Search:

What is reverse SEO and how does it work?

Having quality (fresh, interesting, unique) content together with creating quality (relevant, dofollow) of inbound link helps.

Benefits of link building:

visible on search engines
get higher rankings
generate traffic
increase sales
increase ROI (Return Of Investment)

Promote your site through:

Website Optimization
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Social Media Optimization (SMO)
Pay Per Click (PPC)
Search Engine Marketing (SEM)

There are a lot of ways to promote your forum. To name a few:

forum posting
blog commenting
social bookmarking
article submission

One of the factors that affect page rank is the number of inbound links that you are getting. To create links, engaging on the following helps:

article submission
blog commenting
press release...

Just make sure to create links from relevant and DoFollow sites because Google gives more value on them.

Off-site or Off-Page deals with building links. It is responsible for creating quality of inbound links. Here are some ways to create links:

article submission
blog commenting
press release...

Back Link Checker:


http://www.backlinkwatch.com/
http://backlinkchecker.net/en-EN/index.php?p=backlink-checker

Alexa rank
· Ranks Individual web sites.
· Rankings not on a specific numerical frame.
· Lower the rank, more the traffic.
· Concerned with traffic