We all know that every SEO experts says that build quality backlinks. But have you ever thought that why building backlinks are important and what are the ways to build backlinks. So let us discuss what are backlinks, why do we need to build backlinks and what are the effective ways to build backlinks.
What are Backlinks?
Backlinks are incoming links to a website or a blog. Backlinks are also called as incoming links, inbound links, inlinks, pingbacks and inward links. In simple words, backlinks means the link pointing to your site from outside your site or any other site.
Why do we need to build Backlinks?
Building Backlinks is certainly an important step in the development of your website or blog. In the search engine optimization, the number of backlinks enables the popularity or importance of that website or page. The main benefit of backlink is that it helps in increasing your blog or website’s page rank. Strong backlinks also helps in increasing traffic to your website and one another major benefit is that it helps in improving your ranking on search engine results page.
What are the effective ways to build Backlinks?
Let us see the best ways for link building techniques which you can apply to your blog or website.
Unique and Original Content
Unique and original posts is always useful to get you some good quality backlinks from other sites. There are many bloggers who like to search and give links of other sites from their own posts. Well researched and insightful articles always gets noticed and generate lots of backlinks.
This is other powerful way to get quality backlinks and driving traffic to your website. The only thing you need is to find quality forums related to your site niche and post comments or replies on them. Be sure your replies are related to the discussions otherwise it will be like spamming. So find some quality forums those have thousands of active members and visit daily to find an interesting discussion related to your niche. It also help is driving unique traffic to your blog or website and I have always seen that these are really loyal readers if they find your blog useful.
Write on a Controversial topic
Have you ever heard of criticizing a movie, a article, a blog, or a big celebrity. Well, you will get lots of people with similar interests and they will love to bitch about these. You can always tell a actual story of a product that you hate and why is it so that you hate it.
Creating a Controversy is not always a good method, but you will be amazed to know that many famous blogs are only made on this topic. Like Perezhilton, Moejackson you can see how funny and informative these can be. You will surely get a decent traffic and backlinks.
Newsletter
Do not wait for the links to come by themselves. There are lots of readers already coming to you, ask them to subscribe your newsletter. Do regular postings and hit their Inbox.
By this, good and quality content from your newsletter can be forwarded and you will have more number of readers through emails. Surely if, someone likes your content they will mention you humbly.
Social Media
Social Media is another great way to get backlinks as we all know there are thousand and millions of people who are using social media sites like Digg, Facebook, Stumbleupon, Twitter, Google Buzz etc. So, if you spend some time on these site, you will not get only links but also a huge traffic as you don’t know some of your articles can hit the home page of these sites.
Conference Presentation
Ya you heard it right, when you do conference presentations, there are lots of chances that people live blog your website’s link. In this way, you can get some quality backlinks to your website and some unique traffic too.
Lists posts
This is the most effective way to create quality backlinks. You can write list articles, for example, list of best windows7 wallpapers, photoshop tutorials, firefox extensions etc. These are for sure more time consuming in comparison in writing to other articles but surely paid you with some quality backlinks and loads of traffic.
Get a Blog
This is useful for companies who provides online services because by creating a blog of a company, you can write posts related to your niche which in turn be useful for getting backlinks and traffic to your website. It will also help you to establish your online business as you can use your blog as a online business card or profile and will show how you want to see yourself in online scenario.
Write articles on How-to & Tutorials
You can write articles on How-to guides or tutorials, for example, how to use Twitter in Firefox sidebar or tutorial to create beautiful Twitter backgrounds in Photoshop. This technique will surely help you to drive traffic and most importantly helps in getting backlinks.
Freebies
One more way to get legitimate backlinks are by running a free service that people find useful or create a product by yourself and distribute it for free. The common examples of freebies are Firefox or Chrome Extensions, WordPress plugins or free WordPress themes. This is one time work, which results in lots of people to come to your website.
Site Architecture
You believe it or not your website architecture also plays an important role in getting backlinks so try to make it easy to link to your site or individual post content. There are many websites which feature good designs, layouts and unique user interfaces like BestWebGallery, Cssdrive, CssBeauty they are all Showcases and can get you a good amount of traffic.
Create A Video
You can also create interesting and helpful videos related to your niche and then published it in your blog, website & Youtube. The more people that watch your video and more they will pass your link to their contacts. If the Video is good and the content is original you can get more backlinks to your website or blog which also helps you to raise your search engines rank.
Or you can build your online presence by working with a social media agency or a search engine optimization company.
Apply these tips described above and I am sure it will help you to get quality backlinks & traffic to your website or blog.
It will be very kind, if you drop by a comment below to share your views or any other ways to built backlinks other than these tips.
March 10, 2010 at 2:26 pm
Excellent Tips… Loved Reading It… If We Take All steps very seriously we could do wonders!
