10 simple ways to gain backlinks

Posted on 03/01/09 in Traffic, 28 Comments

Gain more backlinks

Want more visits on your blog? want to increase traffic? You need to increase backlinks. Backlinks are the gateway to your blog from other sites on the web. The Internet is made up of links. Think of the Internet as a road system where we travel from one destination to another.

The more quality links that we have to our blog or website, the more likely we will get more traffic. Some of these techiques require more time than others. Just remember you will get out what you put it.

Here are 10 simple ways to build backlinks.

1. Comment on blogs
Commenting on blogs is an easy way of building links. Provide useful feedback on your comments, so that, you will gain some traffic.

2. Article submissions
Write an article on your favourite topic and post it on an article directory. Some articles may use a no follow link, however, you may still gain some traffic.

3. Create a tutorial
If your blog is about: web design, HTML, Photoshop, PHP or any other web design based blog, create a tutorial and submit it to other tutorial sites.  In previous years, I created a video tutorial on Photoshop, linked the tutorial on Good-tutorials.com and got over 1500 visits in 12 hours.

4. Link exchange with other bloggers
Create a link exchange with other bloggers.  However, only create link exchanges with relevant blogs. There is no point on linking to a blog on fashion if your blog is about web design.

5.Use signatures in forums
If you use a forum I am member of several forums.Include your URL in your signature and profile.

6. Submit to directories
Submit your blog to directories, a good place to start would DMOZ. Then visit Vilesilencer: The Original SEO Friendly Free Directory List.

7. Promote your blog content at Blog Catalog
Become a member of Blog Catalog, this is an awesome site, where bloggers meet and promote others blogs. This is the best move I’ve made to increase readership.

8. create a free product
Create a free e-book, this can be done in Word then published as a PDF. Everyone loves something for nothing. Backlinks is a good reward.

9. Guest posts
Create some guest posts. Recently I’ve appeared on three blogs, with SEO tips and promotion online. Although the traffic may not be huge, however, those backlinks are embedded in the articles I’ve written, allowing Google to increase my ranking.

10. Set up a blog on Wordpress.com
Go to wordpress.com and create a simple blog. This is free and create some blog posts and link to your blog. The Wordpress site has a PageRank of 9, therefore, this will be a good strong link.

There are many ways to gain more backlinks.  What methods do you use? Care to share any hints? If so, place a comment and you will get a link to your blog or site. The atmmultimedia.com does use do-follow, so it will help your PageRank.

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26 Comments

  1. Sheryl Loch

    I would say that commenting on blogs, forums (I have some I do mini post on), and bookmarking have done well for me.

    Sometimes it just takes so long to find good articles to post on. I am working on making that easier but, for now, I just keep searching until I find good ones of interest.

    I do not do Article submissions.

    Posted 3-2-2009

  2. James King

    Hi Sheryl,

    Thank you for commenting on the atmmultimedia blog. Commenting on blogs is a great way to increase backlinks and some traffic.

    Posted 3-2-2009

  3. TechZoomIn

    4 and 6 are very very important to get links and then good PR.

    Posted 3-2-2009

  4. James

    Hi Lax,

    Building link exchanges is important to fellow bloggers. Building and maintaining a successful relationship with your community will help your blog to expand and grow.

    Posted 3-2-2009

  5. ricky

    thank’s brother for your info. from free download software utilities n the best games ok

    Posted 3-3-2009

  6. James King

    Hi Ricky,

    Welcome to the atmmultimedia blog. I’ve taken a look at your blog, I love the Photoshop tutorials, maybe at some point I share my Photoshop wisdom with you.

    Posted 3-3-2009

  7. Juistin Brooke

    This is just the tips that every web master should know and pay great attention to.

    Posted 3-4-2009

  8. James King

    Hi Jason,

    Thanks for your comment, I had a look at your blog and I love the video.

    Thanks,

    Posted 3-4-2009

  9. Free Forum Directory

    yes, another submit how to article at all how to directory.. you will get a lot traffic…

    Posted 3-10-2009

  10. Belajar Seo

    nice post, dont forget “social networking” one of the best way to increase your traffic

    Posted 3-20-2009

  11. James King

    Hi Free Forum Directory,

    Thanks for stopping by. Directories are important, can you suggest some SEO friendly directories?

    Posted 3-22-2009

  12. James King

    Hi Thanks for your interest in the atmmultimedia blog. I am pleased you enjoyed the post.

    Posted 3-22-2009

  13. Free Forum Directory

    on this day, have a lot directory.. i can’t suggest but you should take a look that directory before you submit.

    take a look description and listing site inside the directory, if have a lot spam keywords or not related category, just forget to submit your link there.

    if you like, please submit your blog to allforblog.com, it’s for blog, and still in beta..

    thank you

    Posted 3-28-2009

  14. James King

    Hi Thanks,

    For your commenting. Directories as a good source of backlinks.

    Posted 3-28-2009

  15. Internet Strategist

    Did you see my commenting strategy that increased traffic 54.87% and 76.63% month to month? I’ll link that post to this one so you can easily find it.

    Posted 4-3-2009

  16. James King

    Hi,

    That will be great to see. I am looking for ways to increase my traffic. Commenting requires a lot of effort in order to be successful.

    Thanks for the tip.

    Posted 4-3-2009

  17. product advertising

    i read somewhere blog commenting treat as a spam links
    by the search engines, is this true?

    Posted 4-3-2009

  18. James King

    Hi Product Advertising,

    This is interesting, I’ve never heard that one before, however, some blogs use a nofollow on blog comments, to maintain their Google PageRank.

    Posted 4-3-2009

  19. pinoy web promotion

    Link building should be one part of any online marketing campaign. Users can get to your website for the 1st time in one of three ways; they can type it into the address bar after learning about if offline, they can find it in a search engine or they can click on a link from another website.

    But where I can found Expert Link Building Service offer?

    Marjun

    Posted 5-20-2009

  20. James King

    Hi Pinoy Web Promotion,

    I am pleased you found this article useful. I am expert link building company is smart traffic.co.uk. One of the best.

    I’ve learnt a lot from those guys.

    Posted 5-20-2009

  21. pinoy web promotion

    Oh… I see Thank you so Much…

    I’ll Try!

    Posted 5-25-2009

  22. alfon

    wow what a nice article i do all thats tips.. yes it can bosst my page rank in first month of google update page rank

    Posted 7-22-2009

  23. james

    Hi Alfon,

    I am happy that you found this useful.

    Posted 7-25-2009

  24. Abhishek

    Very useful tips to gain backlinks..I have already bookmarked the page

    Posted 8-3-2009

  25. andrew

    This is a reasonable list of suggestions, but it’s far from exhaustive and doesn’t mention social marketing.

    Points 2,5 and 6 have limited value: most seo-orientated articles are amateurish and not worth reading; forums generally use nofollow; backlinks from directories have limited importance as most are low PR.

    Posted 8-4-2009

  26. home business blog

    Hi James,

    Backlink building is the lifeblood of our business. I don’t do much blog commenting nowadays preferring to focus on getting quality links vs quantity links. I just joined a backlink building program and I wrote about it too. Do take a look at a different way of building high PR6-9 backlinks which I have seen very good results.

    Link Building: Taking Backlink Building To A Higher Level

    It’s been a while since I was here. Hope all’s well with you. I just sent you an email. Do look it up.

    Peter Lee

    Posted 8-8-2009

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