Top Ten Popular Social Media

1. Google+: Auto King Source - Your Source for Aftermarket Auto Lights, Alexa Rank #1, backlinks #4,501,407 check
2. FaceBook: Alexa Rank #2, backlinks #6,214,303 check
3. YouTube: share the same google account with google+, Alexa Rank #3, US #3, backlinks #2,996,417 check
4. Twitter: Alexa Rank #9, backlinks #5,239,373 check
5. LinkedIn: Alexa Rank #14, US #10, backlinks #1,028,060 check
6. Flickr: photo sharing from Yahoo. Alexa #37, US #36, backlinks #1,214,373
7. StumbleUpon: Alexa #121, US #80, backlinks #777,594 check
8. MySpace: Alexa #138, US #119, backlinks #1,004,434
9. Digg: the latest news headlines, videos and images. It's feast or famine for the submitted news link. Alexa #193, US #183, backlinks #1,044,723 check not quite
10. Delicious: Alexa #375, US #567, backlinks #905,271

More social media to consider if you still have time to spare

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Top 10 Free Blog Sites

1. Blogger.com: owned by Google. Your website will turn yoursite.blogspot.com
 Alexa Ranks Global #7,  US #9, inlinks #1,803,099 check

2. WordPress.com: a better way to blog.
 Alexa Ranks Global #18,  US #23, inlinks #1,494,364 check

3. LiveJournal.com: a global community of friends who share your unique passions and interests.
 Alexa Ranks Global #102,  US #236, inlinks #340,687 check

4. Squidoo.com: create a collection of the things you know and love.
 Alexa Ranks Global #209,  US #140, inlinks #220,391 check

5. HubPages.com: helps everyday expert publish & earn$.
 Alexa Ranks Global #295,  US #212, inlinks #115,373 check

6. Blog.com: What's your story? Right here, right now, write away!
 Alexa Ranks Global #776,  US #212, inlinks #131,584

7. SqaureSpace.com: self-claimed website builder though fee-based blog with free trial.
 Alexa Ranks Global #1,759,  US #830, inlinks #72,979

8. OpenDiary: Read life. Write Life.
 Alexa Ranks Global #28,478,  US #33,819, inlinks #6,433

9. DiaryLand.com: privately held by a Scottish company.
 Alexa Ranks Global #102,577,  US #151,827, inlinks #9,394

10. ?.com:

11. Windows Live Spaces: Microsoft's blogging and social networking platform, which was originally launched in 2004 as MSN Spaces, then re-branded in 2006, finally discontinued since Jan.4, 2011. The Live Spaces' users were offered to migrate to WordPress.

12. Yahoo! 360°: Yahoo's social networking and personal communication portal, which was originally offered as an invitation-only service in 2005, and was officially closed on July 13, 2009.

Online Link Exchange Directory

LinkPartners.com: Free link exchange with searchable web directory. Alexa Traffic Ranks: Global#32,595, US#21,293, Links#6,426, submitted, unable to confirm, login error - How come?

Addsite-Submitfree.com: Free link submission with choice of reciprocal links for free, featured link $5. Alexa Traffic Ranks: Global#25,002, US#84,449, Links#2,399. submitted, confirmed.

OngSono.com: Free web directory to increase Google page rank
Alexa Ranks Global #24,099, US #41,791, backlinks #6,799. submitted, confirmed next day

SoMuch.com: free link directory where you can find the best human edited links sorted by topic and category.
Alexa Ranks Global #13,804, US #16,054, backlinks #5,221. submitted, not confirmed

TxtLinks.com: TXT Links free links directory
Alexa Ranks Global #20,207, US #41,997, backlinks #1,373. submitted, not confirmed

BTW: Alexa Ranks change daily. The number shown is current for the recorded day only.

Finding Sites to Link to KingSource.com

Find sites linking to your competition in aftermarket auto parts industry is the most important step in building inbound links to KingSource.com, a leading online source for after market auto parts and car accessories with specialty in custom aftermarket lighting parts & accessories.

KingSource.com offers after market car and truck lights for a wide selection of products for replacement and performance, such as headlights, tail lamps, fog lights, corner/bumper lens, brake lamps, in particular, projector headlights, euro crystal headlights,euto tail lights lights, LED tail lights, halo truck lights, led luxury car lights, Daytime Driving Lights, Wheel lights, neon lights, undercar lights, and many more.

Google Toolbar
The little blue i button on the Google Toolbar is the Backward Links command. This info feature generally shows pages of a PageRank of 4 or more.

Google Search
Search for link:yourcompetitiondomain.com in Google.However, Google link search shows only a small subset of those inlinks to KingSource.com or any of your competition. Use Google's link search result as a reference to other search results.

Bing Webmaster Tool
Yahoo! Search's Site Explorer is now merged with Bing Webmaster Tool since July 2011.

Alexa Site Info
Alexa site info provides both global and regional (US) traffic rankings and reputation of the incoming links to your competitor's online store. Get details then click on the number of inlinks, which shows a list of inbound links.

