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Backlinks to your website/blog is essential for good SEO. And as we know – good SEO means a top Google search engine position. So backlinks are important – but how do you get backlinks?

Backlinking is basically placing your URL on a site so that people can click through on this link and be taken to your website.

So where can you put your link? Backlinking isn’t like graffiti – you can just trawl the net and then place your URL like a tag everywhere. You need to be decisive about where you put your link to ensure optimum success.

There are many ways that you can create backlinks – and we will look at three here:

Forums
Web 2.0 pages
Blogs

Forum
All  you need to do here is find a forum that is relevant to the topic of your website/blog. Join, read through posts and then add comments where appropriate. When you leave a comment, ensure you have set up your signature and that your URL is in your signature. This way, each time you make a post, your URL is posted – thus backlinking to your website/blog!
Ensure that your posts are relevant, helpful and add something to the forum. One word answers and pointless questions will not show you in a good light, and people will not click through on your link.

Web 2.0 pages
These are pages such as Squidoo or Hub pages. These are like a cross between a website and a blog. Search through the Squidoo and Hub page websites for pages that are relevant to you website/blog topic area. Some of the pages may have room for comments. Leave comments as appropriate, and always remember to leave your link!
When making comments, ensure that you are writing something positive. If you write negative comments about someone’s page, they are unlikely to approve your comment and your efforts will be wasted.

Blog
This is similar to Web 2.0 pages – simply search for blogs that are relevant to your website/blog area, read through the posts, and then make comments as appropriate, remembering to add your link. Backlinks done!
As with Web 2.0 pages, make sure that you write appropriate and positive comments. Negative and useless comments will not be approved by the blog writer!

Backlinking is easy if you know how to do it. Make the effort to backlink correctly, and the link will payout well into the future!

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