Attracting organic backlinks

Attracting organic backlinks

Google prefers organic, editorial style backlinks or those links which are freely given by another site owner. These links are SEO Gold and considered far more valuable than the blog/forum links which are seen as a manipulation of search engines (as they are obtained by the site owner rather than given by others as an endorsement of the site).

But often, it seems almost impossible to get these editorial style backlinks.

What methods can you use to attract editorial backlinks from other bloggers and site owners? What methods do you use to get these organic (unpaid and not manipulated) backlinks?

For one thing, publishing a useful list is a good way to get a backlink from another site. Or, even posting a controversial opinion on a current niche topic. Please share some ways you would get editorial backlinks.