The Easiest Ways to Get Backlinks
76Get Backlinks
In previous hubs, I've discussed how to use RSS feeds to earn traffic and the all important backlink.
I've discussed how to use Press Releases to promote your articles, websites and online businesses and garner traffic to your hubs and the all important backlink.
I've reviewed several methods of increasing your traffic in this hub, for the purpose of getting that all important backlink.
In this hub, I'm going to discuss further the importance of writing articles and submitting them to other sites. Why? For the purpose of getting that all important backlink, of course.
Write Articles
Writing articles should be your number one priority if you plan on earning any substantial amount of money from online ventures. Writing hubs for Hubpages.com and lenses for Squidoo.com, or other revenue sharing sites is great as a sideline, but if your serious about earning money from your writing then you must not "keep all your eggs in one basket." You must:
- Diversify and churn out hundreds of unique articles
- Forget about earning Google Adsense from each of those articles
- Concern yourself with using those articles to get you backlinks
Submit to Article Directories
After writing your article, you want to submit that article to as many article directories as you can locate. Don't worry about duplicate content because your goal for these articles is not to earn you adsense revenue, your goal is to get as many backlinks as you can and all pointing to your site.
Using article directories is the simplest form of article marketing. It's a form of advertising which makes articles freely available for distribution, publication, and syndication on websites, blogs and just about anywhere a publisher chooses. Each article contains an author's resource box which carries a bio and by line, as well as references contact information and... you guessed it, the BACKLINK.
Make sure your articles are keyword rich and relevant to the site you are promoting. For most article directories, there is a minimum word count, usually set at 500, and max count of 1200. Not all directories are created equal and not all will give you the same weight with your backlinks, but think long term. Don't think of writing articles as a quick way to earn a buck because unless you are really lucky, it takes a while to build up to a respectable level of income.
Now, for those hubbers and lense builders out there, I've created a brand new article directory called 411 Article. I have made the directory Hubpages and Squidoo friendly. Meaning, I created article categories specifically for Hubs and Lenses. My directory has a minimum word count of 200 and the max is set at 1500.
If you want to post on this site you must first create an account with a username and password. To promote your Hubs or Lenses, I ask that you write a short article complementing your Hub or Lense and place a link for it inside the author's resource box. HTML is not allowed in the body of the article because it could cause some wicked things to happen to some browsers, so links are only allowed in the resource box.
This is a free service and I will never ask you for any compensation. This a good time to get started too because the creator of the publishing script I'm using has informed me that he is developing a way for us site owners to share in the adsense revenue with our authors. It's coming I just don't know when or how soon. But like I mentioned earlier, our ultimate goal is to get backlinks.
Good luck with your writing experience and I hope to see you on 411 Article. If you're a hubber, send me a message If you choose to join and I can assist you with any further questions.
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Starting a new website which should be up and running this weekend then deff I will be joining !
Thanks for stopping by Cindy and BC. It's a project I've been working on for a few weeks now and I'm sure it will be a benefit to all hubbers as it's pretty hard to get backlinks in article directories for your hubs when most AD's set their word counts high.
Of course most article directories have the purpose of providing free content for web publishers, which is also my main purpose for 411Article.com, but I felt the need being a hubber for a place to dump a backlink specifically for a hub.
Great hub Richard, I would definitely recommend this hub to IM newbies as it would give them a big jump start. Whether you are coding yourself or using platforms like wordpress, building the site itself is fairly easy, it's the building of backlinks that people usually have trouble with. Thanks for sharing some great info.
Thanks for stopping by ajm. It's true, building backlinks can be a headache because they actually take a little time to build but they don't have to be. If you're going to make a living at this then learning how and where to place backlinks shoud be an every day task.
This is great information for this newbie! Thank loads and I will join next week.
Tthanks for taking the time SE. And that is the key to being successful online, taking the time to learn all that you can. It all sounds real daunting at first but once you get into a rhythm it starts to come easy.
I've also began adding them to my "signature" in any and all forums I belong to that will allow them. Of course analytics is a great way to see which of these backlinks are getting you the most traffic.
Thanks for the tips! Will def be checking out 411 Article.
Hi Pink and thanks for the comment. I'd like to also point out that there are two types of backlinks, ones that attempt to drive traffic to your articles and web sites, and there are backlinks that are only there for the search engine spiders to see. The way you get these backlinks is to find high PR sites that have 2 things, free membership and a place to make a profile. They're not that easy to find unless you do a lot of web surfing and trial and error. If you find a place that allows a link in the profile, then you also have to view the page source to find out if the link is a dofollow because only dofollow links have value in SEO. Links without dofollow have value only when they are publicly viewable and can drive traffic. Nofollow links have no Google Juice.
