How To Get Backlinks That Boost Search Engine Rankings

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a changeling and daunting task.  Just when you think you have figured it out, powerhouses like Google go and change everything.  One technique that remains to be effect is high quality backlinks.  For those that do not know, backlinks are links for other sites that point to your site. You could sit back and wait for others to post links to your quality content, but this process if it happens at all, can take forever. With a little effort you can start building backlinks to your site that will help boost your search engine rankings.

Here are some powerful SEO Tips To Get Backlinks yourself.

Squidoo Lists

Squidoo.com has become one of the most powerful resources on the web to get links back to your site. Copy and paste the following into a Google search bar:

“add+to+this+list”+site:squidoo.com

This will give you a very large list of Squidoo Lenses, and you can add your site to these with very little effort.  Most of them will have a very high PageRank which is a key factor you want to look for in getting backlinks.  When adding your site to these Lenses, be sure to use custom anchor text with the keywords you want to rank for.

You can also search using +”keyword phrase” targeting your links for relevance. For example, if you were trying to rank a dating site you should do a Google search like this:
“add+to+this+list”+”dating”+site:squidoo.com

Web 2.0 Profiles

Creating a profile on Web 2.0 sites like Facebook.com and LinkedIn.com utilizing your website url gives you very high quality backlinks.  Other sites to consider are twibs.com and zoominfo.com.  You should also search out Web 2.0 portals in your niche, if you have a fitness website then search for fitness sites that enable you to create a profile and interact with other members.

Article Marketing

This is one of the more time consuming ways to get backlinks, but is actually one of the best ways to generate multiple backlinks from a single effort.  Be sure that you include a link to your site in the body of your article and yet again at the end in the author bio.  Every article that gets posted generates a backlink to your site. The more articles that get posted, the more links you can build.  Posting on article sites opens the door for other bloggers and site owners to use your article on there sites, giving you yet another avenue for getting backlinks.

Write good quality original articles and submit them to a few article directories. Here are just a few of the most popular ones EzineArticles.com and GoArticles.com.

To maximize your efforts, you can submit your article to hundreds of directories using this great resource for automating your article submitting.

Tim Somers
Bizarre Promotions, Inc.