Drive Traffic to Your Website With Backlinks
Steve Renner has come up with some great ideas
for getting traffic. Take a close look at what I have
here and start implementing.
Backlinks are defined as links that point to your site
on other site. They are one of the most important aspects
to consider when optimizing your site for getting traffic.
The more backlinks your site has, the higher it will rank
with search engines. And, the more backlinks you have out
there, the more people are bound to see your site.
Thankfully, there are lots of great ways to obtain backlinks.
One way is to utilize forums and message boards, especially
those that relate to your site in some way. You will find
that on these forums and message boards, you can use a
signature.
Make sure to read the policies of the site, and if they allow
advertisements in the sig line, then by all means take
advantage of this.
By including your link in your sig line, then making a good
number of regular, quality posts (no spam!) you will get more
backlinks pointing to your site, and therefore grabbing traffic.
Another way to get backlinks is through link trading.
Link trading is where you exchange links with another
webmaster.
This is especially effective if the sites you are trading with
have a high Page Rank. One way to find websites to trade with
is to visit webmaster forums.There is an amazing amount
of traffic to be grabbed.
Many of these types of forums have a special section devoted
to link trading. You can also search for sites that you feel
are of good quality, then email the webmaster and request
a link trade.
Some webmasters will be happy to trade with you, some won’t.
In some cases, you can even purchase links on quality sites.
Purchasing links is not a bad idea to get traffic, but
it should be a near last resort.
Then there’s the directory route, another great way to get
links. There are hundreds of different web directories
out there where you can submit your site.
Some of them cost money to list your site, while some of them
are free.
DMOZ is probably the best example of a free quality directory.
Getting your site listed on directories can take time,
especially if the directory is large, so be prepared
to wait a few weeks.
Listing on directories serves several purposes.
First, it allows traffic searching the directory a way
to find your site. Second, it builds the quantity
of quality backlinks you have.
Now, let’s talk more about those free article directories,
one of the best ways to get backlinks to your website.
There are probably hundreds of these sites out there,
and you can submit to them all.
The key is to write articles that relate to the topic
of your site in some way. Then at the bottom of each
article, you’re given a space to include a short bio
and the link to your site.
When webmasters come to these free article directories
seeking free content, it’s possible they’ll use your
article. So not only are you getting the backlink from
the free article site, you’re getting backlinks from all
the sites that are using your free articles.
These backlinks will improve your Page Rank, and
the traffic that reads the article may click your
link and end up at your site.
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Terrance Charles said,
April 11, 2007 @ 11:07 am
Great tips. I have been utilizing backlinks
and have been getting good traffic from
it mostly from forums, I noticed I had
more sites pointing to mines.
Terrance Charles
http://www.terrancecharles.com
Daniel Jeffs said,
April 12, 2007 @ 7:51 pm
Henry,
Aaaaa yes backlinks this is great info
I have been doing this for a short time
and looks like it will sure help in the
long run. Appears that where you can
get a word in it will at some point lead
to more traffic. Thanks for the great tips
on where else to go for backlinks.
Up and Over the Top
Daniel.
http://www.3dragonenterprise.com