How to Get Backlinks for a Website

Friday, May 30, 2008
 

Instructions

Things You’ll Need:

  • Email and web access
  • Step 1:
    Submit your website to directories. Many website directories are free and quick to sign up and add your website for an immediate backlink (see Resources below).
  • Step 2:
    Market your website through articles. Article marketing is a free way to generate traffic and one way backlinks.
  • Step 3:
    Trade links with related websites. Search online for complimentary (not competitor) websites and email the webmaster to offer a mutually beneficial, reciprocal link exchange.
  • Step 4:
    Add your website to multiple bookmarking and social networking websites. It’s simple and takes a few minutes to sign up for websites where you can bookmark your favorite websites including your own, for immediate backlinks. Try Squidoo, Digg, Stumbleupon and Technorati (see Resources below).
  • Step 5:
    Post ads on classified sites like Craigslist.org and USFreeAds.com (see Resources below). Craigslist is free and takes a few minutes to post an ad in the small business section for your city.
  • Step 6:
    Write and distribute online press releases. PR is a highly effective way to market a business. Online press releases will also generate more backlinks to your website for improved search engine rankings and more traffic.

Tips & Warnings

  • Target high pagerank (PR) websites such as EzineArticles.com and Craiglist.org for higher quality links. For bookmarking, use a multiple bookmarking tool like SocialMarker.com to speed up the process. Consider hiring a search engine optimization (SEO) writer for website content, ads and press releases (see Resources below).
  • Do not grow too fast and generate too many backlinks in a short time. Suspicious, unnatural activity may appear to be a “black hat” tactic and your website may be penalized by the search engines.

Resources


How to Get Backlinks for a Website Provided by eHow.com
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