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However, I do have incoming links from many of the authority sites in my niche and I used to do a lot of 'active' link building in the first year or so of the site's existence. Emailing polite requests, exchanges with relevent sites, press releases and so on.
I also have some 'deep links' from articles and blogs that refer to stories and forum posts on my site. All in all, this site has a certain 'presence' in its tiny little niche and I can't complain. This has all come about as a newbie following discussions and advice on forums like WW.
But it has got to the stage now where there are few sites left in my subject that I would feel confident about writing to and asking for a back link from. There are a couple that refused/ignored me in the first time and there are those that seem far too established. You can't really ask someone like CNN or Microsoft for a link exchange really can you? ;-) In fact, I haven't asked for a link in over a year now. But I am wondering if perhaps I should.
I suppose what I am asking is, should I still be actively link building for this site, or should I just concentrate on content and let the links come naturally? Is there a way to approach some of the 'bigger boys' and get backlinks? Or is it just not a done thing to do?
