When you add your website to most social networking sites, the link is defined as nofollow, so your website does not get search engine credit for the link. Today's post from SEOmoz lists some unexpected places where you can get some powerful followed link juice back to your site.

A good primer on directory links and where you should focus your efforts.

Do you remember the term link bait or link baiting? While 2006 and 2007 link baiting was all the rage in recent years it seems people don’t talk or write much about this practice anymore. Has link baiting vanished? Not at all. Link baiting is daily business right now, it’s the norm.

"Attracting local search traffic is much easier than optimizing a Web site for a national or international audience," says Pamela Swingley of Savvy Internet Marketing in Orinda, Calif. "Local search is starting to really heat up."

There are three key elements you'll need to focus on: content, search-engine rankings and design.