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March 11, 2010 at 2:39 am
Yes you are right, Loved reading it and know love doing it
I am sure it will help you alot in getting backlinks.
March 10, 2010 at 2:30 pm
creating a unique content surely helps but without proper marketing everything fails. One need to be moer active on social networking sites to get quality backlinks.
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March 10, 2010 at 11:11 pm
I think a lot of marketting is needed to get the blog noticed and started. But great content is the only thing that can sustain a blog…
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March 11, 2010 at 2:44 am
Well you both are right. I think we need a proper mix of marketing and content to make the blog successful. Marketing never helps you if there is no good content in your site.And if you have great content you do hell lot of marketing to attract readers.
March 10, 2010 at 3:35 pm
Can you advise me, how to get backlink for a shopping website?
March 11, 2010 at 2:46 am
You need to engage yourself more in shopping sites and forums. That surely help you to get quality backlinks and lot of traffic.
March 10, 2010 at 5:38 pm
this article is not specific for backlinks. it is basically some tips to get visitors on your website and in NO way assure you of a backlink by any of these techniques. yogesh has just included the backlink keywords everywhere to make it sound as though it is exclusively for that topic. really sad trick yogesh
March 11, 2010 at 2:49 am
I really appreciate that you take time to share your views here but mate we have personally tried all above methods and they really worked for us to get quality backlinks. I agreed with you that these are not hardcore backlinking methods but surely white hat methods to get backlinks. I hope you got my point and I am still open for discussions on this topic.
March 10, 2010 at 6:22 pm
Content is always a King!
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March 10, 2010 at 7:44 pm
Agreed! Backlinks is important but good content is also needed so that not only you create backlinks for your pages but other do too
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March 11, 2010 at 2:50 am
Both inter-related with each other. If you write good content, I am sure that there are thousand of people who will give you backlinks by posting in their blogs.
March 14, 2010 at 3:49 pm
backlink is Boss
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March 10, 2010 at 7:23 pm
Best way is to publish some freebies.
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March 11, 2010 at 2:52 am
Ya this is certainly a very effective way because everyone in this world find freebies. It also helps in getting huge loads of regular traffic to your blog and you can get backlinks too
March 10, 2010 at 7:39 pm
Interesting
March 11, 2010 at 2:53 am
Thanks Thanks, lolz
March 10, 2010 at 7:50 pm
You can add “Guest Blog” can also be a good way to build dofollow quality backlinks too
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March 11, 2010 at 2:55 am
Thanks for adding one more way to get backlinks in our list. Guest Blogging is also a legitimate way to increase backlinks. Thanks Tinh once again for sharing your views with our readers
March 10, 2010 at 8:12 pm
great tips..
March 11, 2010 at 2:55 am
Thanks Nik
March 10, 2010 at 8:47 pm
Backlinking is very important but the content is vague.
March 11, 2010 at 2:57 am
I think content is king to get quality backlinks
March 10, 2010 at 9:24 pm
Oh My God! This is the first expression whenever I read any great advice on blogging. I wonder how you manage to accomplish all this long list of tasks by single man. There is certainly secret, otherwise it is never possible to manage all these tasks with this 24 hours day.
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March 11, 2010 at 2:59 am
It takes lot of times to get quality backlinks but for that you surely have to work hard. Also be active on forums means whatever tips or way you apply, you have to be regular and stick to that. I am sure if you do that, it certainly pays you with lot of quality backlinks
March 10, 2010 at 10:50 pm
Good, effective tips for building links. Thanks for sharing
March 11, 2010 at 3:02 am
Its all my pleasure dude. Glad you find the post useful
March 10, 2010 at 11:22 pm
Product marketing managers and others may also want to know how many incoming links their websites have already, and how their efforts to create additional ones are working. Previously I thought that using Google’s “link” query would tell me all I needed to know, but I’ve since found that the results of using that method are very incomplete. If you want to try it, type in: “link:wygant.net” (without the quotation marks). Alexa.com will also tell you how many incoming links that service has recorded for a particular website. Go to linkpopularity.com for a much more complete view of your incoming links. It constructs incoming link-finding queries for google, bing, and yahoo for you.
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March 11, 2010 at 3:04 am
Ya that is certainly going to provide every info about the backlinks of any website. Thanks for sharing, really appreciate it Matthew.
March 11, 2010 at 12:00 am
Awesome ideas here Yogesh! I hadn’t thought much about backlinks before today. I will have to try out some of these ideas!
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March 11, 2010 at 3:05 am
Glad you find the post useful and thanks for dropping by a comment here
March 11, 2010 at 12:46 am
Excellent post and some really great ideas, some that I never had thought of before. Thanks for sharing.
