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In order to complete all facets of SEO, you must consider backlinking. Backlinking will help you to achieve top level Google ranking – but how?
We will show you some easy ways to get backlinks for yourself.

Firstly – what is backlinking? Backlinking is when you leave a comment on a blog or webpage and leave your URL with your comment. People who read the comment may then click on your URL link, thus linking back to your website/blog.

The main place that you can leave comments and your link are blogs, forums and web 2.0 pages.
Now having said that – you must ensure that the places that you are leaving comments and your link must be relevant to your website. You can’t leave comments on someone’s blog about knitting and link back to a heavy metal website. Find blogs, forums and web 2.0 pages that are relevant to your industry. Backlinking does require some thinking!

When making comments, commonsense rules here. Follow these simple tips:

• Comment in blog/forum/web 2.0 that is relevant to your site
• Make a comment about the content of that actual blog/forum post/web 2.0 page
• Make a good, genuine, helpful comment. Keep in mind that most people still approve all comments on their pages so if it isn’t useful, it’s unlikely to be approved.

When adding your comments to forum posts you may need to register as a member in order to comment and leave your URL in your signature. This is o.k. as you want to do this as an ongoing measure anyway. Not only that, being part of an industry forum is a great way to get real time info!

Web 2.0 pages (Squidoo and Hub pages) may not allow you to specifically backlink, however you can leave your YRL within your comment. As long as the comment is helpful and informative, people will click on your link.

Take the opportunity backlinking wherever you can - after all, it is advertising for your site!