subject: How to Get Backlinks - The 4 Best Ways to Build Backlinks to Your Site [print this page] You've created your website, written your articles, and it all looks lovely. The problem is that you aren't getting any traffic, and all that hardwork isn't paying the bills. Luckily, with just a little bit of time, you can get your website and articles to rank high in the search engine listings and starting bringing in the dough! I'll be giving you the best ways on how to get backlinks and how to make Google love your website.
Social Bookmarking - This is the easiest and most popular way that I know how to get backlinks. Basically, you are posting a public bookmark with your link embedded in anchor text (your keyword). However, beware of posting tons of bookmarks full of garbage material and affiliate links - this is spamming and will get you banned from the bookmarking service! Also, do not make your product promotion too obvious. In free marketing, quality content is key. So, when submitting a social bookmark, write an informative paragraph without directly pushing a product, and discretely slip your anchor text link at the end.
Blog/forum commenting - Most blogs allow you to leave comments which link to your website. If you don't know how to get backlinks this way, type the following in Google: (your niche) + comment. This will pull up pages where comments can be left on the niche that you are targeting. Read the blog post, and leave a relevant comment. Once again, you do NOT want to be spamming others' blog! That is just annoying and will only result in bad karma for you in the future. Once your comment is submitted and approved, others reading your comment can click on your avatar and be taken to your website. This way you are getting both a backlink and another source of traffic. (If you want to set up an avatar for your comments, go to gravatar.com)
Free article directories - This method is similar to how to get backlinks through social bookmarking. To find these article directories, simply type in Google "free article directories" (3stepads.com, writers-block-unblocked.com are good ones). Then sign up for an account and click "posts" and "add new". Write a quick blurb on your topic, and include your link in anchor text. Make sure that if you submit posts to more than one directory to make each post unique - Google likes this better and will reward you with a higher ranking.
Article writing - Finally, you'll definitely want to write quality articles to support your article marketing campaign (duh!). This is a wonderful method because it's how to get backlinks from high PR websites, but it also generates hoards of traffic (in fact, they will be your main source of traffic to your website). If you've ever written an article before, you probably know how to get backlinks from articles - the resource box! After your informative bit, you include another paragraph that incites the reader to click on your link. Most article directories allow a maximum of two links, so I would suggest using one in anchor text, and spelling out the full site name in the other.
