subject: How to get backlinks – a brief guide [print this page] This article will discuss how to get backlinks and why you need them to boost the power of your website so that it can be found in organic search engine results pages. There are different types of links such as one way, three way and reciprocal but this article will focus on one way links.
Ideally you will want your website on the first page of the search engine results pages (SERPs) because no one is going to find your site if it is a hundred pages deep in Google's search results. To get on the first page you will need to build one way backlinks to your site and these can come from a variety of places and all have different amounts of link juice depending on the authority of the site they come from.
If you are an internet marketer you will need to know how to get backlinks and there are many different ways in which you can obtain links back to your site. You could submit articles to article directories with a link in the articles resource box linking back to your site or blog. You could submit your website to web directories which will also provide a good quality link back to your site.
If you read blogs then you're in luck because you can even gain backlinks by commenting on peoples blogs. Forums often allow members a signature where by a link is displayed under every post made by the user; if you chat on forums a lot this can be a great source of many links.
As you can see there are plenty of places to get backlinks and another good tip is to check the websites Pagerank. Generally speaking the higher the Pagerank the more powerful your link will be from that site so think quality more than quantity and you will get your site to the top of the SERPs much more quickly.
If you plan on running a successful website it is really important that you know how to get backlinks and how find high authority sites where you can submit your link. In knowing this you can be assured that with time your website will rise to the top, feeding you with all the traffic you can handle!