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March 11, 2010 at 3:07 am
Good to see you here Mark. Thanks for the heads up and leaving by a wonderful comment. Would love to see you more often in the future
March 11, 2010 at 6:23 pm
Hi – I want to say thanks for an interesting post about a subject I have had an interest in for a long time now. I have been looking in and reading the comments avidly so just wanted to express my gratitude for providing me with some very good reading material. I look forward to more, and taking a more proactive part in the discussions here, whilst learning too!!
March 13, 2010 at 4:14 pm
Thanks for dropping by a wonderful comment and would surely love to see your more active on Savedelete.com
March 12, 2010 at 6:03 am
Hi, Yogesh:
I’ve been meaning to try a video or two on YouTube for SEO purposes, as this is an excellent way to get a link back. Just need to hire someone to create some for me, as I don’t have the proper video tools at the moment.
Also, another good backlink building method is submitting PRESS RELEASES, specifically Prlog.com
Cheers,
Ivan
p.s. How do you get the Twitter retweets to show up in the comment area of this blog?
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March 13, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Hey thanks for adding one more way in our list (PRESS RELEASES). It is for sure a good way to get quality backlinks.
Well, we are coming with a post on how twitter retweets updates in the comments section. So stay touched.
March 12, 2010 at 3:30 pm
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March 13, 2010 at 4:24 pm
Will surely see what they are offering and will get back to you.
March 12, 2010 at 3:54 pm
Great techniques, I use social media and commenting to get more backlinks and it has worked for me
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March 13, 2010 at 4:26 pm
Wow Gautam. These are surely some good ways which you use to get backlinks. Stick to that and also try some above ways too.Might help you more in getting backlinks
March 13, 2010 at 10:10 am
this is what we call arts of marketing. Many can do but some only have master it
March 13, 2010 at 4:27 pm
I love your comment and totally agreed with at you are saying.
March 13, 2010 at 10:47 am
You have described very well about Backlinks for website or blog.I like the way you have described in detail and step by step about Backlinks as its very easy to understand.I also like your techniques to build free quality backlinks..I do appreciate you for this description about backlinks.
March 13, 2010 at 4:30 pm
Welcome to Savedelete Taylor and thanks for dropping by a such a wonderful comment. I love the comments like you
always helped in increasing my motivation level.
March 13, 2010 at 8:26 pm
thanks for that
March 14, 2010 at 12:19 am
It’s my pleasure
March 15, 2010 at 1:17 pm
Very nice article about building backlinks. Keep it up Yogesh
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March 16, 2010 at 6:58 pm
Remember, that even a large number of backlinks won’t improve your PageRank if your website is down frequently.
I suggest to monitor your website’s availability and change your hosting provider if necessary.
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Cheers,
March 17, 2010 at 4:49 pm
Great tips, hope you do not mind linking from my website, http://www.hotblogornot.com to your article.
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March 23, 2010 at 4:30 am
Will using web 2.0 sites for backlinks hurt your Pagerank?
March 23, 2010 at 8:47 am
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March 24, 2010 at 3:53 pm
very nice. Keep post nice article..
March 27, 2010 at 1:06 am
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March 29, 2010 at 2:37 am
Hello just came across your site and i thank you for your story it was informative. I am curious about doing link building for my website too. Have you used the scrapebox.com program? If so is it good? If not then what is the best tool? Thank you.
April 8, 2010 at 11:24 pm
Newsletters is not the way to build high quality backlinks. It just helps in getting loyal subscribers and repeat visitors. Guest posting and article marketing gets good quality link backs fairly easy.
April 11, 2010 at 11:02 pm
Fantastic post, I found this in the perfect time. I’m going to bookmark this for future reference. Cheers.
April 12, 2010 at 2:16 am
You can also submit that unique content in directories for more traffic such as Ezine articles. This will bring in more back links and traffic.
April 14, 2010 at 11:38 am
something valable ,,,this would surely help me
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April 15, 2010 at 9:04 am
Great article! I have been using some of your methods for a while but still having trouble getting as many as I would like. Do you have any suggestions for getting this done any quicker.
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April 17, 2010 at 4:21 am
It was very helpfull thank you so much for sharing. I will share it with my friends. Thanks
April 19, 2010 at 8:40 pm
I don’t know why I always see writing relevant content and controversial topics on top of link building tips list.
Honestly, these are link baiting tactics but they certainly aren’t for everybody in my opinion. It takes time to master such skills. I mean, how often are you able to create a really controversial content and have it digged a hundred times or even stumbled upon? Just my 2 cent on the subject..
