The Benefits of Backlinks
79Building Traffic with Backlinks
In today’s Internet-led world, the benefits of backlinks have never been more important when it comes to online visibility. Having your website, blog or Hub rank high with search engines is a key part to any online success, and backlinks are a crucial part of that success. So what are they and what are the benefits of backlinks?
Backlinks Made Simple
Simply put, backlinks are exactly what their name suggests – a link that directs itself back to your website. This could be from another blog or website that you own, or an external link from someone else altogether. Usually a backlink is simply the name of your website and an embedded link that leads straight to your site when someone clicks on it.
The benefits of having backlinks are many – the more links a website has coming into it, the more authoritive and popular it looks to the search engines. This in turn leads to the website in question climbing the search engine rankings, which as we all know is one of the main targets for any personal or business website owner. Additionally, backlinks offer a wonderful way of expanding your network of contacts – if people are reading something on one website and they see your link, they will usually check out your site to at least see what’s there. This could lead to new customers or sales if you’re a business, or simply new friends if you’re a blogger.
Backlinks and Relevancy
Although backlinks offer an invaluable (and free!) way to promote traffic to your website, you need to make sure that you use them properly. There are many backlink sites on the web that promise you “millions of visitors” to your website – these are usually ones to avoid, as they are more likely than not spamming sites.
Instead, to really benefit from backlinks, you need to make sure that they offer authority linkage. Despite the search engines offering higher placement for the more links a site has, it’s only if the links are relevant to the site in question. For example, if you have a website about vegetarian menus, you don’t really need a meat wholesaler linking to you, do you? If you actively wish to increase the backlinks to your site and keep on the right side of Google, Yahoo and the other search engines, make sure you seek out the websites and blogs that complement your own website.
Using Blogging and Forums for Backlinks
One of the very best methods of gaining backlinks is via the blogging community – when you read someone’s blog, you usually have the option to leave a comment. This is where you can leave a link to your website or blog for other people to check out – to really maximize this type of traffic, have your comment offer some kind of tip or advice on the preceding blog post. People reading your comment will think, “Hmm, this person knows what he or she is talking about – I’ll check them out!”
Online forums also offer excellent opportunities for backlinks. Part of setting up a profile on a forum is providing the URL for your website – use this in your signature, and every forum post you make will offer the potential of a backlink into your site.
As you can see, backlinks are a crucial part of any traffic-building exercise for website or blog owners. As long as you use them properly and are diligent when it comes to who links back to you, the benefits of backlinks will continue to grow for anyone online today.
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Thank you so much. I have heard of this before but you have really explained it well. It is something I have been doing but you have provided tips so that I can do it more effectively! I must say you are def one of my favorite hubbers!!
Then make sure to spread the word...!!! lol, jk!! ;-)
@ Sam - I agree completely, yet bizarrely it's also one of the least utilized methods. Too many website owners seem enthralled with "keyword this" and "SEO that" which, while important, is only part of the overall solution.
@ Addie - Thank you! I'm gald to have been of help, and I hope that your results soon speak for themselves with regards your links. Let me know of any URL's of yours that might be relevant and I'll happily link to you! :)
Thanks for the comments, guys, and glad you enjoyed the Hub.
I've also been doing this in a limited way but you've given me some great food for thought to improve my usage of this valauble and essential tool. Great hub and thanks for the info!
Thanks, and glad you enjoyed the Hub! :)
Now I can continue to expand I was very familiar with Backlinks but did not have complete clarity.
You're welcome - and great use of a backlink right there! :)
Thank you for this clarifying message. We need to do more blogging and social bookmarking to every post we write. I will use your info...
You're welcome Marisue - you might be interested in a great little piece of code that allows readers of your blogs to share immediately to the likes of Facebook, MySpace, Digg, Technorati, Stumbleupon, etc.
You can find the button and code here:
Simply add it to the end of each post and you'll have an instant "Add This" button! :)
Great advice smallbizpro...I am thinking this hub is going to have many backlinks in this comment section!! lol
Haha, then my work is done! ;-)
Thanks as always, Compu, appreciate you reading and commenting! :o)
Hahahaha, Priceless... ;-)
I should be able to write as well as you do,smallbizpro.
You're right on target, especially with the warning about thousands or millions of instant links or visitors. Anything that runs on full automatic will hurt your rankings when the search engines go after that tactic.
Hey Matt,
Thanks for reading - yep, that is one area that many people forget about. It's "let's just hit everything" and as you know, that can backfire spectacularly.
Thanks again,
Danny. :)
great info, thanks
You're welcome! Thanks for reading and commenting! :)
That was so clear, even I could understand it! Thanks for info!
smallbizpro,
Well written hub. I need to do more with backlinking!
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Thank you for the great article on backlinks! I'm sure many people will find this extremely helpful - I know I did!
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Backlinks are of course very influential in PR rank n indexing, this article explains a cluster of the cake. By the way good explanation though. and very well gone deep into it!
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I have noticed that many people are requesting for triangular link exchange. I got many request for my website. And actually, I have a dough about these links. How can you know that a website is good or not?
What do you think about social bookmarking sites for backlinks?
how do i check the difference between quality backlinks and poor ones?
i have been trying to gain backlinks for a week or so now but nothing has changed with the amount of traffic i get ? how long will it be before i see any benefits ?
Definitely we get good page rank of our site when getting quality back links from variety of domains.Most of search engine algorithms are based on page rank concept..
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Great advice Danny! Continuing to build the backlinks to your site over time is one of the most important things you can do. Thanks for the info. :-)