What is a backlink? Backlinks are simply links around the web pointing back to your site. The more backlinks you have, the more authority you have in the eyes of Google. Not all backlinks are the same, however. There are ways to get high quality free backlinks. First, let me just clarify that any backlinks you BUY may actually hurt you rather than help you.
The best backlinks are free backlinks, and let me tell you why.
They are crucial to the success of your website, if you keep them on sites that are related to your niche. If you go out and buy 500,000 backlinks to be spammed all over the Internet, chances are they aren't even going to be on sites that are relevant to your niche. This is a red flag to Google and makes it completely obvious that you are spamming your link out all over the place.
Worse yet, it makes you look desperate! Do me a favor. Take the advice I am about to provide you with and just DO IT! Over time, you will find that your site will rank for keywords you never thought you could!
Lets take a look at the top places to get free backlinks, and then we will go into detail about each one.
5 Ways to Get FREE Backlinks
1. Forums
Forums that are relevant to your niche are an excellent way to get free backlinks. Most forums allow you to have a signature line in which you can input your link to your website or blog. You can NOT go around spamming the forum with your link. This will get you banned. Instead, set up your signature, and go around commenting on topics and posting threads to make yourself known as someone of value. People will naturally want to find out about what else you have to offer.
2. Article Databases
Article Databases are an EXCELLENT way to get free backlinks to your site. When I write a blog post, I automatically go and post it on the most popular article databases for maximum exposure. Once again, you cannot spam your link throughout your article, and in some article databases, links are not allowed at all within the article body. You will place your link in the author section. Some do allow links in the body, but be careful with this, as you don't want to get in trouble.
3. Video Sharing Sites
YouTube is the top video-sharing site in the entire WORLD. You WANT free backlinks from this site, people! What do you make videos about? Anything related to your niche! A good practice is to take a blog post (that you wrote yourself. Do not post crap content), and make it into a basic PowerPoint, and explain it in a video then post it on YouTube. People love how-to videos and they come on the Internet to learn, right? Put your link in the section below the video, and also have it pop up while the video is playing (use sparingly as it gets really annoying really fast!)
4. Doc Sharing Sites
Once again, when you write an article on your blog or website, you can re-purpose that article and create a PDF to upload onto doc sharing sites. This will generate high quality backlinks.
5. Ping Sites
Whenever you write an article on your blog or website, ping it! Let the world know its arrived, and send it on out to be bounced all over the web. If you have a WordPress blog, this is already done for you.
A Bonus Way to Get Free Backlinks
SLIDESHARE! Slideshare is exactly what it sounds like. You create a slideshow on whatever you want and share it with the community, or post it where you want! This is another excellent way to get "free backlinks". Take advantage of this.
Quick Tip:
You should have some backlinks throughout your blog or website linking to pages within your blog or website.
For example, if you have an article that mentions affiliate programs, and you also happen to have a page that lists affiliate products and reviews, you could link the text in the article to the affiliate program page on your blog or website.
You could also simply link to the same page you are on. Search engines like this. And hey, they are free backlinks!
So some might ask, why can't I just buy backlinks?
Don't do it!
I really don't recommend buying backlinks. There are such things as bad Link Building Services that are horrible quality and won't do you any good but get you in trouble with the search engines. And don't you think it would be suspicious if all of a sudden 1000 backlinks were created linking back to your site all at the same time?