Link popularity sites
LinkPopularity.com: searches Google, AltaVista, and HotBot to find links of your competitors for you to consider linking to KingSource.com.
MarketLeap.com: searches AlltheWeb, Google, AltaVista, HotBot, and MSN for links of your competitors.

Link popularity software
SEO Elite: a SEO software by Brad Callen of Bryxen Software, Inc., recommended by Peter Kent, author of SEO for Dummies. One of those dummies is ME!
$167 for a program that looks for links to a site in various search engines,SeO Elite has the ability to find potential link partners and email them, has a way to search for potential link-submission pages and quickly submit information to them.
LinkPartners.com: a free service for link-building program with a huge directory of people who want to exchange links. LinksManager.com is fee-based service associated with LinkParteners.
Links4Trade.com: a RipOff report on Dec. 2007 regarding this internet site disappeared, which charge fee for its service of link-building that creates only a single page.

Asking for links
Once you find sites of your interest for a link to your site, say KingSource.com, so how do you ask for the link? Nicely. An informal chatty message, explain what your site does and why it would be of use to the other site's visitors.

The best strategy of SEO site-linking is to get related links from pages with high PageRanks!

Free Online Classifieds for Aftermarket Automotive Parts & Accessories

Looking for a good deal of aftermarket automotive parts & accessories for replacement and performance of your cars or trucks? Have after market auto parts & car accessories for sale?

Try the following FREE online classifieds for your needs of aftermarket headlights, tail lamps, fog lights, corner lamps, wheel lights, brake lens, halo lights, led lamps, projector headlamps, euro head lamps, led tail lamps, euro crystal taillights for your cars and trucks.

Acura, Audi, BMW, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, GMC, Honda, Hummer, Hyundai, Infiniti, Isuzu, Jeep, Lexus, Lincoln, Mazda, Mercedes Benz, Mini Cooper, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Pontiac, Saturn, Scion, Subaru, Toyota, Volkswagen, and Volvo.

Craigslist.org: Alexa Global#42, US#10, Links#59,032
Manta.com: Alexa Global#673, US#212, Links#23,639
BackPage.com: Alexa Global#677, US#181, Links#12,846
Oodle.com: Alexa Global#2252, US#984, Links#7744
WenXueCity.com: Alexa Global#2483, US#1018, Links#2313
OLX.com: Alexa Global#3655, US#3025, Links#9302
USFreeAds.com: Alexa Global#6,280, US#3,409, Links#14,849
iNetGiant.com: Alexa Global#9530, US#6509, Links#4710
SaleSpider.com: Alexa Global#9576, US#3440, Links#1417

ClassifiedAds.com: Alexa Global#2599, US#1656, Links#2975
ClassifiedsforFree.com: Alexa Global#11,503, US#13,809, Links#1903
FreeClassifieds.com: Alexa Global#37,185, US#11,658, Links#330
Classifieds.com: Alexa Global#291,497, US#255,616, Links#80
MotoClassifieds.us: Alexa Global#500,587, US#242,236, Links#549
AutomobilesContacts.com: Alexa Global#1,350,802, US#461,024, Links#375

Submit a Link to Reddit.com

I stumbled upon a web site called reddit.com, which Alexa ranking is fairly high as globally ranked #114, US ranked #57 with more than 550,000 links.

Easily to signup, though confused to submit a link / submit a text to its site.

Error message: Reddit is under heavy load right now, sorry.


KingSource's link shows only Search by "KingSource", but not by "Aftermarket auto parts" which is in the submitted title. Have to check back later.

Reddit: the front page of the internet.

The Power of Marketplaces

There are pros and cons on distributing your products on the marketplace. The advantages are obvious; it’s the disadvantages that no one thinks about. Selling on marketplaces can have a major impact on your business. This is the reason why a lot of online retailers are taking their products OFF marketplaces.

First of all, you need experience with databases in order to list a large feed yourself and update the inventory weekly. Then you need to comply with the marketplace strict rules and guidelines, such as keep your inventory current (no back order!), ship by next day, respond to emails under 24 hours, otherwise you will risk losing your account after a lot of hard work. Finally, listing on the marketplaces not only increase the competition intensity but also open doors to your financial books by giving out your product statistical proprietary info to the listing marketplace. All in all, it is still worth to join the crowd rather than being left behind.

The popular online marketplaces are:

Google Products: used to be Froogle

Amazon.com: the winner of 2011 Black Friday holiday shopping.

Buy.com:

Newegg.com:

Sears: what a surprise to see Sears becoming an online marketplace for anything.

eBay: the most well-known online auction site.

Yahoo Shopping:

Bing Shopping:

Paypal Shopping:

iOffer.com: a place to buy, sell & trade.

eCrater.com: a free web store builder and an online marketplace. All products are submitted to Google Product Search.

Other marketplaces for local listing are:

Craigslist.org:

Olx.com: free classifieds where buyers meet sellers.