Ning is a site that lets people create their own social sites. It isn't a platform with multiple IPs, all accounts are created on sub domains of the Ning.com domain.
But it is so easy to get tons and tons of links from Ning, that I'm including it.
People create a social site based on a theme or niche. You can "join" them. When you do, you get a profile page on THEIR Ning site.
Just use the Ning search link(s) in the left frame to locate relevant Ning networks. When you find one, look for a link that says: My Page
Each social site will offer you an opportunity to create a page. Some will be instant, others will need the owner's approval. I just cancel those and move on.
You can join many different social sites using the same email/log in info. Most use "Ning ID". This means after you sign up the first time and want to join another Ning, you just enter your email and password (and captcha) and all your basic profile info is filled in for you.
Look for : "We use Ning ID for authentication. What is a Ning ID?
Again, you can join multiple Nings using the same info, and each gives you a profile page. And each profile page gives you tons and tons of places to add links.
When getting started on Ning, make sure you always check that your "network
privacy" is set to:
Public and Everything (You want to make sure everyone, including the
SE spiders have access to your profiles.)
To make sure, look for the "Manage" link in the navigation bar.
Then click on the "Network Privacy" icon.
Everything in your profile pages can contain links. I won't get into too much detail because you can literally add links in everything you do...Comments, photo descriptions, add a youtube video and add a link in the description of the video...Try every where.
The only "catch" is you need to use good old-fashioned HTML for your links:
<A HREF="http://YourSite.com/page.html">Your Anchor Text Here</A>
Get to know this basic html code for links and anchor text. There's no reason not to know this stuff!
RSS PHEEDS Galore!
And it gets better...Just as you can add html links just about everywhere, all this stuff also creates RSS pheeds. If you add a video, you have an RSS pheed for videos. If you add comments, you have an RSS pheed for comments. If you add a photo gallery, you have an RSS pheed for that.
Be sure to look for your RSS pheeds, they are everywhere (if you add stuff).
Add your Ning RSS pheeds to your collection and submit each and every one of them to the RSS directories:
Or for faster results, I recommend:
RSSBot
Even though you can join a number of social networks using one profile, you probably want to create a couple of profiles, to make sure that nothing happens to your entire Ning network. If you truly participate, you should be safe, but you never know. Better to be safe than sorry.
Just know that every new Ning account will need a new email address.
I didn't scrape any Ning links, as you can use the same basic info for many Ning social sites. Instead, use the Ning keywords searches in the left frame to find relevant Ning networks to join. Then create your own pages on each of them.
For more specifics on RSS, including some really serious strategies, I go
into much greater detail in the MadBomber forum...