ProspectMX has a great post in which they show a link building chart that helps put the different sources of links into perspective.
This is what it looks like:

It includes all of the major ways of building links, like linkbaiting, social communities, paid or traded links, cherry picking links and content submissions.
This PDF version of the chart is definitely print-worthy for your workstation.









Mar 7th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Is there a poster sized print out of this? - I still want to know why people insist on reciprocal linking.
Mar 7th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
What an awesome chart - definitely a keeper thanks!
Mar 14th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
This would certainly be a great poster to have hanging beside or above my desk - definitely a keeper. I’m going to download the .pdf version -thanks for sharing this.
Mar 25th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Thats a fantastic link building chart you found! Usually they do not go into so much detail but it looks awesome too.
Mar 26th, 2008 at 10:59 am
An excellent chart thank you for sharing. I have printed one off and placed the chart on my wall near my computer. I would love to get a poster version also.
Once again Thanks for sharing.
Apr 28th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Thank you for sharing the chart with everyone. I look forward to reviewing it.