Backlinks, I need them. What are they and how do I get them?
59Back links, what are they and how do I get them?
Most of you know by now I teach for a living, a passion of mine. While I love my role as an educator, we all know that I will never become wealthy doing so. If I have heard it once, I have heard it 10,000 times or more that teachers are paid too much. I have also heard the opposite from people like Oprah who are constantly sharing that teachers are not paid enough. My honest opinion is that as long as teachers are paid from public money, there will be major controversy on this subject. My purpose for sharing this is to explain my strong interest in generating income through blogging. I am not complaining about how much I am compensated, however, the reality is I do not earn enough to do some of the things that I would like to do for my family and myself in this world. I would love to travel more. Each time I have a new experience, it is knowledge that I bring back to my students to share. Thus, making money writing, which is something I enjoy, intrigues me. Oprah always says, “Figure out what you love to do and figure out a way to get paid to do it.”
The challenge of course is balancing the writing, which is the fun portion in my opinion, and the learning curve regarding of how to earn as actually taking the time to promote your writing.
Backlinks, what are they and how do I get them?
I keep hearing about backlinks and the importance of using them in order to be successful online. Well, I did a lot of research and hopefully have simplified this process for some of you.
Backlinks are sometimes called inbound links. In English, it means that there are links out there that lead directly back to your blog or website. I keep hearing that backlinks are necessary in order to place in the rankings on any of the top search engines such as Google. The key is to do this without spending a great deal of cash. Your job as the writer and promoter of your site is to find the highest quality, most established sites that you can that are willing to place a link on their site that will lead to your blog or webpage(s).
Thank you, I understand now what a backlink is and how they are obtained, how do I find quality sites that are willing to work with me?
I will call you a webmaster for the purpose of this article, as in a sense, you are the webmaster of your position of the website that you are writing blogs for.
List of ways to get backlinks
1. Post on forums or social networking sites listing your website with its link. For example, hubpages immediately offer opportunities for you to post on twitter.com or on facebook.com
2. DMOZ – an Open Directory Project (ODP), comes from directory.mozilla.org, which was its original domain name. It is a multilingual and open directory of web links that are owned by Netscape. They were developed and are controlled by an organization constructed of volunteer editors. Positives: one of the most respected directories online; negatives: it takes awhile to have a website posted on their directory http://www.dmoz.org/
3. Web 2.0 – positives: ease of use, sign in and create your profile, comment on stories or articles right on the website or blog, users may comment in return and communication has begun, a network system has begun; e.g. http://www.CodexFind.com – positives: quick and easy submission, free; negatives; none that I have identified as of yet
4. Pay for links services and sites such as Linkvana. positives: great results; negative: fee associated with best services – the old adage you get what you pay for.
You might ask: What is the distinction from one of the above to another, the answer is there isn’t really much and it truly won’t matter for your purpose. Your job is to locate sites that will allow information and links about your blog or website to be posted on their site as you need the backlinks.
The important thing to learn in this article is that writers, you need to go out there and find free or inexpensive sites that are willing to allow you to place your link on their site to bring visitors to your site and to gain rankings on the search engines, which will in turn, again, increase the traffic to your site.
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Thank you for some great tips!
trimar thank you for the tips , I am dumber then a box of rocks when It comes to computers so any and all help Is appreciated ! And best of luck with the kids ! :D
Don't feel bad Tony. There is sooooooo much to learn. I read and read and try to figure things out a little at a time. It is truly mind boggling at times. Thank you for the well wishes in regards to the kids. I spent two days with them last week and they are the neatest little beings.
I was explaining the playground rules to them and told them if they forget they will have to sit out for two minutes. I told them that I promise I won't be angry as I believe that children just forget sometimes. I told them that I know that adults sometimes will ask kids why they do the things they do and the kids just shrug their shoulders. I explained that my theory is that children truly sometimes do not know why they do what they do. Yet, adults persist in trying to get kids to clarify. I told them that is why I do not get angry at children when they make mistakes such as this. One of my little guys raised his hand and asked, "Ms. X, will you please tell my mother that!"
They really make me chuckle.
Ms X It sounds to me like these children are In good hands !
Tony, thank you for the nice comment. I always pray that they are!
I would like to add one thing about back links. Watch where you post. I would advise to never join a traffic exchange. Not because they are bad , but they are a group of members who will look at your sites, some encourage clicks. You will be flagged by google in a second. They are looking for unique clicks. If you are getting clicks by the same addie over and over, google will notice. If they even suspect you are cheating, you will be gone.
Great article, Ps your eyes are beautiful!
auntiebree - thank you for the advice. I know all of us want to avoid being tagged by google adsense. thank you for you nice comments.
Good tips! We've used Linkvana here, too, and it does help with promos, even though it's a bit pricey. So not bad for those special kick-off months. Wrote more about this on a Hub + on our company blog here (long URL): http://movingaheadblog.com/2009/01/28/one-way-link
Great collection of information and tips. Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to your next hub, I will definitely be rating this USEFUL hub UP!!! ;)
Thank you for the feedback and the thumbs up rating. I like to learn and share. It's great to know that others are learning from my efforts.
Nice - I'm wondering if dmoz is still accepting new sites. I feel like submitting your site is like sending your submission into a big black abyss to never be seen again lol.. We need to find a dmoz editor asap!
cindyschulson 2 years ago
You've shared some great tips. Another powerful way to create back links is through article marketing. Here is a direct link to an article about how to do that (as well as other seo for beginners help). http://www.homebusinesswins.com/internet-presence/
Just one more thought - the quality of the links is important. The search engines give higher rankings to a link that comes from a highly ranked, authority site. So keep that in mind when you are creating backlinks to your content.
Cheers!
Cindy