Backlinks

[sconibear]

Hello everyone,
I'm still fairly new to the blogging game, and I keep reading everywhere that a great way to get traffic is with backlinks to my blog.
I'm not sure i understand how to go about this.....do I comment on other blogs and such and just post my URL address?
If anyone can explain the proper procedure for putting backlinks to my blog on the internet........in simple "Backlinks For Dummies" terms, it would be greatly appreciated.

[Dot Com Dud]

Hmmm I might not be the best person to explain but I'll try to help out anyway.

Backlinks are basically any links to your blog from other websites, some are Dofollow (meaning they help improve your rankings in search engines, Google etc) and some are not.

Backlinks can bring traffic from direct clicks too, so building backlinks is a great way of increasing traffic. Some common sources of backlinks are blog comments (most blogs let you leave a name & URL when you comment), links in forums (such as your Bloggeries signature), links on other's blogrolls or being mentioned in blog posts, links from social bookmarking sites like Digg.com plus a whole bunch of other sources.

So when commenting, don't just comment with your URL but make a genuine comment and either a) leave your URL in the URL box provided or b) end your comment with your name & URL if no box is available.

Hope this helps.

[sconibear]

Thanks Dot Com Dud, that sounds like something i can do, and anything that brings traffic sounds good to me.

[WhoJayBe]

Well, I think the focus of backlinks is to get organic (search engine) traffic because that's the visitors that will make you money. For instance, if you blog about something popular and you have hundreds of backlinks to your site, more than likely your popular post will appear on the frontpage for that popular search term.

Lol... I hope I made some sense.

[mdamin76]

One of method that I really love is to submit your blog to Mybloglog and Technorati. They gives real dofollow backlinks.

[thegypsy]

As the gang eluded to, backlinks are not only good for traffic, but ranking well in search engines as well... there are MANY ways to go about it.... Here's some goodies to get you going;

Link building guide (although for 08, still valid)

Learn to link bait

Link builders guide to historical ranking factors


Those should get you going.... and if yer real motivated you could grab a copy of - the SEO Handbook; Link Builders Edition - yup, a shameless plug, but it was written for peeps to get a strong grasp on link building...

Read all the above and ye will be a linking master... he he...

[bcsman]

A lot of the comment sections on forums have a "nofollow" which means that it will not affect your pageranking. My recommendation would be to update and ping regularly with a tool like AutoBuzzer

[Sneakyheathen]

I've got a couple of posts that might help you out:

What is a Backlink? | Freelance Pirate
What is Specific Linking? | Freelance Pirate
How to Expand Your Online Presence | Freelance Pirate

Blog commenting is seriously an awesome way to generate some nice links. I would suggest commenting regularly on one or two blogs to get into a top commentator list, and doing some other commenting on do-follow blogs. Start small, form a habit, and go up from there.

[Bloggeries]

Good advice!

Hands down best way IMO is link bait if you can. It's a gamble though because you can spend HOURS making the perfect bloggery and then release it. If it gets spread like wildfire AWESOME; if it doesn't.... You may of been better off manually building links through some of the other techniques mentioned here...

[Nathan]

Backlinks can be beneficial but you have to watch out for spammers who misuse the opportunity.