If you want a free backlink with pagerank 7 follow these steps:
1.- Register in mtv.com
2.- Sign In
3.- Create a blog post in the blog section
4.- Post your link with the anchor text inside the post you create.
Thanks for the tip Trabajo, I'll check it out.
I like the idea submitting articles to free articles directories submitted.
Very nice website I will study it. Your suggestions were very helpful, Thanks!
Glad to hear you confirm the notion of writing backlinks. I did a SEO service for a client earlier in the year and expanded the keywords people were using to find his site from 80+/90+ to over 140+ . . . and I added key local words to his site on apartments in Pasadena.
Great Don. I can tell you that Google is interested in LOCAL, the more local your listings the better they will be served on Google's search engine. Google has replaced the phone book.
Thanks for the info on article writing. North side or South side? Cubbies or Sox?
Your welcome Vince and thanks for the comment. I'm a Cubs fan since my first game 35 years ago and a North Sider.
Hi Richard - Many thanks for this hub, and the others like it that you have produced. I've bookmarked them as I'm sure I'll keep refering back to them as I make a start on this SEO lark.
Thanks again!
Jeff
Thanks Jeff, glad I could help.
I have book marked this so I can come back and read the rest of your hubs , Thanks for sharing this valuable information
thanks alot for the info
Great tips here - thanks. I'll be on your article site soon!!
Good intro to article marketing here. Probably worth noting that the 'easiest' backlinks are not usually the highest quality, however if used properly I still think article marketing works well for link building
I think you're right in that you have to vary your backlink sources, but especially the anchor texts. Google is clamping down on high densities of anchor texts, so long anchor texts, different keywords and sometimes a "More...."
Great hub, Richard. There is some valuable information here and is helpful to me since I am virtually starting out fresh. Bookmarking this hub.
thank you for sharing your expertise on this to your fellow hubbers who are babies on the web marketing like me :lol:
you're so expert. Your backlinks have bring me to many of your hubs lol.
you have the marketing talent!
are you doing this fulltime?
Thank you all for taking the time to read and comment on my hubs. @blbhhdcn I do this part time but I have many years of experience. I've been marketing my websites online for over 10 years now so I think I have learned a few tricks here and there.
Just reading this one article has helped me. I have bookmarked this and will continue to look or more valuable info from you. thanks for sharing
Thanks for the nice comment Glenn, I'm glad my infor can help.
I am eager to check out your article directory! Thank you for creating it!
Thanks for taking the time to read and comment on my hub Rachel. Good luck with your writing.
I really want to try your directory, I think it will be useful for the site I am ranking.
I`m using all of those and will report back here once i get a high rank on google.
As usual, a piece of good information, Richard. I was wondering if you would share with us where you get the great pictures you have - I love the little guy with the pen and in your other hubs, you have such great graphics -
Thank you again Lorraine, your comments are appreciated. The images I use are found in several places but I keep an account at fotolia.com and purchase a package of credits. I do this because I have several blogs running so purchasing the rights to use the photos allows me to place them where I want to and as often as I want to.
Thanks - helpful as usual - for novices like me, you are something very special - my foray into technology has been rather difficult and I'm not making money yet because it has come together for me as easily as it has for some I've read about. I've been through a lot of material on the web - a lot!!! - and so when I say your writing is outstanding, I mean it - from a learning perspective and from "I'm just about ready to give up" status - you make it all sound plausible. I don't mind working - in fact, I love to work but I also, like everyone else, like to see results. The steps you've given me give me hope that it's still possible for me to find a place making money on the web - for that, I can't thank you enough -
It is plausible Lorraine, as you read in my "Earning money online - secret to my success" hub, earning money online takes just as much effort as earning it offline, sometimes more. Don't give up because all your hard work will be lost and benefit nobody. I hate to burst bubbles for some but it can take up to a year to start seeing good returns from your work. Stick to some of my plans and teachings and it will come a lot quicker. Read my hubs on how to start a blog, follow the advice and watch how your earnings grow stronger each month. Good luck!
Great advice! I'll be bookmarking for later, and will definitely check out the article 411 site. Thanks!
Thank you katelyn, but its 411Article.com the other site existst too but its not mine...lol
"hundred of articles" sound like very hardwork. I much prefer to leave hundred of comments
Very interesting hub. I'm very new at blogging but am a fast learner and I love to write so don't have a problem writing lots of hubs. I will try 411 Article and see how it goes. Thanks for the help
Thnanks for sharing. I am eager to know how to get back links. Good info . keep it up
Thanks again, Richard. Thanks also to Trabajo.
