I just downloaded and played with a neat little free SEO tool from Michelle MacPhearson called Rank Decoding Engine.
No upsells or anything (at least not at the moment) – just hand over your email address to Michelle and she’ll send you a download link.
The tool is actually made up of two parts.
Part 1 is the historical data which will show you which social media websites that have more prominent rankings compared to other social media websites.
Just click “Last 90 days” and you’ll be shown a prioritized list of websites that generally rank well in Google.
With this information you’ll know where to start your link building – especially true for new sites.
Part 2 is the actual search tool which you’ll be using for sites that have been around for some time to boost their authority.
Enter up to 10 keyphrases separated by commas and hit “Search” – it’s important to include your main keyphrase as well as all supporting keyphrases.
What you’ll get back is a list of sites that are generally ranking high for all your keyphrases.
Start from the top and work your way down the list and see if it’s possible to somehow acquire a link from their site.
Some sites have no way for you to leave your link, so just skip them until you get to one that does.
FTC disclaimer: The link is NOT an affiliate link, it’s just a link to a neat little SEO tool I thought you might find useful