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April 22, 2010 at 2:05 pm
@leonardo , why have right my friend but you are wrong in the same time , nobody borns skilled , everybody can learn
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May 2, 2010 at 10:34 pm
Thanks, Good Article… Really useful for beginners
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May 2, 2010 at 11:52 pm
Helpful article. Keep them coming
May 4, 2010 at 12:21 am
It is good to know that backlink do help in getting traffic to your site but better content on your website and social network bookmark are also important for getting high ranking traffic to your site.
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May 4, 2010 at 5:09 pm
I would like to make a video to put up on YouTube to promote my blog but have no idea how to go about it. I am writing my own unique content and posting it regularly and also take part in social media which helps. I got a page rank 4 on my first time out with the new site, so I must be doing something right.
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May 8, 2010 at 3:03 am
Hello good site
May 14, 2010 at 2:35 am
Thanks for sharing these helpful tips. I’m in the process of just getting started with creating backlinks.
Thanks,
Rob
May 14, 2010 at 12:54 pm
Thanks for sharing these nice stuffs!! I’ll certainly put it into practice!!
May 15, 2010 at 4:53 pm
Thanks for sharing, this is what I need, because I just create new blog and really need to build backlinks
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May 24, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Great discussion. And I REALLY like that you practice what you preach. That’s when you can tell a post has come together.
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And I’m also fascinated by how fresh you made the routine [admit it: what you just shared has been regurgitated millions of time.
Ben Johnson said people don’t need taught as much as they need reminding.
Good work.
May 26, 2010 at 11:06 am
Came to this entry from Google and just wanted to take my time to say thanks for the information.
May 26, 2010 at 2:56 pm
What about, leave a comment, i think it will give backlink too
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May 28, 2010 at 1:42 am
Nice post – Your way of explaining It states some benefits which I was not aware of. And the good thing about these ways of link building is that they build editorial links – which are the most powerful links. Good stuff
May 29, 2010 at 10:26 pm
Thanks for the tips. They are a great help!!
June 4, 2010 at 7:00 pm
Interesting, but what about link exchange.
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June 7, 2010 at 2:40 am
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June 13, 2010 at 3:39 pm
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June 15, 2010 at 1:11 pm
nice post . . .
June 15, 2010 at 2:50 pm
Excellent article. I have never seen such precise and to the point article on building links.
Thanks for sharing!
June 16, 2010 at 9:27 am
Great list! I actually found this article by means of a social bookmark, I think it was folkd! Just goes to show you that it works…
June 19, 2010 at 12:31 am
Great….It really wonder!!!!Nice article
June 19, 2010 at 12:32 am
Nice wrk dear…keep it up
June 20, 2010 at 3:20 pm
What about get backlink from profile or signature
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June 30, 2010 at 12:52 pm
quality Backlinks are the Backbone of a website. If the site have good quality back links It perform good on the search engines. Tips provided above are really useful to get good quality Backlinks. Thanks for the great post. Bookmarked it.
July 1, 2010 at 9:39 am
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July 7, 2010 at 11:04 am
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July 7, 2010 at 11:05 am
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July 7, 2010 at 12:12 pm
It’s all about writing about topics that people are looking for and constructing that content in a way that actually provides something for the searcher. Do that over and over, and couple it with sharing content on other sites, and you’ll get those links.
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July 8, 2010 at 2:12 pm
Great info and very informative article ! But I guess you missed out submission to web directories. Isn’t that a good way to get backlinks ?
July 14, 2010 at 6:10 am
nice article..
thanks for sharing
July 14, 2010 at 6:10 am
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July 14, 2010 at 6:18 am
awesome post!
thanks!
July 22, 2010 at 11:40 pm
I just had my website redesigned and although I am thrilled with the results I know that it’s only good if people are able to find it. In my research I have learned a few tricks here and there but it wasn’t until I came across your post and with so many different ways to build traffic did I feel somewhat confident about being able to implement a plan. Thanks.
July 24, 2010 at 7:20 am
great article
great info too
thanks!
July 28, 2010 at 10:18 pm
i went to the linkbuilderpro site as you suggested and have had tremendous success following their process in building backlinks. I appreciate you taking the time to share this information.
August 5, 2010 at 11:04 am
Great tips. Will definately try them. Thanks
August 12, 2010 at 4:23 am
A lot of good info here. What are your opinions on the value of a PR3 Blog Comment such as this one vs a PR3 link created in a Web Directory, Web 2.0 type of site, or Article submission site?
August 17, 2010 at 6:11 am
Brilliant tips I must say, but it depends on the kind of blog/site you have. Getting links is not a toy game at all!
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August 17, 2010 at 9:00 pm
Wow – Such helpful tips. I wish I came across your post some months ago when I first started the backlink process for my website. Thanks for taking the time to research and share this information.
August 21, 2010 at 2:52 pm
explaining about link building is very clear,
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