.com
MerchantCircle.com

Press Releases
The key here is to only submit a press release when you have something important to say about your business.
Free-press-release.com
Prlog.org
PR.com
1888pressrelease.com
Prleap.com
Prweb.com

Paid Directories
Yet another necessary evil in any current good SEO strategy, paid directories compliment your other linking efforts and are seen as authority sites in the eyes of Google.
Yahoo
Business.com
BOTW
GoGuides
JoeAnt
Skaffe
RubberStamped
MassiveLinks
Gimpsy
Directory Journal
Sezza

Free Directories
Directories still have a place in any good SEO campaign, as Google likes to see a variety of link types pointing to your site (i.e. articles, wikis, directories, blogs, etc).
DMOZ
Alexa
Amfibi
Cuil
ExactSeek
IllumiRate
NetInsert
ScrubTheWeb
SearchSight
SoMuch.com
SonicRun
SurfSafely
TowerSearch.com
What U Seek
World Site Index

Do you have some sites to add to the list? Let me know in the comments..

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