Backlinks – what they are and why so important

Backlinks are simply a text link from another website to your website. Backlinks is how your rank on major search engines is determined.

Search engines figure if you have a lot of links coming from other websites to your website then your website must be more relevant. The more relevant a search engine thinks your site is… the better ranking you get.

There are some key things to keep in mind when creating your backlinks and these are what I use.

You want to make sure that you are creating a quality link – what is a quality link. A quality link comes from a site that has similiar subject matter, has been around for awhile and has a page ranking already.

Another thing that Google watches for with the backlinks is the popularity of your site – the freshness – that is why it’s important to keep new blog post out there.

What I do, as stated in earlier post – writing is really not my cup of tea – but when the moods hits – I will write multiple posts and then I schedule them to post every other day.

Also to help me, I jot down notes of things that I run across that would be good blog post so when I am in that wriiting mood – they just flow – believe me this works.

Don’t forget an important reason for backlinks is getting visitors to your site. If you have left a nice comment, people do click on your link to see what else you have to say.

I barely skimmed the surface here on backlinking but do like I do and make Google Search your best friend. Another tip that I have found when doing my keyword research – is to find blogs in the Google Search and add comments to those blogs – you get the idea – just takes action everyone.

Reasons why to comment on blogs or articles

Over the years, I have learned that commenting on others blogs and articles is a great way to get yourself branded more and people to pay attention to what you have to say.

Personally, I don’t think people comment enough on others blogs and the benefits are so numerous compared to a few minutes of your time.

Here are some of the benefits that I see

The main one is that if you are blogger and are disappointed that you don’t get comments – well the thing to do is start commenting on others – be the first to take action – don’t wait on everyone else – people notice these things.

This is an excellent way to get to know the author and other people that are commenting – if you have a hard time meeting people – what better way than meet the ones that are commenting on the same blog that you just read – you have that bond already.

When you leave a nice comment on someones blog/article don’t you think you stand a better chance of someone clicking on your link and check out what other great info you might have.

Don’t just say great post, nice job, looking forward to your next post – those short comments are not much different than all the spam comments that you can get. What you do is find something in the post that you liked and add to it, find that bond with the author and you.

Pay attention to others comments as this is a great source for a blog posts – you can see what people are commenting on, what they are needing help with.

Show the author respect when commenting as you never know who is reading what you wrote and this could come back and bite you later down the road. Remember the author took their time to write the article and if you are like me and don’t enjoy this part – so comment in the tone that you would want someone to respond to yours.

Don’t be afraid to talk back to your audience – take the time to answer any questions and I personally install a plug-in that send everyone a thank you for commenting.

The biggest benefit is the backlinks that you are creating. This will be my next blog post – so stay tuned.