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What Is The Most Effective Way To Get Backlinks To Your Site?

Presented to you by Winson Yeung

When starting a new website, one of the most important things to get you started is the ability to get backlinks. The greater number of backlinks pointing to your site, the better chance you have of being recognized by the search engines. However, finding how and where to go to get these is not always easy for those starting out on the path.

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Updating your blog everyday, or each time a new submission is added to your site, with a snapshot of what is on offer will have people getting interested in what you have to say. Think of the way TV producers end an episode of their Soap and apply it to your blogs. You want them to be exciting and informative, but ensure enough is left out to direct them to read the full article.

Taking the concept of blogging a step further, is the art of Link Baiting, where you write about something controversial, or a little left field. People will then read this, and write about your posting themselves on their blogs, linking to either your blog or directly backlinking to your site.

Very similar to both of these methods is getting involved on forums. Establish a reputation as a valuable and entertaining contributor, you will be able to embed a backlink in your signature, and use such selling techniques as, “I have written more about this”, or “This is something I have considered for a while”, and ask them to visit your pages. Be careful to again not cross the line of spamming, and target your musings responsibly.

Other than creating a great site, that people will want to visit, build up a strong relationship with other webmasters, and let them know you are open to Link Exchanging. Advise them you are willing to exchange links. Target your mail shots carefully though, and ensure their sites have a natural connection with yours. Do not spam webmasters. This is a sure fire way to get trashed.

Finally, take a look at free web directories and submit your links to them. There are a host of these around, and are quite easy to find from on searches. It will take some time, but it will be worth trawling through them all and getting your site out there, particularly in the first instance.