Can buying backlinks or traffic get you banned from Adsense?
@2besure buying backlinks or paying to have backlinks placed is ok. Paying for traffic is not because it will be false traffic that is meant to fraud the system.
Thanks for sharing this...I;m signing up!:)
You're welcome Christina and welcome aboard.
This is good stuff. I just made a hub about making a website, and turning it into a web business. The one thing I need help with is SEO. So thank you for the info.
Thank you matthew. SEO is probably the most important part of having a web business because it doesn't matter if your business is giving away golden eggs if nobody can find it. Good luck.
Matthew, This is all great, but I don't understand what "Lenses" are, it is similar to Hubs or is there a strategic difference?
Thank you for the visit Gramarye. A "lens" is similar to a HUB and is what they are called on Squidoo.com, another revenue sharing site like hubpages.com. Many people who write here also write there because of SEO value given by the search engines. While it may be a good place to add some articles, Squidoo could never match the quality of the hubpages community.
Okay, thanks - I'm sure I'll have some more questions as I get time to read more.
hey, i just wanted to take this time to let you know that this is a nice blog and very easy to understand info bookmarking and video marketing of my favorite SEO technique on generating backlinks. Thanks again for this useful info.
This is good insight, thanks for sharing.
I just found your hub and am so grateful. I certainly will turn up at 411Article.com. Thank you so much. One thing I am not sure about, do I have to write up everything in the backlink which is in 411Article? I am sorry if it is a stupid question to you? Cumputer is a strange animal to me but I have learned already a lot. Another problem I have with linking one hub to the other. How do I do this? I have tried but that strange animal alway defies me.
Nope, you only have to use the keyword that you are targeting with your links. Use the HTML set up that I posted on my 'Guide to Backlinks' hub inside your author's resource box. You can target up to 2 different links there.
I totally agree with you on this one Richard. If you want to get easy backlinks then the best way to do that is either buying them which will cost quite a bit or writing articles and getting your links out that way. When you write one article for a directory then you have one backlink, but for every article you write there might be 4-5 people that use your article on their sites. that will be a total of 5-6 links per article and you only had to work on 1 of those. And maybe every month you get that same number again, it is so easy and fast that I don't see why everyone doesn't do backlinks this way.
Intriguing information, this is opening my mind to a whole new way of looking at things. Thanks for the help, will definitely check out the 411.
Hello
its really informative.
Thanks for the help! Getting backlinks can be a pain as far as I know. But I guess it's all a case of no pain, no gain. Will write more articles from now.
Great hub--thanks for the info! Will definitely check out your article directory.
Great article. It has been difficult for myself to find places to backlink, this article provided great ideas for future use. I try to find places with good articles which I can provide my expertise.
great info!
great info
This is great information, and I am about to join. Thanks for the information.
Thanks for the link to the keyword tips for articles. I needed some tips like this. Thanks for sharing a very well written article here. Keep going.
Hi Richard, I have been reading a lot of your articles lately and have found every one of them to be useful.
Thankyou for always remembering us newbies!
Looking forward to reading some more of your stuff when I get some time.
Hi,Richard, Thank you for all these useful articles. I kept on coming back to read your articles. I just bookmarked you so it is easy for me to get on to where I left off. Thank you.
Very informative. Will keep it in mind, to promote my blog
Awesome article and relatively cheap for quality links, however, I'd really like to know if the quality backlinks you're providing have any relevance to my website. Please take the time and check it out at http://www.beautybeholder.com to see if your links have any relevance to my website. Thanks.
Hi Richard, your 411 Article.com sounds very interesting but I do need guidence.
Free backlinks!?! Will try these techniques out, thanks a lot.
great information for a guy like me.
Backlinks can definitely help you get ranked on Google, Yahoo or Bing! I have a few sites and I am constantly creating backlinks to help my page rank! Nice article and tips. I also have a website about backlinks, http://adspro24.com/ please visit it anytime you want. I have a few tips there. Thanks again!
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Excellent post on article distribution. It is a great way to obtain effective backlinks. I try to get 10 backlinks into my website on a daily basis.
thanks for some important links in hub,
- agraj
I am going to go check out 411Article right now. Thanks for the help!
A great hub with lots of useful information, especially to people like myself who are new to hubpages.
cindyvine 2 years ago
This sounds great and I'm definitely keen to join. Will have another look at it, or a proper look, should I say, over the weekend!